Gohma (The Wind Waker)
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| Gohma | |
|---|---|
 Gohma | |
| First appearance | The Wind Waker (2003) |
| Location(s) | Dragon Roost Cavern Ganon's Tower |
| Effective weapon(s) | Grappling Hook, Sword, a rock falling from the ceiling |
| Spoils | Heart Container |
- "The only way to penetrate its hard bio-armor would be to drop an entire sheet of bedrock on it."
- — Nintendo Gallery Figurine Description
Gohma is the boss of Dragon Roost Cavern, the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. While Gohmas from other games are more similar in appearance to a spider or crab, this Gohma has a considerable amount of legs and bodily segments, creating the illusion of a scorpion or a slight similarity to the Magtail enemies found in the game. Its head features a signature Gohma eye, a bony frill (somewhat similar to that of a real-life Triceratops), a pair of massive pincer-mandibles, and its fire-spewing mouth.
Gohma must be battled once more in Ganon's Tower. A black and white screen effect appears for the duration of this second battle; an indication of it being a flashback or hallucination for Link.
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While in past games, killing Gohma focused entirely on shooting projectiles into its eye, in The Wind Waker, Link cannot damage it until halfway through. With the newly acquired Grappling Hook, he must first grapple onto the swinging tail of Valoo, which is hanging through a hole in the ceiling. Once attached, Link can swing across the room, causing the dried lava on the roof to come loose, crashing down onto Gohma, damaging its exoskeleton. Gohma will quickly rise again, resealing Valoo's tail with more dried lava, allowing Link to repeat the process. Link can swing up onto platforms jutting out from the walls to protect himself from the beast's attacks, but this usually results in Gohma breathing fire on Link and burning him.
Once repeated several times, the shell will eventually break, exposing Gohma's vulnerable body. Now lacking proper defense, Gohma will attempt to body slam Link, bringing its characteristic eye within Link's sword range. Link can also use the Grappling Hook to pull Gohma close enough to attack. Once Gohma has sustained enough damage, it will be defeated. Interestingly, if Link falls into the lava at the beginning of the cut scene involving Gohma's death, he can be seen bouncing across the pit all through the cut scene.
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