Shadow Beast
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Location | Throughout Hyrule and the Palace of Twilight | |
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The Shadow Beast is an enemy encountered in Twilight Princess. They are Twili who became twisted into mosters by Zant, and now fight for him. They typically come in groups of three or five, and must all be killed at once, or else the remaining Shadow Beast will let out a screech, reviving the ones that Link have already eliminated. Due to this, Link must use the spin attack or, in his wolf form, use Midna's charge attack to take them all out at once.
When entering Hyrule, Shadow Beasts typically fall from a red portal in the sky. They then form a force field around the battleground, preventing Link from escaping. Any Shadow Beasts around Link will then attack him. After Link defeats them, the force field will disappear, the Shadow Beasts will break into pieces which form a new green warp portal that Link can use, along with Recovery Heart usually appearing.
In the Palace of Twilight, Shadow Beasts often do not appear in groups, or set barriers. Instead, they will usually swarm Link separately, and will not revive each other.
Trivia
- There seem to be two different kinds of face masks for Shadow Beasts. It is possible that the elaboration of the masks denotes different ranks of enemies.
Gallery
Wolf Link fighting a Shadow Beast in Twilight Princess
A Shadow Beast as it appears in Twilight Princess
