Stone Talus

Template:Boss Stone Talus are recurring enemies and Sub-Bosses in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]^[2]

Characteristics

Hyrule Compendium Entry

137 (142) Stone Talus	Description This enormous monster is naturally camouflaged as a rock formation. Neither sword nor arrow can pierce its stony form, but a cunning adventurer knows to scale its body and attack the ore sprouting from its peak.
	Common Locations West Necluda East Necluda
Recoverable Materials Flint Amber Opal Ruby

Stone Taluses appear as a cluster of boulders at first, but once approached, they assemble into large golem-like beings. Luminous, Rare, Frost, and Igneo variations can also be found all around Hyrule Kingdom. Stone Taluses are fairly large compared and deal important amounts of damage.Template:How many They are very slow-moving, so as long as Link stays behind or beneath them, he will be out of harm's way. Stone Taluses can use their large arm structures to punch and swipe across the ground, dealing heavy damage to the impact area. They can also fall forward and crash their entire body into the ground or launch large fragments of their rocky frame at Link.

To defeat a Stone Talus, Link can climb onto its body and attack the Ore Deposit on its back, usually located on top or at the back of the Sub-Boss. Link can inflict major damage by using a double-handed Weapon or Bomb Arrows. After taking damage, Stone Taluses attempt to throw Link off by shaking themselves. To make climbing easier, Link can use a Remote Bomb to blast apart its arms, hindering it temporarily. Stone Taluses regenerate lost body parts shortly after losing them.

Upon being defeated, a Stone Talus leaves behind Gems depending of its type.

Locations

Luminous

Rare

Other Appearances

Ambiguously Canon Information

Cadence of Hyrule

Stone Taluses are two tiles wide and move every third beat. They have 3 Heart Containers, but must be hit multiple times to crack them, allowing their Hearts to be reduced, unless the character's Weapon has piercing. If the character is next to the Stone Talus the beat before it moves, it will use an area attack, hitting all eight adjacent tiles. If the Stone Talus is not hit for a while, it will sit still and become immune to attacks while it reforms itself, regaining lost Hearts.

Trivia

Stone Taluses were originally called Steppe Talus in early builds of the game.^[3]

Nomenclature

Names in other regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	イワロック (Iwarokku) ^(BotW)^[4]	Portmanteau of 岩 (Iwa) and ロック (Rokku).
	Chinese^TR	岩石巨人 (Yánshí Jùrén) ^(BotW)
	Dutch	Steen-Talus ^{(BotW \| HWAoC)}^[5]
	French^CA	Lithorok ^(BotW)^[6]
	French^EU	Lithorok ^(BotW)^[7]
	German	Iwarok ^(BotW)^[8]
	Italian	Sassorok ^(BotW)^[9]
	Korean	바위록 (Bawirok) ^(BotW)
	Russian	Каменный глыбник (Kamennyy glybnik) ^(BotW)^[10]	Stone clumper
	Spanish^EU	Petrarok ^(BotW)^[11]
	Spanish^LA	Talus ^(BotW)^[12]
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