Running out of stamina mid-glide or during a climb can ruin any adventure in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. These food recipes and elixirs will keep Link’s energy meter steady, helping you scale cliffs, soar longer, and fight without fatigue.
The good news that is that if you’re an experienced Breath of the Wild player, all these ingredients and recipes for stamina food and elixirs will be familiar, as they use the same items.
Below, we list ingredients and recipes for food and potions that will replenish your stamina or even raise it beyond the limit (temporarily). If you’re looking for recipes for other useful effects, check out our best elixirs recommendations.
Stamina elixir recipes
Stamina elixirs in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom help Link restore or extend his stamina for climbing, swimming, and gliding longer distances. These potions are made by combining monster parts with stamina-boosting critters such as Restless Crickets, Energetic Rhino Beetles, or Tireless Frogs. The stronger the creatures and parts used, the longer the stamina effect lasts. Players can experiment with different combinations at a cooking pot to craft elixirs suited for exploration or combat challenges.
To make energizing elixirs, you’ll want to throw energetic rhino beetles (found in Great Sky Island and West Necluda) or restless crickets (found in Great Sky Island and Hyrule Field) into a pot with at least one monster part.
To make enduring elixirs, you’ll want to use tireless frogs (found in Hyrule Field and Zora River) with at least one monster part. Tireless frogs are hard to find, but Beedle also sells them for 100 rupees each at Riverside Stable.
The more stamina critters you use, the more the elixir will add or replenish. Based on our testing, the quality of the monster drop you use doesn’t have an effect on the potion. Using a Red Bokoblin horn and a restless cricket had the same effects as using a Blue Bokoblin horn and a restless cricket.
Stamina food recipes
Stamina food recipes in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom help Link recover and extend his stamina wheel for climbing, running, and gliding longer distances. Meals like sautéed mushrooms, energizing elixirs, and stamina-boosting dishes typically use ingredients such as Stambulbs, Endura Carrots, and Brightcap mushrooms. Players can experiment by mixing these stamina-rich items at cooking pots to create meals that restore partial or full stamina or even add extra temporary wheels for demanding challenges and exploration.
To make energizing foods, cook up stamella shrooms (found in Lanayru Great Spring and West Necluda), courser bee honey (found in Hyrule Field and East Necluda), staminoka bass (Hyrule Field, West Necluda), or bright-eyed crabs (found in Lanayru Westlands and Lanayru Great Spring).
To make enduring foods, cook up some endura shrooms (found in North Tabantha Sky Archipelago and North Necluda Sky Archipelago) or endura carrots (found in East Necluda and Hyrule Ridge). Much like tireless frogs, these items are harder to come by than the energizing counterparts. At least one endura carrot can be found by Satori trees (those random cherry blossom-esque trees you see around Hyrule). The tree atop Satori Mountain in Hyrule Ridge (to the west of Sonapan Shrine) will have three endura carrots, making this a good place to pick up a few.
Just like the elixirs, the more of the stamina-based ingredient you use, the greater your gains will be. We cooked up five staminoka bass to make a fish skewer, and it replenished a full three rings of stamina.
Best stamina recipes
Stamina-boosting recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom help players glide longer, sprint farther, and climb higher without running out of energy. Meals like Enduring Fried Wild Greens, Energizing Mushroom Skewers, and Enduring Meat Curry restore and extend the stamina wheel, making exploration smoother during long treks or battles. Ingredients such as Endura Carrots, Stambulbs, and Brightcap mushrooms are especially useful for creating these dishes. Mixing higher-quality stamina ingredients yields stronger effects, giving players a clear advantage in challenging areas or when scaling tall cliffs.
If you’re looking to refill (or overfill) three full rings of stamina, you can do so pretty easily by cooking the ingredients listed above just straight-up. As mentioned above, the more of the stamina ingredient you use, the greater your gains will be. You don’t need to add meat, salt, or other ingredients.
Cooking three or more staminoka bass together will net you an energizing fish skewer that will recover three green rings of stamina.
Cooking five endura carrots together will give you enduring fried wild greens, which will give you two additional yellow rings of stamina. You can see some of our tested recipes in the recipe card below:
Best ingredients to expand max stamina permanently
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, max stamina expands permanently only through specific upgrades at Goddess Statues using in-game currencies, not cooking recipes or elixirs. The key ingredient is Endura Carrots, which Link offers to exchange for stamina vessel upgrades after collecting enough.
Permanent Stamina Upgrades
Link visits any Goddess Statue (starting with the one in the Great Sky Island tutorial area) and selects “Exchange for Shrines of Light and Heart Pieces,” but for stamina, the option unlocks after gathering Endura Carrots. Each set of 5 Endura Carrots (up to 3 wheels total) permanently adds one stamina segment, prioritizing stamina over hearts if both currencies are available.
Best Sources for Endura Carrots
Endura Carrots grow abundantly near the Great Fairy Fountains across Hyrule (Hateno, Woodland Stable areas) and on Satori Mountain in the Ridgeland region at night under blood moons for respawns. Plant seeds from them at Great Sky Island farm plots using the Korok method for farming up to 5x yields; they’re rarer than Stamella Shrooms but essential for 20-30 total carrots needed for full upgrades.
Alternative Progression
Complete all 120+ shrines or collect Light of Blessing/Light of Renewal (from Dragon Tears) at statues to trade 4 for a temporary vessel, then permanently shift to stamina via Endura Carrots. Avoid wasting on hearts early, as stamina enables better climbing/gliding for exploration.
How to craft stamina elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom
Crafting stamina elixirs in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom requires specific critters and monster parts cooked together in a pot. These elixirs come in Energizing (restores stamina) and Enduring (restores and temporarily expands the stamina wheel) varieties, with effects scaling by critter quantity-up to four per recipe for maximum potency.
Basic Steps
Approach any cooking pot (portable Zonai pots work too) and drop ingredients: add critters first, then one monster part last to avoid dubious food. Cook immediately; raw critters yield only hearts. Use low-tier monster parts (like Bokoblin horns) to conserve resources.
Energizing Elixir Recipe
Combine 1-4 Restless Crickets or Energetic Rhino Beetles with 1 monster part for full stamina wheel restoration (4 critters = two wheels). Restless Crickets hide in Hyrule Field grass (cut with a sword at night); Rhino Beetles cling to trees in Necluda or Sky Island.
Enduring Elixir Recipe
Mix 1-4 Tireless Frogs or Tireless Lizards with 1 monster part to restore stamina plus add yellow temporary wheels (4 critters = two extra wheels). Frogs hop near cave streams and Zora River; lizards scurry on walls in damp areas-sneak with Stealth Armor to catch them.
