Editing Gohma

|variants=[[Baby Gohma]]<br>[[Gohma Egg]]<br>[[Gohma Larva]]

|relatives=[[Rocktite]]<br>[[Tektite]]

|notable=[[Armogohma]]<br>[[Gohmaracas]]<br>[[Marbled Gohma]]

Gohmas first appear in ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', appearing in both orange and blue. As such, they are the only boss in the game to have multiple color variations. Both types scuttle left and right across the room, occasionally opening their closed eye and firing projectiles. The orange ones can be defeated by hitting their eye with a single arrow while it is open. The blue version, however, takes three. An orange Gohma is the boss of the sixth labyrinth in the first quest, [[Dragon (Labyrinth)|Dragon]]. Later, a blue one appears as a minor encounter in the eighth labyrinth, [[Lion]]. In the [[Second Quest]], blue Gohmas have minor encounters in [[Level-5 (Second Quest)|Level-5]] and [[Level-7 (Second Quest)|Level-7]] and appear as the boss of [[Level-6 (Second Quest)|Level-6]].

A Gohma is the boss of the [[Dancing Dragon Dungeon]]. It has a large fiddler crab-like claw with which to grab Link. If it does so, it will slam him to the ground to damage him. The claw itself can be attacked, however, and eventually destroyed. After this is done, it will start acting like most previous Gohmas in 2D games, but instead of shooting fireballs, it is able to summon parasitic [[Gohma Larva]]e. Additionally, it can move unrestricted in any direction, though being a crab it moves fastest sideways. Usually, it simply moves forwards and backwards, moving sideways if Link is far enough away. Like in ''Ocarina of Time'', the weapon effective against its eye is a [[Slingshot]].

A lava-based Gohma appears in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'', looking very little like previous versions. Instead, it is more centipede-like in body structure, resembling the [[Magtail]]s found in the vicinity. It is placed in [[Dragon Roost Cavern]] under where [[Valoo]] rests by Ganondorf, and it angers Valoo by hurting his tail. Once Link encounters it, it attempts to us its pincers and fiery breath to attack him, with the former sometimes getting stuck in the floor. If he attempts to attack its eye, it blocks with its lid. He must use the [[Grappling Hook]] on Valoo's dangling tail to cause the ceiling of the volcano to cave in on Gohma, which visibly damages its armor. After this process is done three times, Gohma's armor disintegrates, showing its black, spindly body. At this point, its eye can be attacked, and using the Grappling Hook on it will pull it to Link. Several sword strikes will defeat it, with its body falling apart. Its head lands near Link and explodes, revealing a [[Heart Container]], the lava in the room cools and hardens (similar to the [[King Dodongo]] fight), and Valoo's temper returns to normal. It is later found in a monochrome repeat of the encounter in [[Ganon's Castle]].

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]'', Gohmas appear in multiple sizes, with the larger ones using stretched versions of the smaller type's sprites. Small Gohmas debut in [[the Field]] and cannot shoot fireballs, never close their eyes, can face all four cardinal directions, and tend to wander around randomly, stopping every few moments. Two arrows can defeat them, and aside from arrows, certain thrown objects can damage them. Defeating all of them in this location grants access to a path to [[the Swamp]].

 

A large one first appears as a mid-boss in the [[Lost Woods]], coming right after two smaller ones. The large ones use Gohmas' original attack pattern, taking three arrows to defeat. They alternate opening and closing their eyes between shooting five consecutive projectiles. After the second hit, they begin shooting three at a time, but still take five shots. One accompanied by [[torch]]es is later fought as a generic enemy in the [[Desert Palace|Desert Temple]], and a group of three are fought as generic enemies in the [[Palace of Winds]].

 

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', a stone-plated Gohma called [[Armogohma]] appears as a boss, with [[Gohma Larva|Young Gohma]]s and [[Baby Gohma]]s appearing as enemies. In this appearance, the crab-like traits are removed in favor of making them tarantula-like.

Gohma<ref>''Link: The Faces of Evil'' back cover of box</ref> can be found as enemies in ''[[Link: The Faces of Evil]]'', initially appearing early in the game in [[Crater Cove]]. They spawn from thin air and sidestep to Link, attacking him with their claws when they get close enough. They can be defeated with several slashes to the eye or a single bomb. Additionally, one is fished up by a fisherman in the same area. When Link arrives, he correctly identifies the crab as a Gohma, and the fisherman rewards him with a sword that can shoot [[sword beam|power blast]]s. A noticeable inconsistency is that the Gohma in the cutscene has two realistic crab eyes, while it appears with the single prominent one in the sprite.

TLoZ Gohma art.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' art

Queen Gohma OoT artwork.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' artwork