Heart Ore

Every **4 yields** of Heart Ore will **Increase your Maximum HP by 1**

If you've completed the game once before; you can defile the Altar to Hate to remove Heart Ores from the game (for an additional Challenge).

### Effects

* *Raise your Maximum HP;* Collecting all **24 Ores** will render you **10 Total HP**, Maxed. This means with the extra vitality gained from a Smoked Salmon or from Prayer at the Church, you can have a total of **20 HP**.

### Requisite

*Pickaxe;* The only tool that can break down the Heart Ore is the Pickaxe; taking 3 hits to release the Ore. Heart Ore has HP; if you can deal **3 Damage** in One Hit, the Ore will release in One Hit.

*All Equipment & Quest Progression;* the Heart Ore are spread throughout the various Dungeons and Worlds of the game. Therefore, basic progression of the Main Questline is required to reach them.

### Vann's Point Exterior

    Above Entrance to Magma Heart; Requires Lariat and Rust Knuckle.

    South of Crocasino, left of the Lake, take the Staircase down; Requires Lariat.

    Right side of River's Place on the South East corner of the lake; Requires Pickaxe.

     Above Entrance to Old Mines; Requires Rust Knuckle.

     Left of the Outer Castle Vann Walls; Requires Lariat.

### Dungeons; Act 1

     *Boneyard;* North-most Wing, Left of the Eye Door.

     *Boneyard;* Entryway at the Right of the First room ahead of the foyer; Requires Rust Knuckle.

     *Tidal Mines;* Room Right of the Eye Door; Requires Normal Key and Lariat.

     *Tidal Mines;* Entryway at the Top Right of the First Room ahead of the foyer; Requires Lariat.

     *Dry Fountain;* Room North of the Chest containing the Rust Knuckle; Required Knuckle and Open Waterway.

     *Dry Fountain;* South of the Room entered before the Eye Door's Room; Requires Open Waterway.

     *Crocasino Vault;* Entryway at the very South Center of the Eye Door room; Requires All Basic Equipment.

### Dungeons; Act 2

     *Howling Bjerg;* Northeast-most area of Bjerg's Exterior.

     *Howling Bjerg;* In the First Floor's North West Wing of the Interior.

     *Castle Vann;* Found on the Left Wall of the Foyer.

     *Castle Vann;* Moving counterclockwise to the Northeast Wing; Take the South Entryway from inside the Metal Barrel room.

     *Magma Heart;* Right from the foyer; Requires working counterclockwise from the North-Most entryway of the Large Square Room. This Opens the East area of the Large Square room; carry to the south wall and solve the small puzzle to reach. All Basic Equipment Needed.

     *Magma Heart;* Right of the Eye Door; Requires solving the Eye Door Room's Puzzle with your Basic Equipment.

### Colorless Void

     *Exterior;* In sight from Forest Portal Warp.

     *Exterior;* North West most island; Left of Burg's House.

     *Exterior;* East Center most island, right of the Waterfall next to Wren's Bistro.

     *Exterior;* South East most island, right of Mynir's Bar.

     *Time Out I Temple;* On the Top Left island of the Large Square Open Pit room; Requires Cannonball Puzzle solution to reach.

     *Time Out I Temple;* Two Rooms Further ^, found in the far left entryway of the Long Rectangular Open Pit room.

### Type

This is an Upgrade Item; for raising your Maximum HP.

It will also earn you the Hearty Feat, found in the Feat menu from the Title Screen.

You can also earn the Minimalist Feat if you Clear Act Two without collecting any Heart Ores.