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Heart
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Hearts from The Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening, and The Minish Cap, respectively
First appearance The Legend of Zelda
Appearances The Legend of Zelda
A Link to the Past
Link's Awakening
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons
Four Swords
The Wind Waker
Four Swords Adventures
The Minish Cap
Twilight Princess
Phantom Hourglass
Found Under grass, rocks, bushes, dropped by enemies, bought in stores
Use Recovers one heart of Link's health meter
"You got a Recovery Heart! Your life energy is recovered!"
— In-game description in Ocarina of Time

Hearts are the unit of measurement for health in the Legend of Zelda series, with the exception of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

When Link touches a Heart, it refills one Heart Container. Link normally starts his adventure with three Hearts, the exception being four in the Linked Game of Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. Hearts can be found in the grass, in trees, after a monster is slain, and even in some shops.

When Link is injured, a number of Hearts or fractions of one is depleted from his total. When Link runs out of Hearts, he gets a Game Over. Different monsters drain different amounts of Hearts, from a fourth of a Heart to more than three full Hearts. In some games, Link can receive an upgrade to his defense, resulting in a white border to be added to the hearts shown onscreen and cutting the damage Link takes in half.

There are many ways to restore depleted Hearts; for example, finding Hearts in the places mentioned above, using a Fairy to restore hearts (the number varies from game to game), drinking a Red Potion, which restores various numbers of Hearts depending on the game, Great Fairy Tears to restore all of his Hearts, various soups for varying amounts, Lon Lon Milk, or an apple.

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