Demon King Ganondorf, Demon Dragon final boss fight guide in Zelda TOTK

One thing is constant, no matter what the decade or the era: Link will always have to face Ganondorf in the final Zelda games. Tears of the Kingdom – The Legend of ZeldaThis time is no exception. This time, the final fight comes at the culmination of the “Destroy Ganondorf” quest.

Fighting Ganondorf is not the only way to defeat him Tears of KingdomThe new gloom system, which affects your maximum health and healing ability, makes the game incredibly difficult. In other words, if you go in unprepared, you’re highly likely to get hopes and dreams of saving Zelda savagely crushed.

The guide includes everything you need for a fight, including a walkthrough of the fight. Demon King GanondorfFinal phase in the fight against terrorism Demon Dragon. Vive la Hyrule!

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What to do before the Ganondorf boss fight

It is an extremely challenging stretch. Although you can technically get to this point as soon as you land in Hyrule, it would make your life extremely difficult. Instead, if you’ve spent time building Link back up to his former glory, there are a few things you can (and should) do to make your life as easy as possible.

1. You can have all five Sages as part of your team

As he prepares to face the final boss in Zelda Tears, Link’s hand displays the rings of five sages.

For starters, make sure you visit the four temples — the Wind Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, and Lightning Temple — and get the four Sages on your team. You can unlock a fifth sage by doing this.

Be aware that if you choose to skip this, you do so at your own peril — for two reasons. First, anyone you add to your team will join you in the final battle, and there’s no reason to You can also check out our other blog posts.Choose to have that help. Each temple has a guard.

Any bosses you don’t take care of before heading down to the final fight will come and make an appearance. You cannot fight another five bosses and then run to the healer. Make sure you do your research and get five Sages to join your team.

2. Grab the Master Sword

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What would make you do that? You can also check out our other blog posts.You want to know the Sword which seals the darkness? If you haven’t found the Master SwordGo and look for the Master Sword.

3. Other weapons are also available

Master Sword has a unique and incredible ability. Every 10 minutes, it can heal itself. However, it is far from unbreakable — and it will likely break in the first stage of the fight when you’re facing down a whole horde of nasties.

As many weapons as you can fit in your inventory. You’ll want to fuse one weapon with something which produces lightning or fire (yep! Gibdos) because the Sage will run around and do her own thing. You can Fuse the materials that you receive for defeating a Gleeok to make a powerful weapon.

Make sure to have enough ammunition if you like to make ranged attacks. fire fruitYou can also find out more about the following: shock fruit instead.

4. Buy a good set of armor

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Tears of KingdomYou can choose from a wide variety of armor sets. For the final fight, defense is the best offense — especially when said defense actively increases your offense, as with sets like the Wind Armor and Hero Armor.

These two sets both have the Attack UpSet bonus and maximum 60 defense for both. You’ll be fighting in a lot of gloom, so the fewer hearts’ worth of damage you take, the less blight you’ll have to contend with.

Plus, of course, there’s the moral victory that comes with beating the game in Link’s classic green tunic.

5. Prepare a lot of meals — Sundelions are key

Health management will be difficult, given the damage done to hearts by that terrible blight.

Pack a lot of Enjoy the sun and enjoy your day! meals. Every sundelionYou can restore three hearts by cooking with. That’s 15You can cook five sundelions and still get five hearts!

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Obviously cook with as many as you think you will need — if you have a maximum of nine hearts, only cook with two at a time. Prepare a few dishes that can restore up to nine, twelve, and fifteen hearts.

While you’re at it, cook a bunch of stuff that restores a lot of hearts, and ideally gives temporary (yellow) hearts too. You can make your preparations to the blood moon’s spooky sounds.

6. Travel Medallions are a Must Have

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This is really just a backstop, just in case you realize you messed up and need to bail, but don’t want to lose your progress en route to Ganondorf.

It’s a fair trek getting to the chamber where the final fight happens, and if you realize you’re suddenly out of arrows, food, or any other crucial resources, a Travel Medallion offers a chance to “save” your progress. Then you can teleport to the chamber and do what ever it is that you want to.

While you might think you’re fine now, you never know — you might find yourself woefully unprepared during the battle, and realize you need a few more heart containers. Over-preparation is always a good thing!

The best way to defeat Ganondorf on Tears of the Kingdom

Finally, we have arrived and are ready to take on the enemy. Demon King Ganondorf.

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You must complete several levels to finally defeat Ganon.

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A cutscene will follow and, if you have it, you’ll will automatically equip the Master Sword.

Stage one final boss battle: Demon king Ganondorf

In this stage, you will face Ganon as a human. (Linko a demo’?)

You should dodge his attacks because they all cause gloom. The Depths Armor is helpful, but only if it’s upgraded. Bonus set for gloom attacks.) It’s important to note that your health hasn’t recovered from the earlier fight, and it won’t restore after this stage either. You should always remember those Sunny meals you made? Here they are worth more than their weight in dollars.

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As mentioned, follow the same attack pattern you’d use against Phantom Ganon: He’ll swipe with his sword if you’re close or charge at you if you’re far away. Flurry Rush and Headshots counters are both important.

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He can change weapons at any time during the fight, which is unlike the Phantoms. Pay attention to what he’s holding — if it’s a What is the best way to get a spear?, expect him to You are being charged with jabs; if it’s a Club Members, expect him to The swinging down of the door.

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He can also counter and dodge you to get his own Bullet-Time effect. Prepare to avoid his counter-attack if this occurs, and you will be able to get the Flurry rush.

You will wear out his health bar if you remain calm and time your dodges correctly.

The final boss battle stage 2: Demon King Ganondorf again

You will fight Demon Ganondorf in two separate phases.

Phase One

Ganon appears to have transformed into a sassy-quatch. After a super villainous evil monologue, he will grow a comically overcompensatory health bar and quip about how he’s going to take more than just your arm this time.

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And you know what, this isn’t even his final form…

Memes and references aside, Ganon is now much bigger, stronger, and more aggressive — thanks in no small part to the phantom copies he recruits to turn the tables. Turns out Ganon should have read more Discworld, because there’s no way he’s winning with those odds.

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Fortunately, you don’t need to worry too much about them, as your Sage friends will come help out with the battle, joining in stages to help engage the phantom menaces (sorry, not sorry). Then you can take on your big enemy.

One thing to watch out for is Ganon’s new attack, featuring a The large two-handed sword. Watch out for updrafts: If you notice one, then open your paraglider and avoid massive Gloom damage. Smack his aerial attack after the attack. Then, return to using your Master Sword.

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Second phase

When you get him down to half health, he’ll absorb all of his ghost buddies and destroy your friends. You get more insults from him. Man thinks he’s Morpheus…

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To keep you alert, he has added a few new attacks. The Gloom Arrows that you can simply run around and — more terrifyingly — Orbs which permanently remove heart. Avoid them like they’re the plague.

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On top of this, he’s picked up speed. Keep doing what you’ve been doing: Watch out for his clearly telegraphed attacks, block, dodge, and smack him down with some well-timed Flurry Rushes.

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Demon Dragon is the final boss in stage 3.

Ganon’s health bar is a bogus indicator. You are then taken to a cutscene where you ride the Light Dragon in battle with Ganon. Demon Dragon).

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Any hearts you’ve lost to the heart-stealing orbs will have been returned to you, and any blighted gloom hearts will have been restored. Eat a quick meal if you’re low on health, but don’t worry too much if you’re low on restoratives: Of the three sections, you will most likely find this the easiest.

Yes, it’s the big “Marvel Act 3 Sky Battle” section.

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This plan is very simple. Glowing ClustersLovecraftian terror on his back.

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You can do this in two different ways: Ranged Attacks (shoot arrows as you’re falling so you can make use of the bullet time mechanic) or The use of melee weapons (jump on the Demon Dragon’s back and whale on his eyeballs). Don’t worry about falling to the ground — the Light Dragon’s got you.

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The range of attacks is useless without a Zoanite bowThis can be a very long-range weapon. Instead, we’re going to go for the melee strategy. Jump off the Light Dragon and aim for one of the three glowing spots on the Demon Dragon’s back. As you fight the Demon Dragon, he will fire orbs your way. They are easily dodged, but you can equip Glide Armor to help.

Attack the eyeball-like thing by landing on its back. Once it has been destroyed, jump off — if the dragon throws you off, you’ll take a couple of hits as it zooms away. If you don’t wiggle the controller, you will see a really amusing pained look on Link’s face that stays frozen in place until you do.

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It is important to keep doing this until the four eyepits have been destroyed. After you destroy the third, the Demon Dragon starts shooting from its mouth.

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Once you’ve destroyed the four eyeball things, the Demon Dragon will summon his signature Blood Moon.

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It will illuminate the Secret Stone on its head. You need to jump off the Light Dragon and aim for the Demon Dragon’s head, similar to when you recovered the Master Sword except this time we’re going to attack the Secret Stone.

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Keep dodging the gloom balls as you have done so far. Land on his head, hit the Secret Stone with the Master Sword a few times, and the job’s a good’un.

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Congrats, you’ve brought peace to Hyrule. You’ve earned it. You’ve earned it.