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In Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, just like in the first opus on Switch, you will very quickly have to know how to protect yourself from the cold in order to explore mountains and other snowy valleys. And if fire is your most faithful ally, you will quickly understand that chili is a much better one.

Where to find chilli on the Hyrule map?

Now that the kingdom is explorable vertically, with the depths and the celestial islands, it is even more difficult to get lost than in Breath of the Wild and not know where the resources you need most are hidden.

Here is an interactive map (developed by MapGenie) showing you exactly where to find chili on the sky island in the early game Prelude. Most plants are east of the large Temple of Time and just pick up the red peppers that grow (always in threes). This is the place where you will find the most spice so do not hesitate to use teleportation to return there regularly: the resources reappear after a few days in-game.

On the surface, you will also find peppers in the central region, around Fort de Guet for example. Do not hesitate to search the houses also and the Relays. Later, as you advance in the game (and just like in BotW), you will be able to unlock an additional feature thanks to your camera : the one allowing to locate a precise resource.

How to cook cold-resistant dishes?

Now that you have some peppers in your possession, it’s time to cook them. There are several ways to withstand the cold in TotK like potionsa anti-cold outfit (which you can buy at Piaf Village in Hebra) or fire. But the clothes are expensive and the fire is always temporary. The best way is therefore to prepare some dishes with chilli!

• Stir-fried pikpik peppers : Simply put 1 to 5 peppers in the pot. The anti-cold effect depends on the number of peppers put in it. (1 pepper = 2 min 30)
• pikpik fruit chutney : 1 apple + 1 pepper + 1 celestial mushroom. The anti-cold effect lasts 3 min 30.
• Plate of fruits and pikpik mushrooms : 1 pepper + 2 Mushrooms. The anti-chill effect lasts 3:30.

The best dish remains the first by putting 5 peppers for an anti-cold duration of 12 mins 30 !

Additional tips for exploring Hebra:

• Remember you can make a fire at any time by taking out a bundle of wood and a flint from your inventory. Put them on the ground and hit the flint with a metal weapon (sword for example),
• Thanks to bell technology, you can use a portable cooking pot at any time and therefore cook anti-cold dishes whenever you want,
• Be careful, the fire fruit used in cooking will give you a fire attack effect.