Elemental Effects and Status Ailments Guides for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Zelda: TotK)
This page contains a guide on elemental effects and status ailments for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Zelda: Totk), including various elemental attribute properties, environmental condition effects, negative status conditions and debuffs, how to treat or protect against them, and other useful tips. Please note that the information in this article is based on other Zelda titles and will be updated once the Tears of the Kingdom officially comes out.
Fire
Elemental Effects
Continuous Damage from Fire
If you do not build up any fire resistance, you will be continuously damaged by fire in hot environments such as abandoned mines and volcanoes. Equip an armor with a Flame Guard effect or consume items that grant fire resistance.
Wooden weapons and arrows might break
Wooden equipment may burn and break in hot environments. Additionally, arrows and bomb arrows may burn or detonate in a hot environment, so use caution.
How to Deal with Fire
Equip an armor with “Fire Guard” effect
Fire can be mitigated if you are wearing armor with a Flame Guard effect, which can make you fireproof. Some armors have effects embedded in them that can be useful to counter negative effects. Armor shops in villages sell different armors, so make sure to check them out.
Fire can be treated using medicine or food
Fire can be treated by consuming medicine or food that grants a Flame Guard effect. However, it only lasts for a limited time. Below is a list of consumable items that can treat and resist Fire.
| Dish | Recipe |
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| Burning Medicine Lv 1 |
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| Burning Medicine Lv 2 |
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Cooking Guide
Heat
Elemental Effects
Continuous damage from Heat.
If you do not prepare Heat Resistance, you will take continuous damage when exploring hot areas, particularly deserts.
How to Deal with Heat
Equip an armor with Heat Resistance effect.
Heat can be mitigated if you are wearing armor with a Heat Resistance effect. Some armors have effects embedded in them that can be useful to counter negative effects. Armor shops in villages sell different armors, so make sure to check them out.
Heat can be treated using medicine or food
Heat can be treated by consuming medicine or food that grants a Heat Resistance effect. However, it only lasts for a limited time. Below is a list of consumable items that can treat and resist heat.
| Dish | Recipe |
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| Cooling Medicine Lv 1 |
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| Cooling Medicine Lv 2 |
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| Cool Skewered Mushrooms |
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| Cool Mushroom Risotto |
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| Cool Fruit Cake |
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom How to Deal with Heat
Cold
Elemental Effects
Continuous damage from Cold.
If you do not build up any Cold Resistance, you will take continuous damage when exploring freezing climates. The steady damage that you take increases the lower the temperature.
Increased damage taken when entering certain bodies of water.
You will take continuous damage even faster when you enter certain bodies of water in freezing climates.
How to Deal with Cold
Equip an armor with Cold Resistance effect
Cold can be mitigated if you are wearing armor with a Cold Resistance effect. Some armors have effects embedded in them that can be useful to counter negative effects. Armor shops in villages sell different armors, so make sure to check them out.
Cold can be treated using medicine or food
Cold can be treated by consuming medicine or food that grants a Cold Resistance effect. However, it only lasts for a limited time. Below is a list of consumable items that can treat and resist cold.
| Dish | Recipe |
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| Spicy Medicine |
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| Spicy Skewered Mushrooms |
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom How to Deal with Cold
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Gloom
Elemental Effects
Depletes Link’s maximum health
Gloom depletes Link’s maximum health and cannot be cured with common healing items. When Link is attacked by gloom, his hearts will break, indicating that the gloom effect was executed.
Cracked hearts cannot be healed using common healing items
Cracked hearts, caused by Gloom, cannot be healed using common healing items. It can only be healed by using certain items and activating Lightroots.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Hyrule Depths Lightroot List
How to Deal with Gloom
Equip an armor with Gloom Resistance effect
Gloom can be mitigated if you are wearing armor with a Gloom Resistance effect. These armors give Link spare hearts to provide additional protection against Gloom.
Gloom can be treated using Sundelion
Gloom can be treated by adding Sundelion to your dishes. Consume the dish you made with Sundelion to restore Link’s cracked hearts.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom How to Deal with Gloom
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