People's reaction to negative Zelda reviews reminded me of this gem.

[Peh]

archer9234 said:

Peh said:

You are grasping at straws. First you will get the info by reading the description of the material. Mix this insect with a monster part etc. Do that and voila, elixir. Second, afaik the old fart will tell you this if you bother to talk to him and read the actual text.

Third, tips are displayed in the loading screen.

If you come across the material. I didn't. Weapons breaking made me avoid most encounters. So that delayed me finding info out. My goal was to reach the fartest tower. So, I didn't go near main NPC's. It Didn't give me exilixr tips. It usually spams the Don't engage enemies head on. Plus, I was also live streaming. I didn't read the tips all that much.

You are telling me that you havn't caught a frog, or a lizard, or any insect, at all? Difficult to believe that. But you can also cook food with certain mushrooms to restore stamina while eating. Those stuff is lying everywhere around and everyone of those tells you what you can do with it.