Blue-Maned Lynel

Blue-Maned Lynel

Games	Breath of the Wild
Location	Akkala Wilds Coliseum Ruins West Elma Knolls First Gatehouse (Only permanent location) Lake Kilsie West Lanayru Road - East Gate Laparoh Mesa Lodrum Headland North Akkala Valley Oseira Plains (2x) Riola Spring West Tabantha Bridge Stable South
Threat
Effective Weapons	Two-Handed Weapons Bows
Related	Lynel White-Maned Lynel Silver Lynel Golden Lynel

"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."

— In-Game Description

The Blue-Maned Lynel are found in Breath of the Wild. One can always be found in the First Gatehouse in Hyrule Castle.

Strategy

Main article: Lynel Weapon-Related Attack/Movement Patterns

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 Arrows, which afflict critical damage, and if more than one projectile hits at once, you might die outright on the spot.

All Lynels are impervious to elemental damage, but will usually stop at their tracks if there's fire on their path.

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 Lynels except for the Blue-Maned Lynel at Hyrule Castle.

Drops

• Note: The Blue-Maned Lynel in the First Gatehouse at 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.

Recoverable Materials
Lynel Horn		Lynel Hoof		Lynel Guts

Carried Weapons
Mighty Lynel Sword or Flameblade + Mighty Lynel Shield + Mighty Lynel Bow		Mighty Lynel Spear + Mighty Lynel Bow		Mighty Lynel Crusher + Mighty Lynel Bow		Fire Arrows, or Shock Arrows, or Ice Arrows

Trivia

• A spear-wielding Blue-Maned Lynel is the boss of the snow section of the Final Trial of the Trial of the Sword, this being the penultimate section of said trial (Floor 17), and second-to-last section of the Trial of the Sword as a whole. In Master Mode, this Lynel is in turn a White-Maned Lynel.