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Gloom-Borne Illness

A side quest in which Link helps Lasli treat her grandmother’s Gloom-related illness in Kakariko Village by preparing Sunny Veggie Porridge.

RoleHelp Lasli prepare a restorative dish for her grandmother.
Statusavailable
Importancesupporting
RewardNot confirmed in the supplied source material.
TimeNot confirmed in the supplied source material.
  • Quest typeSide quest
  • AreaKakariko Village
  • Starting characterLasli
  • Required dishSunny Veggie Porridge
  • Primary activityCooking and ingredient gathering
  • Combat requirementNone confirmed

The supplied material does not confirm a mission number, reward, required prior quest, or estimated completion time.

Key takeaways

The quest is primarily a cooking and ingredient-gathering task rather than a combat mission.

  • Find Lasli first Lasli starts the quest while sitting near the cooking pot at the Enchanted armor shop in Kakariko Village. Speak with her before preparing the dish so the quest context is established. Starting the quest
  • Use the specified recipe Sunny Veggie Porridge requires Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion. The recipe is not interchangeable with an unspecified healing meal in the supplied facts. Required recipe
  • The illness is caused by Gloom exposure Lasli’s grandmother is suffering from exposure to Gloom, a reddish-purple blight that drains life force from people throughout Hyrule. The quest illustrates that wider effect through a personal household problem. Why the quest matters

Overview

Gloom-Borne Illness is a side quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that takes place at the Enchanted armor shop in Kakariko Village.

Gloom-Borne Illness centers on Lasli and her grandmother, who has become sick after exposure to Gloom. Rather than sending Link into a conventional combat encounter, the quest asks him to respond to a local health crisis by finding the ingredients for a particular restorative meal. The story gives Gloom a human consequence within Kakariko Village, showing that its danger reaches ordinary residents as well as adventurers who encounter it directly.

The quest begins when Link speaks with Lasli while she is sitting near the cooking pot by the Enchanted armor shop. Lasli explains the situation and points toward food as the practical solution. The key item is Sunny Veggie Porridge, a cooked dish made from Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion. The recipe is the central requirement, so the important preparation is gathering the specified ingredients before attempting to complete the objective.

Once the porridge has been prepared, it is used to help Lasli’s grandmother. The supplied material confirms the illness, the location, the starting conversation, and the recipe, but does not provide a verified reward, a separate combat encounter, or a detailed sequence of ingredient locations. This page therefore focuses on the reliable quest flow and identifies unconfirmed details rather than filling them with speculation.

Where this sits

Quest giverSpeak with Lasli
PreparationGather the four recipe ingredients
CookingPrepare Sunny Veggie Porridge
ResolutionUse the dish to help Lasli’s grandmother
  1. ●Speak with LaslistartShe is sitting near the cooking pot at the Enchanted armor shop.
  2. 2Gather the ingredientsobjectiveThe confirmed recipe uses Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion.
  3. 3Prepare the porridgeobjectiveCook the specified ingredients as Sunny Veggie Porridge.
  4. 4Treat the grandmotherresolutionServe or use the completed dish to resolve the illness.

This is a self-contained village quest built around a single recipe and its use as a cure.

Requirements

The confirmed requirement is access to the quest conversation and the ingredients needed to cook Sunny Veggie Porridge.

  • RequiredReach the Enchanted armor shopThe quest is located in Kakariko Village at the Enchanted armor shop, where Lasli can be found near the cooking pot.
  • RequiredSpeak with LasliTalk to Lasli while she is sitting near the cooking pot to initiate Gloom-Borne Illness.
  • RequiredHylian RiceThis ingredient is part of the required Sunny Veggie Porridge recipe.
  • RequiredFresh MilkThis ingredient is part of the required Sunny Veggie Porridge recipe.
  • RequiredHyrule HerbThis ingredient is part of the required Sunny Veggie Porridge recipe.
  • RequiredSundelionThis ingredient is part of the required Sunny Veggie Porridge recipe.

Objectives

  1. Speak with Lasli near the cooking pot.Begin the quest at the Enchanted armor shop in Kakariko Village.
  2. Prepare Sunny Veggie Porridge.Use Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion in the required recipe.
  3. Help Lasli’s grandmother.Use the prepared dish to treat the grandmother’s Gloom-related illness.

Walkthrough

  1. 01

    Reach the quest location

    Travel to the Enchanted armor shop in Kakariko Village

    Go to Kakariko Village and look for the Enchanted armor shop. The quest takes place at this location, so begin by positioning yourself there rather than searching elsewhere in Hyrule.

    Location: Enchanted armor shop, Kakariko Village

    TipThe cooking pot is the most useful landmark for identifying the starting area.

  2. 02

    Initiate Gloom-Borne Illness

    Speak with Lasli by the cooking pot

    Lasli is sitting near the cooking pot outside or by the Enchanted armor shop. Talk to her to learn that her grandmother has fallen ill after exposure to Gloom and to start Gloom-Borne Illness.

    Location: Near the cooking pot at the Enchanted armor shop

    Watch outPreparing food before speaking with Lasli may not advance the quest conversation; start by talking to the quest giver.

  3. 03

    Assemble the recipe ingredients

    Gather Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion

    Collect the four ingredients named for Sunny Veggie Porridge: Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion. The supplied material confirms the ingredients but does not verify specific shops, regions, or farming routes for obtaining them.

    Location: Hyrule, using your available ingredient sources

    TipCheck your inventory before leaving Kakariko Village so you do not make an unnecessary trip while missing one component.

  4. 04

    Prepare the cure

    Cook Sunny Veggie Porridge

    Use a cooking pot to combine the required Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and Sundelion. The completed result must be Sunny Veggie Porridge, the specific dish identified as the cure for the grandmother’s illness.

    Location: Any available cooking pot

    Watch outThe source confirms the exact recipe but does not document substitutions, alternate recipes, or whether an already prepared dish can be used.

  5. 05

    Treat the grandmother and finish the quest

    Use the porridge to help Lasli’s grandmother

    Return to the quest area with Sunny Veggie Porridge and use it in the interaction that resolves the grandmother’s illness. This completes the quest’s central task, although the supplied material does not specify every line of dialogue or the precise hand-off prompt.

    Location: Enchanted armor shop, Kakariko Village

    Checkpoint

Mission mechanics

Gloom-Borne Illness uses cooking as its primary quest mechanic. The solution is not a general-purpose healing item: the confirmed cure is Sunny Veggie Porridge, and the recipe is defined by four ingredients—Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion. This makes the quest a checklist exercise in which the player must identify and assemble a precise set of ingredients before returning to the village.

The quest also presents Gloom as an environmental and social threat rather than only a hazard encountered during exploration. The reddish-purple blight drains life force, and the grandmother’s illness demonstrates how exposure affects people who are not participating in a battle. Lasli’s request turns that broader setting detail into a small, practical objective with a clear local consequence.

No boss, enemy wave, timed section, or traversal challenge is confirmed by the supplied source material. Players should therefore approach the mission as a conversation, collection, cooking, and delivery sequence. Specific ingredient routes and interaction prompts are not included in the available facts and should be checked in-game if the objective does not advance.

What works and what does not

Strengths

  • It gives Gloom a clear effect on a resident of Hyrule, expanding the threat beyond Link’s own encounters.
  • The objective is easy to understand once Lasli explains the required dish.
  • The quest uses familiar cooking and ingredient-gathering systems instead of requiring a dedicated combat encounter.

Weaknesses

  • The quest’s progress depends on having four specific ingredients, so an incomplete inventory can interrupt the otherwise simple objective.
  • The supplied material does not confirm where each ingredient is obtained, which can make preparation less direct for players missing one component.
  • The available facts do not document the reward or every hand-off interaction, limiting the amount of verified post-completion guidance.

Best uses

  • Complete it when you already carry the listed ingredients.
  • Use it as a straightforward introduction or reminder of the relationship between cooking and village-side quest objectives.

Checklist

  • Reach Kakariko Village.The quest is located there.
  • Find the Enchanted armor shop.This is the named quest location.
  • Speak with Lasli near the cooking pot.This starts the quest.
  • Obtain Hylian Rice.Required for Sunny Veggie Porridge.
  • Obtain Fresh Milk.Required for Sunny Veggie Porridge.
  • Obtain Hyrule Herb.Required for Sunny Veggie Porridge.
  • Obtain a Sundelion.Required for Sunny Veggie Porridge.
  • Cook Sunny Veggie Porridge.Use the four confirmed ingredients.
  • Return to the quest area and use the dish to help the grandmother.This resolves the illness according to the supplied quest facts.

Failure conditions

  • The required dish is not preparedThe confirmed cure is Sunny Veggie Porridge, so possessing unrelated food is not documented as sufficient.
  • One or more recipe ingredients are missingThe recipe requires Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion. Missing any one of these prevents preparation of the confirmed recipe.
  • The quest conversation has not been startedSpeak with Lasli near the cooking pot before expecting the quest objective to progress.

On failure

No permanent-failure state or special checkpoint behavior is confirmed in the supplied material.

AftermathSpoilers

A local consequence of Gloom

Gloom-Borne Illness resolves a personal health problem in Kakariko Village rather than a battlefield threat. Its main narrative function is to show that Gloom’s life-draining effects are being felt by Hyrule’s inhabitants beyond Link’s immediate adventures.

Trivia

  • The quest takes place at the Enchanted armor shop in Kakariko Village.
  • Lasli begins the quest while sitting near a cooking pot.
  • Sunny Veggie Porridge is made with Hylian Rice, Fresh Milk, Hyrule Herb, and a Sundelion.
  • The quest uses a food-based cure to address illness caused by exposure to Gloom.

Sources

Relationships

characters

  • LasliQuest giverLasli asks Link to help treat her grandmother’s Gloom-related illness.

locations

  • Kakariko VillageLocationThe quest takes place in Kakariko Village.
  • Enchanted armor shopStarting locationLasli can be found near the cooking pot at this shop.

items

  • Sunny Veggie PorridgeRequired dishThe recipe needed to treat the grandmother’s illness.

concepts

  • GloomCause of illnessThe grandmother’s illness follows exposure to Gloom.