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TotK Gibdo Guts: The Monster Part That Makes Every Elixir an incredible success

Tears of the Kingdom Gibdo Guts: the only monster part that guarantees an incredible success in an elixir. Rare from Gibdos, worth 2 rupees, 5 for the Sand Boots.

10/13/2026 1.4.3 QuestFern Team Last updated: 11/5/2026 4 min read

Gibdo Guts look like the least valuable thing in your pouch in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: a shop gives you 2 rupees for one and a fused one adds 1 attack. The description hints otherwise: “It’s said they’re effective, vitality-rich ingredients that are useful in elixirs.” That is an understatement. They are the only monster part that makes an elixir an incredible success every time.

Gibdo Guts 吉波得的肝臟 · 吉波得的肝脏

Cooking: Combine with a suitable critter to make an elixir.
Type: monster part
Cooking effect: None
Sells for: 2 rupees
Fuse attack power: +1

The Gibdo Guts item card, with Gibdo remains on the ground behind it: 1 Fuse Attack Power and the description — The item card. The fuse value of 1 hides what they do in a pot.

What makes them different in a pot

Every elixir is critters plus a monster part. The critters set the effect and its level; the monster part adds duration and a chance of an incredible success, a free bonus such as five more minutes or one more level. Most monster parts add 0 to 30% to that chance. Gibdo Guts make it certain.

A few other ingredients guarantee an incredible success too: a Star Fragment, a Golden Apple and the dragons’ parts. None of them is a monster part, so an elixir would still need one beside them. Gibdo Guts do both jobs in the one slot, and they cost nothing to give up.

A green Hot-Footed Frog sitting on the ground beside a rock — A Hot-Footed Frog. Four of them with Gibdo Guts make a guaranteed incredible success Hasty Elixir.

For example, four Hot-Footed Frogs and one Gibdo Guts make a level 3 Hasty Elixir lasting 5:50 before the bonus, and the bonus always comes. You do not choose which bonus, so the guts are a guarantee of something extra, not of more time in particular. Note one trade-off: as a time source they are mid-grade (1:50), less than the 3:10 that other guts such as Frox Guts add. Rules and the full list of critters: elixirs and how to cook.

How rare are they?

Monster	HP	Chance per drop roll
Moth Gibdo	40	20%
Gibdo	60	10%

Rare enough to keep every one. A Gibdo rolls once for guts at 10%; a Moth Gibdo rolls at 20%, up to twice. On average you get one from every ten Gibdos, so the five the Sand Boots want take about 50.

Get them while the sand shroud is up. Until you finish the Riju of Gerudo Town quest at the Lightning Temple, the desert surface is full of Gibdos. Afterwards most of those are gone for good, and the ones that keep coming back after each Blood Moon are mostly in the Gerudo caves and in the Depths under Arbiter’s Grounds. Where they all are: Gibdos.

The one armor use

Armor	Set	★	★★	★★★	★★★★	Total
Sand Boots	—	—	—	5	—	5
To take every piece to four stars						5

The Sand Boots third star costs 5 Gibdo Guts, 10 Rushrooms, 5 Molduga Fins and 200 rupees, and raises them from 8 to 12 defense. The boots already run on sand at full speed without it. Since Gibdo Guts are worth more in a pot than anywhere else, upgrade the boots only if you wear them all the time; where to buy them is on other armor pieces.

Link wearing the Sand Boots, shown from the front and the side inside a shop — The Sand Boots. Their third star takes 5 Gibdo Guts.

Selling them

Don’t. One sells for 2 rupees, and four cooked with a critter into an elixir sell for only 18 to 68. If you want money from monster parts, Lynel Guts are the ones to sell.