Did Rumple Really Die?

As Wish Rumple (Robert Carlyle) enacted his final plan, portals began to open up that would suck each fairy tale character into their own isolated story. ... With Hook near death, the real Rumple decided to sacrifice his own life by ripping out his heart and putting it in Hook's body.

Did Rumple really die in Season 3?

After the Wish Realm Rumple causes chaos and tries to separate our favorite fairy-tale characters for good, the real Rumple finally finds the courage to be the better man — by sacrificing himself.

How does Rumple come back?

With the Dark One's dagger being the only thing powerful enough to kill Rumplestiltskin, he explodes into white light which also destroys Peter Pan. He is eventually resurrected by Baelfire, who uses the Vault of the Dark One to bring him back to life, but this ends up killing Baelfire.