This page lists all enemies found in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Remake) for the Nintendo Switch. Click on an enemy's image or name to learn more information about them!

Overworld Enemies

Overworld enemies are found all throughout Koholint Island, but not inside of dungeons or caves. You will mostly encounter them in between dungeons. Enemies found only in Kanelet Castle also fit into this category.

Sea Urchin	Buzzblob	Cukeman	Sand Crab
Moblin (Sword & Shield)	Moblin (Spear)	Leever	Octorok
Giant Goponga Flower	Goponga Flower	Pirahna	Like Like
Boarbin (Spear)	Winged Octorok	Ghini	Zombie
Blue Tektite	Crow	Darknut (Spear)	Darknut (Sword and Shield)
Beetle	Zirro	Pincer	Lanmola
Pokey	Boarbin (Sword and Shield)	Ball and Chain Soldier	Mad Bomber
Dacto	Armos	Zora	Spiny Beetle
Giant Ghini

List of Overworld Enemies

Dungeon Enemies

Dungeon enemies are found in dungeons, as well as caves and underground passages. You will not encounter them while walking around Koholint Island. Typically, they can be defeated much more easily after obtaining the dungeon's weapon.

Green Zol	Mini Red Zol	Red Zol	Keese
Yellow Stalfos	Stalfos	Hardhat Beetle	Goomba
Spiked Beetle	Shrouded Stalfos (Spear)	Boo	Vacuum Mouth
Mask Mimic	Shrouded Stalfos (Sword and Shield)	Bombite Green	Mini-Moldorm
Pairodd	Bombite Red	Pols Voice	Peahat
Water Tektite	Arm-Mimic	Piranha Plant	Red Stalfos
Angler Fry	Cheep Cheep	Helmasaur	Star
Kirby	Gibdo	Wizzrobe	Blooper
Flying Bone Putter	Camo Goblin	Orb Monster	Vire
Rope	Flying Tile	Three-of-a-Kind

List of Dungeon and Underworld Enemies

Traps

Traps are enemies that typically cannot be defeated with your sword or normal items alone, although they sometimes do have a weakness found much later in the game. They have various moving patterns, and in most cases, you are better off just running away to avoid getting damaged by them.

Spark	Bubble	Giant Bubble	Beamos
Blade Trap	Mega Thwomp	Rolling Spike Trap	Podoboo
Spiked Thwomp	Thwomp	Flame Fountain

List of Traps

Mini-Bosses

Mini-Bosses are found in dungeons, as well as in mini-dungeons completed between dungeons. They do not respawn after defeating them. Inside a dungeon, defeating a Mini-Boss will usually create a warp point to the start of a dungeon, and sometimes leave a fairy behind.

Spike Roller	King Moblin	Yellow Hinox	Dodongo Snakes
Giant Buzz Blob	Stone Hinox	Hydrosaur	Master Strafos
Gohma	Armos Knight	Rover	Red Hinox
Grim Creeper	Turtle Rock	Blue Hinox	Blaino

List of Mini-Bosses

Nightmares

Nightmares are the bosses of Link's Awakening. They are always found at the very end of a dungeon, and must be defeated in order to progress through the game (with the exception of Hardhit Beetle, who is in an optional dungeon). Defeating the first 8 Nightmares will earn you both a Heart Container and one of the Instruments of the Sirens needed to wake the Wind Fish.

Moldorm	Genie	Slime Eye	Hardhit Beetle
Angler Fish	Slime Eel	Facade	Evil Eagle
Hot Head	Dethl

List of Nightmares (Bosses)

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