While Heart Containers and Stamina Vessels are important parts of the journey in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players who want to optimize their stats will have to scour practically every corner of Hyrule.

Tears of the Kingdom, which uses the same concepts as Breath of the Wild, has a range of hard foes and terrain that need hearts and stamina for fighting, exploration, and a number of activities, such as taming horses. However, because both metrics share a spendable resource, TOTK requires players to choose one or the other.

Much with Breath of the Wild, finishing TOTK’s many shrines and receiving the Light of Blessing housed therein will provide the majority of a player’s additional health or stamina, four of which can be exchanged for a Heart Container or Stamina Vessel at any Goddess Statue.

Tears of the Kingdom, like more typical Zelda games, gives Heart Containers at the end of each major dungeon, acting as a source of extra health even for those who haven’t explored as much. Players may need to pick and choose which stat they like with a maximum of 40 hearts and three full wheels of stamina.

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Players Can’t Max Out Both Hearts And Stamina In TOTK

Tears of the Kingdom, like Breath of the Wild, does not allow players to max up both hearts and stamina. Even after completing all of TOTK’s temples, shrines, and the few missions that grant Heart Containers or Stamina Vessels, maxing up one stat leaves the other two upgrades short.

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While it’s unlikely to be an issue, especially for people who fully utilize the game’s vehicle-building and cooking capabilities, being left just shy of a state’s maximum potential might be fairly disappointing for completionists.

TOTK DLC Might Bring More Health And Stamina Upgrades

While future DLC can allow players to finally max out on both stats at the same time, it is worth noting that even with Breath of the Wild’s extra Spirit Orbs from The Champion’s Ballad, both hearts and stamina could not be maxed out – implying that more TOTK content will not necessarily bring enough resources for players to fully max out.

While missing hearts and stamina can irritate completionists, TOTK features lots of ways to get around the constraints, such as temporary hearts and stamina from cooking or resting at inns, or transferring upgrades between the two metrics at the Horned Statue below Lookout Landing.

And, like many of the other tasks in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, such as Korok Seeds or armor upgrades, hearts and stamina are likely designed to help a player’s trip rather than be totally maxed up.