The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomlets you fuse various materials to make weapons out of everything from enemy horns to precious stones to beehives. But some of its very best weapons are still those rare items you find in chests or on enemy corpses. Some of them are downright amazing. Here is our guide telling you how to get the Gloom Spear inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Tears of the Kingdom– how to get the Gloom Spear
We previously told youhow to get the Gloom Clubandhow to get the Gloom Sword. Now it’s time to look at how to finish your little trilogy with the Gloom Spear.
To get the Gloom Spear, defeat Phantom Ganon when he appears with it equipped.As always, you need to defeatGloom Handsin short order when they attack. Then you need to survive the follow-up battle withPhantom Ganonand his lethal spear.
To defeat the Gloom Hands, hit them from a distance withArrowsfused with an item such asBomb Flowers. There are numerous hands. They reach far and fast. If you keep to high ground, they’re not a huge threat, though.
Phantom Ganon is trickier. With the Gloom Spear, he moves faster than he does while equipped with a weapon such as the club. However, you still want to dodge his attacks at just the right moment. Then you can counter with a flurry of strikes.If you have arrows left and items to fuse to them, those also work.However, I don’t recommend using Bomb Flowers. He likes to rush you. If you hit him mid-rush, he may get close enough that any explosive blast hurts you in the process.
Phantom Ganon and his Gloom Spear only appear in some of the locations where you encounter Gloom Hands:
You will meet Gloom Hands and Phantom Ganon in other areas. In those cases, he more likely brings along his club or sword.
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.
