Health

“	Every time you take damage, your vitality will be reduced. When it becomes zero, you will lose one Kirby.”
	— Kirby's Dream Land 3 instruction manual

A full Vitality Heart.

Vitality (also sometimes called health or hit points) is the visual representation of how many hits Kirby can take before he loses a life. All playable characters have this and bosses, mid-bosses, and in some games, enemies have their own separate vitality bars shown while fighting them.

Vitality Meter

Most of the time the vitality meter is represented by bars that disappear as Kirby takes damage while boss characters get a gauge; though in Kirby Super Star, its remake, Kirby: Squeak Squad, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, and Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby and his helper use a gauge for their vitality as well.

Kirby's default vitality is often 6, but changes from time to time. In Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, when played on extra mode, Kirby has only 3 bars of health. In Kirby's Dream Land 3, he has 10 health points. In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror he could raise his vitality up by 4. In Kirby: Canvas Curse, Kirby starts with 4 vitality and can increase it up to 7. In Kirby: Squeak Squad, Kirby could also raise his vitality.

Recovering Vitality

Most games have food items that recover lost vitality by various increments. The most famous of these is the Maxim Tomato, a large red tomato with an M on it that recovers all of a character's vitality and is said to be Kirby's favorite food. Another common health item is Pep Brew, a bottle of soda that recovers only a third of Kirby's health.

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Hidden in certain treasure chests are Vitality Hearts. There are four of them, and they each increase Kirby's health bar by one hit point.

Kirby: Canvas Curse

Vitality return as an item that increases Kirby's health. However, is not seen as an actual item, and is only obtainable through Medal Swap. The iconic vitality heart also makes an appearance as a painting by Paint Roller in the sub-game Paint Panic.

Kirby: Squeak Squad

Two pieces of a vitality heart fit together to increase Kirby's health.

In Kirby: Squeak Squad, while Kirby searches all over Dream Land for his Strawberry Shortcake, he collects treasure chests. Eight of these chests have half a piece of vitality. If Kirby collects 2 pieces, he will gain additional health permanently.

Vitality Locations

• Secret: Second Treasure chest
• Secret: Third Treasure chest
• Secret: Third Treasure chest
• 4-3: Third Treasure chest
• 5-3: Third Treasure chest
• 6-3: Third Treasure chest
• Secret: Third Treasure chest
• 8-3: Third Treasure chest

Artwork

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Sprites

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror / Kirby: Squeak Squad