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There are several Goddess Cubes to find in the Eldin Volcano region. Below we detail how to find all nine of them. If you’re curious about other Goddess Cube locations, read our comprehensive Goddess Cube roundup. For more guides, be sure to check out our Zelda: Skyward Sword guide roundup. Otherwise, read our Zelda: Skyward Sword HD review.

Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #1

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Island southwest of Skyloft

Reward: Small Seed Satchel

Yet another cube that’s a no-brainer. Take your first left in the Eldin Volcano region, and the cube will lie in plain view on a lower platform.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #2

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Island far north of Skyloft, next to Bamboo Island.

Reward: 100 Rupees

When you drain the lava around the entrance to the Volcano proper, ignore the air geysers, and run to the other side of the entrance to spot the cube in question. If you’re coming at this one later on, then teleport to the “Volcano Entry” Bird Statue and run ahead until you encounter a pathway that splits into three directions: one to the right, one to the left that drops to a lower level, and one that goes straight ahead. Run straight ahead, and you’ll see the Goddess Cube in question.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #3

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Isle of Songs

Reward: Gold Rupee

After entering the volcano via the access referenced in the last cube’s description, you will find yourself looking down a vast cavern. Jump down and use your Sailcloth to direct Link to the Goddess Cube atop one of the tiny platforms. Be careful to land next to it, as the cube will cause Link to slide, and the platform it is on doesn’t provide enough room to recover your footing. If you mess up, you can drop down and take the northern air geyser exit to return to the surface and try again.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #4

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Bamboo Island

Reward: Gold Rupee

When you reach the entrance to the temple, just prior to (or during) the hunt for the key shards, examine the corner west of the temple. You’ll find numerous dirt patches that look ripe for digging with your Mogma Mitts. One reveals an air geyser. Toss a bomb into it, and it will take out a destructible wall overhead. Behind it lies a cube o’ the goddess.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #5

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Island northeast of Skyloft

Reward: Treasure Medal

There is a series of huts belonging to the Bokoblin horde, which are located east of the Earth Temple entrance. And to the east of the watchtower that you need to topple with a bomb is a goddess cube awaiting the kiss of a Skyward Strike. We wouldn’t want to disappoint the goddess, or her cubes, now would we?

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #6

Locations: Eldin Volcano > Storage Shed in Skyloft

Reward: Treasure (random material)

There is an unmistakable sand slide that you will reach during your hunt for the temple key. Take the path to the left, utilizing the air geyser immediately after you slide outside from the cave. You should see the goddess cube across two platforms. The projected slash of Skyward Strike from the platform in front of the cube will suffice.

With all of these Goddess Cubes taken care of, you won’t have to worry about the next one until you reach the Lanaryu Desert region. But if you’re mostly sweeping the area for all the Goddess Cubes you missed and have what it takes to get the rest, then keep reading.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #7

Locations: Volcano Summit, waterfall spring > Bug Island, Thunderhead

Reward: Piece of Heart

The path to this cube is a bit tough to spot. In the Volcano Summit, head to the outside room where you can gather water in a bottle to feed to the frog statue that opens the first door blocked by flame. Near that waterfall is a spot where you can jump off, with rock spires towering over a bottomless pit. Leap off the edge and nudge Link toward the rock furthest away, straight from the cliff you leapt off of. On the back side of it is a spot where you can land, where the cube sits. From there, use the Clawshot to make your way up the other nearby spires until you reach a platform just above the waterfall. The chest is inside the Thunderhead on the island in the southwest corner.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #8

Locations: Volcano Summit > Isle of Storms, Thunderhead

Reward: Small Bomb Bag

When you hit the entrance to the Fire Sanctuary, turn left. You’ll see a window you can climb through. Past it, you can use your Clawshot to carry you to a distant platform. Continue along the path with your Clawshot until you get to the cube. The chest is in the Thunderhead on the Isle of Storms, where you can find it on the roof of the building there.

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Eldin Volcano Goddess Cube #9

Locations: Volcano Summit > Small island southwest of the Isle of Songs, Thunderhead

Reward: Bottle

You can grab this Goddess Cube when you return to the Fire Sanctuary in search of the Hero’s Song. You’ll see this cube after the volcano’s eruption; to reach the Fire Dragon, you’ll need to float on a rock through the lava current, and you’ll pass the cube along the way, so make sure to hit it as you go by. Find the corresponding chest in the Thunderhead, on the small island southwest of the Isle of Songs. There’s only a small piece of land where you can drop onto it, and you’ll need to dig into a Mogma hole to find the chest on the other side.

Congratulations! That’s all of the Eldin Volcano region’s Goddess Cubes taken care of. If you’re going in order, you’ll find the next back at the Lanaryu Desert region.

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Lanaryu Desert also has quite a number of Goddess Cubes. To help you get them all, we’ve compiled their locations below for your reference. If you’re curious about other Goddess Cube locations, read our comprehensive Goddess Cube roundup. For more guides, be sure to check out our Zelda: Skyward Sword guide roundup. Otherwise, read our Zelda: Skyward Sword HD review.

Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #1

Locations: Lanayru Desert > Island northwest of Skyloft

Reward: Heart Medal

After you land in the desert, explore the area immediately south of the landing pad to locate a hidden goddess cube.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #2

Locations: Lanayru Desert > Island in the northeast corner of map

Reward: Silver Rupee

There is a goddess cube in the southwest sector of the desert, and reaching it requires you to cross a vast expanse of sinksand. You can’t normally cover that much ground, so use the enemies’ shells nearby as a resting platform to regain some stamina before making the final sprint.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #3

Locations: Temple of Time > Beedle’s island at night

Reward: Piece of Heart

When you are near the Temple of Time in the Lanayru Desert, there is a minecart near the north end of the entrance wall. Activate the time shift stone nearby and push the cart into the timeshift radius. Jump in and start charging your sword. As you pass the cube, simply unleash your strike towards the cube. To get to Beedle’s island at night, simply sleep in the bed in his shop and choose the option to wake up at night, rather than the morning.

After striking this Goddess Cube, you’ll once again have to wait a while until the next available one in the Sky region. If you’re finding them in order, the next Goddess Cube you’ll encounter is in the Faron Woods region. However, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next Goddess Cube in the region, then keep reading.

That’s all the Goddess Cubes you can find for now in the Lanaryu Desert region. If you’re finding them in order, you’ll encounter the next one in the Faron Woods region. However, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next Goddess Cube in the region, then keep reading.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #4

Locations: Lanayru Desert > Beneath Fun Fun Island

Reward: Heart Medal

Once you have the Clawshot, you can reach several locations in the Lanayru Desert that were previously out of reach. One of these is the raised stone walkway at the northeast end of the desert. You’ll find something of an alcove here with the cube up on the stone wall to your left. Follow the path on the map so you don’t sink into the sand and look for a crack in the wall to blow up. It’ll create a path you can follow that’ll lead you to targets you can hit with the Clawshot to reach the cube. In Skyloft, look for the small island directly beneath the colorful Fun Fun Island to find the unlocked chest.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #5

Locations: Lanayru Desert > Northwest of Fun Fun Island

Reward: Life Medal

Head to the southern portion of Lanayru Desert, where you found the Timeshift Stone in a cage. Look up for a Clawshot target that’ll carry you up to the nearby stone wall, where you’ll find the Goddess Cube in plain view. When you return to Skyloft, you’ll find this chest on an island not far to the northwest of Fun Fun.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #6

Locations: Lanayru Sand Sea > Skyloft Bazaar

Reward: Gold Rupee

When you first get to the Sand Sea, you’ll be on a dock full of cargo containers. Instead of heading down to where you meet the Skipper, climb up on the containers and face north to find a Clawshot target. That’ll take you to a path where you can reach a cavern and the cube beyond. Look inside the Bazaar on Skyloft to find the chest.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #7

Locations: Skipper’s Retreat > Island northwest of Fun Fun Island

Reward: Potion Medal

This is another cube you’ll need to make extensive use of the Clawshot to reach. When you hit Skipper’s Retreat, climb up until you reach a bridge guarded by a Moblin with a metal shield. Past him, look off to the sides for a spire with dry vines running up the side and use your Clawshot to reach it. That should put you in position to use your Clawshot to reach another platform with the Goddess Cube on it. Back in the sky, head northwest of Fun Fun to find a small island with a metal gate covering an interior cave. Use your Clawshot through the hole at the top of the cage to hit a patch of vines, which will carry you inside to reach the chest.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #8

Locations: Pirate Stronghold > Top of the Skyloft waterfall

Reward: Piece of Heart

After you complete the Pirate Stronghold, exit through the door that puts you on a path that passes between two wrecked ship masts. Turn around and look above the door you just left to find a Clawshot target. That’ll put you in range of a second target, which will take you to the location of the cube. Back in Skyloft, head to the waterfall on the eastern side of the island. Use the Clawshot on the small islands floating just behind the waterfall to climb some ivy and reach the waterfall’s source, an island floating just above the main island of Skyloft. The chest is at the edge of the small lake there.

The next Goddess Cube you’ll encounter can be found in the Skyview Temple in the Sky region. However, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next Goddess Cube in the region, then keep reading.

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Lanaryu Desert Goddess Cube #9

Locations: Lanayru Gorge > Small island southwest of the Isle of Songs, Thunderhead

Reward: Small Quiver

The last Goddess Cube is also one you’ll find as you pursue the Hero’s Song. When you reach Lanayru Gorge, look for the cube behind the Tree of Life. Find the chest on the same island southwest of the Isle of Songs in the Thunderhead. You’ll have to kill or avoid the centipede inside the tunnels you can access through the Mogma hole, which will allow you to reach another exit and the final chest.

And that’s every Goddess Cube in the Lanaryu Desert region found! If you’re getting them in order, then rest easy. This particular Goddess Cube is the last one you’ll find in the game.

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To help you in your journey to obtain maximum health in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, we’ve compiled the locations of every piece in the Sky region. Note that some Heart Pieces are linked to Goddess Cubes, which are artifacts that reveal a treasure chest in the Sky region containing a treasure upon striking them. In this guide, we’ve noted the cube’s location, as the corresponding chest it reveals will always be identified by Fi with a little icon on your map.

If you’re curious about other heart piece locations, read our comprehensive heart piece roundup. For more guides, be sure to check out our Zelda: Skyward Sword guide roundup. Otherwise, read our Zelda: Skyward Sword HD review.

Pumpkin Landing: Inside The Lumpy Pumpkin

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The next piece of heart to obtain is waiting inside the Lumpy Pumpkin, on an island east of Skyloft. It’s no wonder the proprietor of the Lumpy Pumpkin is so proud of his chandelier; it’s littered with rupees and a piece of heart! Run upstairs and roll into the banister closest to the chandelier to get to the piece. After two successive rolls, the chandelier (and the piece of heart) will come crashing to the ground.

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Skyloft: Reward From Completing Batreaux’s Gratitude Crystal Questline

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When Link places the tablet obtained from Skyview Temple within the secret chamber of the Goddess Statue, he will be prompted to find a little girl, Kukiel, by her mother. Go to sleep, wake up at night, and head to the cemetery. Hit the last stone on the left to make it glow, and then push it toward the far row to open the path to Batreaux, a fearsome, ugly, and friend of young Kukiel. To become human, he requires that you collect gratitude crystals by helping people with tasks. When you reach certain milestones, he will award you with various prizes. At 10 gratitude crystals, he will present Link with a piece of heart.

And that’s all the heart pieces you can get from the Sky region for now, as the next you’ll get is located on some platforms near a skeleton bridge in the Eldin Volcano region. Otherwise, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next heart pieces in the region, then keep reading.

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Fun Fun Island: Skydiving Mini-Game

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Once you’ve acquired Scrapper, during your quest to retrieve the fallen propeller from Eldin Volcano, you can also assist Dodoh, the ever-so-sad clown, located on the colorful Fun Fun Island. He needs you to retrieve the Party Wheel from the desert. Navigate to the Desert Entrance of the Lanaryu Desert, and if you haven’t already, use your bombs to blow up a rock near the nearby minecart. This reveals a Timeshift Stone that you can hit that’ll open a pathway leading to the Party Wheel.

Once you return the Party Wheel to Dodoh, he will activate a skydiving mini-game. Navigate through each of the multiplier rings and land in the 50 rupee zone to net Link a piece of heart.

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Lumpy Pumpkin Shopkeeper Questline

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Don’t forget that you owe the shopkeeper at the Lumpy Pumpkin a few favors to repay for the damaged chandelier. The first requires Link to deliver soup to Eagus at the sparring hall in Skyloft. The second involves carrying a large stack of pumpkins to a shed behind the Lumpy Pumpkin. Lastly, Link must use the harp unlocked after completing the game’s third dungeon, the Lanaryu Mining Facility, to entertain the patrons of the pub. Completing these challenges will earn Link a piece of heart.

And that’s the end of your time spent looking for heart pieces in the Sky region again. Next, you’ll want to head to the Faron Woods region to use your bombs on a cracked wall you passed by. Otherwise, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next heart pieces in the region, then keep reading.

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Skyloft: Zelda’s Room In The Knight Academy

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After acquiring the clawshot, return to Skyloft and use them to access the Knight Academy’s roof via the chimney. Enter, and you’ll find yourself in Zelda’s room, with a piece of heart in the cabinet.

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Skyloft: Sparring Hall

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After helping Fledge boost his workout with two stamina potions over the course of two nights (you can sleep in his bed to move time forward–a series of encounters that you can’t wrap up until after clearing the Ancient Cistern), you will unlock his Pumpkin Pull mini-game near the sparring hall. If you can reach a score of 600, he will reward you with a heart piece. Of course, the only way to play the mini-game is with the bow, which you get after completing the Sandship.

With these two heart pieces out of the way, you’ll find your next piece at the Fire Santuary in the Eldin Volcano region. Otherwise, if you’ve already got what it takes to get the next heart pieces in the region, then keep reading.

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Skyloft: Beedle’s Airshop

If you’ve managed to purchase every item from Beedle’s shop, he will have one last item for sale, the coveted, final piece of heart. We’ve saved this one, in particular, for the end of this guide, as it’s likely you won’t have unlocked the ability to buy this piece until then.

Regardless, this heart piece doesn’t come cheap, so make sure you’ve got a wallet big enough to carry 1600 rupees, and you will have completed your collection of heart pieces. However, if you complete Beedle’s Gratitude Crystal quest, he gives you 50% off one item, so we highly recommend you do that first before breaking the bank on the Heart Piece.

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Bonus: How To Get The Final Life Medal (Goddess Cube)

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To expand your health further, you can acquire what’s called Life Medals–special items that can increase your total health when stored in your Adventure Pouch. If you’ve purchased every item in Beedle’s stock, then you’ve already picked up one in your quest to buy every item from Beedle’s Airshop. The last one is located in a Goddess Chest.

To get to the Goddess Cube that’ll be on the way to the chest, travel to the “West Desert” Bird Statue in the Lanaryu Desert region. There is a clawshot target nearby that will lead you to the Goddess Cube in question. Strike it and head to the skies to collect your prize on an island north of Fun Fun Island.

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Like any game in the Legend of Zelda franchise, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is brimming with secrets to find. The game world is huge, spanning both a massive surface world and several floating islands in the sky, and mixed across both are collectibles that can aid you in your journey. While some of those items are hidden in the corners of the world or require you to revisit locations you’ve already seen once you have new items, you’ll also need to interact with the game’s various characters and help them solve their problems if you want to reach 100% completion.

Apart from that, though, Skyward Sword is unique among Zelda games because of its original focus on motion controls and other mechanical flourishes. While some of those ideas have popped up in other games, they don’t quite come together in the same way as in Skyward Sword–and that means you’ll need to develop some new skills to handle the game’s control scheme and puzzles. We’ve put together a whole mess of guides to help you on your quest as the Goddess’s chosen hero, covering side quests, Goddess Cubes, Pieces of Heart, and the iconic Hylian Shield.

Don’t forget to also check out our Skyward Sword HD review to see how it stacks up to the original Wii version.

Essential Beginner’s Tips & Tricks

Skyward Sword requires a different set of skills for Legend of Zelda players, whether you’re new to the franchise or a veteran of fighting Ganon. It’s also a game that can bog you down in non-essential content, especially early on, that kills the flow of the game. Our tips will get you into your adventure quicker, keep you alive longer, and help you overcome Skyward Sword’s unique puzzles and challenges.

Heart Piece Locations

Every Zelda game is littered with collectible Pieces of Heart that allow you to boost your health pool, survive tougher combat, and become a real hero of legend. But those hearts aren’t easy to come by, and you’ll have to scour the world to locate them all. We take the pain out of checking every single corner and nook of Skyward Sword with a complete rundown of how you can max out Link’s health as you play.

Goddess Cube Locations

Some of the best rewards in Skyward Sword require you to complete two steps to gather them: First, you’ll need to find and activate a special Goddess Cube on the surface, then you’ll need to return to Skyloft and locate the chest each cube unlocks. We’ve got a full rundown of where you can find each cube, what you need to reach it, and where you’ll find the chest when you return to the sky.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD’s Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo has been hit by shipping delays, causing the majority of them to arrive sometime in August instead of on July 16. As reported by IGN, the Amiibo has been impacted by “unforeseen” issues related to shipping, resulting in only a handful of the Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo arriving on July 16 when the game releases.

The majority of the Amiibo ordered will arrive sometime in August. Nintendo of America also told IGN that this delay will not impact any other Amiibo figures. The Amiibo was originally set to release alongside Skyward Sword HD, and while normally video game merchandise shipping later than the game isn’t a big deal, this Amiibo unlocks a pretty useful mechanic in-game.

“The Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo figure is currently impacted by unforeseen shipping delays. As a result, only a small portion of the Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo will be available on its scheduled July 16 launch date,” Nintendo of America said in a statement to GameSpot. “Additional shipments are delayed until August. We will ship additional Amiibo to retailers as soon as they arrive.”

The Zelda and Skyloft Amiibo allows you to travel between the air and the ground at any time during the game. Without this feature, you can only do this at a bird statue. Locking this feature behind a $25 statue was already an odd decision, but now that the Amiibo will likely show up after players have had the game for multiple weeks, there’s a decent chance some people will have beaten the game without ever getting to use the fast travel.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD releases for Nintendo Switch on July 16. In GameSpot’s review, critic Kevin Knezevic gave it a 7/10, writing, “Despite these flaws, Skyward Sword is also filled with many genuinely magical moments. The soundtrack, notable for being Zelda’s first fully orchestrated score, is still delightful, and the story is one of the most touching tales the series has ever woven, shedding light on the origins of Hyrule and other elements that have become hallmarks of the franchise. The game’s dungeons are a highlight, as well, filled with clever puzzles that test your observation and lateral thinking.”

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Joy-Cons also release on July 16 and there is still time to get an order in for the Blue Zelda-themed controllers.

The PS5 is getting a sugar glider-centered nature sim titled Away: The Survival Series. Players will get to assume the identities of sugar gliders–flying, leaping, and climbing like they do–and “embark on a perilous journey through the wilderness to save [their] family.” The game is expected to release sometime in late summer of 2021.

Canadian developer Breaking Wall took to PlayStation’s blog to introduce the gameplay, which includes stalking prey and coming face-to-face with the sugar gliders’ natural predators, including the Coral Snake.

Other features include a photo mode–to capture players’ exploits as an enterprising sugar glider–and the ability to play as other species. Players can take the POVs of salamanders, beetles, frogs, spiders, and more.

While the game will be available on the PS4, Breaking Wall recommends playing the game on the PS5 for maximum graphical setting, Documentary Experience. Mike Raznick, who worked on the acclaimed nature documentaries Life and Planet Earth II, will provide the music for the game.

Away: The Survival Series was funded through Kickstarter, and CA$135,789 was raised to help finish the game. The game will be available on PS5, PS4, and PC.

Welcoooome to Nintendo Voice Chat: OLED Edition! Nintendo has finally unveiled the next member of the Nintendo Switch Family, featuring a larger, OLED screen and a redesigned dock. But, it’s missing the highly-rumored 4K support that some fans were hoping for. So, what do we think? This week on NVC, join Casey DeFreitas, Peer Schneider, Seth Macy, and special guest Jools Watsham as they break down their thoughts on Nintendo’s newest console. Plus, hear about our Monster Hunter Stories 2 review, some special amiibo news, and Pictooi, Jools’ new game!

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