TotK Fireproof Elixir: Ingredients and How to Make It
The Fireproof Elixir is the only way to get Flame Guard in Tears of the Kingdom: the critters that carry it, how strong each is and how to cook it.
What does Fireproof do?
Fireproof keeps your body from catching fire. The elixir’s description tells you when to carry it: exploring the caves of Death Mountain.
Which ingredients give Fireproof?
Only two ingredients carry it, and both are critters — Smotherwing Butterfly (2 in the cooking data) and Fireproof Lizard (1) — so no meal can be Fireproof: it exists only as the Fireproof Elixir. The game describes two levels.
- Effect
- Flame Guard
- Dish name prefix
- Fireproof
- Elixir
- Fireproof Elixir
- Levels
- Lv1–Lv2
The elixir's description“Grants a fireproof effect, which prevents your body from catching fire. Be sure to pack this when venturing out to explore caves in Death Mountain.”
Ingredients with this effect
| Ingredient | Type | Strength¹ | Sells for | Where it's placed² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smotherwing Butterfly | critter | 2 | 2 | — |
| Fireproof Lizard | critter | 1 | 5 | Eldin 77 · Great Hyrule Forest 2 |
¹ The number the game's cooking data gives each ingredient for this effect: higher is stronger, and a pot adds them up. Levels follow set thresholds on the total; the “easiest way” section below lists the combinations that reach them.
² How many times the game's world data places the ingredient at a fixed spot, and the three areas with the most (a region is the one of the nearest shrine). Ingredients from animals, monsters, ore deposits, shops or random spawns are not counted, and those listed can also turn up elsewhere.
Fireproof Elixir: Cook one or more of the critters above with one or more monster parts.
Dishes that ask for one of these ingredients by name
None
Any other dish whose recipe takes an ingredient of the same type ("any mushroom", "any fish") also carries the effect when you use one of these.
How do you get a level 2 Fireproof Elixir?
Fireproof has the steepest second level of any two-level effect: 7 points in the game’s cooking parameters, against 6 for Chilly and Spicy. And because it is elixir-only, one of the five slots must hold a monster part, which leaves four critters at most.
| Elixir | Points | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Smotherwing Butterfly ×4 + monster part | 8 | 2 |
| Smotherwing Butterfly ×3 + Fireproof Lizard ×1 + monster part | 7 | 2 |
| Fireproof Lizard ×4 + monster part | 4 | 1 |
Four Fireproof Lizards give only 4 points, so the lizard alone can never make level 2 — you need at least three Smotherwing Butterflies. That also means the famous money-maker on the best recipes page, three Fireproof Lizards with two Molduga Guts, is a level 1 elixir: it sells well because Molduga Guts are expensive, not because it is strong. Monster parts only add time (a set of guts adds 3 minutes 10 seconds), never strength, and each critter adds 2 minutes 30 seconds. Leave out the monster part and the pot gives Dubious Food.
Where do you find Fireproof ingredients?
Both critters live in one place. In the game’s world data all 79 Fireproof Lizards and all 16 Smotherwing Butterflies are placed in the Eldin Canyon area around Death Mountain (by nearest shrine, a couple of each count as the edge of Great Hyrule Forest). Sixteen butterflies is not many, so catch every one you see there; a level 2 elixir uses three or four.
For the monster part, anything works for strength; Molduga Guts only matter if you plan to sell. If you spend a lot of time near lava, the Flamebreaker set sold in Goron City gives Flame Guard without using up elixirs.
Related
- Recipe finder — tick what is in your pouch, or pick Fireproof and see every dish that can carry it
- All recipes — the whole recipe book in the game’s order
- Best recipes — the 15 effects side by side, incredible success and the Horse God
- Chilly, Spicy, Sticky — related effects
Video walkthrough
FAQ
Which ingredients give Fireproof?
Can you cook Fireproof food?
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