Zelda Tears of the Kingdom How to Heal Broken Gray Hearts

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK), you will lose maximum health when coming in contact with red Gloom. This will manifest itself by grayed out “broken” hearts in your health bar. The gray broken hearts temporarily reduce your maximum health.

Here are easy fixes to heal back broken gray hearts:

1. Interact with “Lightroots”, the fast travel points found throughout The Depths (underground). They immediately heal your gray broken hearts at no cost. You can also fast travel to them.
2. Cook and consume a meal containing Sundelion, a type of flower growing on sky islands at high altitudes, for example in South Eldin Sky Archipelago. This is great if you’re on the go and can’t fast travel to a Lightroot.

After using one of the above methods your health hearts will be restored. You can recover health by sleeping or eating. For example, go to the bed in the Lookout Landing bunker.

That’s all there is to repairing broken gray hearts in Zelda TotK. For more guides check out Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Strategy Guide.