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Scorpion

Enemy

Scorpion

KindEnemy
NameNamed by 101Leafy; the game gives none

Official art

Scorpion, official art from リンクの冒険
Scorpion. リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 15

From the official guides

A kind of giant scorpion. Its body is hard and turns back any attack. Its only weak point is its eye, and you can beat it by attacking while the eye is open. Instead of poison, its tail shoots fire.

ファミリーコンピュータMagazine 特別編集 リンクの冒険 (徳間書店, 1987), p. 6, 101Leafy's translation

A kind of giant scorpion. Its skin is hard and hard to damage, but its eye is its weak point, so aim there. It shoots fire from its tail, so watch out for that.

リンクの冒険 (秋田書店, 1987), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

A giant scorpion. Its hard shell bounces back its foe's attacks.

リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 15, 101Leafy's translation

A large scorpion that lives in the deserts and caves of the eastern continent. It has one huge eye, and when it spots a foe it shoots fire from its tail. You can only defeat it while its eye is open.

完璧攻略シリーズ22 リンクの冒険必勝攻略法 (双葉社, 1987), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

Numbers

Hit points32
Experience150
Damage classClass 5

Damage to Link

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

Life12345678
Damage144120967256484032

What hurts it

  • Sword beams and the Fire spell do not hurt it. Only the sword does.
  • The Spell spell turns it into a Blue Chuchu.

Drops

Every 6th enemy of drop group 2 that Link defeats leaves an item instead of giving experience. All enemies in the group share the count.

Both drop groups and their enemies

Where it is found

  • East Hyrule