Moldarach

Moldarach

Title	Thousand-Year Arachnid
Games	Skyward Sword
Dungeons	Lanayru Mining Facility Shipyard
Rewards	Heart Container Access to the Temple of Time
Threat
Attacks	Contact Claw Tail Ram
Effective Weapons	Gust Bellows Sword

Moldarach, Thousand-Year Arachnid is the Boss of the Lanayru Mining Facility, the third Dungeon in Skyward Sword. It also appears inside the large room of the Shipyard. As its title suggests, a Moldarach may be able to live for millennia under the sand.

Moldarach makes a second appearance as the boss of the Shipyard, where the battle is fought in the same manner. It is the only non-story boss to make a second appearance.

Boss Strategy

		Target lock: Moldarach An Aracha that has survived its very lengthy larval stage is known as a "Thousand-Year Arachnid," which is precisely what you see before you. Over 90% of its body is shielded by a tough, chitinous armor that can deflect even the sharpest blade. Tell me more. :Understood.

First Phase

Attacking the eye on a claw

Caught by one of the claws

This scorpion will guard with its claws. When it opens up to prepare an attack, slash at the eyes in the direction that the claws are not guarding (if the claw opens vertically, slash horizontally). Eventually, one eye will turn red. This signifies that claw will lunge and attempt to grab Link. If it does, break free by shaking the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Once a claw has been hit enough times it will fall off. Do the same to the other claw.

Second Phase

Avoiding Moldarach's attack

Stabbing Moldarach in the eye

Once the claws are gone, it will change its attack strategy and bury itself under the sand. Locate the moving pile of sand, and take out the Gust Bellows to try to uncover the creature beneath it. When enough of Moldarach is showing, it will jump out and resume fighting Link above ground.

Now Moldarach will jab with its stinger or ram Link with its head. When Moldarach is preparing to charge, its eye will close. Be sure to get out of the way. If it does manage to successfully charge, a side-jump or backflip is enough to successfully dodge. When charging the jab attack, its eye will turn red, signifying the weakness. Stabbing its eye will hurt it, and cause it to bury under the sand again. Repeat this process until Moldarach is defeated.

Trivia

• In the information for the Aracha, Fi mentions that Aracha can have a lifespan of over 1,000 years, implying that Moldarach is an adult Aracha, possibly a forbearer of the masses of Aracha in the Lanayru Mining Facility.
• In the original E3 2010 demo of Skyward Sword, Moldarach appeared as an overworld Boss in Faron Woods.

Gallery

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  Moldarach at the beginning of a battle