How to use Luminous Stone Talus heart in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom features an open-world boss called Stone Talus. Whether you find a Luminous Stone Talus in a cave or a regular Stone Talus on the plains, all Stone Talus drop big, rocky hearts. At first glance, these Luminous or regular Stone Talus hearts look useless. But don’t be fooled; here is how to use Stone Talus hearts in Tears of the Kingdom.

Note: If you need help taking a Stone Talus down, you might want to get the Biggoron’s Sword.

Tears of the Kingdom: How to use Stone Talus hearts

After you have defeated a Stone Talus in Tears of the Kingdom, you can use their Luminous heart or normal heart by Fusing it with your shield or melee weapon.

Screenshot: PC Invasion

I recommend Fusing the Stone Talus heart to your melee weapon, especially one with high durability, because it increases your attack power by 21 points.

Screenshot: PC Invasion

If you Fuse the Stone Talus heart with a weapon that already has a high attack power, you can feel confident in knowing you have one of the most powerful weapons in the game so far. Fusing objects onto your weapons is the best way to get high damage-dealing weapons, and there aren’t many better options than a Stone Talus heart.

How to defeat a Stone Talus in Tears of the Kingdom

If you’ve Googled what to do with the Stone Talus heart, I doubt you need help defeating a Stone Talus. But just in case, the easiest way to defeat a Stone Talus is to shoot the exposed rock on its top with a regular arrow or a Bomb Flower for more damage.

Once you’ve done that, the Stone Talus will drop. Climb onto it and start attacking the exposed rock — this is the only place you can deal damage to a Stone Talus. Beware, the Stone Talus will eventually fling you off.

Repeat this process while avoiding its rock throw attack and you’ll easily defeat the Stone Talus. Now, you can Fuse the Stone Talus heart to create a very powerful weapon.