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Wolfos

Wolfos is an enemy in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 8 health.

Navi's advice

Draw it close to you and watch its movement carefully! Attack it when it drops its guard!

KindEnemy
Health8
PlacesForest Temple, Spirit Temple, Gerudo Training Ground, Inside Ganon's Castle, Sacred Forest Meadow, Ice Cavern
EnglishWolfos
FrançaisLobo
DeutschWolfsheimer
日本語ウルフォス

Damage

How many points of health each attack takes off Wolfos. 0 means the attack does no damage, though it may still stun or knock it back.

AttackDamage
Deku Nut0
Deku Stick2
Fairy Slingshot1
Bombs2
Boomerang0
Fairy Bow2
Megaton Hammer2
Hookshot0
Kokiri Sword1
Master Sword2
Giant's Knife4
Fire Arrow4
Ice Arrow2
Light Arrow2
Din's Fire4
Mirror Shield0
Kokiri Sword (spin attack)1
Giant's Knife (spin attack)4
Master Sword (spin attack)2
Kokiri Sword (jump attack)2
Giant's Knife (jump attack)8
Master Sword (jump attack)4
Megaton Hammer (jump attack)4

Hits to defeat it with each weapon: damage calculator

Damage to Link

Health Link loses when an attack of Wolfos 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.

DamageHeartsDouble DefenseEffect
4¼⅛Plain hit

Drops

When Wolfos is defeated, the game picks one of 16 slots at random, so each slot is a 1 in 16 chance. Some slots hold nothing.

ItemCountChance
Deku Seeds13 in 16
Deku Nut13 in 16
Deku Stick11 in 16
Recovery Heart11 in 16
Nothing8 in 16

Young Link gets Deku Seeds where adult Link gets arrows, and the other way round, and an adult's Deku Stick turns into a green Rupee. Bombs, arrows, seeds, and magic only drop once Link has the bomb bag, the bow, the slingshot, or magic, and a recovery heart at full health turns into a green Rupee.

In the official guides

A wolf with sharp claws. Target it with the shield up and strike the moment it raises its arms; a spin attack helps when several come at once.

相手を引きつけて動きを見て!スキを見つけて攻撃しましょ!

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. 176, Translated by 101Leafy

Waits in a grotto in the Lost Woods; strike its back.

They hid in a secret grotto and attacked Link when he tumbled in by accident.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 43

Hit it in the back.

Wait until he spins around and then attack his back.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Publishing, 1998), p. 20

The next room in the Training Ground makes Link fight off several Wolfos.

Link muß sich gegen etliche Wolfsheimer verteidigen und sie bezwingen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 110, Translated by 101Leafy