Duskfade Clock Heart Piece Guide – Max Health Upgrades

Duskfade leans heavily into its action platformer roots, rewarding players who hunt down every hidden collectible. Among these, the Clock Heart Pieces stand out—not just for their scarcity but for the crucial upgrades they grant. Each trio collected boosts your health bar, a vital edge in navigating the game’s demanding encounters.

The game houses a total of twelve Clock Heart Pieces, distributed across more than half of Duskfade’s stages. With a maximum of one per stage, gathering all four health bar upgrades means tracking down each one diligently. Below is a detailed roadmap to all their locations in the order you’ll encounter them.

Erazus Forest Clock Heart Piece
Just left of the fast travel point, a broken fence reveals a ledge across a gap. Use your double jump and mid-air roll to chain across. This small platforming and combat trial ends at a cavern with a treasure chest housing the first Clock Heart Piece.

Erazus Forest Clock Heart Piece

To the left of the area’s fast travel point, you’ll see a broken piece of the fence and a ledge with items on the other side. With a double jump and a mid-air roll for extra distance, you can reach this ledge for a brief linear platforming and combat segment. Reach the end of the cavern and you’ll find a treasure chest with a Clock Heart Piece in it.

Scorched Grove Clock Heart Piece

Scorched Grove Clock Heart Piece
After passing the second checkpoint, head to the left edge of the first patch of solid ground. Angle your camera downwards to spot a hidden path below. Drop down to uncover a chest containing the next Clock Heart Piece.

Starstone Mine Clock Heart Piece

Starstone Mine Clock Heart Piece
This piece waits above the second checkpoint, but you’ll only access it after a specific event. Once the bouncy plant near that checkpoint blooms following progression, bounce up to the archway above to reach the chest.

Meridian Village Clock Heart Piece

Meridian Village Clock Heart Piece
Right of the fast travel point stands a building to climb. Ascend to the eastern cliff’s peak, then use the grapple points northward to return to ground. Defeat enemies here to spawn a bouncy plant you can use to reach the chest with this Clock Heart Piece.

Lantern Port Clock Heart Piece

Lantern Port Clock Heart Piece
This one demands some story progression. Only after acquiring the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage can you reach it. Navigate the islands left of the Lantern Port’s fast travel spot until you find a buried chest holding the piece.

Clockwork Academy Clock Heart Piece

Clockwork Academy Clock Heart Piece
The Academy’s heart piece is straightforward. In the room with swinging pendulums over water, spot the plank of wood to grab. It pulls you directly to a treasure chest with the Clock Heart Piece beyond.

Scriptorium of the Twelve Clock Heart Piece

Scriptorium of the Twelve Clock Heart Piece
Here, the only collectible is this heart piece, tucked in a chest directly in front of the fast travel point. No tricks, just an easy pickup.

Canal Hamlet Clock Heart Piece

At the start of the open town area near the beginning of the stage, you’ll spot a house that you can walljump to the top of. Jump along the rooftops and rocks from here until you reach the balcony of a building in the center of the town, here you will find a treasure chest with the Heart Piece.

Celestial Kingdom Clock Heart Piece

Celestial Kingdom Clock Heart Piece
After securing the Sundial from Gramps and returning to the local checkpoint, look left to find a grind rail leading to a purple door accessible with your Stopwatch ability. This path begins a platforming and combat challenge culminating in the heart piece reward.

Royal Highroads Clock Heart Piece

Royal Highroads Clock Heart Piece
Begin the stage by jumping onto a rail and use its momentum to launch onto one of the entrance pillars. Grapple upwards to a higher platform where a chest holds this valuable heart piece.

Deepthorne Clock Heart Piece

Deepthorne Clock Heart Piece
This one locks behind progression—you’ll need the Wings from Clockmaker’s Rest first. Return to the spinning gear lake near Deepthorne’s start, then use boost rings found on a ledge to fly directly to the heart piece.

Stonetusk Canyon Clock Heart Piece

Stonetusk Canyon Clock Heart Piece
After crossing spinning gear platforms, activate the adjacent gear pulling down a new platform. Use a bouncy flower and grapple point to scale the cliff’s summit, cross the bridge, and grab the chest containing this final Clock Heart Piece.