There are a lot of plants in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that prove to be very useful. Many of these plants are not just here to help you gain more health, but some also give you special characteristics and defenses that help you survive in the harshest environments.
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The Warm Safflina is a flower that can be incredibly useful. On its own in dishes, it will give you a Cold Resistance for 2:30 per piece you use, and then once you can start using the Great Fairies to enhance your armor, the flower will be a necessary ingredient to upgrade your Snowquill Armor to help you in the frozen environments around Hyrule.
Updated by Shane Black on June 2, 2023: We've updated this post to include some useful information for the readers. Now, you'll see some nifty information regarding the Warm Safflina recipes and the armor that can be upgraded using it.
While you can stumble upon this flower in a lot of places around the game's map, you can specifically look for it in two places:
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If you are looking for it near Death Mountain, you can start from the Mayak Shrine and start heading up the mountain on the East Deplian Badlands. You will find a handful of these along the slope, and even better: you won't need to worry about the weather like you will if you go into the Gerudo Desert.
However, if you do want to go scavenging in the scorching heat of the Gerudo Desert, first, remember to wear the appropriate attire to deal with the heat, and then travel to the Karahatag Shrine and drop down to where the Shrine is sitting on the sand. Here, you will find a good amount of Warm Safflina. It is also important to note that you could find the Warm Safflina elsewhere in the desert as well; this is just the place where it grows the most and where you are guaranteed to find some.
Again, you can find these flowers in other locations, but when they are guaranteed to be growing in abundance in these two locations, what's the use in looking? Just stick to these two places whenever you need a Warm Safflina and you will be good to go. Now get cooking or upgrading!
There are roughly 10 recipes that you can use Warm Safflina in, and each one will give you a boost to your Cold Resistance. Each of these recipes can be used with any ingredients, however, adding in a Warm Safflina will be what gives you that Cold Resistance bump.
The recipes you can use with Warm Safflina are as follows:
You can guess what kind of armor you can upgrade with Warm Safflina given its benefits and boosts: the Snowquill Armor Set. This cold-stopping armor set can be purchased at the Brazen Beak at Rito Village.
With the armor in-hand, you can now take it to a Great Fairy, and she will help you start your upgrades.
There is only one level for each piece of armor that will need Warm Safflina, and it is the following:
Piece of Armor
Levels Where Warm Safflina Is Needed
Total Amount of Warm Safflina Needed
Snowquill Headdress
2-Star (8 Armor)
Warm Safflina x3
Snowquill Tunic
2-Star (8 Armor)
Warm Safflina x3
Snowquill Trousers
2-Star (8 Armor)
Warm Safflina x3
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