The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfeatures a return of fragile weapons that break following regular use. It pays to find weapons with a high attack rating. That way, you have to strike less frequently to fell an enemy. Here is our guide on how to get the Gloom Club inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Tears of the Kingdom– how to get the Gloom Club
The Gloom Club is a ludicrously powerful weapon. It has an offensive rating of 50 that shreds enemy defenses. However, it has a nasty side effect. The very gloom that makes it so effective gradually wears down your body.
To get the Gloom Club, defeat Phantom Ganon in one of the locations where he spawns with a club.He appears in various locations throughout Hyrule, but might carry one of three weapons: a spear, a sword, or the club. Whatever he carries to the fight, he drops.
The tricky part is finding the Phantom Ganon that carries the Gloom Club.I have the best luck finding the one with theGloom Spear. However, the map above shows one convenient location where you can rely on him dropping theGloom Club. It is a short distance southeast ofKyononis Shrine, in theHyrule Castle Town Ruins.
Phantom Ganon also appears with the Gloom Club at the following locations:
Before you’re able to face Phantom Ganon, you must first defeat the Gloom Hands.They’re puddles of gloom that ooze slowly your way, lanky arms extended. I like to hit them usingArrowsfused withBomb Flowers. Check our guide onwhere to get and farm Bomb Flowersif you need more of them. A few direct hits to the ‘eyes’ on the lead hands destroys all of them in short order.
Tend to the hands quickly and Phantom Ganon typically appears next.When armed with a club, he moves sluggishly but hits hard. Get close to tempt him to jump at you and swing down with his club. Keep him targeted.Counters win this fight.Time your moves so that as he reaches the peak of his jump and starts dropping, you step to the side. This lets you counter with an attack flurry. You’ll get in a few hits to remove the gloom puddle forming around him.
Repeat the above process until you win. Drink aMighty Elixirif desired. With a powerful weapon equipped, the battle goes quickly. Fast weapons with long range are ideal. I also bringSunny Steamed Tomatoesto this fight (cook threeHylian Tomatoeswith aSundelion) to restore hearts lost to gloom damage.
When you defeat Phantom Ganon, he drops items and weapons. They include theGloom Cluband aDemon King’s Bowthat scales based on your heart maximum.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available for purchase from theNintendo Store.
Jason Venter
Jason Venter is a contributing writer for PC Invasion since 2022 who can trace his love for video games back to the Apple IIe port of Mario Bros. in the late 80s. He remains a diehard Nintendo fan to this day and loves JRPGs, adventure games, and platformers in particular, but he still plays games in most genres and on most hardware. After founding indie gaming site HonestGamers in 1998, he served as an editor at Hardcore Gamer Magazine during its entire print run. He has since freelanced for a variety of leading sites including IGN, GameSpot, and Polygon. These days, he spends most of his time writing game guides and entertaining readers with his fantasy novels.
