How to Get Winterwing Butterflies

The Winterwing Butterfly is a Material that you can cook in the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK). Learn how to get Winterwing Butterflies and ways to farm them, and how to use Winterwing Butterflies with all its possible recipes, armor upgrades, and buy and sell prices.

Where to Get Winterwing Butterfly and Locations

Winterwing Butterfly Source and Locations

Winterwing Butterflies are mostly found in the locations: Gerudo Highlands, Mount Lanayru, Tabantha Bridge Stable. Look around these locations to farm for Winterwing Butterflies.

Set the Sensor + to Winterwing Butterfly

Set your Sensor + to find Winterwing Butterflies for easier tracking when there are some nearby. This is a must when farming for any material in the overworld.

How to Unlock the Sensor +

Where to Buy Winterwing Butterflies and Prices

Buy Price	10

You can buy Winterwing Butterflies for the cheapest price of 10 Rupees each at Tabantha Bridge Stable from Beedle

Prices may vary when bought from other stores or traveling merchants. Some items can also be exchanged for Poes with Bargainer Statues.

How to Use Winterwing Butterfly

Use Winterwing Butterflies for Cooking

Winterwing Butterfly Bonus Effects

Bonus Effects When Cooked in a Cooking Pot
Heat Resistance Bonus	Chilly Modifier: Boosts heat resistance when cooked with Monster Parts.

To get this ingredient's Chilly bonus effect, remember that you shouldn't mix ingredients with conflicting bonus effects. Only combine them with items that grant the same effects, if any.

List of Items
Hydromelon	Chillshroom	Cool Safflina	Chillfin Trout
Winterwing Butterfly	Cold Darner

Advanced Cooking Guide
Adding Buffs and Bonuses to Dishes

Winterwing Butterfly Recipes

Winterwing Butterflies can be used as a Cooking Ingredient to make certain recipes and dishes.

List of Dishes
Chilly Elixir

Cooking Guide
List of Food and Dishes

Armor Upgrades Using Winterwing Butterflies

Upgrade Rank	Armor Upgrades that Require Winterwing Butterflies
★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.
★★	・ Frostbite Shirt (x5) ・ Frostbite Trousers (x5) ・ Frostbite Headdress (x5)
★★★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.
★★★★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.

How to Upgrade Armor

Sell Winterwing Butterflies for Rupees

Sell Price	2

Winterwing Butterflies can be sold for 2 Rupees each at any shop or traveling merchant.

Winterwing Butterfly Item Overview

Winterwing Butterfly Flavor Text

Winterwing Butterfly
The powdery scales of this butterfly's wings cool the air near it. Watching it flutter around snowflakes is a thing of beauty. Cook it with monster parts for a heat-resistance elixir.
Type	Material Critter
Dye Color	Blue

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Related Guides

List of All Items

List of Item Types

Types of Items
Materials	Zonai Devices	Key Items

List of Other Materials

List of Items
Winterwing Butterfly	Summerwing Butterfly	Thunderwing Butterfly	Smotherwing Butterfly
Cold Darner	Warm Darner	Electric Darner	Energetic Rhino Beetle
Bladed Rhino Beetle	Rugged Rhino Beetle	Sunset Firefly	Deep Firefly
Restless Cricket	Tireless Frog	Hot-Footed Frog	Sticky Frog
Hearty Lizard	Hightail Lizard	Fireproof Lizard	Sticky Lizard