Death Penalty: What Happens When You Die?

Dying and getting a Game Over screen occurs when your HP reaches zero in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (EoW). Read on to learn about what happens after you die, as well as how to avoid dying in this guide!

What Happens When You Die?

Return to Previous Save Location

When your HP reaches zero, you will get a Game Over screen, which then allows you to return to your most recent save file.

Since the game autosaves frequently, even if you die unexpectedly, the save file should not be too far off, and you will not lose too much progress upon respawning.

Red X Mark Will Appear on Your Map

After dying, a Red X mark will appear on your map to show you where you died previously. The Mark does not have any special properties, and only serves as a reminder of your previous death.

How to Avoid Dying

How to Avoid Dying
Heal by Resting on Beds Increase Your Hearts Prepare Smoothies Bring Fairy Bottles Equip Damage Reduction Accessories

Heal by Resting on Beds

Bed Type	Recovery Amount
Old Bed	0.5 Hearts every few seconds
Soft Bed	1 Heart every few seconds
Zelda's Bed	2 Hearts every few seconds

Beds are not only for platforming, but can also recover HP when you rest on them. Sleep on beds before entering dangerous areas to make sure you are at full HP to avoid dying against enemies or environmental hazards!

The Heart Recovery rate is different for each bed, so make sure to use the best bed echo you have to recover HP much faster!

How to Heal and Restore Hearts Faster

Increase Your Hearts

A surefire way to increase your survivability is by increasing your max HP. Collect Heart Containers and Heart Pieces to increase your HP, all the way up to the maximum of 20 Hearts!

How to Increase Hearts

Prepare Smoothies

You can make smoothies from Smoothie Shops found all across Hyrule. Smoothies not only recover Hearts for Zelda, but some smoothies also have additional effects, such as Energy Recovery, and Damage Reduction!

Make use of your hard-earned ingredients, and turn them into smoothies to make your adventure much easier!

Best Smoothies

Bring Fairy Bottles

As a last resort, you should always have Fairy Bottles prepared. Fairy Bottles recover hearts once your HP reaches zero, so always make it a habit to replenish Fairies each time you use up a Fairy Bottle!

All 4 Fairy Bottle Locations

Equip Damage Reduction Accessories

Accessory	Effect
Curious Charm	Damage Reduced +
Ancient Charm	Damage Reduced

Equipping accessories that can reduce incoming damage can also increase your survivability. Increase your accesory slots by paying Rupees at the Great Fairy Shrine to equip more accessories that can help in your journey!

Best Accessories

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