Zelda: Ocarina of Time - the Three Heart Quest

[Reno]

I bought a new copy today, to replace the one that got broken years ago. I plan to beat the entire game with just the three heart containers you start with, without picking up any new ones from defeated bosses or Pieces of Heart. It CAN be done.

In high school I borrowed this game from a friend to try and accomplish this feat; I got as far as the Shadow Temple before he took the game back. So I'm going to try it again now. I'll letcha know how it goes if anybody cares.

Right now I'm about to enter Jabu-Jabu's belly. But I've picked up three pieces of heart by accident, so if there's a mandatory one in my future I may have to start over. Here's hoping that's not the case.

[Rude]

cool, good luck!

[Reno]

Update: I've now beaten the Forest Temple and the Fire Temple. I've gotten Epona, been through the Ice Cave and defrosted King Zora, gotten the Biggoron's Sword, earned membership with the Gerudo clan, and am presently making my way through the Water Temple. I'm very amazed that I was able to beat the fire dragon without getting the Nayru's Love protection spell this time, considering it's nearly one-hit kills against him.

Big Poes caught: 2
Gold Skulltulas: 31
# of deaths so far: 0

[black heart]

you know, you get heart containers from the skulltulas when you turn them in (at least once)...i think...

[Reno]

You get a Piece of Heart... I wanna say at 50. But I haven't turned them in since 10, and I plan on saving before I go in from now on, so that when I do get it, I can reset and stay away.

[Reno]

Unfortunately, now I just learned I can't get the biggest quiver for my bow. To get the 50 arrow quiver, you need to score 1,500 in the Gerudo Valley horseback archery game. I did that on the first try. Unfortunately, at 1,000 they also give you a Piece of Heart. And since I already have three, that gets me a heart container that I don't want.

[Reno]

Another update: I've beaten the Water Temple and the Shadow Temple, gotten the fire arrows, and completed the young Link half of the Spirit Temple to acquire the Silver Gauntlets. Morpha wasn't too hard, and Bongo Bongo is still an extremely stupid boss, though he's given me the most challenge so far. Good thing I have all those bottles full of fairies!


Big Poes caught: 10
Gold Skulltulas: 50 (though I haven't turned them in since 30)
# of deaths so far: 0
# of bottles: 5 (thanks to the trick that let me turn the Claim Check into a fifth bottle, usable only as adult Link.
# of Great Fairies visited: 5 (only the one by Ganon's castle that doubles the strength of your Heart Containers remains, but I need the Gold Gauntlets for that)

[black heart]

wow, still no deaths, impressive

[Reno]

Almost at the end now! I beat the Spirit Temple, whose boss Twinrova gave me a bit more trouble than I remembered. Good thing I had all those fairies and a full magic meter for Nayru's Love, which has saved me at least half a dozen times so far. Ready to take on Ganon's Castle this afternoon...

[Reno]

I did it! And with no deaths to boot.

[Kain]

Very nice. So what ended up happening with the heart containers and all that? Did you have only 3, or were you forced to get another full heart?

[Reno]

Managed to stick to three, although a couple times I picked up a piece of heart by accident and had to reset. I do wish I'd not saved after getting three early in the game, so I could have gotten the largest arrow quiver as mentioned above, though. It would have definitely come in handy hunting the Big Poes, as well as a couple of the dungeons.

[bluecommander]

Congratulations man. You've accomplished an amazing video-game related feat. No joke