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Horned Giant

For Zelda II The Adventure of Link on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Boss

Horned Giant

KindBoss
NameNamed by 101Leafy; the game gives none

Official art

Horned Giant, official art from リンクの冒険
Horned Giant. リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 25

From the official guides

Gooma, the giant troll who swings an iron spiked mace, protects the statue in which Link must place the fifth crystal. Avoiding his mace by jumping and dodging, Link then leaps in close and uses his sword when Gooma tires.

Nintendo Power, March/April 1989 (Nintendo of America, 1989), p. 11

Numbers

Hit points48
Experience150
Damage classClass 4

Damage to Link

Life Link loses from one touch or hit, at each life level.

Life12345678
Damage9672564840322824

What hurts it

  • Sword beams and the Fire spell do not hurt it. Only the sword does.
  • The Spell spell does not change it.

Drops

Drops nothing.

Where it is found

  • Palace 5, East Hyrule