Lynel

Lynels are a semi-common and recurring enemy in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and other The Legend of Zelda games. They appear in five variants and are one of the harder enemies around Hyrule.

In-game
Lynels appear in five variants that increase in health, speed, and strength. The standard, most common Lynel is red, and it's the weakest one in the game, as no Stal- version of this enemy exists.

Blue-Maned Lynel
The Blue-Maned Lynel is slightly stronger than the red one, but not the strongest in the game.

White-Maned Lynel
This Lynel is stronger and faster than the Blue-Maned and standard variants, and although still not the strongest in the game, still a very difficult variant.

Silver Lynel
These are by far the strongest in BotW, and the hardest to defeat. They are the most aggressive, with the most health, speed, and strength.

Golden Lynel
This variant of Lynel only appears in the DLC, and although it has slightly more health than the Silver variant, it behaves the same and has the same strength/speed/aggression.

Lynels are a very difficult enemy. They have many attacks, including trampling, body slamming, and shooting fireballs. Shooting an arrow at a Lynel's head is effective, and Link can sneak up on a Lynel and mount it, or use the Paraglider to do so, and attack the Lynel with a weapon. When Link runs out of Stamina, he will fall off. Once defeated, a Lynel drops its weapon, Horn, Hooves, and Guts. Silver and Golden Lynels sometimes drop gems and Star Fragments.

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