Editing Heart Star

{{Infobox-Item
|image=[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Collected Screenshot.png]]
|caption=Kirby gets a '''Heart Star''' from a local flower in Stage 1 of [[Grass Land (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Grass Land]].
|use=Forging the [[Love-Love Stick]].
|obtained=Characters from [[Popstar|Pop Star]]
|game=''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
|compare=[[Rainbow Drop]], [[Crystal Shard]]
}}
[[File:KDL3 Heart Star.png]] '''Heart Stars''' are collectable items found in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''. These are all needed to forge the [[Love-Love Stick]], a weapon which is used to battle [[Dark Matter]] at the end of the game. They are concentrated love and goodwill formed by denizens of [[Popstar|Pop Star]] when they are grateful. Their name comes from the fact that they continually shift form between a heart and a star.

==Guide==
Each level in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'' has six stages (not counting boss stages), and one Heart Star can be found at the end of each stage. Kirby and his friends will pick up a Heart Star from a Pop Star denizen at the end of the stage, given that the proper conditions are met. After Kirby has collected all six Heart Stars in a particular level, he can use them to dispel the remaining [[Dark Matter]] from the area, once he's beaten the level Boss with them in hand. The boss in question - free from Dark Matter's influence - will thus be friendly to Kirby should he visit them again.

The following summarizes what needs to be done in each stage in order to get a Heart Star. Names of the characters were taken from Japanese-exclusive ''Kirby of the Stars Character Encyclopedia''.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=4|Heart Star locations in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' &nbsp;
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!Stage
!Sprite
!Name
!How to reach
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|[[Grass Land - Stage 1 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Grass Land - Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 1 Sprite.png]]}}
|チュリップ<br>''[[Tulip]]''
|The first Heart Star is given out by a large red Tulip with eyes. To get this piece, Kirby must venture through this stage without stepping on or otherwise harming any of the flower's buddies along the way.
|-
|[[Grass Land - Stage 2 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Grass Land - Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 2 Sprite.png]]}}
|ムチムチ<br>''[[Muchimuchi]]''<br><small>Lit. "whip whip"</small>
|This green creature named Muchimuchi can be found in a side-chamber in Room 2 of this stage. To make it happy, [[ChuChu]] needs to extend her tentacle at it, by using her default 'inhale' move. This done correctly, Muchimuchi will give out a Heart Star at the end of the stage.
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|[[Grass Land - Stage 3 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Grass Land - Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 3 Sprite.png]]}}
|ピッチャマン<br>''[[Pitcherman]]''
|{{main|Which Gordo was thrown?}}
In Room 3, after ascending the cliff, Kirby finds this pitcherman aside two rocky screens. He tosses a metal ball behind the screens, which transforms into a [[Gordo]] with a specific face in-between them - visible for only a very brief moment as such. Kirby has to then guess what the face looked like. This procedure is repeated twice more. If Kirby gets all three faces right, he will be able to collect a Heart Star from the pitcherman at the end of the stage.
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|[[Grass Land - Stage 4 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Grass Land - Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Chao Sprite.png]][[File:KDL3 Goku Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Chao & Goku]]
|In Room 3, there is a bridge made of blocks that can be broken using the [[Stone]] ability. Underneath is a path that leads to an alternate doorway. Taking this path leads Kirby to a fight with [[Boboo]]. From there, he can reach a stranded monkey named Goku and collect him. This done, Kirby just needs to reach the end of the stage and reunite the monkey with Chao to get the Heart Star.
|-
|[[Grass Land - Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Mine Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Mine]]
|Mine the sunfish is waiting for her husband at the end of this stage. If Kirby brings Kine with him to her, she will give out a Heart Star as thanks.
|-
|[[Grass Land - Stage 6]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 5 Sprite.png]]}}
|ピエール<br>''[[Pierre]]''<br><small>Pun on ピエロ ''piero'', the Japanese term for "clown", derived from the French loanword ''Pierrot''</small>
|In Room 2, in the hollow stump, there are three shapes scattered around the place: a triangle, a circle, and a square/rectangle. Kirby will need to collect all of these, then head to the stage exit with them. Done correctly, the clown at the end will be seen juggling them, and will give out a Heart Star.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 1 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Ripple Field - Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 6 Sprite.png]]}}
|カムリバナ<br>''[[Kamuribana]]''<br><small>Corruption of カンムリバナ (''kanmuribana'', lit. "crown flower", the Japanese name for the genus ''[[wikipedia:Edraianthus|Edraianthus]]'').</small>
|There are three side-chambers in the walkway past [[Pitch]] and [[Nago]]. Kirby needs to enter each of these with Pitch and the [[Cleaning|Clean]] ability, and use that ability to lob water at each of the stems in these rooms to make them grow into tulips. If all six tulips grow and are not subsequently damaged, Kirby can obtain a Heart Star from another tulip at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 2 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Ripple Field - Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 7 Sprite.png]]}}
|バカサ<br>''[[Bakasa]]''<br><small>Portmanteau of バカ ("fool", "idiot") and カサ ("umbrella").</small>
|In Room 3, after leaving the water tunnel section, there is a small suspended island with a door on it. In this door is this parasol-headed creature named Bakasa. To please it, Kirby will need to bring [[Kine]] and the [[Parasol]] ability. If Kirby activates this move next to Bakasa, it will begin to burst out laughing, as Kine and Kirby doing this move resembles it greatly. This done, it will grant Kirby a Heart Star when he reaches the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 3 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Ripple Field - Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 8 Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Elieel]]
|{{Main|Where's the eel?}}
Along the path of this stage, Kirby will run into an open field with five large pots. This [[Elieel]] will emerge from one of them, and then begin a game with Kirby. Elieel will then start shuffling around between the pots, with [[Gordo]]s occupying the other four. They'll pop up and back down repeatedly, getting faster each time. After the last pop-up, Kirby then has to guess which pot the Elieel is in. This game plays three times, and if Kirby gets all three guesses right, he will win, and be able to collect the Heart Star at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 4 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Ripple Field - Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 9 Sprite.png]]}}
|コガムガエル & ガムガエル<br>''[[Kogamugaeru & Gamugaeru]]''<br><small>Corruption of ガマガエル (''gamagaeru'', "toad"); the prefix コ- means "small", "child".</small>
|After ascending the dark tower in an auto-scrolling section, Kirby needs to find a hidden doorway on the left. This will take him on a path to do battle with [[Captain Stitch]]. After defeating this Gordo, Kirby will need to gain the [[Needle]] ability from the fallen [[Mid-Boss]], then use it to free Kogamugaeru down a hallway. After the toad is obtained, Kirby just needs to reach the end of the stage to reunite it with its parent, named Gamugaeru, and get the Heart Star. Secret doors are not visible, so Kirby must guess where they are.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Pitch Mama Sprite.png]]}}
|ピッチママ<br>''[[Pitch Mama]]''
|Pitch's mother is waiting at the end of this stage to see [[Pitch|her son]]. She will give out a Heart Star when she does.
|-
|[[Ripple Field - Stage 6]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 10 Sprite.png]]}}
|[[HB-002]]
|This creature can be found in a side-chamber in the hall after the [[Zebon]] challenge, in an underwater grotto. It is sitting next to a block formation in a squared diamond shape, similar to the shape of the creature itself. In an adjacent room is a 5x5 arrangement of [[Star Block]]s. Kirby needs to break off the corners of this arrangement so that it matches the shape of the creature and the block formation in the first room. Once this is done, Kirby will receive a Heart Star from HB-002 when they meet again at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 11 Sprite.png]]}}
|ゲロマズダケ<br>''[[Geromazudake]]''<br><small>A portmanteau of ゲロマズ (''geromazu'', "extremely foul-tasting") and 松茸 (''matsutake'', a type of mushroom).</small>
|In the very first area, Kirby will encounter both red tulips like the ones in Grass Land, and brown mushrooms. Unlike in that stage, Kirby is actually supposed to trample the tulips, but leave the mushrooms untouched. Done correctly, Kirby will receive a Heart Star from another mushroom, Geromazudake, at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 12 Sprite.png]]}}
|オバチャン<br>''[[Oba-chan]]''<br><small>A term of endearment for an aunt or any middle-aged woman regardless of familial relation.</small>
|In the sandstone tower, past the guarding [[Bukiset]] a janitor named Oba-chan can be seen sweeping the floor. She has this room covered, but she'd be grateful if Kirby went and swept up the other two that have grown rather dusty. Naturally, the [[Cleaning|Clean]] ability is what Kirby will want for this task. Should he clean up both other floors, Oba-chan will give him a Heart Star as thanks at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 13 Sprite.png]]}}
|カラメロ<br>''[[Caramelo]]''
|{{Main|How many of the same face are there?}}
Kirby will bump into this egg-shaped creature in a separate chamber in this stage. It presents a game, where it blows a bubble, causing a horde of Gordos in the air to briefly show faces. Kirby has to then guess how many Gordos of a specified sort there were. This goes on for three rounds. If Kirby gets all three guesses right, he will be given a Heart Star by Caramelo at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Donbe Sprite.png]][[File:KDL3 Hikari Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Donbe & Hikari]]
|In the underwater auto-scrolling area, Kirby has to follow a specific set of tunnels - first down, then up, then through the middle. From there, he will fight the [[Mid-Boss]] [[Haboki]], then be able to pick up the boy Donbe in the next area. When Kirby reaches the end of the stage and reunites Donbe with his sister Hikari, she will reward him with a Heart Star.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Nyupun Sprite.png]]}}
|ニュプン<br>''[[Nyupun]]''
|Nyupun is waiting at the end of the stage for Kirby to arrive with ChuChu, and will give out a Heart Star as thanks.
|-
|[[Sand Canyon - Stage 6]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 ROB Sprite.png]][[File:KDL3 Hector Sprite.png]]}}
|[[R.O.B. & Professor Hector]]
|R.O.B. has been disassembled, and his pieces scattered all over the interior of the pyramid. In order to get the Heart Star from Professor Hector, Kirby will need to collect each piece before reaching the end of the stage. The pieces can be found in side-chambers, accessible from the main hub with the [[Zebon]] in it.
*The bottom-left chamber has R.O.B.'s right arm. To get it, Kirby will need to grab [[Coo]] and the [[Stone]] ability. Careful maneuvering is needed in the first room to avoid falling into the [[bottomless pit]] below.
*The top-left chamber has R.O.B.'s base. To get it, Kirby has to follow the correct path through a series of doors. To determine this path, [[Kine]] and the [[Spark]] ability may come in handy.
*The top chamber has R.O.B.'s head. To get it, Kirby has to climb an auto-scrolling tower. Once at the top, Kirby can grab the head, but he does have to climb back down again, which may be more difficult.
*The top-right chamber has R.O.B.'s torso. To get it, Kirby has to go through the doors on either the left or the right, with the middle one always taking him back down. Along the way, he can use the various Copy Abilities to ascend the tower.
*The bottom-right chamber has R.O.B.'s left arm. To get it, Kirby will need [[Kine]], but will also need to get him over there. The best way to do this is to use the [[Parasol]] ability to float over.
**Alternately, this piece can be gotten with Coo, but patience and a fast thumb is needed.

Once all the pieces are collected, Kirby just needs to reach the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 1 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 14 Sprite.png]]}}
|ヒバナモドキ<br>''[[Hibanamodoki]]''<br><small>Can be translated as "Pseudo-Fire Flower", or 火花 (''hibana'', "fire flower") and もどき (''modoki'', "pseudo-" or "imitation"); they resemble the ''Mario'' series' [[mariowiki:Fire Flower|Fire Flower]]s.</small>
|In the last area of this stage, a bunch of flowers resembling this one can be found, but are covered in soot. To clean them off, Kirby will need not only the [[Cleaning|Clean]] ability, but [[Coo]]'s or [[Rick]]'s help as well. Kirby will need to brush off all of the flowers, but should be careful not to trample them in the process. If successful, Kirby can receive the heart-star from the last flower at the end.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 2 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 15a Sprite.png]][[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 15b Sprite.png]]}}
|ピヨ & ケコ<br>''[[Piyo & Keko]]''<br><small>''Piyo'' is a Japanese onomatopoeia for cheeping, while ''Keko'' is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a chicken's cackle.</small>
|In the very last area, Kirby will find this small chick named Piyo hanging from a large red balloon. The goal here is to pop the balloon, allowing the chick to get back down, but only a variant of the [[Needle]] ability will do the trick. This done, the chick will reunite with its mother (Keko) who will give Kirby a Heart Star at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 3 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 16 Sprite.png]]}}
|タマサン<br>''[[Tama-san]]''<br><small>玉 (''tama'', ball) and さん (''-san'', a Japanese honorific equivalent to "Mr." or "Miss").</small>
|{{Main|How many of the same color are there?}}
Kirby will bump into this strange tri-colored creature along his path up the cloud-tops. Here, they will play a short [[Sub-Game]]. This game consists of three rounds, and in each one, a number of [[Gordo]]s will appear briefly from behind a screen. These Gordos come in four different colors. Once they disappear, Kirby then has to guess how many of a particular color there were. Kirby has to get all three guesses right in order to receive a Heart Star at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 4 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 17 Sprite.png]]}}
|ミカリン & かがみもっち<br>''[[Mikarin & Kagami Mocchi]]''<br><small>"Mikarin" is a portmanteau of the Japanese word ''mikan'' and the English "mandarin", both referring to oranges. Kagami Mocchi is a reference to [[wikipedia:kagami mochi|a decoration with the same name]], also involving oranges.</small>
|In the room directly following the fight with [[Jumper Shoot]], a small orange-looking creature called Mikarin can be seen sitting on a platform against a strong current of wind. In order to reach it, Kirby will need help from [[Coo]]. Once Mikarin is collected, Kirby then has to reach the end of the stage to reunite it with Kagami Mocchi. Once there, Mikarin will be sitting on top of Kagami Mocchi, and they will gift Kirby a Heart Star.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 5 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Pick Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Pick]]
|Pick the hamster is waiting for her boyfriend at the end of this stage. She will give out a Heart Star to Kirby if he brings [[Rick]] along.
|-
|[[Cloudy Park - Stage 6 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Cloudy Park - Stage 6]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 18 Sprite.png]]}}
|[[HB-007]]
|In a side-chamber from the hall full of [[Mopoo]], HB-007 can be found. It is standing on its head. In the room adjacent is a 5x5 array of Star Blocks. Kirby has to shape this arrangement by removing select blocks from the grouping, but Kirby has to make sure the shape is the right way up. This done correctly, the creature, now right side up, will give Kirby a Heart Star at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 1 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Iceberg - Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 19 Sprite.png]]}}
|コゴエソウ<br>''[[Kogoesou]]''<br><small>From 凍える ''kogoeru'' ("to be frozen").</small>
|In the third area of this stage, on a snowy hillside, several daisies can be found frozen solid. Kirby has to use the [[Burning]]  ability to thaw them out, but he has to be careful not to trample them afterward. Once all of them are thawed, he can pick up a Heart Star from another daisy at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 2 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Iceberg - Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Samus Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Samus]]
|In the first area of the magma caves, Kirby can find three side-chambers filled with [[Metroid]]s. Kirby has to use the [[Ice]] ability to freeze them, then knock them away. If he freezes all six, he can rendezvous with [[metroidwiki:Samus|Samus]] at the end, who will give him a Heart Star as thanks. Notably, like in the ''Metroid'' games, Samus will remove her helmet if Kirby successfully completes the mission.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 3 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Iceberg - Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Kawasaki Sprite.png]]}}
|[[Chef Kawasaki]]
|{{main|What was that sound?}}
Kirby will bump into [[Chef Kawasaki]] along the path, who will provide him with the last [[Sub-Game]]. This game consists of three rounds. In each round, Kawasaki tosses out five Gordos, which will then each make a specific sound, one after the other. Kawasaki then bangs his pan on a sixth Gordo, making the same sound as one of the previous Gordos. Kirby has to guess which Gordo made that particular sound. If Kirby gets all three guesses right, Kawasaki will reward him with a Heart Star at the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 4 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Iceberg - Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 20 Sprite.png]]}}
|ナメ<br>''[[Name]]''<br><small>Short for ナメクジ (''namekuji'', "slug").</small>
|To get this Heart Star, Kirby has to recover the lost shell of a snail. It can be found by collecting the [[Burning]] ability and [[Coo]], then breaking through the ice block tunnel. Along this tunnel, a side-door can be found accessible only by means of these two elements together. From there, Kirby has to alternate between Coo and [[ChuChu]] to break through more ice barricades and reach an area where the shell can be found. From there, Kirby just needs to reach the end of the stage.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 5 (Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Iceberg - Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Shiro Sprite.png]]}}
|シロ<br>''[[Shiro]]''
|Shiro the cat is waiting for her boyfriend at the end of this stage. She will give out a Heart Star to Kirby if he brings [[Nago]] with him. Kirby will have to enter the stage with Nago to do this, however, as Nago does not appear in the stage itself.
|-
|[[Iceberg - Stage 6]]
|{{center|[[File:KDL3 Heart Star Character 21 Sprite.png]]}}
|エンジェル<br>''[[Angel (character)|Angel]]''
|For the last Heart Star, Kirby will need to progress through this stage, collecting eight feathers along the way. These turn out to make up an angel's wings. To do this, Kirby will need to use every [[Copy Ability]] to break through the appropriate [[Block]]s. The needed abilities are, in order:
*[[Spark]]
*[[Stone]]
*[[Parasol]]
*[[Ice]]
*[[Cutter]]
*[[Cleaning|Clean]]
*[[Burning|Burn]]
*[[Needle]]
This done, Kirby just needs to reach the end of the stage, where the angel will give him the Heart Star as thanks for helping her get her wings back.
|}

There is a basic pattern to the tasks in each level. Each first stage involves flowers or mushrooms, each third stage involves a [[Sub-Game]], each fourth stage is a search-and-rescue mission where Kirby has to battle a [[Mid-Boss]], each fifth stage involves bringing the right Animal Friend to the end of the stage to reunite with another of their kind, and each sixth stage involves either collecting objects to bring to the end of the stage or destroying [[Star Block]] structures in just such a way that they form a specific shape.

==Gallery==
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Twitter commemorative - Valentine's Day 2018.jpg|Multiple Heart Star-giving characters appear in this Kirby JP Twitter illustration, with [[Pick]] and [[Shiro]] seen with cookies resembling their respective [[Animal Friends]] and [[ChuChu]] decorating a cookie to look like [[Nyupun]].
Twitter commemorative - New Year's Day 2020.jpg|Mikarin and Kagamimocchi appear in the background of this [[Kirby JP Twitter]] illustration, with [[Rick]] juggling Mikarin on his nose and [[Doc]] poking Kagamimocchi curiously.
FK1 FG Tulip.png|Tulip in ''[[Find Kirby!!]]''
FK1 FG Kamuribana.png|Kamuribana in ''Find Kirby!!''
FK1 FG Poison Mushroom.png|Poison Mushroom in ''Find Kirby!!''
FK1 FG Caramelo.png|Caramelo in ''Find Kirby!!''
FK1 FG Piyo and Keko.png|Piyo & Keko in ''Find Kirby!!''
</gallery>

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