Roots of the Wild
Sheikah Slate glowing in Hyrule

Stats

Hearts, stamina, combat stats, and Spirit Orbs — how your OC's health, energy, and upgrades work in Roots of the Wild.

At a Glance

The four core stat systems in Roots

Hearts track health and KO status. Stamina fuels crafting, travel, and mounts. Attack & Defense come from equipped gear in combat. Spirit Orbs are exchanged for permanent heart or stamina upgrades.

HeartsHealth, KO status, and recoveryStaminaEnergy for crafting, travel, and mountsCombatAttack & Defense from equipped gearSpirit OrbsPermanent heart and stamina upgrades

Hearts & Recovery

Health points and how to heal

Hearts are your OC's health points. Everyone starts with three. When an OC gets hurt through group mechanics, they lose hearts and may eventually KO.

  • Starting amount is 3 hearts.
  • If KO'd, characters lose all hearts.
  • As of 6/20/2023, characters no longer fully recover hearts on Sundays.
  • Used in daily looting rolls, blood moon rolls, combat events, and traveling.
  • Characters do not die upon losing all hearts.

Recovery

Characters can recover hearts by utilizing the Healing Job Perk or by consuming health restoring items such as meals, fairies, and elixirs.

KO status can only be healed by fairies, or Healers.

To heal with an item, use the /item command and fill in the required fields.

Stamina

Energy for crafting, travel, and mounts

Stamina represents an OC's ability to perform tasks like cooking, weaving, taming wild mounts, or traveling long distances. Unlike hearts, stamina recovers gradually — manage it well, because a Blacksmith who just finished forging may not fare as well catching a horse as a fully rested character.

  • Starting amount is 5 chunks, or 1 wheel.
  • Recovers naturally once per day, only on days not being used.
  • Does not replenish in full on Sundays.
  • May also be recovered with Stamina Recovery Items.
  • Mount stamina recovers just like player stamina.
  • Used in crafting, healing, traveling, and mount encounters.
Stamina wheel showing five green chunks
Starting stamina: 5 chunks, or one full wheel.

Recovery Rules

Tinglebot restores stamina automatically. If all chunks are used up, wait for recovery once per day when the weatherbot posts — no crafting during recovery days.

After crafting with all stamina, you recover one chunk per rest day. Crafting again before a full day of rest pauses recovery until you take a full day off from crafting.

To refill all chunks, you need several consecutive days without crafting. Use a chunk, wait a day, repeat.

Stamina crafting and recovery timeline across fourteen steps
Crafting drains one chunk at a time. Bot posts mark recovery days — no crafting on those days, +1 stamina per rest day.
Stamina recovery example showing gradual refill after crafting
Example: spend stamina crafting, then rest on bot-post days to regain chunks.
Stamina recovery example showing paused recovery from early crafting
Example: crafting before a full rest day pauses recovery until you take a full day off.

Attack & Defense

Combat stats from equipped gear

Your character's combat effectiveness comes from Attack and Defense. These stats work together to help you survive, win battles, and secure better rewards.

Attack

  • What It DoesDetermines how effectively you damage enemies and win encounters.
  • Where It Comes FromEquipped weapons — each weapon has a modifierHearts value added to Attack.
  • How It HelpsBetter monster odds, more raid damage, and improved loot quality.

Defense

  • What It DoesReduces incoming damage and boosts survivability.
  • Where It Comes FromArmor (head, chest, legs) and shields — each piece adds modifierHearts to Defense.
  • How It HelpsMitigates monster damage and improves endurance in long fights.

How They Work Together

Regular Combat

  • WeaponsAttack × 10 added to your roll (if successful).
  • Armor/ShieldsDefense × 2 added to your roll (if successful).
  • Example3 Attack / 2 Defense → 30% chance for +30 weapon bonus, 4% for +4 armor bonus.

Raid Combat

  • Gear always helps in raids — no randomness.
  • WeaponsAlways add Attack × 2.5.
  • Armor/ShieldsAlways add Defense × 1.1.
  • Example3 Attack / 2 Defense → +7.5 weapon, +2.2 armor (guaranteed).

Strategy at a Glance

  • High Attackfaster fights, reliable kills.
  • High Defensetankier, more survivability.
  • Balancedversatile for looting, travel, and raids.

Loot & Raids

  • LootingHigher stats improve rolls → better loot, especially in monster-heavy zones.
  • RaidsAttack damages bosses; Defense keeps you alive. Both affect party success and rewards.

Tips

Equip the best gear you can, balance Attack and Defense, prioritize weapons in raids, upgrade modifierHearts often, and use /gear before important encounters.

Spirit Orbs

Permanent upgrades through the Goddess Statue

Spirit Orbs are intangible items earned through quests, events, and exploration. Collect 4 orbs to exchange for +1 permanent heart or stamina.

Spirit Orb icon
Four Spirit Orbs = one permanent heart or stamina upgrade.

Understanding Spirit Orbs

  • Earn them through quests, events, monster encounters, and random exploration drops.
  • Exchange 4 for +1 permanent heart or stamina at the Goddess Statue (in-bot).
  • Transfer between your own characters only — not between members.
  • Quest exchangeRedeem 10 quests for 1 Spirit Orb instead of a character slot.

Checking Your Orbs

Use /spiritorbs check with your character name (autocomplete). Shows your current count with a visual confirmation.

Exchanging Orbs

Use /spiritorbs exchange in #community-board with character and type (Hearts or Stamina).

  • Cost4 Spirit Orbs per exchange.
  • Result+1 permanent heart or stamina, fully healed afterward.
  • Not enough? The bot blocks the exchange and shows your total.

What You'll See

  • HeartsNew heart icons — e.g. 3/3 → 4/4 (Fully recovered!).
  • StaminaNew stamina chunks — e.g. 3/3 → 4/4 (Fully recovered!).

Process & Troubleshooting

  1. Validation — Confirms you have 4+ orbs and your character exists.
  2. Upgrade — Adds +1 heart or stamina and fully recovers you.
  3. Inventory — Removes 4 orbs (or updates quantity if you had more).
  4. Display — Goddess Statue embed with new stats and orb count change.

Common Issues

  • Character not foundCheck spelling or create the character first.
  • Not enough orbsCollect more or exchange 10 quests for one.
  • Can't trade orbsOnly movable between your own OCs.

Useful Commands

  • /spiritorbs check — Current orb count.
  • /character view — Character stats.
  • /inventory view — Inventory items.

Reminders

  • Orbs cannot be traded between players.
  • All exchanges are logged and permanent.
  • Each exchange costs 4 orbs and restores full health/stamina.
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