Enemies

Enemies

This section deals with the different enemies Link will encounter during his quest. The chart is divided into sections with the enemy's name & picture, how to defeat it, and what you can expect to get for defeating this enemy (if anything).

Overworld Enemies

Enemy Name	How to Defeat it	Reward
Tektike	Tektikes jump all around the screen. To defeat one, all you need to do is hit it with your sword.	Red tektites usually give 1 rupee or a heart, and blue give 1 or 5 rupees.
Octorok	Octoroks are best defeated with the sword.	Red octoroks usually give hearts or rupees, and blue octoroks give bombs or hearts.
Leever	Leevers burrow underground, just wait for them to come up and hit them with your sword.	Red leevers give rupees, blue leevers give bombs or hearts.
Peahat	Peahats can only be damaged when they're completely motionless. Wait for it to stop moving, then attack with your sword.	Peahats usually give hearts.
Moblin	Moblins can be defeated with the sword	Red Moblins give hearts, or rupees. Blue Moblins give bombs or rupees.
Armos Knights	Armos knights do not attack until you touch them. You can defeat them using your sword. Some Armos knights move to reveal hidden passageways.	Armos knights usually give you hearts for defeating them.
Ghini	Ghini are found in the graveyard. There is one on the screen to start out. This is the only one that can be damaged. If you touch a gravestone, another Ghini will appear. The only way to defeat the Ghini is to find the one that can be damaged, and all the others will be defeated with it.	Ghini reward you with rupees, hearts, fairys, and clocks.
Lynel	Lynel can be defeated with the sword. It is best to stun them with your boomerang first since they can throw their swords at you. A magical shield will deflect their sword beams.	Red Lynels reward you with hearts and blue Lynels reward you with bombs.
Zola	To defeat Zola, you must either wait for it to come near the shore and attack with your sword, or use a beam attack. If you have the wooden sword, it will take 2 hits to defeat Zola. If you have either of the other two swords, it only takes one hit.	Zolas reward you with hearts.
Rock	Impossible to Defeat, just avoid it. They fall near Death Mountain.	Nothing.

Underworld Enemies

Enemy Name	How to Defeat it	Reward
Zol	Use the sword. If you have the White Sword or Magical Sword, you can earn a reward for defeating a Zol. If you have the Wooden Sword, it splits into two Gels.	Hearts, Rupees
Gel	Use any weapon, one hit is all it takes to defeat them.	Nothing
Rope	Ropes can only move vertically or horizontally (not diagonal). If you are in the path of a Rope, it moves faster to attack you. Use your sword to defeat it.	Rupees, Hearts
Vire	Vire are similar to Gels in that they give a reward only if attacked with the White Sword or Magic Sword. If you use the Wooden Sword Vire split into two Keese	Hearts, Rupees
Keese	Use any weapon. It'll take one hit to kill them.	Nothing
Stalfos	Attack with your Sword.	Rupees, Hearts
Wall Master	Be careful around Wall Masters. If they grab you, you are taken to the beginning of the dungeon. Use the boomeerang to stun them, then attack with your sword.	Rupees, Hearts, Clocks
Gorira	Use the boomeratng to stun them, the attack with your sword.	Red-Hearts, Rupees Blue-Bombs
Darknut	Darknuts can only be attacked from behind or the side. Use the sword to attack them. It's a good idea to have water of life around when fighting them, especially in the later levels when you fight them a lot.	Red-Hearts, Rupees Blue-Bombs, Hearts
Pols Voice	Arrows	Rupees
Lanmola	Use the Magic Wand with the Magic Book, or just use the Sword.	Hearts
Like Like	If a Like Like grabs you, it eats your Magic Shield (if you have one). Use the Sword to defeat it after stunning it with your boomerang.	Rupees, Hearts
Moldorm	Sword	Rupees, Keys
Patra	To defeat a Patra, you must defeat the smaller Patras orbiting it first. Do this by attacking with your sword. Then you can attack the larger Patra in the center.	Hearts, Rupees
Bubble	Can't Defeat. Red Bubbles make it impossible to swing your sword until you touch a Blue Bubble, drink some Water of Life, or find a Fairy. Blue Bubbles allow you to use your sword again, and regular Bubbles won't let you use your sword for about 5 seconds	Nothing