How to Get Dark Clumps

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

How to Get Dark Clump and Locations

Dark Clump Source and Locations

Dark Clumps are mostly found in the locations: Docks of Hyrule Castle, Akkala Citadel Ruins, Forest area west of Hopper Pond on the Great Plateau. Look around these locations to farm for Dark Clumps.

Dropped by Gloom Hands and Phantom Ganon

Gloom Hands are found in areas with a high concentration of Gloom, or sometimes they spawn randomly in places like caves. Keep your distance as they will inflict you with Gloom!

How to Beat Gloom Hands: Locations and Drops

Bargainer Statues

Dark Clumps are exchanged for 10 Poes each at Bargainer Statues! Collect Poes in the Depths and exchange them for more usable items!

How to Exchange Poes and Bargainer Statue Locations

How to Use Dark Clump

Use Dark Clumps for Cooking

Dark Clump Bonus Effects

Bonus Effects When Cooked in a Cooking Pot
Gloom Resistance Bonus	Warding Modifier: Grants Gloom-Resistance

To get this ingredient's Warding 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
Dark Clump

Advanced Cooking Guide
Adding Buffs and Bonuses to Dishes

Dark Clump Recipes

Dark Clumps can be used as a Cooking Ingredient to make certain recipes and dishes.

List of Dishes
Dark Stew	Dark Soup	Dark Curry	Dark Rice Ball
Dark Cake

Cooking Guide
List of Food and Dishes

Armor Upgrades Using Dark Clumps

Upgrade Rank	Armor Upgrades that Require Dark Clumps
★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.
★★	・ Hood of the Depths (x5) ・ Tunic of the Depths (x5) ・ Gaiters of the Depths (x5)
★★★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.
★★★★	Not used in any armor upgrades at this rank.

How to Upgrade Armor

Fuse Dark Clumps to Weapons

Dark Clumps can be Fused with weapons and shields, and can be attached to arrows. When fused, the Dark Clump increases attack power by 1, and other effects may vary depending on where you fuse them.

Fuse Guide: How to Combine Materials With Weapons, Arrows, and Shields

Sell Dark Clumps for Rupees

Sell Price	5

Dark Clumps can be sold for 5 Rupees each at any shop or traveling merchant.

Dark Clump Item Overview

Dark Clump Flavor Text

Dark Clump
An unusual substance, it's cold to the touch and it seems as though it's filled with pitch-black darkness. Use it in cooking to get a gloom-resistant effect.
Type	Material Seasoning
Dye Color	Purple

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