Boost Your Explorations: How to Make Stamina Food and Elixirs in Zelda

Stamina is a crucial element in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as it determines the extent of Link's exploratory abilities. Sprinting, climbing, and paragliding all consume Stamina. Players can permanently increase Link's maximum stamina by exchanging Lights of Blessing, which are obtained by completing Shrines. However, players must find the right balance between increasing Link's stamina and maximum heart containers, making it more difficult to achieve a significant increase in stamina early on.

Fortunately, there are ways to recover and increase stamina that can aid Link on his journey. Tears of the Kingdom features two types of consumables that affect Link's stamina: Energizing food and elixirs, and Enduring food and elixirs. This guide will teach players which ingredients to gather in order to cook these beneficial stamina-affecting meals and elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom.

How Cooking Food and Elixirs Works in Tears of the Kingdom?

To create both meals and elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom, players can engage in cooking activities. Cooking ingredients is a simple process that can be done by heading to any cooking pot and opening the inventory. Players can select the ingredients they want to use by pressing A and choosing the “Hold” option. The ingredients that Link is holding will appear above his model on the screen. Once the desired ingredients are held, players should press B and approach the cooking pot, then press A to start cooking.

It is recommended that food be cooked using only ingredients such as mushrooms, herbs, and other seemingly edible materials. Crafting elixirs, however, requires combining materials such as monster parts with critters like lizards and insects. If players are unsure, they can check the descriptions of a material to see if it should be used for cooking or crafting elixirs. It is important to avoid combining critters and monster parts with food ingredients to prevent creating unhelpful Dubious Food.

Elixirs and food that are energizing have the ability to replenish part or all of Link's stamina wheel. This is particularly useful when attempting to climb or glide beyond the limits of Link's current stamina capacity, as these items can be consumed during these actions. In the Food tab, these items can be easily identified by the green wheel icon located in the top left corner of the meal's icon.

When cooking Energizing Stamina Recovery Food in Tears of the Kingdom, players can enhance the effectiveness of their meal by incorporating certain ingredients. The quantity and type of ingredients used will determine the potency of the Stamina recovery effect. Some recommended ingredients include Stambulb, Stamella Shrooms, Courser Bee Honey, Staminoka Bass, and Bright-eyed Crabs.

For those seeking an easily accessible ingredient, Bright-Eyed Crabs are a great option. To obtain them, players can glide south from Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower to a beach between Mercay Island and Zelo Pond. Starting at around coordinates 1543, 0516, 0010, players can collect Bright-Eyed Crabs as they head southeast down the beach until reaching coordinates 1987, 0206, 0012. This route allows players to quickly and easily gather 10-15 Bright-Eyed Crabs.

To craft Energizing Stamina Recovery Elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom, players must add specific ingredients. The effectiveness of the elixir depends on the quantity and type of ingredients used. The two main ingredients for this elixir are Restless Crickets and Energetic Rhino Beetles. Restless Crickets are easy to obtain by cutting grass and lifting rocks in the large fields of Hyrule. The use of the Stealth Armor set is recommended to avoid startling the crickets while catching them. On the other hand, Energetic Rhino Beetles are more difficult to acquire but offer a substantial boost in Stamina recovery when cooked.

Enduring food and elixirs are essential in Tears of the Kingdom for restoring stamina and temporarily extending Link's stamina wheel. The extended portion is represented by a separate, yellow wheel that cannot be recovered once depleted. While consuming stamina, the regular bar is decreased before the bonus wheel, and food can only restore Link's standard stamina wheel. You can easily find these items in the Food tab by looking for a yellow wheel icon with a + sign in the top left corner of the meal's icon.

For those seeking to prepare Enduring Stamina Increasing Food in Tears of the Kingdom, there are two key ingredients to consider: Endura Shrooms and Endura Carrots. While Endura Shrooms are more readily available and can be found in clusters along the hills and ridges of Hyrule Field near trees, Endura Carrots offer a more significant boost to stamina, albeit being slightly harder to come by. One can locate these carrots near Rutile Lake at coordinates -2483, -0622, -0201, southwest of Satori Mountain in the Hyrule Ridge region. Although the area offers only a few Endura Carrots growing near a large tree, it is overflowing with a variety of other highly useful ingredients worth collecting.

To create Enduring Stamina Recovery Elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom, the key ingredient required is Tireless Frog. The amount of Stamina that is added to the elixir depends on the ingredients used and the quantity of Tireless Frog added. However, obtaining Tireless Frogs can be a challenging task as they are the only critter required for this elixir. They can be found swimming on the surface of lakes and ponds throughout Hyrule, as well as in caves and wells. Alternatively, players can purchase Tireless Frogs from Beedle, though supply is typically limited.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available for the Nintendo Switch.