BotW Fortified Pumpkin: Locations, Drops, and Cooking Effect

Fortified Pumpkin is a plant or vegetable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game describes it this way: “An extremely tough pumpkin raised in village fields. When cooked, that toughness manifests itself by considerably upping defense.” This page shows where it is placed, lists the monsters that drop it, and explains what it does in a dish.

Where do you find Fortified Pumpkin?

The map shows all 8 places the game’s world data puts Fortified Pumpkin. Zoom in, and tick the ones you have picked up.

The same places summed by nearest landmark, largest group first. “Show on map” moves the map above to one of them.

These are the fixed placements only. What you pick grows back after a while, so one or two reliable spots are enough.

Which monsters drop Fortified Pumpkin?

Best chance first. The chance is for this material on one roll of that monster’s drop table; a monster can roll more than once.

What does Fortified Pumpkin do in a dish?

Cooked into a dish it gives Tough (Tough recipes). In the game’s cooking data its value for this effect is 2; the strongest ingredient with this effect has 3. To plan a dish from what you carry, use the recipe finder.

6 recipes name Fortified Pumpkin outright:

• Meat-Stuffed Pumpkin
• Veggie Cream Soup
• Vegetable Risotto
• Pumpkin Pie
• Vegetable Curry
• Pumpkin Stew

What else is Fortified Pumpkin for?

• Selling: 5 rupees each.

See also

• All materials
• Recipe finder
• Tough recipes
• BotW Hinox Locations: All 40, HP, Drops and Medal
• Interactive map