Hinox

Hinoxes are large Oni-like cyclopses. Typically, they specialize in using bombs, but are often weak to them as well.

History

The Legend of Zelda series

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Hinoxes are found throughout the Dark World, alongside enemies like Moblins, Taros, and Snap Dragons. Due to one appearing right in front of the Pyramid of Power, they can be one of the first Dark World enemies Link meets. They throw green bombs at Link when they see him. Link can use his own bombs to deal large amounts of damage to them. Otherwise, they are extremely durable.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Hinoxes are larger and found as mid-bosses in various dungeons, first appearing in Bottle Grotto. While they still throw bombs, they now more commonly will charge at Link, pick him up, and throw him. Additionally, they ar still weak to bombs, but take a bit more hits to defeat than before regardless. In DX, they appear in varying colors depending on location. The one in Bottle Grotto is orange, the one in Eagle's Tower is red, and the one in Turtle Rock is blue. The one in Turtle Rock can respawn, much like the other degraded mid-bosses found throughout the dungeon. Additionally in DX, the Color Dungeon features a boss called Stone Hinox in English.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

They are found in Death Mountain Foothills and now throw rocks. However, they are still weak to bombs.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Hinoxes appear on a few islands, and often appear in great numbers. They are now dark blue and their eye takes up their entire face. The game's PRIMA guide calls them Eye Brutes. Instead of bombs, they are weak to arrows shot into their eyes. However, they do throw bombs.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

They appear as they do in A Link to the Past. However, they are no longer weak to bombs. Additionally, there are blue-garbed ones in Lorule's Death Mountain that throw snowballs. A passive one can be found behind a waterfall. If Link visits him, he will be scared of Link, and bribe him to leave with Rupees. Taking advantage of this too much will cause him to become hostile, however.

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

Hinoxes appear as uncommon enemies and mid-bosses, sometimes in groups. Dark-colored ones also appear. Additionally, a trio known as the Hinox Brothers appear as occasional bosses as well.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Hinoxes are revised in this game in both appearance and behavior. They are now enormous, fat, hunchbacked, and have a vertically-opening eye on a face otherwise resembling a Bokoblin's. They come in three colors, being red, blue, and black, each one getting progressively stronger. A mission involving three Hinox brothers implies that this may change with age. There is also a skeletal type known as a Stalnox. Hinoxes appear as mini-bosses across the overworld, and are always found fast asleep. They carry equipment and sometimes Shrine orbs on a necklace. If Link is sneaky enough, he can softly land on a Hinox's belly and take the items without waking it. Like other enemies in the game, established Hinox colors sometimes change the more enemies the player has defeated.

If awoken, Hinoxes will pursue Link and attack directly. Aside from just using their fists, they can uproot trees to use as weapons and use their own weight to create a shockwave. Similar to Bokoblins and Moblins, they can pull rocks out of the ground to throw at Link if he's too high up, with the rocks being substantially larger. Instead of rocks, Black Hinoxes pull up powder kegs, likely as a stand-in for bombs. Due to their large size, Link can hind under or inside structures such as short bridges and abandoned houses, and they will be unable to effectively attack him and may lose track of him entirely. In this game, their weakness is arrows being shot in their large eye; doing so will cause them to fall down and rub their eye for a bit, giving Link time to attack them without danger. Blue Hinoxes wear a wooden greave on one ankle that is weak to fire, while black ones have a metal one weak to electricity. When defeated, they will drop all the equipment on their necklaces, as well as food depending on their color. Red Hinoxes drop fruit, blue ones drop fish, and black ones drop roasted meat cuts.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒノックス Hinokkusu	Hinox