Gloom Resistance in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Armor Locations and Recipes

The gloom spreading through Hyrule drains hearts and strength alike, but there’s a way to push back the darkness. With the right materials-like elusive Dark Clumps-and clever cooking, you can build true resistance and explore even the deepest Depths without fear.

Fighting enemies is already stressful enough on its own, especially if you are up against the dreadful Gloom Hands or Phantom Ganon. If you want to avoid having to climb on trees or sprint all the time to escape this hazard’s grasp, it’s important to prepare yourself with gloom resistance in Tears of the Kingdom. This page explains the items you’ll need, as well as how to recover the hearts you lose to the gloom if it gets you.

How gloom works in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Gloom appears as pools and patches of dark red corruption, most commonly in the Depths, and damages Link differently from normal hazards by reducing his maximum hearts instead of just chipping away at current health. Standing in it or being struck by gloom-infused attacks turns heart containers gray and cracked, preventing normal food or healing items from restoring them until the gloom is cleared. The longer you stay in contact, the more hearts are sealed, and if all of them are consumed by gloom, Link falls in battle regardless of how many he had before. There is a brief moment when you touch a patch where you can hop out without taking this penalty, but exploring large corrupted areas safely usually requires gloom resistance effects, special meals, or armor that can absorb some of the damage before it reaches your real hearts.

Gloom is represented as a red, gooey liquid that is mostly found in the Depths, covering large patches of the environment. Your map showcases it as pink stains which, upon touched by Link, will gradually “lock” his hearts.

Here’s how it works. You’ll lose a heart if you stand in gloom for too long – the heart icon will turn gray, and you won’t be able to heal it with conventional methods. This debuff will continue for as long as you stay in gloom, gradually consuming more hearts, until you either manage to escape its grasp or you run out of health.

There is a brief period of time, usually a few seconds, in which you can be in contact with gloom and safely escape from it before it consumes a heart. But this window is rather short – only time enough for a quick jump or sidestep.

How to get gloom resistance

Gain gloom resistance by either cooking with Dark Clumps or equipping the Depths armor set. Meals that use Dark Clumps, such as stews or curries, grant temporary gloom-resistant hearts that break before your normal ones, letting you cross contaminated areas more safely. You can buy Dark Clumps from Bargainer Statues in exchange for Poes or earn them by defeating Gloom Hands and Phantom Ganon, then combine one to three of them with meat or fish at a cooking pot to boost both the strength and duration of the effect. For a more permanent option, collect and upgrade the Armor of the Depths, which adds extra gloom hearts while worn and stacks with food-based resistance so you can push deeper into the Depths without constantly retreating to heal.

The Dark Clump item is critical in keeping Link’s hearts safe. Using it in cooking will add a gloom-resistant effect, which allows you to be in contact with gloom without suffering from the debuff.

If you’re wondering how to get Dark Clump in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you can exchange poe for the item at 10 poes a pop. There’s a statue at Lookout Landing just for trading in poe, which is found in Robbie and Josha’s research shack, underneath the balcony where Purah usually hangs out. You can also obtain it as loot for defeating certain enemies in the Depths.

Below are a few recipes to get you started:

• Meat Skewer (03:00 minutes of gloom resistance): 1 Raw Meat, 1 Dark Clump
• Meat Skewer (04:30 minutes of gloom resistance): 1 Raw Meat, 1 Dark Clump, 3 Hylian Tomatoes
• Simmered Fruit (04:00 minutes of gloom resistance): 1 Dark Clump, 3 Hylian Tomatoes
• Simmered Fruit (04:30 minutes of gloom resistance): 1 Dark Clump, 4 Hylian Tomatoes

You can get your hands on raw meat by hunting any animal you see out in the wild, as well as the occasional drop from enemies. For Hylian tomatoes, plenty grow on the road that leads to Kakariko Village, as well as the village’s surrounding areas. Of course, you can also experiment with other vegetables.

How to recover gloom hearts

You can restore gloom-stricken hearts either by returning to safe light or by using special food. Standing under a Lightroot in the Depths or simply warping back to the surface clears the gloom from your heart containers, making them refillable again. To actually refill them, cook and eat “Sunny” dishes made with Sundelions or Sun Pumpkins, which specifically restore hearts damaged by gloom. Keeping a few of these meals ready before a long trip into the Depths makes recovering from heavy gloom damage much less punishing.

Even if you’re doing all due diligence to try and avoid gloom, there is a chance that it may get you, especially when you’re exploring the Depths.

First, if you manage to get your hands on sundelions, an item usually found in the Sky Islands, you can use it in cooking to replenish hearts lost to gloom.

Below are a few recipes to get you started:

• Sunny Steamed Tomatoes (replenishes 4 normal hearts and 6 locked hearts by gloom): Ancient Arowana, 1 Hylian tomato, 2 Sundelions.
• Sunny Steamed Tomatoes (replenishes 7 normal hearts and 6 locked hearts by gloom): 1 Raw Prime Meat, 2 Hylian Tomatoes, 2 Sundelions.
• Sunny Steamed Mushrooms (replenishes 1 and a half normal heart and 6 locked hearts by gloom): 3 Skyshrooms (also found around Sky Islands!), 2 Sundelions.
• Sunny Fried Wild Greens (replenishes 9 locked hearts by gloom): 3 Sundelions.

If you don’t have sundelions on you, activating a lightroot anywhere in the Depths will reverse the damage caused by gloom. These are towers of sorts that will dispel the darkness around the area, thus revealing what’s on the map around them, while also giving you your hearts back.

Bear in mind that you’ll get the hearts back, but not Link’s lost health. At the least, you’ll be able to heal yourself once more. Another thing to watch out for: Gloom Spawn, which are the gloom hand enemies that sometimes appear around Hyrule. There are two ways to recover your hearts in this scenario. Either defeat them, or you escape from their reach long enough that they return to the ground and disappear.

Where to find all Bargainer Statues in the Depths

There are six Bargainer Statues in the Depths, plus the first one you already know at Lookout Landing on the surface.

Below are all the Depths statues with simple directions and coordinates (approximate are fine in-game; just get close and look around with Brightbloom Seeds).

Central Hyrule – Plains Bargainer Statue

• Region: Central Hyrule Depths

• Coordinates: roughly ,-,-0458, -0801, -0474,-,- (some guides list 0450, -0802, -0471; both point to the same statue).

• How to reach:

  • Jump into Hyrule Field Chasm south of Lookout Landing.

  • Glide down, activate nearby Lightroots (especially Stakijat), then head east-northeast toward the marker around 0450, -0800.

  • The statue is in open plains, slightly elevated but easy to spot once you light the area.

Great Plateau – Great Abandoned Central Mine Statue

• Region: Central Hyrule / Great Plateau Depths

• Coordinates: about -,-,-0781, -1903, -0565-,-,-.

• How to reach:

  • Use any Great Plateau Chasm (North, South, East, or West).

  • Navigate toward the large mining complex in the middle of the Plateau’s Depths; this is the Great Abandoned Central Mine.

  • Complete the “A Call from the Depths” side adventure on the Plateau surface to fully restore and activate this statue.

Akkala – Wellspring of Power Bargainer Statue

• Region: Akkala Highlands Depths (northeast corner of map)

• Coordinates: about ,,-3705, 2601, -0417,,-.

• How to reach:

  • Dive into East Akkala Plains Chasm (around 4029, 2173).

  • Head northwest, activate the Akinatanis Lightroot on the way.

  • From there, keep going north/northwest up toward a high rocky area with a pool and waterfall; the statue is set into the cliff above the water.

Lanayru – Wellspring of Wisdom Bargainer Statue

• Region: Mount Lanayru / Lanayru Depths (southeast)

• Coordinates: about ,-,-3850, -1333, -0857,-,-.

• How to reach:

  • Jump into Naydra Snowfield Chasm (around 3595, -1339).

  • As you fall, glide east toward your marker near 3850, -1330.

  • The statue sits in the canyon beneath the Spring of Wisdom, near the bottom of a waterfall.

Faron – Wellspring of Courage Bargainer Statue

• Region: Faron Grasslands Depths (south-central)

• Coordinates: about ,-,-0883, -2399, -0393,-,-.

• How to reach:

  • Dive into Hills of Baumer Chasm (around 0223, -2117).

  • Travel southeast through the Depths, lighting roots as you go.

  • The statue is high up on a cliff wall near the Wellspring of Courage’s underground pool, so you’ll need climbing plus Ascend to reach it.

Hebra / Tabantha – Cliff / Drena Canyon Bargainer Statue

• Region: Hebra / Tabantha side of the Depths, west-northwest of Korok Forest

• Coordinates: about -,,-1029, 2691, -0273-,,-.

• How to reach:

  • Look for a chasm entrance in the Rowan Plain or Tabantha region (for example, a hidden chasm accessed via Rowan Plain Well north of Kiuyoyou Shrine) and drop in.

  • Work your way north toward the very high cliffs under Drena Canyon.

  • The statue is near the “ceiling” of the Depths; you’ll need to climb and use Ascend on overhangs to reach its ledge.

Quick reference table

If you tell me which region you’re exploring now, I can give you a step-by-step path from a specific Skyview Tower or shrine.

How to get Poes to trade at Bargainer Statues

Poes, glowing blue orbs found exclusively in the Depths, are collected by shooting them with arrows and traded at any activated Bargainer Statue for items like Dark Clumps and Depths armor.​

Best Poe farming spots

• Poe pillars and deposits: Look for tall stone pillars topped with 1-3 Poes (single Poe = 1, Large Poe = 5, Grand Poe = 20); shoot the top to collect them all at once. These are scattered everywhere but cluster near Lightroots.​

• Poe totems: Multi-level totem poles with 1 Poe per layer (up to 10+); climb and shoot from the top down to grab them efficiently.​

• High-density clusters: Activate every Lightroot you see (they reveal map areas and spawn nearby Poes); revisit lit-up zones for easy pillar farms. Prime spots include Central Hyrule Plains Depths (near first statue) and around Wellspring areas.​

Efficient farming routes

Follow these loops using fast travel to Lightroots (mark them on your map):

1. Beginner Central Loop (50-100 Poes/hour):

   • Teleport to Stakijat Lightroot (-0458, -0938, -0470).

   • Farm pillars east to Plains Bargainer Statue (0458, -0801, -0474), then loop south back to Lightroot.

   • Repeat after surface trip to reset spawns.​​

2. Mid-game Faron/Akkala Sweep (100-200 Poes/hour):

   • Wellspring of Courage Lightroot (0883, -2399, -0393) → south pillars → statue → east to next roots.

   • Chain to Akkala’s Wellspring of Power (3705, 2601, -0417) for totem-heavy areas.

3. Late-game full clear: Light all 120+ Lightroots; each fully reveals ~50-100 Poes in its zone. Prioritize unlit roots for fresh spawns.​​

Trading tips

• Activation: Offer 1 Poe to the Lookout Landing statue first, then trade at any (10 Poes per Dark Clump, 100-400 for armor).

• Unlimited stock: Statues restock materials like Bomb Flowers (16 Poes); armor/weapons are one-time buys but unlock across all statues once found.

• Pro tip: Farm 650+ Poes early for full Depths Set (150-300 each piece) via Central loop, then buy Dark Clumps to cook gloom meals.

Quick farm yields table

Stock up before boss runs-Poes don’t carry over saves but respawn reliably.