Cook food and elixirs that give a Defense Up buff to raise your defense in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK). Read on to learn how to increase your defense, its effects, and more!
List of Contents
- How to Raise Defense
- Defense Up Effects
- Related Guides
How to Raise Defense
Wear Armor with High Base Defense
One way to permanently raise your defense is to wear armor with high base defense stat. The Champion's Leathers (Champion's Tunic) is a recommended body armor to use due to its high defense and can be obtained early on inside Hyrule Castle.
How to Get the Champion's Leathers Early
Upgrade Armor at the Great Fairy Fountain
Another way to permanently increase your defense is to upgrade your armor at the Great Fairy Fountain. Doing so permanently increases the base Defense stat of the armor piece that you have upgraded.
How to Upgrade Armor
Cook Food and Elixirs that Give Defense Up
You can also cook food and create elixirs that grant the Defense Up to temporarily raise your Defense.
Note that only cooked food and elixirs with the "Tough" prefix on their names give the Defense Up buff, so be sure to check your recipe carefully before creating them in the cooking pot!
Examples of Defense Up Foods and Elixirs
| Recipe | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Tough Meat Skewer | ・Ironshroom x5 |
| Tough Elixir | ・Rugged Rhino Beetle x1 ・Any monster part x1 |
Defense Up Effects
Reduces Number of Hearts When Taking Damage
Defense Up reduces the number of hearts when you take damage from enemies or environmental factors such as falling from great height. This buff comes in handy in the early game as you start with three hearts and low stat armor.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Related Guides
Tips and Tricks A Beginner's Guide to Tears of the Kingdom
All Tips and Tricks Guides
| New Features | |
|---|---|
| How to Confuse Enemies | How to Cure Gloom |
| How to Blind Enemies | - |
| Combat Guides | |
| Flurry Rush, Sneakstrike, and Deal Critical Damage | Weapon Modifiers Explained |
| How to Raise Defense | Passive Abilities for Weapons Explained |
| How to Upgrade Armor | How to Defeat Shielded Enemies |
| How to Throw Items and Materials | How to Repair Weapons |
| How to Get Earthwake Technique | How to Increase Weapon Durability |
| How to Parry | How to Sneakstrike |
| How to Perfect Dodge and Flurry Rush | Stealth Mechanics Explained |
| Exploration Guides | |
| How to Dive | How to Shield Surf |
| How to Break Cracked Rocks | How to Use Minecarts |
| How to Cross the Freezing Water | Fast Travel Guide |
| How to Change the Weather | How to Get Heat Resistance |
| How to Make an Axe | How to Tame Wild Horses |
| How to Chop Down and Use Fallen Trees | How to Pass Time |
| How to Light Up Dark Areas | How to Get Epona |
| What to Do During a Thunderstorm | How to Get Cold Resistance |
| How to Check Coordinates | How to Climb Efficiently |
| How to Break Wooden Boxes | How to Make a Fire |
| How to Make a Raft | How to Make a Hover Bike |
| How to Use Rocket Shields | - |
| General Tips and Tricks | |
| Zonai Dispenser Guide | How to Expand Inventory |
| Best Settings to Use | Pony Points Guide |
| How to Increase Health and Stamina | How to Swap Hearts for Stamina |
| How to Get the Paraglider and All Paraglider Designs | amiibo Unlocks and List of Compatible amiibo |
| Blood Moon Explained | Missables and One-Time Events Guide |
| Whistle Effects and How to Use | How to Farm Crops |
| How to Heal | Post Game Content Guide: Is There a New Game Plus? |
| Kochi Dye Shop Guide: How to Recolor Armor | Ending Explained: How to Watch the True Ending |
| List of Unlockables | How to Get Ganon's Horse |
| Farming Guides | |
| How to Farm Arrows | Bubbul Gem Guide |
| How to Get More Energy Cells and Increase Energy | Early Game Rupee Farming |
| How to Farm Weapons | Dragon Part Farming Guide |
| How to Get Pristine Weapons | - |
| Notable Item Location Guides | |
| How to Get the Travel Medallion | How to Get the Champion's Leathers Early |
| How to Get the Hylian Shield Early | How to Get the Master Sword |
| How to Get the Classic Green Tunic | Where to Find Wild Greens |
| How to Get Ring Garland | Misko's Treasure Locations |
| How to Get Monster Medals | How to Get All Champion Weapons |
| Puzzle Solution Guides | |
| How to Solve the Water Temple Spinning Tower | Where to Find King Dorephan |
| How to Solve the Gerudo Light Puzzle | Voe and You Class Solutions |
| Map Location Guides | |
| All Stable Locations | All Sage's Will Locations |
| How to Get to Hyrule Castle | How to Get to Lost Woods and Enter Korok Forest |
| Great Fairy Locations and How to Unlock | How to Find the Light Dragon: Location and Drops |
| How to Find Farosh: Location and Drops | How to Find Naydra: Location and Drops |
| How to Find Dinraal: Location and Drops | How to Reach Abandoned Hebra Mine |
| Satori Cherry Blossom Tree Locations and Guide | How to Unlock Royal Hidden Passage |
| All Addison Sign Locations | All Forge Construct Locations |
| How to Get into Gerudo Secret Club | All Coliseum Locations and Rewards |
| Koltin Locations and List of Rewards | Satori (King of the Mountain) Locations |
| Where to Find Dondons | How to Get to Toto Lake |
| All Goddess Statue Locations | - |
| Tier List Guides | |
| Best Early Game Armor | Best Armor Sets (Equipment) |
| Best Weapons and Shields | Best Horses |
| Best Equipment for Exploration | Best Fuse Materials and Weapon Combinations |
| Best Modes of Travel | - |
| Glitches and Exploits | |
| List of Glitches and Exploits | How to Duplicate Weapons, Bows, and Shields |
| How to Duplicate Materials | - |
| FAQs | |
| Can You Pet the Dogs? | Does Saved Data Carry Over? |
| Should You Play BotW First? | What Happens When You Die? |
| How Does Autosave Work? | What Happened to Link's House? |
| Do Materials Respawn? | How to Lower and Raise Hylian Hood |
| How to Change the Difficulty | When Do Shops Restock? |
| Is There a Master Mode? | - |
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