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Stalfos are enemies that come in multiple variations and colors within A Link to the Past. They all share the same boney characteristics as other Stalfos from other Legend of Zelda titles.

Blue Stalfos

Blue Stalfos first appear within the Eastern Palace. They are the most fundamental of the Stalfos family and provide very little harm to Link. Blue Stalfos often times appear in bunches, but even then they are quite harmless to Link as they will only do a 1/2 heart of damage if they come into contact with Link.

They quickly move around the ground, wandering back and forth in no particular order. If Link draws near and swipes at them with his sword, the Stalfos will jump back to avoid the attack. In order to harm them, Link must attack from up close, so the attack hits before the Stalfos can jump away. Alternatively, Link can corner a stalfos by backing it into a wall before slashing at it.

It will take two strikes with Link's Fighter's Sword to defeat this creature. Alternatively, Link can toss his Boomerang at a Stalfos and can defeat it with four strikes. If Link sprinkles Magic Powder on a Blue Stalfos, it will transform into a Slime enemy.

Yellow Stalfos

Yellow Stalfos are the second type of Stalfos that Link encounters on his adventure. While listed as yellow, this variation itself comes in two slightly different colors. Link will first encounter a more dull-tannish colored Stalfos in the Eastern Palace. However, Link will encounter the exact same enemies while in the Dark Palace, only these Stalfos will take a more definitive yellow colored look. However, the two act completely identical to one another.

Link will first encounter a Yellow Stalfos while venturing through the Eastern Palace. After acquiring the Big Key, Link will be able to open the dungeon Treasure Chest that contains the Bow. As as soon as he collects this item, four Yellow Stalfos will fall from the ceiling, landing near the big treasure chest.

These skeleton enemies attack by lifting their skull and tossing it towards Link. The skulls will then spin around Link for a few moments before then floating off the screen. Link can strike a Yellow Stalfos before it tosses its head and it will take four slashes with the Fighter's Sword to defeat the enemy. However, if Link just attacks it once, the yellow stalfos will crumble to the ground and will eventually stand up and float away without harming Link.

Once these Stalfos toss their heads at Link, the skulls are not vulnerable to Links attacks. Hitting them will just slightly deflect them away. Link should just avoid the floating skulls until they float off the screen.

Red Stalfos

Red Stalfos first appear within the Tower of Hera, found alongside their Blue stalfos counterparts. Red Stalos move around the room just as Blue Stalfos and will jump away when Link tries to harm him with his sword. After the Red Stalfos jumps away, it will toss a bone in Link's direction that can harm Link. Despite this additional attack, the tossed bone does very little damage to Link. Link will need to sustain two hits from the tossed bone, just to lose a 1/2 heart of damage.

Despite its color difference, the Red Stalfos still takes just two hits from Link's Fighter's Sword to defeat. Likewise, the Red Stalfos does the same amount of damage when it comes into contact with Link.