The Stats behind ALL 42 Buffs in Tears of the Kingdom

Every buff has some sort of value that is hidden to the player - we plan to reveal these stats, and showcase all pairings + tips about them!!
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[@Croton]

We didn't cover a few of the single armor piece abilities - such as the champion tunics ability to allow master sword beams when not at full hearts!! We'll cover more of these in future episodes as they relate - thanks for watching!!

[@Croton]

The full Stats of the Kingdom playlist so far --> kzbin.info/aero/PLAjULYyNSE9bm2XnRlEPnwoKcVPdQnG9O

[@SaskueUhichia]

Why did U post this before any good challenge video

[@gossamergossamer1930]

@@SaskueUhichiaman just be grateful he gave us anything

[@SeyrenSamin]

Could you do:’Every weapon modifier effect explained’ next?

[@HeatherPack]

@@SaskueUhichiaHaven’t you seen his challenge video?

[@platinum1161]

A note about the slip resistance buff: Climbing on ice does not receive any benefits from the buff, and you will still slip after roughly 3 seconds of climbing even with a level three buff. The only way to help with not slipping while climbing on ice is to get the slip proof set bonus, which completely negates all slipping, even on ice.

[@Croton]

Ngl I forgot ice climbing was even a thing in this game, so I forgot to research it 😂 thank you!!!

[@nicocchi]

Another thing to note is that, while climbing slips are based on time, the amount of times Link grabs to a surface kinda serve as a visual cue anyways if you don't fancy counting the seconds. You just gotta keep in mind that he can climb at different rates depending on the incline and speed buff so it won't do more than helping with the ballpark

[@nikifallen93]

Never bothered checking ice climbing either. Hero!

[@eaglewarrior21]

​@@CrotonThe Frog armor also makes Link stay wet longer. Incredible if you pair this with Zora Weapons.

[@ExperimentaProgdjent]

That’s actually not true. I was able to get the full buff and have no trouble climbing ice at all.

[@Aigis31]

The Rupee Padding armor's best use is that dyeing it changes Link's hair color, so you can cosplay Super Saiyan 3 Goku with it.

[@StarClan4evr]

Never used the elemental armor because I assumed it was just a worse way of getting attack up when I already had the barbarian set, good to know it's actually kinda useful.

[@Croton]

Honestly same - at first thought it was just a weather limited attack buff, so I was always using them against gleeoks 😂

[@raviolithebest8644]

@@CrotonLmaoo same thing when I battled my first Gleeok (the fire one at the Ancient Columns) I switched to this armor every time that fat dragon got up, expecting to deal more damage with my arrows (I don’t use Keese eyes often)… how wrong was I lol (btw it takes up a durability point when you get the elemental attack, just adding this so people know)

[@timschommer8548]

Honestly, I find that makes them less useful. There are specific options I go to when I want to spread status effects. If they were either a more powerful attack buff or could be stacked with regular attack up to go beyond level 3, I would find that more useful.

[@BoyProdigyX]

Wait, so there is no Attack Up buff for, say, the Ember Set while in a lava cave? What's the point of it glowing when you're near lava? Each set would be even MORE useless in those environments since, not only do they not provide environmental protection, but all the enemies there are of a similar element, so your fire attack is gonna do less damage to the fire-based enemies!

[@theknight1573]

@@BoyProdigyX that is my main issue with these sets, fire element in a fire area are kind of worthless, cold being only a little better since it is a better element. Only thunderstorms are kind of useful, but they are so rare it doesn't feel like it

[@seerai-42]

Honestly feels like the mystic armor was supposed to be leveled up at some point, because if it follows the 3 defense armor upgrade path each piece would be 20 defense at level 4, so 60 defense plus the rupee padding, and if there had been a set bonus then whatever that would have been. It’s a shame too because if you get it early, you probably wont have the money to use it, and if you get it later on you’ll have way better armor to choose from.

[@xthriteenx]

The fact that it’s called wake wind made my face smile so hard

[@Applemangh]

I assumed the Gloom Attack Resist was (in addition to the fourth ward heart) also reducing gloom based physical attacks by some percent value. It's a really weirdly named effects if it really does nothing to gloom attacks. The elemental attack buffs are also weird. The descriptions on the food items that can give you those buffs specifically mentions your muscles, so it's another weird case if it doesn't effect your physical damage at all.

[@hatboi124]

I have to wonder if this is a result of the localization team messing up, or it was always this misleading even in Japanese.

[@prons_gaming5083]

I was hoping the gloom attack resist would negate gloom damage takes from using gloom weapons. I think that would be a pretty fitting use for the name

[@donovanjoseph737]

I’m trying to remember what armor sets could be considered “spoilers,” but the only one that comes to mind is the one you get when beating all the shrines.

[@Croton]

That's the one!!! Even I just got it 2 weeks ago and I've been playing since launch lol

[@donovanjoseph737]

@@Croton I found your amazing reaction to it in the last shrine stream. Priceless 😂

[@CardboardBox8]

Me who played BotW: Tunic of the Kingdom????

[@letmegamemom6308]

Great work as usual, Croton! So few buffs scale by the increments you think they're going to, it's great to have hard numbers with clean visuals.

[@Croton]

Thank you!!! 😄 Some of them are a bit out of the park so I figured the visualization would help

[@BlazinTre]

@@Croton You do an amazing job breaking all this down and making it understandable!

[@RickRaptor105]

Your Stats of the Wild series was what got me convinced to finally cave in and buy a Switch for Tears of the Kingdom (and Breath of the Wild via game voucher) and I love all the practical ways in which I get to utilize this knowledge: -killing high-rank enemies and overworld bosses with the knowledge of the EXP system and the better weapons it will eventually give me -using ice/fire weapons as temperature protection in the desert/mountains without need for specific clothes or food -upgrading armor because I know how low Link's HP actually are when compared to enemies and the weapons they wield (this may sound obvious to others, but as a Zelda veteran I am used to "enemies usually do only a quarter, a half or a full heart at damage, just max out your heart containers and you're fine") -increasing my damage output (therefore, wasting less durability) through tactics like mounting lynels, sneakstriking, ice-shattering and using hammers against rock-based enemies I'd love to see more videos on Fuse (this might be too niche as a topic, but I'd like to know which materials on which weapons result in which name of the fused weapon? Like how there's reapers and blades, or sledges and pulverizers, or hammers, pounders and smashers)

[@mirandaa1464]

Reapers are sharp one-handed weapons. Blades are sharp two-handed weapons. Sledges are blunt-force weapons with a spear/polearm base. I'm not sure on the hammer/pounder/pulverizer thing myself. I know this comment is a bit late but hope it helps a little :)

[@James2210]

Glad you didn't show the major spoilers. This game is huge and I've gotten through barely a fraction of it so far

[@sledgen.]

totk's armour buffs are so interesting to me, and I didn't even know about some of the set bonuses until recently!

[@johnathangoldsmith563]

One interesting thing I've noticed about climbing in the rain is that jumping, while it does cause a slip, seems to reset the timer for slips during normal climbing. So, if you go a few seconds, then jump/slip, you can start a new bit of climbing with a fresh slip timer and repeat.

[@KairuHakubi]

yeah the tactic is to get right to when it was about to make you slip, then jump, so the slip doesn't take you back all that badly.. but it's harder and harder to predict with higher levels of slip resistance.

[@callmecharlie4250]

also, if you're on a slight slope you can briefly let go after jumping and immediately start climbing again before you fall down to completely negate any slipping.

[@arturocampomanes8315]

I was just about to have breakfast and play ToTK, thank you so much. You will forever be my favorite zeldatuber

[@Croton]

Thank you so much, happy you enjoy 😄

[@zilatheraibukage7198]

Amazing how the black box set has the Master Sword Beam Up buff

[@sahasmajety8857]

black box set?

[@UncIe-Ben]

@@sahasmajety8857the armor set censored because of spoilers

[@Ordinaryhumanbeing-cg5vx]

@@UncIe-Benwhich are not set is it actually. I don’t have all of them upgraded.

[@bobosaurus331]

@@sahasmajety8857you probably haven’t got it yet. It is a joke set a bit like the switch shirt from BotW

[@sahasmajety8857]

@@UncIe-Ben oh that one I got it lol

[@12white1]

Bro massive respect for the spoiler bar at 10:00 ! You are the real one 💪🏻

[@Akaminosprime]

What is this armor? I finished game, I just don’t understand

[@shadowenderscar]

@@Akaminosprime You get it after completing every shrine

[@gamerofthetime]

I'd never thought I'd ever hear a Layton song in a stat video for a Zelda game, but here I am.

[@edwheezer6231]

Figuring out how all the stat buffs work is definitely a puzzle, so I think it fits! :D

[@febebe9851]

Ahhh nothing better than a Stats of the Kingdom video while having lunch! Thank you Croton for these high-quality videos that help us so much in this fantastic game! :))

[@BoyProdigyX]

That does sound nice haha It's 4:30 in the morning here lol

[@febebe9851]

Hahahaha different timezones

[@febebe9851]

Here it's a sunny day!

[@jam-sp1sv]

5:14 not me counting out my grabs to know when to jump while climbing

[@ghb323]

8:21 the lynels in the floating collsium have a full 360 sight range. If you leave the area, so that they go back to “patrolling mode” and you return and you happen to behind the lynel, they’ll instantly know you are there and starts attacking.

[@Davidvibez]

Been waiting on this one! Thanks for the detailed explanations and easy to understand way you always do these stats videos.

[@Xris_Kinder]

Poppin' in the comments to pay my respects to the G.O.A.T. of Breath of the Tears of the Wild Kingdom science. Also trying to do my part to combat the KZbin algorithm.

[@tylerironside8109]

The Legend of Zelda: BotTotWK

[@BlazinTre]

Croton, I discovered you through your BotW stat series and I'm so EXCITIED to see what you do next!

[@lowpolytigerfigurine]

Thank you SO much for the closed captioning, it's really so so awesome that u had them done

[@Croton]

I'm glad they helped!! no prob 😄

[@phazon69]

Thank youuuu! I was searching infos about the statics of the armors power ups!🤩🤩

[@WestonEvans]

I heard the Big Gorons sword has a uniquely hidden stamina attack up trait

[@_VP3000_]

Love the updated version on this one. Hopefully the zelda theorist appreciates your work.

[@thegentlelynx]

Great information, Croton! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@xthriteenx]

BOKOS CAN RIDE BEARS?!

[@Thefry399]

Yeah they can ride bears they could also do it in botw as well

[@joshnewman5294]

Stats of the wild series from both games can singlehandedly take any casual player to new heights. Great series my guy learned so much about botw from it and am learning a lot about totk too

[@stockton4356]

I’m so glad that you finally updated this series, I love it.

[@BlazinTre]

Same! I've got like 300 hours in TotK and 1000 in BotW but Croton never ceases to teach me something new every time.

[@tik7165]

An idea for another stats video is going over all the weapon effects and how they work (like the Guredo weapon "Strong fuse" ability, even though that one is self explanatory)

[@Croton]

I likely won't because nearly all of them are self explainable - they just deal double damage when the conditions are met!! There might be some odd quirks about them that could easily be covered separately though - such as knowing all wetness durations for the water buff!

[@Nyxael5845]

Knight, Gerudo, Royal, Zora and Royal Guard weapons share the same buff of doubling damage in certain conditions. Gerudo grants powerful fusion in exchange for lower durability (you only get +5 fuse durability on top of the base durability of the weapon you are using) to balance it out. Knight weapons will deal double damage if you are on your last heart, making it far stronger than Gerudo weapons in the long run if you manage to avoid getting hit and it provides a high risk high reward scenario. Royal weapons will double your damage when you attack during a Flurry Rush, making it the strongest buff if you can flurry rush consistently Zora Weapons will deal double damage only if you are wet by landing in water or when you splash yourself with a Splash Fruit. This trait synergizes well with Sidon's Vow simce it grants you a water bubble and the game considers you as being wet. Royal Guard weapons deal double damage when they are close to breaking, and on the last hit they will deal x4 the damage, making it extremely devastating against Lynels because weapons do not break if you strike them while mounting them, meaning that it will always deal quadruple damage on each hit.

[@2NDSEATEROFMOTHORCOUNCIL]

@@Nyxael5845 doesnt the royal weapon bonus also double damage or is 1.5x

[@Nyxael5845]

Royal Guard weapons will deal double damage when they are close to breaking. A pristine Royal Guard Sword will deal 30 damage at base, then 60 damage when it's close to breaking, and 120 damage when it breaks since it deals double damage on top of its breaking point buff (60×2).

[@Nyxael5845]

@@2NDSEATEROFMOTHORCOUNCIL Royal weapons deal x2 damage when you strike during a Flurry Rush. Honestly one of the most powerful weapon buffs if you know how to Flurry Rush consistently.

[@BirdOfCreation]

For the ruby padding, I personally only use one piece of armor to have the effect on, and I add strong pieces of armor for the rest. It protects you the same way but will not cost a lot

[@NOIR_IS_BIRD]

This info is super useful Croton! keep it up.

[@Gorbub]

i didn’t even know half of these before watching this video!! it has been a major help!! Thanks!!

[@nikifallen93]

Fantastic vid. Definitely learned some new stuff today!

[@momofasho5416]

So happy to see this video from you!! Your botw vids were always so informative 😊

[@Croton]

Happy you find them helpful!! Thank you 😄

[@fancychicken7386]

Glow armour gotta have the most useless upgrades

[@portiac6097]

No it doesn’t

[@albatros4003]

​@@portiac6097yes, just glows 5 inches around Link

[@CuppaLiber-tea]

@@portiac6097All the upgrade does is make your footprints glow

[@kalanamalros]

Agreed especially after you have the Depths fully illuminated

[@solidzack]

I expected the Lv. 3 effect to be atleast as bright as a brightbloom. This armor's light is way too dim

[@ltrigga219]

YES!! Thank you, I’ve been waiting for this!

[@HeatherPack]

Thank you Sam for your hard work on this. I’ll be referring to it often.

[@ObsidianSnake12]

the lynel helmet also works better if you're on a horse if that carried over from botw

[@linktendo5393]

I always enjoy your videos, you have such a calm voice. You and Pointcrow are my fav Zelda KZbinrs...❤🔥

[@Croton]

I'm glad you enjoy!!! Thank you lots

[@nintendoborn]

Wow. I just finished this game and it’s so crazy to see all the stuff I tried to figure out on my own put so well here

[@andrewwilliams7661]

So glad to see you’re continuing this series for TotK; I watched all of them for BotW. Question, though: Does the “protection” provided by the Mystic armor also protect against environmental damage (i.e., hot/cold weather)? Or is it only for damage taken in combat? (Don’t have my switch at hand to test it myself.) If so, I could see a useful application whereby you where it in the heat/cold if have a fat wallet but no meals available.

[@KebaRPG]

My head canon is that the Lynels either do not get fooled by the Mask... Or they can recognize friendly Lynels and see you as a Rival Lynel invading trying to usurp their territory.

[@CharlieDoutt-uw6kw]

This has been very helpful. Thankyou.

[@Captions-Eric]

8:18 It’s really neat and a little more immersive than most other stealth systems I see in games

[@sg4030]

Awesome video as always!!

[@heartrocketblast]

Amazing video! Thank you for this, I learned some great things I didn't know about these buffs. I don't see the buffs spreadsheet you in the description that you mentioned in the video, though. I think you may have linked the wrong thing?

[@joshualawrence4301]

Yooo i love this star allies song. Never thought i’d hear it anywhere

[@gamingwithumi514]

Nice video and nice explanation

[@pandafanta1223]

Ah the video a lot of us waited :D ❤

[@frankgerardoromeromora4286]

10:00 i love this, i'm see this and i don't have finished the game, thank you so much

[@asterix19991]

Thank you so much for the spoiler in 10:00 i have no idea what you have covered, but i am glad that you did

[@nicholasgreen4921]

Something about seeing impact proof nullify ALL fall damage feels cursed cause everytime I've seen link ragdoll is when he's gonna absolutely faceplant the floor

[@redstonewarrior0152]

What I want to know is why in the world I wasn't able to find this information anywhere online. And honestly, I am disappointed that weather attack up doesn't give bonus damage.

[@paulrance5445]

It’s not “Weather Attack Up”, though. It’s just “Weather Attack”. That is entirely on you. (not like i would ever defend nintendo)

[@hatboi124]

​@@paulrance5445No, it's clearly misleading.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

I think the Secret Weapon Buffs or Debuffs depending on the type of weapon are also worth noting

[@whit38]

after so many months i only now considered using the yiga set at the depths bases

[@inferno41]

Night speed buff also works in the depths full time

[@RycoonGalloy]

another thing on the climbing set bonus, it makes so stamina is used less while jumping, which in turn means you spend the same amount of stamina that you do jumping, as you do climbing normally (you get the same distance) so if you have the set bonus, there is no reason to not always jump

[@weirdtyrant6274]

Good video! However, you didn't mention how exactly each one of the sage helmets buffs their corresponding sage. Perhaps in a future video on the sages you could talk about that?

[@Croton]

The exact values are a bit varied, but typically the helmets will buff their normal attacks by 50%! Upgrading a sage with the vows can alternatively get this same increase in damage - but with both they'll do around double damage!! However there's still much research to be done, especially with how their abilities work - which is what I will look into next!

[@lukesinfield8626]

I really appreciate you blacking out the spoiler armour ty :)

[@sunbol1279]

Theres also a hidden ish buff when it comes to speed up and how it increases drawspeed and the speed of upholstering a weapon/bow which can stack alongside night speed up

[@deanmanly7622]

excellent information thank you.

[@BlazingGlaceon]

Oh wow, I never bothered with the Bone armor in either game 'cause I always thought it only applied to the bone arms for some reason lol, and I just thought "Huh, that sounds completely useless". Good to know how wrong I was. Thanks for the info!

[@barnbarn8178]

1:40 blew my mind, i had no idea you could do that with the spin dash

[@2NDSEATEROFMOTHORCOUNCIL]

isnt that timestamp for climbing set?

[@HenrikMyrhaug]

My favorite armor effect is "get thrown in jail" from the yiga mask.

[@DatHypnoboi]

Equal buffs and debuffs not canceling out doesn't have anything to do with the order the game calculates them, it's just a result of the game stacking stat changes multiplicatively instead of additively. The 20% increase stacked with a 20% decrease results in 120% * 80%, which is 96%. If the game added them, they would cancel out, since it would be 100% + 20% - 20%

[@Croton]

I was moreso referring to one buff getting calculated in first, then the next after (multiplicatively) But I probably should have said: "the buff gets calculated *alongside* the other buffs" not "before" Definitely just a wording mishap on my end!

[@DatHypnoboi]

@@Croton Makes sense lol

[@jacobsiron6929]

I wasn't aware the elemental attack AoEs weren't just a set bonus for the dragon outfits; they may still be weather/environment-locked but this changes things :D

[@PoipoiFR]

You can convert the gliding speed boost into the paraglider by : Diving into freefall forward > Cancel dive with Sprint button > Take out glider immediately. Repeat when the speed fades away.

[@crocs_n_socks]

The new weather attack buffs are really cool along with their sets. It's such a shame that weather is confined to very specific areas and you still have to manage your temperature. It'd be nice if it could randomly snow or have a day be extra hot anywhere.

[@erikhepp4144]

Didn't realize just how much faster the skydiving set makes you until I put it on in the lomei sky labyrinth and started zipping around the entire maze in seconds lmao

[@Patarfwifwi879]

I put in 200 hours and didnt know that the elemental sets had charge attack elemental blasts

[@graysonsavoie2546]

what a guy still blocking those spoilers thank you so much

[@user-sq8zz5fc6y]

Now im just imagining a bokoblin see link walk through a wall of fire, a freeze attack and lastly just walking through a lightning strike, and all i see is true terror

[@TheBreadPirate]

Great video! This will help me obtain bread faster.

[@Croton]

Speed up allows you to acquire the bread ingredients speedier 🍞🍞🍞

[@TheBreadPirate]

[@memechaos_]

I didn't know that's how the buffs for the hot, cold, and thunder weather attack work. I thought it gives you attack up when you're in that specific type of weather

[@adamburgess311]

I love this. I love tears, thanks, for doing all the research. I love your channel.

[@elvisprucelee]

great video, you're doing god's work with some of these cryptic worded buffs...weather attack up for example...who came up with that name?? also gloom attack resistance just adding a 4th gloom heart.

[@yoyofargo]

I like how if you attack the guards in lookout landing long enough they will knock you to the ground.

[@dannyash3805]

Great video, we've been waiting for this! Are you sure Gloom Attack Resist doesn't do anything aside from adding a fourth warding heart? Perhaps provides additional damage reduction to gloom-type attacks? Has this been data-mined?

[@Croton]

I tested this - and it does nothing against gloom attacks sadly 🫣 the name is a bit deceiving

[@woohoo2900]

9:13 I think it's important to note that constructs attack monsters normally, so even when disguised as a monster, they'd still attack you.

[@just_v3rd4nt]

Gotta love the Kirby music

[@Jian13]

I wish Night Speed would constantly worked in caves and the Depths instead at certain times. But I guess it would also make it trickier to program for.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

Now that I've finished the game, I can finally watch these :D

[@ricardocragin2502]

I just watched your yoga clan only love you and your videos

[@aaronnorris2210]

Embarrassed: I have a clip that was viewed a million times where I used Gibdo bones on my Lynel bow thinking I was getting that 80% buff 🤦‍♂️ Love your work Croton.

[@mixmastermike2128]

ALMOST all the stats in the game! there are so many more.. but i love the detailed explanation

[@royalprof5629]

I'm guessing you already have that on your list but a video going over all the weapon and specific buffs would be cool.

[@cinnamonbun-]

I really appreciated you censoring the late-game spoilers! great video as well

[@Googlethetakerofram]

I like to think the stalnox don’t see past the skeleton disguise, but are just really mad that you woke them up

[@Plantbosses]

yooo a croton vid

[@Ninjaananas]

Great summary.

[@Urthdigger]

Concerning the weather attack up buffs, I did some testing on them and noticed the damage differs based on how you trigger the effect. Finishing the combo string just gets a basic amount of damage, but doing charge attacks does more depending on what level of charge you did. Sadly I'm not sure how I'd go about getting exact numbers, but in the testing I did (using spin attacks with a basic cheap sword and using the level 3 effect so I can do my best to ensure I'm hitting with just the elemental effect), lightning does seem to hit harder than the other 2 as with other uses of the elements, dealing around 25 with a level 1 charge, around 35 with a level 2 charge, and looking to be at least 55 when going all the way for a level 3. Considering the set effect boosts charge rate, I'm pretty sure the idea is to use that to actually pull off level 3 charges midfight and spam aoe blasts.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. I studied statistics in college rather extensively. Applying that knowledge to this game is fun to me.

[@lightnings4610]

They should have added the Pegasus Armor to allow people to get a speed up from armor and if the next game allows rolling, then it would cost 50% less to roll

[@zero-bit8054]

the opal earrings have a swimming speed buff

[@justinbombach9873]

Yes, but that's the same as Zora armor. He did mention swimming speed buffs. He didn't really forget that.

[@Scawtsauce]

thank you teaching the armor

[@ancestral_artemis]

Some of these effects are absolutely broken like impact proof no fall damage woohoo!!

[@Croton]

disappointed I can't dive on a bokos head to kill them though 😶‍🌫️

[@lightnings4610]

The Elemental blast with the elemental armor drains a weapon’s durability even if you don’t hit anything