TotK Armored Carp: Locations and Cooking Effect

Armored Carp is a fish or seafood in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game describes it this way: “Calcium deposits in the scales of this ancient fish make them as hard as armor. Cooking it into a dish will fortify your bones, temporarily increasing your defense.”

Where do you find Armored Carp?

The map shows all 36 places the game’s world data puts Armored Carp. Zoom in, and tick the ones you have picked up.

The same places summed by place or area, 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.

Where can you buy Armored Carp?

In the game’s shop data 1 merchant sells Armored Carp; buying one costs 40 rupees. A merchant who sets up in more than one place has a row for each; “Show on map” opens the spot on the interactive map.

Some merchants only appear once the story has moved on, and a sold-out item comes back when the shop restocks.

What does Armored Carp do in a dish?

Cooked into a dish it gives Defense Up (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.

2 recipes in the recipe book name Armored Carp outright (number in the book, then the dish):

• 188 Roasted Carp
• 208 Frozen Carp

What else is Armored Carp for?

• Selling: 10 rupees each.

See also

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