BotW Hydromelon: Locations and Cooking Effect

Hydromelon is a fruit in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game describes it this way: “This resilient fruit can flourish even in the heat of the desert. The hydrating liquid inside provides a cooling effect that, when cooked, increases your heat resistance.” This page shows where it is placed and explains what it does in a dish.

Where do you find Hydromelon?

The map shows all 187 places the game’s world data puts Hydromelon. 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.

What does Hydromelon do in a dish?

Cooked into a dish it gives Chilly (Chilly recipes). In the game’s cooking data its value for this effect is 1; the strongest ingredient with this effect has 3. To plan a dish from what you carry, use the recipe finder.

2 recipes name Hydromelon outright:

• Creamy Heart Soup
• Fruitcake

What else is Hydromelon for?

• Selling: 4 rupees each.

See also

• All materials
• Recipe finder
• Chilly recipes
• Interactive map