How to increase weapon durability in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

Weapon durability in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can make or break you, especially if you find yourself in the middle of a fierce fight with very few weapons in your inventory after the others broke. The same goes for shields, they do a great job of protecting you, but they can only do so for so long.

Fortunately, there are ways to preserve and increase the durability of your favorite weapons and shields from Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. At first, it may take a little digging and searching for the best materials for the job, but it’s worth doing.

We are here to show you how to increase weapon durability in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as well as how to check the status of your weapon and also how to increase shield durability.

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How to increase weapon durability in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

You can increase weapon durability in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by fusing items with your base weapon, and gems are often the most effective additions to increasing a weapon’s lifespan. We’ve also noticed that adding a Zonai device, such as a flame emitter, to a weapon will extend the weapon’s durability somewhat, though not as much as gems do.

zelda totk opal zonaite spear
Ta-da! We made a spear from opal zonaite.

However, the lifespan of your weapon will be determined by your base weapon, so it’s best to try to stay away from broken down weapons if you can. This is much easier to do when exploring sky islands or venturing out on regional freak quests.

The stronger your base weapon is on its own, the more durable it will be when you fuse a gem to it. For example, fusing a piece of Amber to a Zonai weapon that hasn’t been affected by darkness will give you a weapon with a much longer lifespan than if you fused Amber to a piece of wood (we found this out the hard way). ).

zelda totk fusing amber with a long stick
Our Amber Stick didn’t last as long as we expected…

Unfortunately, so far it seems that nothing can be done to increase the durability of a bow in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Therefore, we recommend stocking up on bows whenever you find one; We highly recommend building arches if you encounter them in the early hours of the story.

Save your weapons and materials.

Naturally, once you’ve collected materials and crafted weapons that you really like but currently don’t have space for (or those that you want to save for the bigger battles), there’s a friendly Goron that can help you with that.

The Goron is called Pelison and you can find them in Tarrey Town, in the most northwestern region of Hyrule. If you talk to them, they can store the weapons and materials you’ve fused, so you can go out and craft more without worrying about the size of your pockets.

How to check the status of your weapon in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

Now, you can’t directly check your weapon’s durability in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but you can watch for the warning sign that your weapon is about to break.

After you have used a weapon for a while and it has low durability, a warning banner will appear at the top of the screen like the one in the image below:

zelda totk amber launches low durability screen warning

This will flash while you use the weapon or when you take it out of your pockets to let you know that you don’t have much time left with it.

If the weapon is currently in your inventory, you can tell if it is low on durability by opening the weapon selection menu with the right directional pad button. When you see all your weapons on the screen, the ones with low durability will flash red.

zelda totk long stick low durability

It’s useful to pay attention to this if you’re in the middle of a fight, as pulling out a weapon that will soon break can spell disaster for Link.

How to revive a defective weapon

Do not fear! There is a way to revive your faulty weapon if you need it (or if you’ve grown attached to it). Now, once your weapon starts flashing red, fuse a gem to revive it slightly and extend its durability.

Doing this won’t completely reverse the damage the weapon has already taken, but it will give you a little more time with it. The amount of durability added to the weapon appears to be determined by the quality of the base weapon and the gem attached to it.

How to increase shield durability in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

Have you found a shield you like and really want to hold on to? So that’s not a problem either since you can also increase the durability of a shield!

zelda totk fusing amber with zora's shield
We had a lot of amber in our inventory.

To increase the durability of a shield, you can fuse a gem or any item of your choice into it, although we recommend using Zonai gadgets if you don’t want to use a gem, as they seem to give items a good amount of durability.

zelda totk shield zora amber
This shield is a… creation.

That is all for now! We hope this helps you extend the durability of your favorite weapons and shields in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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