Summary
The world of Hyrule is huge, and peril lurks around every corner. Traversal is arguably the most important thing inThe Legend ofZelda: Breath of the Wild,and stamina is key for ensuring Link makes his way through the map with ease.
Given how important exploration is, it is quite easy to run out of stamina. Everything from climbing to combat to gliding across the map consumes stamina, and even two extra vessels of the stat can often feel inadequate. Thanks to thebrilliant cooking optionsavailable, there are some great stamina-healing recipes inThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Updated June 16th, 2024, by Alexandra O’Leary:It’s been highly debated among Zelda players whether the stamina limits placed on Link are needed. On one hand, they provide a realistic obstacle for Link to consider during his travels, but on the other, they can be deeply frustrating. There’s few things more upsetting than spending ages climbing up an incline only to realize that Link’s stamina will run out before he reaches the top. Toppling from a height, or huffing and puffing after running through a field, isn’t exactly a player’s idea of fun.
That said, Breath of the Wild doesn’t use this mechanic to punish players. In fact, it inspires creative solutions and also prompts Link to start exploring different recipes that can aid him in his adventures. There are a huge number of dishes in Breath of the Wild that specifically restore and increase stamina, and Link can quickly chow down if he needs to sprint away from an enemy or scale a great mountain. It’s safe to say that keeping a few stamina restoring dishes on hand will be instrumental in keeping players calm and collected, and saving Link from a devastating fall. With that in mind, a few more stamina-restoring dishes are now included on this list to help players keep Link’s energy up.
1Enduring Veggie Cream Soup
Fully Restores Stamina And Adds +1.25 Temporary Stamina Wheel
For anyone about to undertake a grueling period of intense exploration,Enduring Veggie Cream Soupis the perfect dish to have in Link’s inventory. This tasty stew will fully restore Link’s stamina and provide just over a wheel of temporary stamina in addition. This is perfect for when Link needs to drift long distances with his paraglider, or climb up a particularly steep incline.
This dish has the exact ingredients one would expect: Fresh Milk, Rock Salt, and the right veggie to make this soup energizing. In this case, it would be an Endura Carrot. The more Link adds, the better the restorative properties. To gain the maximum amount, players should use three Endura Carrots, one Fresh Milk, and one Rock Salt.
2Vegetable Risotto
Fully Restores Stamina And Adds A Portion Of Temporary Stamina Wheel
One of the staples of any stamina-restoring vegetarian dish will be an Endura Carrot. These brilliant little veggies are the key to keeping Link going even after the most challenging of adventures. Cooking them into any dish is instantly useful, but aVegetable Risottois a dish that truly lets them shine. Endura Carrots can be found near Great Fairy Fountains, and Malanya Spring towards the top of Satori Mountain - likely because the horse god Malanya is waiting for an Endura Carrot offering.
Using two Endura Carrots, one Hylian Rice, one Goat Butter, and one Rock Salt, players can make a tasty veggie rice dish that will fully restore Link’s stamina and grant him just under one temporary stamina wheel. It’s perfect for a long paragliding session, or if a fight goes poorly and Link needs to make a high-speed dash to safety.
3Energizing Glazed Seafood
Restores Just Under 3 Stamina Wheels
Glazed Seafood is a surprisingly easy dish to make, as it only has two main ingredients: some sort of fish, and Courser Bee Honey. It’s also a great choice when cooking stamina-restoring dishes because players can use four different kinds of fish in order to getEnergizing Glazed Seafood: Staminoka Bass, Bright-Eyed Crabs, Hyrule Bass, and Sanke Carps. Hyrule Bass and Staminoka Bass can be found all around Hyrule (Hyrule Field, West Necluda, Duelling Peaks, etc.), Bright-Eyed Crabs are plentiful in the Zora Domain and around Lanayru, and Snake Carps can be found only in Latern Lake in Kakariko Village.
In order to make Energized Glazed Seafood, Link should combine four of the above fish and one portion of Courser Bee Honey. It’s simple and has a lot of variety, meaning players won’t have to spend all their time running around, looking for a specific ingredient. While it doesn’t provide any temporary stamina, it’ll almost entirely refill Link’s stamina, which is ideal when he’s halfway up a cliffside.
4Energizing Meat And Mushroom Skewer
Restores A Minor Amount Of Stamina Wheel
Sometimes players don’t need a massive amount of stamina restored, and it seems a waste to use one of the better restoration dishes when Link only needs enough to leap up the edge of a cliff. That’s where dishes like anEnergizing Meat and Mushroom Skewerare the most useful.
While this dish doesn’t restore an impressive amount to Link’s stamina wheel, sometimes that’s all he needs to get by. It’s also very easy to make and only requires Stamella Shrooms and some meat. The more shrooms players add, the more effective the dish will be. Stamella Shrooms can be found growing at the base of trees in forest areas.
5Enduring Carrot Cake
Fully Refills Stamina And +1 Temporary Stamina Wheel
There are all sorts of brilliant and tastyrecipes available to cookinBreath of the Wild.Among those dishes are some delicious desserts, and although Link can bake a standard Carrot Cake to regain some health - adding some Endura Carrots will make this dish replenish his stamina too.
Combining 1-2 Endura Carrots, Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, and Goat Butter in a cooking pot will produce anEnduring Carrot Cake, which will fully restore Link’s stamina and give him one (and a bit) extra Stamina wheel to allow him to go past his typical limit.
6Energizing Mushroom Rice Balls
Refills Just Under One Stamina Wheel
If players are looking to gain back a good amount of hearts as well as a bit of stamina,Energizing Mushroom Rice Ballsare a great choice. Like all recipes, the amount they restore depends on the amount of each ingredient players add before cooking. Mushroom Rice Balls are an incredibly flexible dish that easily has its effects changed based on what ingredients Link decides to add.
To make this tasty dish, all players need are some Stamella Shrooms and Hylian Rice. Adding more than one mushroom will restore more stamina, so players can cook more or less based on how much they think they’ll need. It’ll also restore about seven hearts in the process, which can be handy if players are climbing away from a battle gone wrong.
7Energizing Salt-Grilled Crab
Refills Three Full Stamina Wheels
For players who are only halfway through a big climb, or desperately trying to run away from something much faster than Link, a quick munch of someEnergizing Salt-Grilled Crabwill be clutch.
Once again, the effects will vary based on how many of each ingredient players add. To make this to its full potential, Link will need rock salt, 2 Staminoka Bass, and 2 Bright-Eyed Crabs. This will restore eight hearts, but more importantly, refill three full stamina wheels and keep Link going.
8Energizing Honey Candy
Refills Two Full Stamina Wheels
Energizing Honey Candyis a relatively easy recipe that regenerates2.8 (two and four-fifths) of Link’s stamina vessels.The efficacy of this recipe, combined with its ease of use, makes it one of the best foods Link can carry with him for stamina recovery at all times.
To cook the best version of Energizing Honey Candy, players need 5 Courser Bee Honey. Players can find swarms of Courser bees throughout the map of the game, but forests, especiallythose surrounding Hyrulefield, serve as ideal locations. It’s also possible to make this dish with 1-4 Courser Bee Honey, but the amount of stamina regained will be greater the more honey is used.
9Enduring Mushroom Skewer
Fully Replenishes Stamina And Adds Additional Temporary Stamina
TheEnduring Mushroom Skewerfully heals stamina inBreath of the Wildand temporarily increases max stamina as well. This is another simple recipe that players can stock up on with ease. Recipes such as this are especially useful when climbing tall buildings or mountains from the very bottom.
To cook this meal, all players have to do iscook Endura mushrooms in a pot.The easiest way to procure Endura shrooms is to buy them from the Hateno village general shop. The more mushrooms used, the more temporary stamina the dish will grant.
10Energizing Salt-Grilled Fish
Refills Three Stamina Wheels
This recipe restores some of Link’s stamina vesselswhile also restoring heart containers. To craft this recipe, players will have to cookStaminoka Bass, Bright-Eyed Crab, and Rock Saltin a cooking pot. All these items are easy to acquire. Rock Salt can be found by breaking ores, whereas Bright-Eyed Crabs and Staminoka Bass are both abundant around bodies of water.
As a whole,Energizing Salt-Grilled Fishis among the game’s most versatile foods that are useful for a variety of reasons. Having multiples in stock will be very useful during tough encounters.
