Phantom Ganon

Phantom Ganon is a boss in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 30 health.

Navi's advice

It's an evil ghost of the Forest Temple! He comes out of one of the pictures.

Answer his magic attack with an attack of your own!

Attack him when he comes out of one of the pictures! Watch out for the fake one!

Kind	Boss
Dungeon	Forest Temple
Health	30
Places	Forest Temple
English	Phantom Ganon
Français	Ganon Spectral
Deutsch	Phantom-Ganon
日本語	ファントムガノン

Boss

Phantom Ganon waits at the end of Forest Temple.

Once it is beaten, Link gets these:

Needs: Boss Key

Arena

The boss's room seen from above, north up.

Damage

Phantom Ganon has 30 health. Damage 1 is while he rides out of the paintings: only arrows, the Fairy Slingshot, and the Hookshot hurt him, 2 a hit. Below 25 he leaves the paintings and Damage 2 counts: a sword hit takes its usual amount, anything else 2, and the Hookshot does nothing. Arrows only land while he is stunned, which happens when his energy ball is sent back at him. Under 3 health, only a sword, Deku Stick, or hammer hit takes off more.

Attack	Damage 1	Damage 2
Deku Nut	0	2
Deku Stick	0	2
Fairy Slingshot	2	2
Bombs	0	2
Boomerang	0	2
Fairy Bow	2	2
Megaton Hammer	0	2
Hookshot	2	0
Kokiri Sword	0	1
Master Sword	0	2
Giant's Knife	0	4
Fire Arrow	2	2
Ice Arrow	2	2
Light Arrow	2	2
Din's Fire	0	2
Mirror Shield	0	0
Kokiri Sword (spin attack)	0	1
Giant's Knife (spin attack)	0	4
Master Sword (spin attack)	0	2
Kokiri Sword (jump attack)	0	2
Giant's Knife (jump attack)	0	8
Master Sword (jump attack)	0	4
Megaton Hammer (jump attack)	0	4

Hits to defeat it with each weapon: damage calculator

Damage to Link

Health Link loses when an attack of Phantom Ganon hits him, one line per attack strength, 16 points to a heart. Once a Great Fairy strengthens Link's defensive power, the damage is halved, rounded up.

Damage	Hearts	Double Defense	Effect
48	3	1½	Plain hit
32	2	1	Shocks Link
16	1	½	Plain hit

Left behind

Heart Container

In the official guides

Phantom Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide — Phantom Ganon
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 71

Phantom Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide — Phantom Ganon
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Publishing, 1998), p. 58

Boss of the Forest Temple, a phantom posing as Ganondorf. It rides out of one of six paintings; shoot the real one with arrows. After three hits it leaves its horse and throws balls of light, which Link knocks back with his sword. The Triforce marks in the corners of the floor are safe from the mounted charge.

その正体はファントムガノンという悪霊だ。

ゼルダの伝説時のオカリナ完全攻略ガイドブック (NTT出版, 1999), p. 106, Translated by 101Leafy

Shoot arrows at him as he rides out of the paintings, then return his energy balls with the sword four times in a row.

When Link deflected four shots in a row, the phantom dropped to the floor and Link rushed forward to hit him with the sword.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 71

First rides out of the paintings; shoot him with an arrow as he leaps from the frame. Then bat his fireballs back with the sword until one hits him.

First, you must shoot Phantom Ganon three times with an arrow as he tries to exit a painting.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Publishing, 1998), p. 59

A two-phase fight; bring fairies in bottles. Phase one: he rides out of a painting, and Link waits in the middle of the room and shoots an arrow when the magic pull carrying him out is visible. After three hits phase two: he floats and fires energy balls, which Link swats back with the sword like a bat until one hits, then finishes him with the sword.

Der Kampf gegen diesen wilden Reiter gestaltet sich in zwei Phasen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 59, Translated by 101Leafy