As the title says, do you prefer to upgrade hearts or stamina at any given moment?
On totk I boosted stamina first. I just got annoyed with how far I couldn’t get with the glider in the sky. Turns out it was useful for spoiler reasons!
I went for stamina because of a huge emphasis on exploration. I found botw to be a bit frustrating because I was limited by my stamina so I forgone my health to complete a stamina wheel. I’m working on health since 2 wheels seems enough before cooking.
Also it forces me to find alternative strategies for combat such as stealth, weapon building, and cooking. Honestly, with the time saved in exploration but spent in preparing for combat, I’d say it balances out.
I like stamina first but I keep dying
I might die in one hit, but I can sprint for 10 seconds!
In BotW, stamina bc nothing can really kill you early game, but there are some steep places you’ll wanna get
In TotK, hearts bc with the slight overworld adjustments, you can get pretty much everywhere with 1 wheel now and even basic mobs can one hit you at the start
Hearts until I have 6, then one extra stamina wheel, then 4 more hearts, then the rest of stamina, then the rest of hearts.
By the time I got to 10 hearts, I could start upgrading armor and cooking full-heals, and I wasn’t taking many hits, so stamina was more important.Hearts first. I think you only need 8-10 of them though before you go full stream ahead on stamina until it’s full
This is how I do it. Get enough hearts so most enemies can’t one-shot you, then max out stamina.
I did like a… 3 stamina to 1 heart ratio or something? Tried not to rush hearts so the game wouldn’t become a cake walk. In BotW I think I only added 3 hearts before maxing stamina all the way but there’s a lot harder content early on in TotK for me (it’s either boss variety or possibly because I’m expanding out way quicker because I know the map). So for TotK it was a ratio. I’m at max stamina now but I have like 8-9 hearts I think.
Ratio is not a bad idea! I decided to add some health after my first complete stamina wheel because I came across some content that I was no way prepared for such as:
spoiler
the lynel colosseum and three headed thing
All in all, wouldn’t have it any other way. I know eventually I’ll get enough health to have breeze throughout so I’m enjoying the challenge rn!
*monster variety. Not boss variety.
First couple times, hearts. Then all in on stamina until I got a second wheel. Then back to hearts.
Stamina all the way until full, both games. I hate failing to get somewhere due to lack of stamina and food to compensate.
However, since I hit max stamina, I never actually need it all in totk, so if there’s a master mode down the line making me replay the whole game, I’ll probably stop at 2 wheels then hearts to stop getting one shot earlier.
Starting with heart I alternate between the two of them.
Hearts take priority
Always hearts. The one time I actally need stamina I’ll just eat a meal or two.
Hearts until 8 or so to keep me from being too squishy. Finished second ring of stamina, then hearts from there. I very rarely run out of stamina compared to BOTW because of all the new ways of getting around.
This is the way I approach it too… Enough hearts not to be one shot and down and that second stamina wheel is so welcome ! It’s enough to do almost anything I need to paraglider wise / climbing wise etc.
Over the course of my playthroughs, I usually upgrade stamina about once per two hearts - though I’ve gotten good enough at the game at this point that I could probably do one-to-one instead.
I like stamina to make exploration more comfortable, and you don’t need hearts if you don’t get hit! Of course, I do get hit so after filling out the first stamina wheel I went up to ~10 hearts, then another stamina wheel. I don’t remember what I did in BotW but probably something similar.
