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There are several features from Breath of the Wild that make a return inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and one of the most immediate ones when you first take on Great Sky Island is that you’ll need protection against the elements for Link from time to time. Whether it’s the sub-zero freeze of the Rito Village or the brutal desert sun in Gerudo Town, you’ll be facing the elements time and again.
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But you won’t have to do it unprepared, though, with our guide to elemental resistances, so find a cooking pot and get to cooking!
As we venture to different regions in this non-linear game, this guide contains spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Why Does Link’s Temperature Matter?
While it’s little more than a nuisance in real life, not handling temperature changes in Tears of the Kingdomcan be the difference between life and deathas you traverse the massive overworld map of Hyrule.
There will be times when Link isexposed to cold or heat so extreme that he takes damage. You’ll notice yourselflosing heart container pieces each momentyou stay unprotected from the extreme elements, so always be sure tokeep an eye on your temperature gauge, the little circle with light blue and orange meters directly beside your mini-map.
This will let you know Link’s current temperature, and if he sways too far in either extreme direction, he’llimmediately begin to take damage. This will continue until youdress appropriatelyfor the conditions,eat a meal or drink an elixirthat grant better immunity to the elements, or, if you’re not ready to handle it yet,leave the areafor a more suitable climate.
However, plenty ofcritical story points happen in regions with extreme temps, so you’ll need to brave the elements sooner than later to proceed through the game.
The only time this doesn’t always apply is infreezing water or lava. Falling into a pool of one of these are almost alwayscertain deathregardless of your resistances!
Using Food And Elixirs To Combat Temperature
Whether you choose to handle things by keeping a constant supply ofweather-resistant elixirs, localarmor setsonce you arrive to the city with the extreme climate, it’s ultimately up to you. Many players find thata combination of armor and food/elixirsto work the best.
When makingfoodat one of the manycooking potsaround Hyrule, you’ll have a handful of different ingredients -primarily mushrooms and fish- that grant Link elemental resistance for a set time limit.
The more ingredientsin the recipe that carry the effect, the longer the durationof the effect will last.
Elixirs act much like food, but usebug and monster partsinstead of cooking ingredients.
Elixirs require general monster partsin addition to the resistance-specific bugs you’re using, butfood can be made with just the ingredient alone.
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How To Handle Extreme Cold
One of the first elemental hazards you’re introduced to in Tears of the Kingdom, you’ll need to find a way to deal with the cold before you’ve even finished the game’s tutorial -Gutanbac Shrineis so high up that you’ll find Link shivering trying to reach it.
Once you’veunlocked Ascendat theGutanbac Shrine, check theoversized tree trunknearby for a piece of theArchaic Armor Setto afford yourself a bit of cold resistance when collecting theArchaic Warm Greaves.
When you venture out intoHebra- toRito Villagespecifically - or tocertain places in the sky, you’ll experience a flash chill.Link will begin to shiver and chatter his teeth, so warm him up quickly to prevent freezing to death.
Cold Resistant Foods
The ingredients below will offer Link a period of time in which he hasresistance to the cold. This isnot a complete immunity, but it will cover you in most situations in colder regions.
For afuller guide to cookingin Tears of the Kingdom, check out ourCrafting Guide.
Spicy Fruit and Mushroom Mix
6 minutes, 30 seconds
3 Fruits or other Mushrooms
Spicy Meat and Seafood Fry
3 minutes, 30 seconds
6 minutes, 40 seconds
3 minutes
8 minutes, 30 seconds
12 minutes, 30 seconds
1Summerwing Butterflyor1Warm Darner
Cold Resistance
Dependent(the more monster parts you use, the more resistance you’ll have)
Hearts Restored
None
Each of these recipes may be impacted if you add additional ingredients, typicallyadding more time to your resistancefor each ingredient you use that haselementally-resistant properties.
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1,300
650
500
Snowquill Trousers
1,000
With armors, you’ll need tosurvive the elements on your own firstbefore the armor will be available, so keep yourself toasty with spicy foods until then.
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How To Handle Extreme Heat And Fireproofing
In the exactoppositevein, you’ll find yourself contending withsweltering temperaturesjust as often as frigid ones as you venture through, over, and under Hyrule to locate Zelda.
The Goron areas of Death Mountain will requirefire resistanceinstead of heat resistance, which we’ll elaborate on down below.
Heat Resistance Ingredients And Recipes
Be sure to stay on the lookout forChillshroomwhile you’re trekking around thecolder areas of the map.
These often grow at thebases of trees, like the rest of the mushrooms tend to, and they’re one of the mostreadily-available heat-resistant ingredientsthat you’ll be able to find.
Additionally, you’ll occasionally findChillfin Troutswimming in the near-frozen lakes in theHebra Mountains, especiallyinside of cavesaround the area.
The game all but directs you toRito Villageonce you arrive in Hyrule to begin the game, so be sure to stock up while you’re up in theHebra Mountains.ChillshroomandChillfin Troutare bothplentifulin the icy mountain region.
You’ll find that meals labeled either as"chilly"or"scorching"variants of regular dishes to have heat resistance.
Chilly Meat And Seafood Fry
1Cold Darneror1Winterwing Butterfly
Heat Resistance
1 Monster Part (any)
450
Gerudo Town Shelter
1,400
You’ll need togo into the welloutside the Gerudo Secret Club anduse Ascendto get into the shop for the first time, asthe door is initially locked.
How To Fireproof Link
Finally, when you go toDeath Mountain, the heat there is so extreme that Link won’t just sweat if he’s unprotected - if left in this heat for too long, he’ll literallyburst into flame, which is a quick way to get a Game Over.
To do this, you’ll need to rely either onFireproof Elixiror theFlamebreaker Armor Setto prevent Link from catching fire.There are no meals that make Link fireproofthat we could find.
700
1,200
Flamebreaker Helm
Regardless, remember thatyour shields and weapons are still flammable, so while you’re scaling Death Mountain,don’t use wooden tools, lest they ignite.
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