Red Moblin
For The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Enemy
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| Kind | Enemy |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | 赤いモリブリン (101Leafy's translation) |
Official art

From the official guides
A small ogre with a face like a bulldog that lives in the forest. It attacks by throwing spears. A little tougher than an Octorok.
A small ogre with a face like a bulldog that lives in the forest. It attacks by throwing spears. A little tougher than an Octorok.
A bulldog-like goblin who lives in the forest. He attacks by throwing spears. A little bit meaner than Octorok.
There are small ogres, with bulldog faces, that inhabit the woods. Its weapons are arrows, and it's more powerful than Octorok. You must block Molblin's arrows with the shield. It's easy to attack Molblin with the beam from your sword when your Life Hearts are all red. If you are not able to use the beam, keep cool and go for it.
A forest goblin that attacks with spears. The spears look scary, but these too are easy to block with the shield. The blue ones are tougher, but if you fight while stopping their attacks with the boomerang they are not much trouble.
A small ogre with a bulldog face that lives in the forest. It looks nasty just to see it. It walks around hunched over and throws spears. There are two kinds, red and blue. The blue Moblin is a bit tougher.
A little demon with a face like a bulldog. Again there are blue and red ones, and the blue one is about twice as strong as the red.
Lives in the forest. It throws spears but is easy to defeat.
A goblin (an ogre) with a face like a bulldog that lives mostly in forests. It plods around a little hunched over and drives others off by throwing its spear. Now and then one hides in a cave, and some of those are generous enough to give Link money.
They appear in the woods and shoot arrows at Link. If you let a lot of Moblins line up in a row, their arrows come flying at you all together, so be careful. Split them up!
They attack by throwing spears, but they move in straight lines, so they aren't scary. Blue ones often drop bombs when defeated.
Little demons that live in the forest. They attack Link with the spears in their hands. With faces like bulldogs, they are tough monsters! The trick to beating them is how you use your shield!
A little demon with a face like a bulldog or a wild boar. It guards the forest, throwing spear after spear. This one comes in red and blue too, and the blue one is tougher. But blue Moblins are the best source of Bombs, so go after them.
A little goblin that lives in the forest and has a face like a bulldog. It throws spears at Link, and its attacks are a little stronger than an Octorok's.
Numbers
Hits to beat it
Wooden Sword2
White Sword1
Magical Sword1
Arrow1
Silver Arrow1
Bombs1
Blue Candle2
Red Candle2
BoomerangStops it
Magical BoomerangStops it
Magical Rod1
Magical Rod (magic)1
Hearts lost per touch
| No ring | ||
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.125 |
What it throws
Either shield stops it.
Damage calculator for every enemy
Drops
Drops something 80 times in 256 (31.3%). What it drops comes from these 10 slots in turn: