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Red Moblin

For The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Enemy

Red Moblin

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Japanese name赤いモリブリン (101Leafy's translation)

Official art

Red Moblin, official art from ゼルダの伝説 取扱説明書
Red Moblin. ゼルダの伝説 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1986), p. 29

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.

ゼルダの伝説 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1986), p. 29, 101Leafy's translation

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.

ゼルダの伝説1 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1994), p. 23, 101Leafy's translation

A bulldog-like goblin who lives in the forest. He attacks by throwing spears. A little bit meaner than Octorok.

The Legend of Zelda Instruction Booklet (Nintendo of America, 1987), p. 30

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.

The Legend of Zelda Tips and Tactics (Tokuma Shoten Publishing for Nintendo of America, 1987), p. 18

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.

ゼルダの伝説 (二見書房, 1986), p. 68, 101Leafy's translation

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.

ゼルダの伝説 必勝攻略ガイド (新星出版社, 1986), p. 5, 101Leafy's translation

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.

ファミリーコンピュータ攻略ガイドブック1 ゼルダの伝説 (曙出版, 1986), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

Lives in the forest. It throws spears but is easy to defeat.

ファミリーコンピュータ必勝シリーズ1 ゼルダの伝説 (ミリオン出版, 1986), p. 20, 101Leafy's translation

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.

ファミコン マル勝DXシリーズ1 ゼルダの伝説 (角川書店, 1986), p. 48, 101Leafy's translation

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!

ゼルダの伝説 (秋田書店, 1986), p. 25, 101Leafy's translation

They attack by throwing spears, but they move in straight lines, so they aren't scary. Blue ones often drop bombs when defeated.

ゼルダの伝説 (双葉社, 1986), p. 16, 101Leafy's translation

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!

ケイブンシャの大百科別冊 ゼルダの伝説1 (勁文社, 1994), p. 19, 101Leafy's translation

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.

ゼルダブック (ファミコン必勝本 1986年6月号付録) (JICC出版局, 1986), p. 70, 101Leafy's translation

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.

わんぱっくコミック増刊 ゼルダの伝説 必勝ヒント本 (徳間書店, 1986), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

Numbers

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ringBlue RingRed Ring
0.50.250.125

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:

  • Rupee5 of 10 (15.6% per enemy beaten)
  • Heart4 of 10 (12.5% per enemy beaten)
  • Fairy1 of 10 (3.1% per enemy beaten)

Where it appears

Overworld, First and Second Quest: 11 screens