Zelda franchise strategy guide/Bosses/Gohdan



Gohdan is a boss from the Legend of Zelda series, appearing in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. It resembles a giant stone head with detached hands, on the palms of which are eyes.

Gohdan is not a minion of Ganon, but rather a creation of the gods to test the hero at the time. It is the only boss that is not a minion of Ganon.

It is very similar to a phantom shadow creature in Ocarina of Time called Bongo Bongo. The body has one large red eye, and cannot be seen without the Lens of Truth. It is defeated by firing arrows into the hands, then into the eye.

In The Wind Waker
Gohdan made its debut in The Wind Waker. It resembles Bongo Bongo, though it is mechanical and posesses two eyes. It uses many of Bongo Bongo's attacks, but can attack with fireballs from its mouth. It is destroyed by first shooting arrows into the eyes on the hands, then both eyes on the head. While stunned, a bomb must be thrown into its mouth.

In The Minish Cap
It returns in The Minish Cap as Mazaal. It is almost identical to Gohdan, but colored gold with pink eyes. As always, the hands must be shot down first with arrows, but then must be attacked with Link's sword. After both hands are gone, Link must go Minish-sized, enter the head piece, and attack the glowing pillar hidden among other, non-glowing ones. After the first part of the battle, the head is darkened and filled with dirt, and Link must use the Mole Mitts to dig around inside the head before locating the correct pillar.