TotK Rugged Rhino Beetle: Locations, Drops, and Cooking Effect

Rugged Rhino Beetle is a critter in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game describes it this way: “This beetle’s hard body resembles armor. When the shell is cooked with monster parts, the resulting elixir boosts your 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 Rugged Rhino Beetle?

The map shows all 18 places the game’s world data puts Rugged Rhino Beetle. 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 Rugged Rhino Beetle?

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 Rugged Rhino Beetle 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 1; the strongest ingredient with this effect has 3. To plan a dish from what you carry, use the recipe finder.

What else is Rugged Rhino Beetle for?

• Selling: 4 rupees each.

See also

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