Gohma
Crab-type boss with a hard shell defeated by shooting an arrow at its eye
The LEVEL6 boss in 'The Legend of Zelda'. A crab-type enemy character with a hard shell, defeated by shooting an arrow at its eye the moment it opens.
Trivia
- The only way to defeat Gohma is to target its eye, but while the eye is closed, the hard shell blocks attacks.
- The red Gohma can be defeated with one arrow to the eye, but the blue Gohma requires three hits.
- Gohma is a formidable enemy that repels the Magical Shield and fires beam attacks.
- A crab-type monster with a distinctive design among the dungeon bosses in 'The Legend of Zelda'.
- In Second Quest, only the blue Gohma appears, making it more difficult.
Alternate names
Gohma
Crab-type boss
LEVEL6 boss
Profile
- Species
- Crab-type monster
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A crustacean-type monster with a hard shell and large eyes as its feature. The chance to attack comes when its eye opens. Red and blue individuals exist, with the blue one having higher durability than the red one.
- Distinguishing features
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- Large single eye
- Hard shell
- Iconic items
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- Hard shell
- Large eye
- Impregnable defense
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Aggressive
- Detailed personality
- An aggressive boss monster specialized in combat. It has high self-defense capabilities and intimidates mainly with beam attacks from its eye and the hardness of its shell.
- Keywords
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- Formidable enemy
- Solid defense
- Aggressive
- Boss character
- Combative
- Talents
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- Strong defensive power
- Beam attack from the eye
- Defends against physical attacks with hard shell
- Skills
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- High-durability shell defense
- Sensitive reaction to attacks on the eye
- Firing powerful beam attacks
- Motivation
- To guard the Triforce shard in the dungeon and repel intruders.
History
- Backstory
- The boss monster of the LEVEL6 labyrinth, appearing as a crab-type enemy protected by a hard shell. The player must shoot an arrow at its eye when it opens. The blue individual has high durability, and using silver arrows deals damage efficiently.
- Debut date
- February 21, 1986
- Work title
- The Legend of Zelda
- Media type
- Game
First appearance
- Significant event
- First appearance
- Description
- Appeared as a boss character in the 1986 Family Computer Disk System game 'The Legend of Zelda'.
Second Quest compatibility
- Significant event
- Second Quest compatibility
- Description
- In Second Quest mode, a blue individual appears with higher durability specifications.
ROM cartridge version appearance
- Significant event
- ROM cartridge version appearance
- Description
- It also appears in the ROM cartridge versions released for North America and overseas.
Media appearances
The Legend of Zelda
Game / Boss
February 21, 1986 Family Computer Disk System version
The Legend of Zelda (ROM cartridge version)
Game / Boss
1987 and later overseas ROM cartridge version
Second Quest mode
Game / Boss
1986 additional high difficulty mode
Voice cast and creators
Shigeru Miyamoto
- Creator name
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Role
- Original author
Takashi Tezuka
- Creator name
- Takashi Tezuka
- Role
- Character designer