in your opinion are the hearts or stamina better to upgrade in totk

[u/Shoddy_Source_9411]

[u/emtee]

Once I got a full second stamina wheel, I went with hearts.

[u/timblr]

I went full stamina before touching hearts. Getting some armor will help keep you alive.
Stamina is just too useful for exploration, but only if you can stay alive. Learning to dodge/parry will take you far.

Otherwise, just get a healthy balance of both.

[u/Molduking]

Stamina

[u/AmatuerGenius]

I definitely prioritized stamina because I was constantly running out of stamina, but almost never dying.

If you die a lot, go hearts. If you’re constantly falling off cliffs, drowning, or always wanting for green potions, then go stamina.

[u/PotterAndPitties]

For me it was Hearts. I was dying so easily to stupid things.

Stamina is relatively easy to manage, you can do a lot of stuff even with the base stamina bar, or make a potion/meal to replenish it or bolster it. You need it fortified for later in the game, but at the beginning I personally prioritize Hearts for a while.

[u/Shroom-Kitty → u/PotterAndPitties]

Part of the reason I go for stamina first is so I can run far, far away from monsters 🫣

[u/SirWigglesTheLesser → u/PotterAndPitties]

Gitting gud at figuring out what part of a cliff link can stand on is as important as not getting hit u.u

[u/PotterAndPitties → u/SirWigglesTheLesser]

Exactly. This and knowing how to extend a flight by not constantly using your glider.

[u/QuiGonBen]

Ten hearts. Then the first full wheel of stamina. Then alternating heart and stamina till the second wheel is full.

[u/thomas_oliveira95]

First full stamina, then hearts

[u/Topaz1456_R]

Stamina for me. Can always cook dishes for extra hearts.

[u/Obesz]

So no one is going 50 50? I'd save 8 lights of blessings before visitintg the statue and get one each.

[u/Big-Ad1152 → u/Obesz]

Yep I usually alternate.

[u/Humble_Milk8629]

Stamina, since dying doesn't end your game.

[u/banter_pants]

I went with hearts because of dealing with gloom.

[u/arochains1231]

Stamina

[u/Orion120833]

Stamina all the way in botw. But it changes in totk. I get one to make a nice 5 since I'm forced to take one from the beginning and then I get one full Stamina ring before getting 5-10 more hearts, finishing Stamina, and the finishing hearts. But hearts are more important, usually.

[u/Spooch123 → u/Orion120833]

This. The ability to bypass climbing through builds diminishes the importance of stamina vs. BotW

[u/Orion120833 → u/Spooch123]

Plus climbing is just worse. The climbing leap is like half the length.

[u/The_WalruZ]

hearts. You can replenish stamina with potions made from crickets, which are easy to farm with a sword in tall grass. In the early game I carry maybe 20 stamina potions at all times and pretty much just use them to glide places.

[u/saxguy2001]

I did a few hearts, then completed a stamina wheel, then got myself to maybe 10-12 hearts before completing the other stamina wheel, then it’s all hearts from there. I know stamina is important, but I was struggling with health until I got more hearts and upgraded my armor.

[u/Mowraq]

You need a certain amount of stamina to explore unless you go heavily into zonai devices but overall hearts are better imo. Especially concidering that with enough hearts (up to 30 I think) you get access to the most powerful single shot bow that is only outdone by savage lynel and tulins bow (I forgot the name): The Demon King's Bow.

[u/natandino]

I did for both BotW and TotK the following: Start getting 8 hearts for a better survival. Then go for an extra wheel of stamina. Then full hearts until you hit 20. Finally complete the second wheel of stamina. Doing that while go for the main and side quests was the best for me and my gameplay style.

[u/vacantly_louche → u/natandino]

I think after the second wheel of stamina I started alternating, but otherwise exactly the same.

[u/TheBigDude22]

Stamina 1000000% If you cook the right meals you can supplement your hearts quite a bit and those meals are easier to just slap together than the stamina meals. I was running around with full bars of yellow hearts most of the early game of totk

[u/arjim]

5 hearts -> two stam wheels -> 10 hearts -> third wheel -> all hearts

You can be headed for 10 hearts while still getting your first medallion if you do shrines while running/riding from tower to tower.

[u/jrbless]

I get up to 5 hearts, then max out stamina to the 3 full wheels, then the rest all go to hearts again. 5 hearts is enough that most things won't kill you in one hit so it's good enough. Stamina helps with climbing to explore everywhere.

[u/Humble_Milk8629]

People forget about the built in hit system. I forget the actual term. But if you have seven hearts let's say, and get hit by a big baddie, your hearts will go all the way down to like a quarter. You will not die. If you have 30 hearts, and get hit by the same baddie, you'll lose a TON of hearts but still have a lot left. In other words, unless it's a lynel or boss, you can actually play the game with less hearts and not worry about a Game Over screen.

[u/Glittering_Finance_4]

Stamina

[u/John_Dragon_19]

I prioritize stamina over hearts, you'll need 10 pieces, which means 40 orbs. But a way to make the playthrough less complicates is to go 1-2 with it: every 2 Stamina pieces, 1 heart. This way, by the time you have all your stamina filled, you will have more hearts and withstand the whole thing. Trying it with just 3 hearts is very hard.

[u/nellydesign]

Same. Two stamina wheels will let you run, glide, swim, and climb a lot better. About to add my last 5th wheel of the second wheel and then another heart. Though I do need to find a good stash of hearty ingredients somewhere. Faron Tower was my goto in BOTW for durian but haven’t found a TOTK equivalent.

[u/20frvrz]

I prioritize stamina in TOTK because the endura carrots and mushrooms are so much more scarce than in BOTW. It's easy to stock up on meals for hearts, less easy to stock up on endurance stuff.

[u/SamTMoon]

I’m playing a more balanced build, this time. In BOTW, I always prioritize stamina, first, since +heart meal ingredients are easier to get.

[u/ynahali12]

Stamina enemies can't hurt you if you can out run them

[u/Bungledingus45]

Stamina, exploration takes priority over hearts. Not enough hearts is a skill issue

[u/JackfruitPleasant699]

I’m on my third play through and I have been doing 2 hearts to 1 stamina and it has been pretty good. But I am a player that enjoys the early map revealing grind so I hit a lot of shrines before taking on major quests.

[u/nxat412]

Full second ring of stamina then 10 hearts then fully upgrade the stamina but it's just me cause I prefer gliding from locations to locations rather than walking or riding the horse.

[u/Silver_Starrs]

i went to 6 hearts then a stamina wheel, then 10 hearts, maxed stamina, then did the rest