TotK Damage Calculator: Fuse, Sneakstrike, Headshot, Attack Up

How hard does your weapon actually hit in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? This calculator follows the game’s own arithmetic: it adds the Fuse material and the bonus, then applies weapon properties and every multiplier to give the damage of one hit. Pick an enemy and it also tells you how many hits it takes. Weapon attack comes from all weapons, material attack from the Fuse table.

How is damage calculated?

Two steps: work out the attack of the hit, then multiply.

1. Attack: the weapon’s attack + its Attack Up bonus + the fused material’s attack. A decayed Traveler’s Sword (5) with a Bokoblin Horn (4) attacks for 9.
   • Gerudo weapons and the Scimitar of the Seven have Strong Fusion: the material counts twice.
   • Zonaite weapons have Zonaite-Powered: with a Zonai material (a Construct horn, for example) they add 3, 5 or 10 (plain, Strong and Mighty).
2. Multipliers: every one that applies is multiplied in, and the decimals are dropped at the end.

The calculator lets you pick one of critical hit, frozen and sneakstrike at a time, and counts a critical hit once even when two of its conditions are met.

Why don’t two-handed weapons and spears match the inventory?

The inventory number is not always the one the game uses:

• One-handed weapons and bows deal what they show.
• Two-handed weapons are about 5% stronger. A decayed Royal Claymore shows 14 and uses 15.
• Spears are about 25% weaker. The Lightscale Trident shows 22 and uses 16.

Fused materials and bonuses are converted the same way. The same Molduga Jaw (32) adds 32 on a one-handed sword, about 33 on a two-handed one and only about 25 on a spear, so a top material is worth more on swords; spears make up for it with speed and reach. The calculator’s “attack” is already the converted number, and the result shows the weapon’s true attack next to the inventory value.

How do bows and arrows work?

Each arrow’s attack is the bow’s attack plus its bonus plus the material fused to the arrow. Attack Up applies to arrows too, and a headshot doubles it (the game’s tip: “Hit an enemy’s head with an arrow to perform a critical hit that deals 2x damage.”).

• Claws and fangs count double on arrows: a Lynel Hoof (10) gives 20. The full list is 17 materials: Bokoblin Fang, Boss Bokoblin Fang, Moblin Fang, Horriblin Claw, Lizalfos Talon, Hinox Toenail, Hinox Tooth, Frox Fingernail, Lynel Hoof, Dinraal’s Claw, Naydra’s Claw, Farosh’s Claw, Light Dragon’s Talon and the four dragons’ fang shards. Frox fangs don’t.
• Multi-shot bows (the Lynel bows fire 3 arrows) and the Five-Shot Burst bonus: every arrow deals full damage, so multiply by the number that hit. At range they spread and some may miss.

The calculator does not apply Bone Weapon Proficiency to bows.

Which enemies can you sneakstrike?

Sneak up behind an enemy that hasn’t noticed you and attack when the prompt appears. It works only with melee weapons.

Boss-type enemies, the ones with a health bar at the top of the screen such as Hinoxes and Lynels, can’t be sneakstruck. The toughest enemy you can sneakstrike is the Silver Boss Bokoblin (1,200 HP); an Eightfold Blade with a strong material and any Attack Up takes it down in one hit. Tips for getting close are in combat tips.

What is not counted?

The game rounds at a few steps; the results were checked against tested hits and most match exactly, but a few come out one point off.

See also

The Fuse guide ranks every material, all weapons lists attack and durability, and weapon bonuses explains how to get Attack Up +10. Attack Up meals are on mighty recipes; Bone Weapon Proficiency comes from the Radiant set and the Evil Spirit set.