Lanayru Province

After another morbidly saccharine cutscene with Colin, take control of Link and head north to the bomb shop, where you can buy a bag of 30 bombs for 120 rupees. With the bombs in hand, you can pick up two more Pieces of Heart here in the village, both near the spring in the south. First off, find the rough-looking rock wall to the east of the spring and chuck a bomb at it. Follow the path revealed until you reach the deep water behind it, then equip your Iron Boots and sink down to find the Piece of Heart in a chest there.

It’s tiny, but it is indeed a Piece of Heart.

Secondly, if you look up above the rocks you destroyed just then, you should see another set of rocks above them, on the cliff. Destroy those with your bow+bomb combo (which you can activate by hitting Z while selecting the bombs in your inventory), then use your boomerang to nab the Piece of Heart from its hiding spot.

If you climb up to the top of the northern watchtower (you can use the Gorons for boosts), you’ll be able to speak to Telo, who’ll ask you to show him how to use a bow. If you accept his offer, and manage to hit three straight bow shots of increasing difficulty, the creepy shopkeeper kid will give you another Piece of Heart. The third shot is a doozy; you may want to make it easier on yourself by disabling the pointer in the options screen and simply using the analog stick to line the shot up. Speaking of which, said shopkeeper will sell you the Hawkeye device, which effectively acts as a sniping scope for your bow when used.

No Time Like The Present

Now, you’re supposed to head to the northeast from here to move on to the next section of the game, but the acquisition of bombs will have opened up some new areas to you, so you may as well take advantage of that to pick up one more Piece of Heart. Begin by grabbing Epona and jumping the southeastern gate, which leads back to Faron. In the first section of the Hyrule Field here, cross the gate, then head straight south. You’ll come to an out-of-place looking stone in the rock face there. Bomb it to reveal a cave. If you poke around inside (bring lantern oil), you’ll eventually come to a seeming dead end in the northwestern corner with a large spider inside. Kill the spider, then light both of the lamps in the dead end to reveal a chest containing a Piece of Heart.

To Castle Town

Head back through Kakariko and proceed to the northeast, jumping the gate there to reach another section of Hyrule field. As you leave the rocky area, look to your left just as you hit the grass; you’ll see a rocky path with a large boulder at the bottom of it. Destroy the boulder with a bomb, then climb up and start jumping along the path until you spot another boulder across a gap. Destroy that with a bomb arrow, jump across, then drop down onto the rocks to your left to find a chest with another Piece of Heart.

Head to the north, across the bridge where you had your little joust with the orc leader. After destroying the rock wall that bars your progress, a portal will open up, removing the bridge behind you. Onwards and upwards, we guess.... Don’t bother fighting the shadow beings yet; they’ll be difficult to kill when you’re in human form. Move forward toward the Twilight Wall and let Midna pull you through. You’ll come to another section of Hyrule Field, one with a number of exits that are blocked off to you; you’ll also find Ilia’s scent here. The only exit you’re currently capable of taking is the one in the southeastern corner of the field. Take it, then follow Ilia’s scent to the town outside Hyrule Castle.

Castle Town

Feel free to start looking around town and speaking to all the spirits here while you have your Senses active. Ilia’s trail will lead you through the streets, but eventually you’ll wind up in South Road, heading down a flight of steps to Telma’s Bar. Head inside, and listen to both Ilia’s conversation and that of the soldiers in the back room. You can check the map on the table to get an idea of where you need to go.

Ilia and the injured child will be revisited in the future, no doubt.

Exit Castle Town via the same route you took in, then head east from Hyrule field to reach Lake Hylia. You’ll need to cross the Great Bridge here, but attempting to do so won’t get you far, as an archer, taking inspiration from Braveheart, will set the liquid on the bridge alight. Before you get roasted, push one of the nearby blocks to the side of the bridge, then climb up and dive off to Lake Hylia down below.

You can listen to the Zora at the water’s edge musing over why the water level has decreased so dramatically. The man near the house up the waterbed a bit will also be thinking on the same subject, or at least, he will be until he spots a monster nearby. This seemingly normal archer will summon a huge bird when you approach it. As the bird flies around, climb up towards the rock wall at the edge of the lakebed to get more height; when the bird swoops in to grab you, attack it with the Z+A lunge, then keep tapping A to rip out its heart. When you’ve killed the archer when it falls off, Midna will take control of the bird and let you fly.

To Zora Zone

The flying game here isn’t too hard; try to avoid getting shot by arrows or flying into the falling rocks. Press A for a boost of speed. So long as you have a bit of health to spare, you should make it to the end intact.

This piece of rock will melt the ice in the Zora’s domain, freeing them from their prison.

When the bird drops you, talk to the spirit near the hut, then drop down to the riverbed and head east along the ice to reach Zora’s Domain. You’ll need Midna’s help to climb the ice to the north here; when you get to the top, head into the northernmost cave. The three shadow beings are again separated by walls; track down the solo creature and kill it first before using your B-button power to eliminate the last two. When you do, you’ll make a startling discovering by activating your Senses; all the Zora have been frozen in their watery kingdom.

Now here’s a puzzle solution that you might not immediately realize. Remember that burning pillar of rock that nearly smashed you outside of the Goron Mine in Death Mountain? Sure you...don’t. Well, that’s your key to unfreezing all the Zora. Warp to Death Mountain by talking to Midna, approach the pillar, then have Midna warp it back to Zora’s Domain. (We’re pretty sure dropping a thousand tons of rock on top of the Zora isn’t going to do them any favors, even if it does melt the water, but what do we know.)

The Zora Strand

Before you can leave the Zora Domain, Rutela, a ghost queen of the Zora, will call you and thank you. She asks you to find and save Prince Ralis, her son, who’s presumably the Zora that Ilia was watching over in Castle Town. She’ll make you a deal: save his life, and she’ll let you move and breathe underwater as if you were aboveground. This game’s getting more like Metroid all the time.

Anyway, with the river moving again, jump into it and let it guide you all the way back down to Lake Hylia. With that done, walk into the cave in front of you and speak to the spirit within. Scattered Tears of Light, take my Vessel of Light, blah blah blah. Time for another treasure hunt.