New Gloom Status Condition: How to Cure

Gloom is a new status condition that depletes Link's maximum health in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Learn how to cure Gloom and heal cracked hearts, Gloom effects, and how to avoid Gloom damage.

How to Cure Gloom

Use Sun-Related Ingredients in Dishes

Sundelions and Sun Pumpkins are plants that grow in the sun at high altitudes in certain areas in the sky and surface. Using these when cooking dishes and consuming the dish will restore Link's depleted health.

It is recommended to farm Sundelions and make them into dishes so Link can always be ready whatever the encounter! Sun Pumpkins won't be available until after you complete the side quest, Homegrown in Hateno.

Cooking Guide: List of Food and Dishes

Activate Lightroots

Activating Lightroots in the depths restores the cracked hearts that have been depleted by the Gloom.

All Lightroot Locations and Maps

How to Avoid Gloom Damage

Wear Armor with Gloom Resistance

Wearing armor with Gloom Resistance adds spare hearts that will be inflicted by Gloom first before your actual health. This gives you extra protection when exploring the depths or dealing with Gloom enemies.

How to Get the Armor of the Depths Set

Add Dark Clumps When Cooking Food

You can also obtain Gloom Resistance for a certain period of time when you put Dark Clumps on cooked food.

Ride a Stallhorse to Avoid Gloom

You can ride a Stallhorse in the depths to avoid getting afflicted by the Gloom in those areas. They can run atop the gloom preventing you from taking damage.

How to Tame Wild Horses

Shield Surf on Gloom Areas

You can also shield surf on the gloom-filled to avoid getting afflicted by the Gloom. This comes in handy if you need to travel quickly in the depths.

How to Shield Surf

Gloom Effects

Decreases Maximum Health

When Link is affected with Gloom, it depletes his maximum health, resulting in lesser health indicated by the cracked hearts. This makes Link prone to getting killed in a few hits from enemy attacks or from environmental factors.

It takes about three seconds to deplete one of Link's hearts when stepping on Gloom, most commonly found in Gloom-infested areas, while it instantly depletes when attacked by an enemy affected with Gloom.

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