Tears Of The Kingdom How To Use Zonai Charge

Tears of the Kingdom: How to use Zonai Charge in TOTK

It can't charge your Switch, but it can charge plenty of other things.

Among the new mechanics introduced in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we have the magical machines from Breath of the Wild but taken in a different direction from different creators. And with this new set of magical technology comes different ways to use it to navigate the game, including but not limited to activating machines with limited battery. You may not even know how exactly you do that yet. Here’s a full breakdown of how to use Zonai Charge in Tears of the Kingdom.

Recommended Videos

Zonai Charge uses in Tears of the Kingdom, explained

Zonai Charge is an item dropped from hostile Zonai Constructs fought across the map. At first it seems random and useless, but that’s because it doesn’t come into play until roughly after the In-isa Shrine, when a construct you come across gives you an Energy Cell for utilizing Zonai Charges. In the same area, you start to come across green devices that seem inactive. Except they’re not old and unusable, they just need to be activated using Zonai Charge.

Zonai Fan

Screenshot by PC Invasion

Let’s say, for example, we have this extra Zonai Fan sitting on the ground that definitely isn’t there because I dropped it by accident. If we want to use Zonai Charge on it, we simply hit it with a weapon.

Related: How to make Fan Boats in Tears of the Kingdom

The fan activates and you’ll watch the battery visual of its energy left deplete slowly over the course of several seconds. Hit it again to turn it off. Once it drains to nothing, you have to recharge before you can activate it again.

Zonai Charge Inventory

Screenshot by PC Invasion

When you open your inventory, you might notice there appears to be a battery displayed, and no, it’s not your Switch charge levels so don’t panic if it’s low. This is your current Energy Cell level. Select your Zonai Charges on hand. Use it and the battery fills back up to max. Now you could theoretically hit the fan for as long as you have charges in your inventory. Don’t though, because you’re going to need those charges for later. There’s bound to be plenty more Zonai devices to motivate a steady stream of Charges in your inventory.

Also be sure to check out How to Get the Ancient Blade by our friends over at Gameskinny!


PC Invasion is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more
related content
Read Article How to get the naked skin suit in Stellar Blade
Stellar Blade Cutscene
Read Article How to get and spend Antique Bronze Bullion in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight – vendor location, rewards, and more
Bullion Vendors Wow Dragonflight Season 4
Read Article Where to find Campfires in Fortnite – all campfire locations
Campfire Fortnite
Related Content
Read Article How to get the naked skin suit in Stellar Blade
Stellar Blade Cutscene
Read Article How to get and spend Antique Bronze Bullion in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight – vendor location, rewards, and more
Bullion Vendors Wow Dragonflight Season 4
Read Article Where to find Campfires in Fortnite – all campfire locations
Campfire Fortnite
Author
Alexa BeMent
Alexa BeMent is an aspiring media creator and writer who may also secretly be a manatee masquerading as a human. A Virginia Tech graduate with Creative Writing and Cinema degrees, she has been a Freelance Writer for PC Invasion since February 2023, and enjoys writing stories and consuming video essays when she's not planning the Manatee Uprising. Having played video games since before she could read, she is a lover of all things Legend of Zelda, FFXIV, horror games, and can play competitive Pokémon, especially as a Ghost type Gym Leader. We don't discuss how big her Pokémon plush collection is.