Gloom

Gloom
Main appearance(s)	Tears of the Kingdom
Habitat(s)	Depths

Gloom is a substance in Tears of the Kingdom.

Characteristics

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Gloom is very similar to Malice, and is produced by Ganondorf. When Link comes into contact with it, it temporarily reduces his maximum hearts. Hearts that have been depleted by Gloom will appear to be gray and broken, allowing them to be distinguished from damage taken from other sources. The Hearts damaged are always whole Hearts, meaning half or quarters of a Heart cannot be reduced. If Link has any temporary hearts prior to taking gloom damage, only all of the temporary hearts will disappear regardless of the amount of gloom damage, with none of his regular hearts affected. If Link have temporary hearts and gloom hearts (by having gloom damage first, then eat food that grants temporary hearts), and recovers from gloom, temporary hearts are converted into regular filled hearts (up to Link's permanent maximum number of hearts). During "The Awakening", Gloom is shown to have the ability to permanently destroy Hearts, leaving Link with only three in his Life Gauge. Demon King Ganondorf demonstrates this again during their battle in Gloom's Origin but only a single heart is lost.

Gloom saps the strength of individuals upon touching them, in some cases leaving them sluggish and unable to move. Being on the Surface or the Sky allows Link to recover from losing Hearts to Gloom, at a rate of one Heart per second. However, being in the Depths, fighting Gloom Spawn, and facing Phantom Ganon all prevent Link from recovering. These factors can be mitigated by standing beneath a Lightroot or eating Food made with a Sundelion or Sun Pumpkin. Sleeping in a Bed also restores Hearts lost by Gloom and fills them.

A Fairy can also restore gloom damage along with recovering his current health, but only if Link dies and his maximum health is reduced to fewer than 5.

Enemies in the Depths are frequently wreathed in Gloom, and they will similarly reduce Link's maximum health when attacking him. In this case, they are capable of dealing multiple Hearts-worth of Gloom damage. Elemental damage from Arrows will deal both regular and Gloom damage. Demon King Ganondorf's attacks are also able to deal higher amounts of Gloom damage.

Trivia

• The permanent gloom damage during the final boss cannot reduce Link's Life Gauge to below 1 heart, it will instead do normal damage.
• The Fairy can recover permanent gloom damage during the final boss when Link gets killed with fewer than 5 hearts.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	瘴気 (Shōki)	Miasma
Dutch	Miasma
FrenchCA	Émanation
FrenchEU	Miasme
German	Miasma
Italian	Miasma
Korean	독기 (Dokgi)
SpanishLA	Aura maligna	Malicious aura
SpanishEU	Aura maligna	Malicious aura
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Gallery

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  Mineru poisoned by Gloom

See Also

• Gloom Spawn
• Malice

References

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