Cave Story 3D Health Upgrades
Cave Story 3D features a number of new health upgrades, so I've listed all that I can find here. This should be a complete list, but please notify me if you have found an upgrade that isn't on this list.
Inc. | Location | Instructions |
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+3 | First Cave | Far left-hand wall as on your way to the hermit's cave. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+3 | Mimiga Village | Can be found in the waterway in the bottom-right corner of Yamashita Farm. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+2 | Mimiga Village | Arthur's house basement, near the flowers on the bottom-right. |
+3 | Egg Corridor | Left of egg 16 (near the teleporter). This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+4 | Egg Corridor | Above the first save room entrance (Cthulhu's Abode). This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+5 | Bushlands | Near the first section of the stage an alcove above next to where the shootable block and big jellyfish lie. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+1 | Bushlands | In a semi-hidden alcove left of the Power Room entrance. |
+5 | Bushlands | Inside the room called the Execution Chamber. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+2 | Sand Zone | Answer no just after defeating Curly. |
+5 | Sand Zone | At the top of the first tall shootable block column in the top half of the Sand Zone. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+5 | Sand Zone | In the end of a long paw print-marked secret passage corridor close to Jenka's house and just below the two moving blocks that were dispelled after the fight with Omega. Next to Mick's chest. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+1 | Sand Zone | Return second dog. |
+1 | Sand Zone | Return third dog. |
+1 | Sand Zone | Return fourth dog. |
+5 | Labyrinth | Halfway up the first room of the labyrinth (the junk yard), just before the moving blocks. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+3 | Labyrinth | Labyrinth shop, next to the teleporter. If you don't have the Booster or a Machine Gun then you can access this from the teleporter past the Boulder Chamber. |
+2 | Labyrinth | Next to the health restore point in the room where Booster falls. If you do not have the Booster or a Machine Gun then just return here when you do. |
+1 | Labyrinth | Boulder Chamber to Core, mid-way through the fourth floor. Keep an eye upwards and you'll find it. |
+2 | Waterway | The section before the jellies in the waterway on the left-hand corner. You can't see it initially but just let the current take you and you'll find it. |
+3 | Waterway | Take Curly with you at the Waterway Cabin. |
+4 | First Cave | Same location as the original provided that you have achieved the conditions for obtaining the Spur. |
+2 | Egg Corridor | Second section of the Egg Corridor Detour (a new area in the post-Labyrinth Egg Corridor) on the upper-left ledge above the left wall. |
+2 | Outer Wall | Near the top on what looks like a crate. |
+4 | Plantation | In the top-left most quadrant of the Plantation. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+2 | Inner Wall | Below the stack of moving blocks. |
+5 | Plantation | After gaining access to the Final Cave, jump off the rocket and make your way over to Jenka's dog, Hajime, sitting on the platform just before you enter. He will give you a life capsule, and a life pot as well if you don't have one. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+4 | Balcony | In the upper-right most corner. |
+1 | Balcony | In the lower-rightmost corner of the escape route you take after beating Undead Core (Falling Tower). You need to drop in from the top through the vertical press gauntlet to get there and escape to your left. Check your map. |
+5 | Sacred Grounds | In B1F (the first room) it can be found in an alcove just before the final set of spikes. Though it's difficult to nigh impossible to survive those spikes without entering that alcove anyway. This is a life capsule that can be found in the original game. |
+5 | Sacred Grounds | In B3F (the third room) just before the giant spike pit this life capsule can be found on the topmost block. |
+1 | Sacred Grounds | Inspect Quote's statue after destroying the crown bearer statues in the statue room. |
+1 | Sacred Grounds | Inspect Toroko's statue after destroying the crown bearer statues in the statue room. |
+1 | Sacred Grounds | Inspect King's statue after destroying the crown bearer statues in the statue room. |
+1 | Sacred Grounds | Inspect Curly's statue after destroying the crown bearer statues in the statue room. |
If you got all the health upgrades you should have 79hp by the time you reach Last/Final Cave, 83hp by the time you fight The Doctor, 84hp at the start of Hell, and 98hp by the time you beat Ballos.