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Those delving into everything The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom has to offer will surely come across the new Gloom mechanic. Gloom is effectively a stacking debuff that reduces your max Hearts the more you're exposed to it. The Gloom is mostly found within the Depths of Hyrule.
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - How To Get The Awakening Armor Set
The Awakening Armour set in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets you dress Link up as his cartoonish avatar from Link's Awakening.Under the earth, monsters have become infected with the Gloom, with this corruption speaking to the ground. Every time Link stands in the Gloom-blighted patches, your Hearts will deplete, and eventually, you will die if you let your HP reach zero. Thankfully, there are several ways to combat this.
Updated October 6, 2023 by Jacqueline Zalace: We've tweaked the formatting of this guide, allowing you to quickly find what you are looking for. Additionally, we've added more information on how to heal and get rid of Gloom damage in Tears of the Kingdom, so you can explore the Depths in peace.
Activate Lightroots To Remove Gloom
There are three main ways to remove Gloom build-up and recover your lost Hearts.
The first and easiest is to make a beeline to the nearest Lightroot. Activating a Lightroot for the first time will bathe Link in light and cleanse him of any Gloom. If you visit an already-activated Lightroot, you will also be cleansed from Gloom.
Doing this won't restore the Hearts you lost to Gloom, but it unblocks them, meaning you can eat something to recover your Hearts to full.
Travel To The Surface To Remove Gloom
The second way to remove Gloom is to fast-travel to the surface. This might not be the best course of action for you, especially if you're determined to keep going in the Depths and don't want to lose your progress.
Fast traveling to the surface removes all your Gloom, but it also means you won't be able to return to where you just left. The only way to fast-travel to locations in the Depths is by going to an active Lightroot.
Eat Sunny Meals To Remove Gloom
Arguably the best way to explore the Depths and remove Gloom is to prepare and eat several meals that have the name Sunny in them. The best way to do this is to cook meals specifically with Sundelions and whatever else you throw into the cooking pot.
You can also use Sun Pumpkins to make sunny meals. Sun Pumpkins are unlocked once you complete Homegrown in Hateno. This is a side quest that will unlock after you complete the Hateno quests related to the mayoral election. Sun Pumpkins can only be purchased in Hateno Village or grown from Uma's Garden.
Eating a Sunny-type meal will remove a certain amount of Gloom, and let you restore your Hearts to full. To increase how much Gloom is healed, use more Sundelions and Sun Pumpkins.
Sunny Meal Examples
Below, you can check out some of the best Sunny meals to make.
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Meal |
Ingredients |
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Sunny Steamed Meat |
Any Meat Sundelions or Sun Pumpkins |
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Sunny Fried Wild Greens |
Sundelions or Sun Pumpkins |
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Hylian Rice Milk Hylian Herb Sundelions or Sun Pumpkins |
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Sunny Veggie Rice Balls |
Hylian Rice Sundelions or Sun Pumpkins |
Prevent Gloom Damage With The Depths Armor Set
The Depths armor set is a great way to prevent any potential Gloom damage, as it essentially adds another blue Heart that can be filled with Gloom, rather than taking one of your own. This armor set is made of the following pieces.
- Tunic of the Depths
- Hood of the Depths
- Gaiters of the Depths
You can find the Tunic of the Depths first by trading with a Bargainer Statue in the Depths. The other two pieces of the set are gained from subsequent Bargainer Statues, but you can get the Tunic fairly early.
The blue Hearts provided by the Depths armor set regenerate over time; you don't have to use any consumables to get this Heart back.
Prevent Gloom Damage With Dark Clumps
The Bargainer Statue also offers an item called the Dark Clump for ten Poes. While this item is used to upgrade the Depths armor set – which, incidentally, should be prioritized over using them in meals – you can cook up Elixirs and food using Dark Clumps that will increase your resistance to Gloom.
Although it's a bit expensive to make we suggest making the Gloom Resistance Elixir, with one Dragon Horn, Fresh Milk, and three Dark Clumps. This will last for 30 minutes, making it useful for late-game battles.
Similarly to Sunny meals, you need to cook something using a Dark Clump to give it the effect of Gloom Resistance. The more Dark Clumps you use, the longer the resistance time will be. This follows the same basic recipes as those that use Sundelions (or Sun Pumpkins). Overall, just use it like a normal ingredient without combining any other effects.