Blue-Maned Lynel: Difference between revisions

| image    = [[File:Blue-Maned Lynel - TotK Compendium.png]]

| threat  = 7

| location = '''''Breath of the Wild'''''<br/>[[Akkala Wilds]]<br/>[[Coliseum Ruins]]<br/>West [[Elma Knolls]]<br/>[[First Gatehouse]] (only permanent location)<br/>[[Lake Kilsie]] West<br/>[[Lanayru Road - East Gate]]<br/>[[Laparoh Mesa]]<br/>[[Lodrum Headland]]<br/>[[North Akkala Valley]]<br/>[[Oseira Plains]] (2×)<br/>[[Riola Spring]] West<br/>[[Tabantha Bridge Stable]] South<br/>'''''Tears of the Kingdom'''''<br/>[[Lanayru Heights]]<br/>[[Lanayru Wetlands]]<br/>[[Harfin Valley]]

| upgrade from = [[Lynel]]

| upgrade to = [[White-Maned Lynel]]

| weapon  = [[Breath of the Wild Two-Handed Weapons|Two-Handed Weapons]]<br/>[[Breath of the Wild Bows|Bows]]  

| related  = [[Lynel#Breath of the Wild|Lynel]]<br/>[[White-Maned Lynel]]<br/>[[Silver Lynel]]<br/>[[Golden Lynel]]

{{quote|These fearsome monsters have lived in Hyrule since ancient times. Compared to the Standard Lynel, those with blue manes are much tougher and are equipped with much stronger weapons. Facing off a Lynel is ill-advised, but if you must, be sure you're well prepared.|''Breath of the Wild'' in-game description}}

The '''Blue-Maned Lynel''' are found in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'', ''[[Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity|Age of Calamity]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom|Tears of the Kingdom]]''.

One can always be found in the [[First Gatehouse]] in [[Hyrule Castle (Breath of the Wild)|Hyrule Castle]].

Blue-Maned Lynels have 3000 HP. There are seven of these Lynels in the base game.

This Lynel can shoot fireballs from its mouth. These may look pretty menacing but they are actually very easy to dodge; in fact you can just run (no need to sprint) to the left or right and you won't get hit. The actual problem with these fireballs is that they light the grass on fire for a while and the fire might get in the way. On the bright side you can also use this fire to your advantage since you can ride the updraft and either use the slow motion to shoot the Lynel in the face, or you can just land on its back for a free attack. Attempting to shoot a Lynel from a distance is usually a very poor idea, it will shoot elemental arrows at you, including [[Shock Arrow]]s, which afflict critical damage, and if more than one projectile hits at once, you might die outright on the spot.

These Lynels are marginally more common than the weaker Red-Maned variation, but they dwell in less accessible areas, so they're more rarely encountered. In perspective, White-Maned Lynels are more easily encountered.

As Link encounters and battles more Lynels, just like the White-Maned Lynels, the Blue-Maned variation eventually start spawning as [[Silver Lynel]]s except for the Blue-Maned Lynel at Hyrule Castle.

 

A spear-wielding Blue-Maned Lynel is the boss of the snow section of the [[Trial of the Sword#Final Trial|Final Trial of the Trial of the Sword]], making it the penultimate boss of the Trial of the Sword as a whole. In [[Master Mode]], this Lynel is in turn a [[White-Maned Lynel]].

 

* '''Note:''' The Blue-Maned Lynel in the [[First Gatehouse]] at [[Hyrule Castle (Breath of the Wild)|Hyrule Castle]], which does not upgrade with [[World Level]] and carries a [[Mighty Lynel Sword]], [[Mighty Lynel Shield]] and [[Mighty Lynel Bow]], will not ordinarily drop its weapons on defeat. To make it do so, the player must save the game within the First Gatehouse ''and'' reload from this save ''before'' killing the Lynel. The player can then kill the Lynel and it will drop the weapons in line with Lynels elsewhere in the game.

!colspan="6"|Recoverable Materials

|colspan="2"|[[File:Lynel_Horn.png|30px]][[Lynel Horn]]

|colspan="2"|[[File:Lynel_Hoof.png|30px]][[Lynel Hoof]]

|colspan="2"|[[File:Lynel_Guts.png|30px]][[Lynel Guts]]

|colspan="2"|[[File:Mighty-lynel-sword.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Sword]] '''or'''<br>[[File:Flameblade.png|30px]][[Flameblade]]<br><center><big><big><big>+</big></big></big></center><br>[[File:Mighty-lynel-shield.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Shield]]<br><center><big><big><big>+</big></big></big></center><br>[[File:Mighty-lynel-bow.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Bow]]

|colspan="2"|[[File:Mighty-lynel-spear.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Spear]]<br><center><big><big><big>+</big></big></big></center><br>[[File:Mighty-lynel-bow.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Bow]]

|colspan="2"|[[File:Mighty-lynel-crusher.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Crusher]]<br><center><big><big><big>+</big></big></big></center><br>[[File:Mighty-lynel-bow.png|30px]][[Mighty Lynel Bow]]

Blue-Maned Lynels reappear from ''Breath of the Wild'' and remain present for the entire game, with adjusted enemy balancing allowing for each of every type of Lynel to share overworld space with each other at the same time. Blue-Maned Lynels will always be found on [[Lanayru Heights]], [[Lanayru Wetlands]] and [[Harfin Valley]]. A Blue-Maned Lynel is also the second opponent fought in the [[Floating Coliseum]], alongside a Red and White-Maned Lynel and two Silver Lynels. They carry over many of their characteristics from ''Breath of the Wild'' with the most notable differences being that they now drop [[Blue-Maned Lynel Saber Horn]]s and [[Blue-Maned Lynel Mace Horn]]s upon defeat. [[Blue-Maned Lynel Saber Horn]]s and [[Blue-Maned Lynel Mace Horn]]s have a fuse power of 33 and 29 respectively, ranking them at equal power with [[Silver Moblin Horn]]s and [[Stalnox Horn]]s, and is effective respectively for slash and hammer-type attacks. [[Lynel Hoof]]s will also be dropped with a chance for [[Lynel Gut]]s to also drop, along with a variety of medium level unfused basic weapons, and [[Mighty Lynel Bow]]s and [[Mighty Lynel Shield]]s.