History Characters / TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWildMonstersAndMooks

* Antepiece: The sidequest to get Hestu's help has you fight two Evermeans for him, which he warns you about beforehand. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that you might fight Evermeans before this, by entering a forest before pursuing any of the Regional Phenomena.

* Antepiece: The sidequest to get Hestu's help has you fight two Evermeans for him, which he warns you about beforehand. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that you might fight Evermeans before this, by entering a forest before pursuing any of the Regional Phenomena.

* UseYourHead: In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', just like their living counterparts, Stalnoxes can slam their heads down on Link with their new Stalnox Horns, which has several Stalkoblins skulls on them.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Most of the basic enemy types comes in ranks denoted by color, starting with basic enemies (usually red, green for the Lizalfos) and moving through increasingly strong and powerful blue, black, silver and gold variants.

* BatScare: In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', Keese swarms will sometimes harmlessly flee out of cave mouths when you approach them. This can be extremely to your benefit if you have the reaction time to hit them with a bomb flower, since it will give you plenty of their very valuable eyes and wings for fusing and upgrading armor.

* ArtificialBrilliance: They're programmed to capitalize on their ranged attacks and superior speed and agility. Since Lizalfos weapons -- bows, boomerangs, spears, water bullets, and their long tongues -- all work best at range, Lizalfos will obstinately refuse to stick around in melee combat, either constantly keeping their distance from you or and using HitAndRunTactics, darting in to strike a blow and then leaping back several meters to stay out of your melee range. When they dart in for an attack, they also run in zigzag patterns to make themselves harder to hit with arrows.
* BattleBoomerang: The Lizalfos' favored one-handed weapon is a bent throwing knife that flies back to them when thrown. Even Stalizalfos arms have boomerang properties.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Blue Lizalfos horns in ''Tears of the Kingdom'' look exactly like katana blades and essentially turn any sword-type weapon fused with them into one or something similar.

* BeefGate: In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', should you try to go into Hyrule Castle's Chasm early, if you manage to go through the small horde of Black Horriblins, Shock Likes and Keeses, you will reach a room where a single White-Maned Lynel is waiting for you. While it can be avoided if one is fast enough, this is the game telling you in no uncertain terms that you have no business being here, as it will zero in on Link quickly and inevitably kill him in a single hit.
* {{BFS}}:

* ElementalWeapon: All of them wield Fire, Ice, and Shock Arrows, as well as Bomb Arrows and the Silver Lynel[[note]] Golden Lynel in Master Mode[[/note]] in the Coliseum Ruins wields a Flameblade as its weapon rather than a Savage Lynel Sword.

* GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword: Lynels are colossal, standing well around the height of an elephant, and can wield even their native two-handed spears and clubs in a single hand if they so need to, despite Link needing both to even be able to drag a Lynel crusher along.

* OneManArmy: In ''Tears of the Kingdom'' there are {{Monster Arena}}s in The Depths which send out consecutive waves of Gloom-infected monsters. Whilst every other coliseum sends out groups of monsters, the Lynel coliseum only sends out one Lynel at a time.

* UndergroundMonkey: Like most enemies, Lynels follow the standard Red-Blue-Black LawOfChromaticSuperiority, though even the basic Red Lynel is a BossInMookClothing on par with Guardians, but lacking their weak spot. Silver-maned Lynels are practically a SuperBoss.

* BadWithTheBone: Both Link and enemy alike can snatch up a fallen Stal- monster's arm and and use it like a weapon. Stalkoblin arms function like a typical one-handed club, Stalmoblin arms are used as a two-handed club, and Stalizalfos arms can be thrown like a boomerang.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: Just like Bokoblins, Boss Bokoblins can ram Link with their Boss Bokoblin Horns if they don't have any weapon equipped.

* UseYourHead: In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', just like their living counterparts, Stalnoxes can slam their heads down on Link with their new Stalnox Horns, which has several still-living Stalkoblins skulls on them.

* EvilVsEvil: While Constructs aren't exactly evil and more [[PunchClockVillain "defending their territory from invaders"]], you'll occasionally run into a group of Constructs going head to head with a nearby group of monsters, and the two will actually fight each other. You can then just mop up the survivors at the end and loot whatever they dropped.

* WeakenedByTheLight: While sunlight won't disintegrate them like it does weaker stal- creatures, it causes them to become inactive and lie dormant in the ground until dusk.

* ArcherArchetype: Like centaurs of mythology, every Lynel is armed with a Lynel Bow. However, they logically do not use their bows in close combat, instead favoring their melee Lynel Sword, Spear, and Crusher weapons until Link tries to run away.

* BlowThatHorn: Moblins are the ''only'' basic monster type to not have the ability to blow a horn and alert nearby monsters. As a result of this, every moblin encampment has at least one bokoblin or lizalfos to act as the lookout.

* EarlyBirdBoss: There's a Like Like on the Great Sky Island, where you'll have only sticks with bits of scrap and out-of-date bows to handle it. [[spoiler:Of course, that's not even the strongest thing on the Island...]]

* EarlyBirdBoss: [[spoiler: A Flux Construct is found on a little island in the midst of the Great Sky Island.]]

* CommonplaceRare: Despite being everywhere in ''Breath of the Wild'', they're notably harder to come by in ''Tears of the Kingdom'' due to their drops being two of the most useful arrow fusions in the game.

* BlowThatHorn: Moblins are the ''only'' basic monster type to not have the ability to blow a horn and alert nearby monsters. As a result of this, every moblin encampment, has at least one bokoblin or lizalfos to act as the lookout.

* FireIceLightning: There exist Fire, Ice, and Shock versions of Like Likes, in addition to the standard and Rock variations. They spit balls of their element.

* MoneySpider: They always drop a treasure chest containing a shield or weapon on defeat.

* LogicalWeakness: Ambulatory trees are still trees, so they can be chopped down quickly with any axe, sword, and/or claymore weapon. They are also still made of wood so they are highly vulnerable to fire.

* PinataEnemy: They drop a ton of food and weaponry; due to LevelScaling affecting the weapons they carry, Hinoxes will likely be your best source of [[InfinityMinusOneSword Royal weapons]] should you get past that point. Stalnox usually drop better weaponry (generally including an ElementalWeapon and a Giant Boomerang) to make up for the fact that you can't steal it from them like you can from the living ones.

** The 'platform' shape is impossible to attack from the ground with the core atop the platform, which serves as a shield. The best countermeasure is to bait out its attack cubes, then ride one atop it using Recall.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They very strongly resembles the Wolfos, an older enemy type that they largely replace in ''Breath of the Wild''. Besides both being hostile lupine creatures, the ''Breath'' wolves also mirror the Wolfos in coming in a standard grey-furred variant that inhabits forested areas and a stronger white-furred one found in snowy regions.

* CompositeCharacter: Gibdos and [=ReDeads=] fall in a grey area as to whether they're two separate monsters or not, including one entity being translated as each depending on the country, but this incarnation seems to evoke the masked toothy grimace and corpselike look of ''Ocarina of Time'''s [=ReDeads=] (as well as inhabiting a desolate town in the same manner) while having the desert habitat and the name of the typically more mummy-themed Gibdo species. Their new insect elements also make them evoke the Mothula enemy species.

* ZombieGait: Gibdos are normally slow and ungainly, but during [[spoiler:the Gerudo Town siege after the hives are destroyed and the last phase of the Queen Gibdo boss fight]], they start scuttling forward on all fours quite quickly.

* RecurringBoss: In addition to being the boss of Mineru's plotline, a Yiga-made version serves as the last boss of Master Kohga's Side Adventure chain.

* CraftedFromAnimals: Lizal Bows are partially reinforced with fish bones, with the stronger versions being further enhanced with metal. Remember not to have the metal bows out in thunderstorms, or when fighting Electric Lizalfos.

* UndergroundMonkey: Uniquely amongst the {{Monstrous Humanoid}}s of the game, there are Lizalfos variants other than the chromatic ones, following the FireIceLightning scheme. Crimson-scaled Fire Lizalfos live mostly around Death Mountain (though a few reside in the Gerudo Desert) and use a fiery BreathWeapon. White-scaled Ice Lizalfos live in snowy areas (the Hebra region, Gerudo Highlands region, and Mount Lanayru in the Hateno region) and can launch a barrage of ice-balls at Link. Yellow-scaled Electric Lizalfos are more widespread, although they are more common in the south (most of the Gerudo and Faron regions), and can produce spherical surges of electrical energy.

* CraftedFromAnimals: Lizal Bows are partially reinforced with fish bones, with the stronger versions being further enhanced with metal.

* FantasticRaceWeaponAffinity: They prefer weapons usable from range. They mostly wield curved throwing knives, either simple one-bladed versions or stronger kinds with multiple forks, that fly back like boomerangs when thrown, but are also proficient archers and often use long, barbed spears as well..

* UndergroundMonkey: Uniquely amongst the {{Monstrous Humanoid}}s of the game, there are Lizalfos variants other than the chromatic ones, following the FireIceLightning scheme. Crimson-scaled Fire Lizalfos live mostly around Death Mountain and use a fiery BreathWeapon. White-scaled Ice Lizalfos live in snowy areas (the Hebra region, Gerudo Highlands region, and Mount Lanayru in the Hateno region) and can launch a barrage of ice-balls at Link. Yellow-scaled Electric Lizalfos are more widespread, although they are more common in the south (the Gerudo Desert and the Faron region), and can produce spherical surges of electrical energy.

* {{Invisibility}}: Instead of teleporting like in other games, Wizzrobes make themselves invisible while moving, only dropping their cloak to attack. However, they can still be attacked while invisible.

* PowerCrystal: ''Tears of the Kingdom'' plays on the flavor text and crafting system of ''Breath of the Wild'' by demonstrating the elemental properties of certain gemstones. Fire Wizzrobes have wands tipped in rubies, Electric Wizzrobes tipped in topaz, and Ice Wizzrobes use sapphires. This can be a decent source of valuable gems for players if they visit Pelison in Tarrey Town.