The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfeatures an open-world boss called Stone Talus. Whether you find a Luminous Stone Talus in a cave or a regular Stone Talus on the plains, all Stone Talus drop big, rocky hearts. At first glance, these Luminous or regular Stone Talus hearts look useless. But don’t be fooled; here is how to use Stone Talus hearts inTears of the Kingdom.
Note:If you need help taking a Stone Talus down, you might want toget the Biggoron’s Sword.
Tears of the Kingdom: How to use Stone Talus hearts
After you have defeated a Stone Talus inTears of the Kingdom, you can use their Luminous heart or normal heart byFusing it with your shield or melee weapon.
I recommend Fusing the Stone Talus heart to your melee weapon, especially one with high durability, because itincreases your attack power by 21 points.
If you Fuse the Stone Talus heart with a weapon that already has a high attack power, you may feel confident in knowing you haveone of the most powerful weapons in the game so far. Fusing objects onto your weapons is the best way to get high damage-dealing weapons, and there aren’t many better options than a Stone Talus heart.
How to defeat a Stone Talus inTears of the Kingdom
If you’ve Googled what to do with the Stone Talus heart, I doubt you need help defeating a Stone Talus. But just in case, the easiest way to defeat a Stone Talus is toshoot the exposed rock on its topwith a regular arrow or aBomb Flowerfor more damage.
Once you’ve done that, the Stone Talus will drop. Climb onto it andstart attacking the exposed rock— this is the only place you can deal damage to a Stone Talus. Beware, the Stone Talus will eventually fling you off.
Repeat this process while avoiding its rock throw attack andyou’ll easily defeat the Stone Talus. Now, you can Fuse the Stone Talus heart to create a very powerful weapon.
Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor’s Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.
