TotK Elixirs: All 13, How to Make Them, Levels and Duration

Elixirs are cooking without food: critters and monster parts in the pot. Tears of the Kingdom keeps the Breath of the Wild system and adds two elixirs, Sticky and Bright. This page covers the 13 elixirs, the rule that makes one, and how level and duration add up, all from the game’s cooking data. For meals, start at best recipes; for the whole recipe book, see all recipes.

What are the 13 elixirs in Tears of the Kingdom?

The recipe book lists them as 215 to 227, one per effect. The critter decides which elixir you get; “strength” is its value for the effect, and the strengths in the pot add up to the level.

No.	Elixir	What it does	Critters (strength)	Levels
215	Energizing Elixir	Restores stamina	Energetic Rhino Beetle (6), Restless Cricket (1)	—
216	Hasty Elixir	Speed Up	Hot-Footed Frog (2), Hightail Lizard (1)	3
217	Spicy Elixir	Cold Resistance	Warm Darner (2), Summerwing Butterfly (1)	2
218	Chilly Elixir	Heat Resistance	Cold Darner (2), Winterwing Butterfly (1)	2
219	Electro Elixir	Shock Resistance	Electric Darner (2), Thunderwing Butterfly (1)	3
220	Fireproof Elixir	Flame Guard	Smotherwing Butterfly (2), Fireproof Lizard (1)	2
221	Mighty Elixir	Attack Up	Bladed Rhino Beetle (1)	3
222	Tough Elixir	Defense Up	Rugged Rhino Beetle (1)	3
223	Sneaky Elixir	Stealth Up	Sunset Firefly (1)	3
224	Sticky Elixir	Slip Resistance	Sticky Frog (2), Sticky Lizard (1)	3
225	Bright Elixir	Glow	Deep Firefly (2)	3
226	Enduring Elixir	Restores stamina and adds extra stamina	Tireless Frog (2)	—
227	Hearty Elixir	Full heal plus extra hearts	Hearty Lizard (16)	—

Fireproof and Sticky exist only as elixirs: every ingredient that carries them is a critter. The cooking data also has a slot 229, a plain Elixir with no effect.

How do you make an elixir?

Put at least one critter and at least one monster part in a cooking pot, five ingredients at most. A book in Gerudo Town says it in the game’s own words: “You can cook up an elixir by mixing a critter part and a monster part together.”

What is in the pot	Result
Critters of one effect + monster parts	That elixir
The same, plus other food	Still that elixir
Critters only, or monster parts only	Dubious Food
Critters of two different effects	The effects cancel; do not mix

The same book adds that putting in acorns or Chickaloo Tree Nuts will “impart your elixir with minor healing properties.” Food is allowed, but anything that carries another effect cancels the one you want.

How are an elixir’s level and duration worked out?

Level comes from the critters. Add up their strength:

Effect	Level 2 at	Level 3 at
Hasty, Mighty, Tough, Sticky, Bright	5	7
Electro	4	6
Sneaky	6	9
Spicy, Chilly	6	—
Fireproof	7	—

One slot goes to the monster part, so an elixir holds at most four critters. Four 2-strength critters (8) reach level 3 for Hasty, Electro, Sticky and Bright, and the top level, 2, for Spicy, Chilly and Fireproof. Mighty, Tough and Sneaky critters have strength 1, so their elixirs stay at level 1; cook a Mighty meal instead.

Duration adds up per ingredient:

Ingredient	Adds
Hasty critter	1:00
Mighty or Tough critter	0:50
Sneaky, Sticky or Bright critter	2:00
Spicy, Chilly, Electro or Fireproof critter	2:30
Monster part, low tier: horns (Lynel and Gleeok horns too), Frox Fangs, wings (Keese, Gibdo, Aerocuda, Gleeok), Gibdo Bone, plain Chuchu Jelly, Octo Balloon	1:10
Monster part, middle tier: Bokoblin, Boss Bokoblin and Moblin Fangs, Lizalfos Talon, Horriblin Claw, Frox Fingernail, colored Chuchu Jelly, Octorok Tentacle and Eyeball, Keese and Aerocuda Eyeballs, Hinox Toenail and Tooth, Like Like Stones, Molduga Jaw and Fin, Lynel Hoof, Gibdo Guts	1:50
Monster part, top tier: Bokoblin, Moblin, Horriblin, Boss Bokoblin, Lynel, Gleeok, Frox, Hinox and Molduga Guts; Lizalfos tails	3:10
Any other ingredient	0:30

The monster part never changes the level. A Critical Success adds 5:00, and Gibdo Guts make one certain, by the cooking data.

Pot	Elixir	With Bokoblin Horn	With Bokoblin Guts
Hot-Footed Frog ×4 + part	Hasty	Lv3 · 5:10	Lv3 · 7:10
Bladed Rhino Beetle ×4 + part	Mighty	Lv1 · 4:30	Lv1 · 6:30
Warm Darner ×4 + part	Spicy	Lv2 · 11:10	Lv2 · 13:10
Cold Darner ×4 + part	Chilly	Lv2 · 11:10	Lv2 · 13:10
Electric Darner ×4 + part	Electro	Lv3 · 11:10	Lv3 · 13:10
Smotherwing Butterfly ×4 + part	Fireproof	Lv2 · 11:10	Lv2 · 13:10
Sunset Firefly ×4 + part	Sneaky	Lv1 · 9:10	Lv1 · 11:10
Sticky Frog ×4 + part	Sticky	Lv3 · 9:10	Lv3 · 11:10
Deep Firefly ×4 + part	Bright	Lv3 · 9:10	Lv3 · 11:10

What do the Hearty, Energizing and Enduring Elixirs do?

These three act the moment you drink them and have no timer.

• Hearty Elixir restores all your hearts and adds 4 extra hearts per Hearty Lizard.
• Energizing Elixir refills stamina; the Energetic Rhino Beetle is worth 6 and the Restless Cricket 1, up to a cap of 15. See Energizing.
• Enduring Elixir adds one-fifth of an extra stamina wheel per Tireless Frog, four-fifths with four. In the recipe book above, the one-frog Enduring Elixir also shows four hearts of healing. See Enduring.

When are the Sticky and Bright Elixirs worth it?

Both are new in Tears of the Kingdom. The Sticky Elixir keeps you from slipping on wet surfaces, as its description says; you need at least three Sticky Frogs for level 3, since lizards alone stay at level 1. The Bright Elixir makes Link glow; four Deep Fireflies give level 3, which is what you want in the dark of the Depths. See Sticky and Bright for where the critters live.

How do elixirs differ from meals, and what do they sell for?

	Meal	Elixir
Needs	At least one food ingredient	A critter and a monster part
Strongest level	Five ingredients can carry the effect	At most four critters; Mighty, Tough and Sneaky stay at level 1
Extra time	0:30 per plain ingredient	Monster parts add 1:10 to 3:10 each
Effects only here	—	Fireproof, Sticky

Elixirs sell by the same formula as meals: the ingredients’ sell prices added up, times a rate for how many there are. Critters are cheap, so the money is in the monster parts. Four Lynel Guts or Gleeok Guts with one critter sell for 1,443 to 1,494 rupees; the formula and the best elixirs to sell are on recipes to sell.

What should you read next?

• All recipes: the whole recipe book in order
• Recipe finder: tick what is in your pouch and see what you can cook
• Effect pages with where each critter lives: Hasty, Electro, Spicy, Chilly, Fireproof, Sneaky, Hearty
• Breath of the Wild elixirs: how the same system worked in the first game