Bosses and Mini-Bosses

Giant Ghini spits out small ghosts, so slash those away first. Then strike the big one, and keep your distance when it lunges. It goes down after about six hits. A fairy appears to heal you, along with a warp panel back to the dungeon entrance.

Pumpkin Head wears a gown and a pumpkin, and it shoots three energy balls in a line. Stay out of its line and slash the gown. Your sword does not hurt the pumpkin head itself. When the gown vanishes, the pumpkin drops.

Swoop hovers over you, then dives. Stay on the blue border tiles, which never break. When it crashes down, hit it with your sword. If it lands on the yellow floor, that tile falls out, so do not step into the hole. After about five hits it speeds up and bounces in a chain. Back off until it stops bouncing, then strike. About ten hits finish it.

Head Thwomp has four faces, and your sword does nothing to it. Equip Bombs on one button and the Roc’s Feather on the other, then climb to the side-view arena. Throw a Bomb into the opening on top of the head. Only the red face takes damage. Each face has its own attack: one shoots fireballs up and rain, one sends a ring of fireballs around the platforms, and one slams down and drops rocks. Stand on a ladder or at the platform edge to stay clear.

Subterror hides under the sand of its room. Equip the Shovel and your sword, dig where it moves, then slash it while it is stunned. Each hit makes it faster, so dig quickly. A few hits finish it.

Shadow Hag splits into four shadows that chase you across the green floor. After a while they merge and she releases moths. Kill the moths, which can drop hearts and seeds. If you look straight at her, she vanishes and four clones appear. When she reappears behind you, do not turn around. Face the wall instead.

The Armos Warrior throws his sword across the room in a straight line. Move so the sword flies back into him. Three of these hits shatter his sword and shield. Without them he charges, so step aside and strike while he is stunned against a wall. Take the fairy that appears if you need hearts.

Eyesoar starts the fight shielded by four smaller eyes that circle its big central eye. Hits on the outer eyes only knock them away, and they regrow. Fire the Switch Hook so it connects with the central blue eye. You swap places with it, the outer eyes scatter, and you can slash the center with your sword.

Smasher throws a heavy ball at you. Pick the ball up with the Power Bracelet and throw it back at him. If you wait too long, the ball vanishes and reappears elsewhere in the room, so keep an eye on it. After enough hits he falls and the north door opens.

Smog breaks into several smaller pieces that drift around the arena, along with blue blobs. Use the Cane of Somaria to make blocks, and push the stone blocks so the pieces bump into each other and merge. The blue blobs cannot pass through blocks, and your sword stuns one piece for a moment.

Vire is an underling of Veran. He fires blue fireballs first, so block them with your shield or cut them down with your sword. Hit him three times while he comes close. He then circles you, so wait until he attacks again. After three more hits he splits into two large bats, and you defeat both as they fly low toward you.

Octogon rams across the water’s surface and spits rocks. Its face is open only for a moment when it turns to spit, so you can slash it above the water, but that is slow and risky. Instead, when it dives, put on the Mermaid Suit and follow it down. Underwater it always faces you, and its only attack is a bubble shot.

The Angler Fish swoops at you with bubbles in the side-view purple rooms. Use the Roc’s Feather to dodge its rushes. Shoot Scent Seeds from the Seed Shooter to make it fall, then slash its lantern with your sword. Repeat until it is defeated.

Plasmarine is an electrified jellyfish, and your sword does nothing to it. It switches between a blue form and a red form each time you hit it with the hook, and its energy balls match its current colour. Wait until its electric aura is down and it is about to fire a ball. Then aim the Long Hook at Plasmarine just as the ball leaves. You trade places with it, so the ball hits Plasmarine instead of you.

The Blue Stalfos fires magic spheres, and you send them back with your sword as if playing tennis. When one of its own spheres hits it, it turns briefly into a winged skull. In that form it is vulnerable to your regular sword attacks, so strike while it lasts.

Ramrock has four phases. In the first, it hurls stone fists across the room. Stand close below its path and knock each fist back into the boss with your sword. Three hits end this phase.

While Veran sits inside Nayru, your sword cannot hurt her, and Veran warps around the room firing fireballs. Load the Seed Shooter with Mystery Seeds and keep the Switch Hook ready on the same button, swapping between them as needed. Shoot Nayru with a Mystery Seed to push Veran out. The dark spirit then floats beside Nayru.

In the first phase, Veran is inside Queen Ambi. Shoot Mystery Seeds at Ambi with the Seed Shooter to push Veran out. Then pull the spirit away with the Long Hook and strike her with your sword. Ambi is faster than Nayru was, and she sends spiders and fireballs, so stay mobile.

The Great Moblin sits on a throne at the top of the keep, with two small Moblins in the corners. The little ones lob ordinary bombs, while the boss throws the Bomb Flowers he stole. Equip the Power Bracelet and wait until a bomb lands near you. Lift it and throw it at the Great Moblin before the fuse runs out.

Koume is the red witch who fires fire, and Kotake is the blue witch who fires ice. Stay near a wall or corner and deflect their shots with your sword. A shot that hits the witch who fired it does her no harm, but a shot that hits the other one does damage. After enough hits they merge into Twinrova.

Ganon appears as a blue boar-like figure in a sand room. He attacks without waiting, and he carries a trident. Charge a spin attack and release it when he appears, then dodge. If he is about to thrust his spear, dodge first, because the thrust leaves you no time to hit back.