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According to this question the maximum number of red hearts (that is, hearts obtained from either the divine beasts or Goddess Hylia in exchange for spirit orbs) is anywhere from 27 to 30 depending on how much stamina you want.
However, is there a maximum to the number of yellow/temporary hearts one can have depending on the number of red hearts? I.E. Is there a maximum number of total hearts (red and yellow) one can have?
Doesn't look like you're getting a solid response on how to get these weapons again. This video shows where the Flameblade and the Great Flameblade respawns.
Spoilers, obviously.
To summarise, you go to an area called Eldin Great Skeleton. You will find this northwest of the Death Mountain, and right above Eldin Mountains. A group of tough enemies there have these weapons and they respawn after a blood moon --- so you can get an infinite amount of these, provided you can defeat them.
In addition to the below answer, there are now 4 additional spirit orbs (from the second DLC pack) that allow for one further upgrade to either your stamina wheels or your heart containers, bringing to the maximum to 31 heart containers and 3 1/5 stamina wheels.
From various posts like this one, it seems like the maximum number of hearts is 30 and the maximum stamina is 3 full wheels.
There are 120 shrines, the first four spirit orbs being used to obtain the paraglider
That leaves 116 shrines with spirit orbs capable of increasing life/stamina. 116/4 = 29, which means there are a total of 29 upgrades
Correction: these 4 Spirit orbs are not consumed, so they are still able to be used towards upgrades. Thus, 120/4 = 30 possible upgrades.
There are 30 max hearts, and you start with three, so it would take 27 upgrades to max your life
And this thread:
You can upgrade stamina 10 times, each time you upgrade it you get 20% of a wheel. So you can have a maximum of 3 wheels.
Therefore, you can, at most, have 30 hearts and only 2 & 2/5 stamina wheels or 3 full stamina wheels and 27 hearts, as there are 30 upgrades available plus the 4 heart containers given as rewards from the main dungeons.
At this time, it's not certain whether you can fully max out both of these in a single playthrough (the math makes it seem unlikely), but you are able to respec, as explained in this guide:
Make your way to Hateno Village and then head to the bottom of the hill on the other side of the entrance to the village. You should see a sad-looking statue here.
If you talk to this, it’ll start a sidequest that sees the statue steal either a Heart Container or Stamina Vessel from you, but interact with the statue again to reclaim it.
Talk to the statue after this and it’ll offer you a deal whereby you can sell one of your Heart Containers or Stamina Vessels for 100 Rupees. This isn’t as bad as it sounds, though, as if you speak to the statue once more, you’ll be given the option to purchase either a Heart Container or Stamina Vessel for 120 Rupees.
Therefore, you can essentially pay 20 Rupees each time and completely switch your health and stamina upgrades. You can use this statue as many times as you want as long as you have the 20 Rupees necessary.
Best Answer
The maximum number of hearts that you can get, counting both red and yellow, is 30. If you have maxed our your hearts at 30 (thus losing 3 stamina wheel upgrades), you will not be able to gain temporary/yellow hearts although Hearty food will still heal you to max. If you have decided to max out your stamina wheel, you will still be able to get 3 temporary hearts after increasing your hearts gauge to 27.