Is there weapon durability in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom? Weapon degradation and seeing your weapons break as a whole was a controversial topic in the previous game, and now Tears of the Kingdom is set to revive that argument. Below, we’ll explain how weapon durability and degradation work in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as well as how to prevent your weapons from breaking.
Does Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offer weapon durability?
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Yes, there will be weapon durability in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and your weapons will break after a long time. Everything we’ve seen so far indicates that this system will work much like in Breath of the Wild, each weapon will have its own specific durability and will wear down with constant use in combat until it eventually wears out. break down and disappear from the ground. your inventory. It has not been confirmed if this mechanic applies to shields and bows as well as melee weapons, as it did before, but at this time there is no reason to assume otherwise. .
Unlike before, however, there is now a clear way to improve a weapon’s durability in-game, which was not available before.
How to prevent weapons from breaking in Tears of the Kingdom
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Whereas in Breath of the Wild weapons had a fixed durability that could not be changed, now in Tears of the Kingdom, you can improve the durability of a weapon by means of Fuseone of the new abilities in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
We went into more detail on how the ability works as a whole in the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fusions and fusion abilities guide, but we saw that fusing your weapon with certain other items can increase its durability – significantly, in some cases. The gameplay trailer shows Link fusing a stick with a nearby rock, which is explicitly stated to increase his durability and prevent him from breaking as quickly, among other changes.
Recall, it is not the same as repairing the weapon; we don’t know yet if there will be a way to do this. – you just increase your “max health”, to use a useful comparison. Still, that’s more than Breath of the Wild offered, and may help alleviate the problem for those who found weapon degradation in this game frustrating.
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