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How Does Gloom Resistance Work?
Why Do You Need Gloom Resistance Meals?
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Gloom is spilling out from underground onto the surface of Hyrule. Enormous chasms have opened up which lead to a deadly underground realm known only as 'the Depths.'
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The Gloom spilling out is a result of the reawakening of Ganondorf, Link and Zelda's eternal enemy. If you want a chance at taking him down, it couldn't hurt to understand the new Gloom Resistance buff and, most importantly, how you can get it.
Updated on May 16, 2024 by Gabrielle Castania: About a year on from the launch of Tears of the Kingdom, we're circling back and refreshing some of our more popular content from the game to ensure it's as accurate and up-to-date as possible. This Tears of the Kingdom Dark Clump recipe guide is accurate as of time of publish.
How To Get Dark Clumps
Dark Clumps are unique because they can't be found in the world naturally. You can only get Dark Clumps by trading Poes with the Bargainer Statues. There are six of these statues in total around The Depths.
One Dark Clump costs 10 Poes when traded, but the Statues offer a full menu of other items for sale as well.
The easiest Bargainer Statue to find is in Lookout Landing, separate from the other six and up on the surface, away from the dangers of the Depths. You'll probably notice it while interacting with Purah and her team at the beginning of the game. Each Statue will sell the same items after being unlocked, adding to their stock as you find their brothers.
How Does Gloom Resistance Work?
Gloom is the eerie reddish goo on the ground all over the Depths (and occasionally smeared on the surface, too). You'll figure out before long that standing in Gloom hurts you in a unique way - your hearts flicker as you stand in or run through Gloom, and if you're in it too long, your heart container grays out and breaks.
When this happens, that heart container cannot be refilled until you unbreak the Gloom. This can be done by:
- Standing beneath a Lightroot, whether it's one you're just finding or one you visit for the sake of healing your hearts.
- Returning to the surface and letting the natural sunlight heal you.
- Eating food made with Sundelions, which provide a range of hearts to replenish ones broken by Gloom.
There are two ways to acquire Gloom Resistance:by wearing the Armor of the Depths (in which case the Resistance is active so long as you wear the armor) or by eating food made with Dark Clumps (in which case the Resistance is temporary).
If you do both, the Resistance stacks up to three extra Hearts, which can be critical to end-game fights.
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Why Do You Need Gloom Resistance Meals?
Although there are already plenty of patches of Gloom just out and about in The Depths, you'll often come across enemies covered in Gloom. Not only do these enemies damage you like their normal surface counterparts, but they break your hearts when they strike.
Because of this, mixed with the innate danger of all the Gloom down in the Depths, you'd do well to keep Gloom Resistance meals on you to prevent your hearts from breaking due to Gloom damage.
Additionally, one of the major mini-bosses you'll face several times is the Gloom Hands and, subsequently, Phantom Ganon, who pose a pretty severe threat if you don't have a way to heal Gloom damage. They can spawn in the Depths and on the Surface. If you're swarmed by Gloom Hands, feel secure in better that Phantom Ganon is likely on the way, and you'll need all the Gloom resistance you can get from someone powerful enough to one-shot you if you're under-prepared.
The best way to make Gloom Resistance meals is to stick to recipes you already know, which allow you to customize your ingredients. Most recipes have a staple version (for example, Rice Balls) that can be customized with additional ingredients (Meaty Rice Balls, Veggie Rice Balls, etc.).
If you can substitute an ingredient and end up with a variant of the same dish, you can likely use this meal for Gloom Resistance.
All Recipes Made With Dark Clumps For Gloom Resistance In TOTK
Dish | Ingredients | Buffs & Health | Buff Timer |
|---|---|---|---|
Dark Stew | Dark Clump (x1) | Heart Recovery (amount varies based on meat used, with better meat offering more healing | 3 Minutes, 30 Seconds |
Any Meat (x1) | |||
Any Fish (x1) | |||
Dark Rice Ball | Dark Clump (x1) | 2 Hearts Recovered | 4 Minutes, 30 Seconds |
Rock Salt (x1) | |||
Hylian Rice (x1) | |||
Dark Cake | Dark Clump (x1) | 2 Hearts Recovered | 11 Minutes, 10 Seconds |
Cane Sugar (x1) | |||
Tabantha Wheat (x1) | |||
Goat Butter (x1) | |||
Dark Soup | Dark Clump (x1) | 3 Hearts Recovered | 6 Minutes, 10 Seconds |
Tabantha Wheat (x1) | |||
Goat Butter (x1) | |||
Fresh Milk (x1) | |||
Dark Curry | Dark Clump (x1) | 2 Hearts Recovered | 5 Minutes |
Goron Spice (x1) | |||
Hylian Rice (x1) | |||
Warding Salt-Grilled Meat | Dark Clump (x2) | Hearts Recovered (amount varies based on meat) | 4 Minutes, 30 Seconds |
Any Meat (x1) | |||
Rock Salt (x1) | |||
Gloom Resistance Elixir | Fresh Milk (x1) | Extensive Gloom Resistance (for longer treks through The Depths) | 30 Minutes |
Dark Clump (x3) | |||
Any Dragon Horn (x1) |
The more Dark Clumps you add to a recipe, the more Gloom Resistance you'll have. Keep in mind, though, that certain recipes will pull more weight (and give you more Gloom Resistance) with a single Dark Clump than another recipe will give you with two.
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