#zelda enemies

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Zelda Enemies Spreadsheet (link below)

Are you writing a Links meet? Are you making a homebrew Zelda TTRPG? Do you want an easy reference to the enemies throughout the Zelda series?

This spreadsheet is for you!

Here is a spreadsheet that lists every single Zelda enemy. It specifies what games they are and aren't found in - categorized into easily organizable and searchable columns.

You can filter by game, enemy, elements, body types, weapons, ranged attacks, and more! You can filter to just ice enemies, just plant enemies, just enemies that two or more specific games share, etc.

It's still a work in progress, but it's mostly done. See "status" below for what needs doing.

Please reblog or spread this around in other ways. I get no benefit out of how many people use this, but I want as many people as possible to have the opportunity to take advantage of this useful thing. And there's the possibility that more eyes mean catching more errors, thus improving the spreadsheet. (Please let me know if you see any.)

I have two different links to the spreadsheet. The first live-updates, but doesn't let you filter by categories. The second lets you filter by categories, but it won't reflect any new updates. Unfortunately, I haven't found a better way around this. If you have a solution, I'd love to hear it.

Live update link:

Enemies Across The Legend of Zelda Series

The next link will prompt you to make a copy. It will ask you to sign into a google account before making the copy, but neither I nor anyone else will see your username or any other information. Sheets just needs to know what account to save the sheet to. If you're on mobile, download the Sheets app for the best experience.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kIVohrR6V0fK6amKw6aMitA1X-RuHljqTL429PABDns/copy

Instructions on how to use the filters and answers to other questions you might have are found within the spreadsheet, but feel free to send me a message if you need help or have questions/suggestions/concerns.

Special thanks to @majorproblems77, who has been the biggest contributor to this project so far. I can't thank you enough your all your hard work.

And thanks to everyone who has offered help in various ways!

Status as of 6/8/26:

All basic enemies are added from the canon games.

New: "Burrowing" is now "Moves Underground" and the enemies in this category reflect this.

Currently: Adding bosses and refining categories. (Progressed through Q for the second time.)

Next: Add enemies from Hyrule Warriors and Cadence of Hyrule

Future: Redo and complete the "Descriptions" spreadsheet:

If you're viewing this from a reblog, this status might be outdated. You can view the original post to see the current progress. You can also follow the "#project zelda enemies spreadsheet" tag. I've been asking for feedback on what categories different monsters fit into (i.e. "Are they man-shaped?"), so if you want to participate in polls that shape this spreadsheet, please check it out.

[mearcairz]

Hello tumblr let me take a moment of your time to put you onto my worst enemy

looks like a normal tree right? WRONG

these things are sent straight from the bowels of HELL with the SOUL PURPOSE of ruining my entire week

LIKE LOOK AT THEM WHY DO THEY MOVE LIKE THAT

now, i can already hear you typing,

“Xavier, the evermeans are one of the weakest enemies in the game, you are a coward and your bloodline is weak”

and while i do see your point, you are objectively WRONG and i am going to show up to your house WITH A HAMMER

Listen, when im trying to enjoy a nice little stroll through the virtual forests of Hyrule, yknow trying to get myself immersed with the game, the LAST thing i need is THE WEIRD COUSINS OF THE ENTS FROM LORD OF THE RINGS BURSTING OUT OF THE GROUND AND SCARING ME NEARLY HALF TO DEATH WHILE IM TRYING TO ENJOY MY BOWL OF CHICKEN RAMEN AT 3 IN THE MORNING

I hope you can all see my frustration with these ABOMINATIONS TO GOD and i will NOT be taking any constructive criticism GOOD DAY SIR

[thaumana]

Year of the Snake - Yukata Malon

Bonus Variants

[grooviestsadpapaya]

Pfff ofc I’m not redesigning the lizalfos again shut upppp

I based them off of green basilisks? I did that before but the inspo was WEAK and I was WEAK and I like this better, so <3 they do still love cheese btw. Idk how the different elements will look, but it’s ok ig I’ll work on it.

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Nejiron

Debut: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Yesterday I learned that this thing exists. And I realized I had never seen it in my life! I have not played Majora's Mask, but I still feel like it's weird that there is a weird guy in an old entry of one of the biggest game franchises, and I don't think I have EVER seen it. But now I get to see it! And so do you! Yahoo! Behold this lump!

Nejiron looks pretty pathetic (affectionate). It default pose is sitting while curled into a ball, and its body is already a ball! It would be funny to see it waltz around with its legs, but I don't think it wants to, because it rolls around everywhere. Also, please observe its eyes. They are such eyes. I feel like these are the sort of eyes that would make a noticeable, wet sound when they blink. This thing has not slept in days.

Nejiron doesn't have to be so sad, though, because its game got a remake! This forced game developers to once again occupy their minds with Nejiron, updating its model and design slightly, making it a bit more detailed. Someone had to draw Nejiron some more detailed eye bags. Isn't that great? Someone also decided that it has human-like fingers and toes. Maybe in a Majora's Mask HD, it would get fingernails! It would have to take some time every few days to clip them. Now that would be relatable! Representation!

If you were dissapointed that Nejiron would be one of those fictional monsters that you can only experience with one sense, do not worry! We are told that it smells like gunpowder. I have never smelled gunpowder, but if you know what it smells like, then yeah! You know what this beast smells like, and your immersion deepens. When one is hit, it will, of course, explode! It will then be replaced by another one that emerges from the ground. I guess they are disposable soldiers... but what is their purpose?

We actually know, miraculously! Nejirons hunt Gorons, the big, strong rocky people who eat rocks themselves, and also roll around in ball form. Nejiron evolved specifically to mimic and deceive them! In fact, "neji" means "twisted" or "warped", in reference to this! I can't imagine they can kill their prey by just ramming into them, so maybe that is where the exploding comes in, and then other workers bring the food to nourish a reproductive "queen" underground? I also can't imagine these basic Nejirons eating. No mouth, you see. So maybe there is an even more monstrous queen lurking beneath, eating Goron meat and popping out explosive babies... hooray! I hope she has a funny abdomen!

[smashy-headcanons]

I headcanon legend of zelda minion Darknut's appearance in the opening of World of Light Super Smash Bros Ultimate campaign is a sign Ganondorf was sitting behind the lines plotting and scheming with Ridley and their troops to backstab all the heroes and villains by attacking them after the fight with Galeem. This attempted post fight coup de grace failed when they all got turned into spirits. Both Ridley and Ganondorf are treated as the embodiment of pure evil in both Super Smash Bros Brawl and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Oh that's a neat idea. Both Ganondorf and Ridley were active contributors to the Subspace Army back during SSE so I could see them working together on some sort of villain plan.

Actually that gives me a (tangentially related) thought. TP!Ganondorf, who was in Brawl and Smash 4, is just OoT!Ganondorf, who was in Ultimate (and Melee) after a time skip. That makes Ganondorf's role in Brawl and Smash 4 more interesting in retrospect just because of the future/past element (I'd previously thought about it but just from OoT!Ganondorf's angle, not from TP!Ganondorf's angle).

So in SSE you've got Ganondorf using his memories of being in Ultimate for his plans in SSE and in Ultimate you've got Ridley using his memories of being in SSE for his plans in Ultimate.

[seatoss]

It's spooky season and I love bats so bat-inspired keese study it is!

[cyb3rsw0rd]

Felt like doodling a Skulltula—Especially since I got spooked by like 3 different spiders today.

Also ChuChus