White Wolfos

White Wolfos
A White Wolfos from Twilight Princess
Race/Species	Wolfos
Game(s)	Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Twilight Princess Spirit Tracks
Other Media	Link's Crossbow Training Cadence of Hyrule
Habitat(s)	Ice Cavern Gerudo's Training Ground Mountain Village Road to Goron Village Snowhead Snowhead Temple Snowpeak Snowpeak Ruins Snow Sanctuary Snow Temple Wellspring Station
Effective Weapon(s)	Sword Dark Energy Attack ^(TP) Wolf Attacks ^(TP)

White Wolfos are recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]

Characteristics

Navi's Comment

	White Wolfos
	White Wolfos Lure it close to you and watch its movement carefully! Attack it when it drops its guard!

Tatl's Comment

	White Wolfos
	It's a White Wolfos. Lure it in and watch its movements. It doesn't like its tail to be touched...

White Wolfos are white, wolf-like creatures. They were originally depicted as anthropomorphic creatures with glowing eyes, but in later games appeared with more realistic, wolf-like forms. They are similar to the Wolfos, except they are larger and generally take to icy climates, such as the Ice Cavern in Ocarina of Time and the Snow Realm in Spirit Tracks. In Majora's Mask, they will even disappear once spring is returned to Snowhead. However, they can also be spotted in unlikely areas, such as the Gerudo's Training Ground. In Ocarina of Time, one appears at the end of the Ice Cavern as its mini-boss.

Like the Wolfos, White Wolfos will emerge from the ground when approached. They tend to fight in direct combat. In Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, White Wolfos will circle around Link and dive in to strike with their claws. They can also block and dodge Link's attacks. This incarnation can be fought either by blocking or dodging its own attacks, and striking back when it lets its guard down. Identically to the Wolfos, its weak spot is its tail, and striking it will instantly defeat it. In Twilight Princess and Spirit Tracks, White Wolfos tend to appear in packs, and charge at Link as opposed to bare-hand combat. The White Wolfos in Twilight Princess can dive back into the snow and reemerge to launch surprise attacks.

Other Appearances

Link's Crossbow Training

White Wolfos from Link's Crossbow Training

In Link's Crossbow Training, White Wolfos appear in Level 8: Snowpeak: Defender. They inhabit the mountains of Snowpeak in packs, and can be found around the frozen lake and can ambush Link from piles of snow. Similar to their appearance in Twilight Princess, they surround Link in groups and attack by pouncing on him. They appear in much greater numbers as the Level's timer begins to runs out. They can be defeated with one shot of the Crossbow.

Cadence of Hyrule

White Wolfos appear as enemies in Cadence of Hyrule where they only appear in cold, icy dungeons such as the Frozen Grotto and parts of the Future World. Like most enemies, they can only move to the beat of the music and prefer to move on every second beat. However, unlike other enemies, they can move and attack in all eight directions, including diagonally. Fortunately, they will only attack either Cadence, Link, Yves, and Zelda if they're not looking directly at them.

If any of the heroes does manage to get a look at them, they will change their course of direction and hop away from the heroes, keeping their eyes on them at all times until they turn around or until the White Wolfos moves to a position either behind or adjacent to the hero where they cannot see them. Before moving and attacking, they will always crouch down and bare their long, saber-tooth-like fangs for one beat before hopping onto another tile, dealing damage to anyone who's standing in their way. They share this pattern with other Wolfos enemies.

This is the first time in the series where they sport green eyes instead of red.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	ホワイトウルフォス (Howaito Urufosu)	White Wolfos
	Chinese^SI	白狼战士 (Báiláng Zhànshi)	White Wolf Warrior
	French^CA	Loufos blanc ^{(OoT3D \| MM3D)}
	French^EU	Lobo Blanc
	German	Schnee-Wolfos Weißer Wolfsheimer ^(OoT)	Snow Wolfos White Wolfsheimer
	Italian	Lupo Bianco
	Spanish^LA	Wolfos blanco ^{(OoT3D \| MM3D)}