Wizzrobe

Wizzrobe
First appearance	The Legend of Zelda
Latest appearance	Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda
Notable member(s) Carock Wizzroboe
Variant(s) Wizard
Comparable Agahnim Goronu Magician Mago Wizzrobe (Phantom Hourglass) Zant's Mask

Wizzrobes are cloaked sorcerors who appear in various games. They are generally quite powerful, and are often divided between fire- and ice- using varieties.

History

The Legend of Zelda series

The Legend of Zelda

In The Legend of Zelda, Wizzrobes first appear in the 6th labyrinth, Dragon. They appear in orange and blue varieties, with blue being stronger. Unlike most recolored enemies in the game, their behaviors are vastly different. The orange ones warp around the room, initially blinking and showing the direction they're facing, before becoming tangible and firing a powerful magic blast, after which they will disappear again, warping somewhere else. The projectiles can only be blocked by Link's Magical Shield, and the Wizzrobe can only be attacked in the brief moment it is tangible. The blue Wizzrobes, on the other hand, constantly move quickly forwards, firing upon Link if facing him. If Link manages to corner one or it runs into a block, it will quickly and visibly warp to another part of the room. Neither Wizzrobe has a "down"-facing sprite, instead using one of their side-facing sprites for this. In BS Zelda no Densetsu, however, they do have a down-facing sprite.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Main article: Carock

A specific Wizzrobe named Carock is a boss in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link at the Maze Island Palace. Similar Wizards also appear as enemies in the game, but are wholly-immune to Link's sword and wear white robes that cover their faces. Carock is also immune to the sword, and requires the Reflect magic to be used to be defeated.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Wizzrobes wear green robes and brown hats. They first appear in Misery Mire, where they act basically like the orange ones in the first game. Later, Ganon's Tower has an indigo-robed variety with a skull over its face, though beyond a strength increase they act no different.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Wizzrobes are first found in Eagle's Tower. They are now mostly immune to the sword, with it only pushing them. Similar to the orange ones in the original, they blink into existence. However, while they are doing so, they appear as an empty hat on the floor, thus allowing them to change direction before they appear. They also do not warp, simply blinking in and out of the same spot. In Link's Awakening DX, their hats are green and their clothes are tan.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Wizzrobes are spelled Wizrobes, though this is fixed in Majora's Mask 3D. Their design is vastly different, appearing as lanky teal baboon-like creatures. Notably, their faces are fully-visible, and their robes only cover their torsos. This game introduces the concept of having Wizzrobes be divided between ice and fire types, though they are visually identical here. Aside from using their elemental magic, Wizrobes warp between several lit tiles on the floor. After enough damage is taken, it will summon several ghost images of it to run between the tiles it is not on to distract Link while it prepares a spell. However, the real one is the only one to appear on the map, and the only one Tatl goes to.

An ice-using Wizrobe first appears as the main mid-boss of the Snowhead Temple, guarding the Fire Arrows. Later, another one appears higher up in the temple. The last time one appears is in the Secret Shrine in Ikana Canyon, alongside the other arrow-guarding mid-bosses. A fire-based Wizrobe first appears in Ikana Castle, and later appears occasionally in Stone Tower Temple. Notably, the last one seems to be treated as a generic enemy, as it lacks the miniboss music. It is fought in the flipped version of a room with a lava ceiling, so lava rock falls occasionally as an additional obstacle.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages

In The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, Wizzrobes are again late-game enemies, and are now found in three colors. The red-hatted and blue-hatted ones act like the orange and blue ones from the first game, respectively, and the green-hatted ones act like the ones from Link's Awakening.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Wizzrobes are tall, green-clothed, and have long, white beards. They act like the orange ones from the first game, but much slower and less powerful, with them needing to visibly charge up their spells. This game also features the red, flame-hatted Fire Wizzrobe and the blue, ice crystal-hatted Ice Wizzrobe. Fire Wizzrobe spells cause a Link to run around uncontrollably while on fire, and Ice Wizzrobe spells freeze him in place.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Wizzrobes primarily come in red and yellow. Wizzrobes in this game have large toucan-like masks, and are first encountered in the Tower of the Gods. Red Wizzrobes' magic creates fireballs, while yellow Wizzrobes are capable of summoning weak enemies. When Wizzrobes warp, they made a distinctive noise, which sounds twice. The Wind Temple features a larger orange one with a golden headdress, who is fought as a miniboss. This one's magic is powerful enough it can summon a much wider variety of enemies, including whole clouds of Keese and even weaker Wizzrobes.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Wizzrobes wear tan robes and brown hats. They also have red hands.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Wizzrobes have their variants and sprites from Four Swords. Wizzrobes of all types prominently appear in the Palace of Winds, and some later appear in Dark Hyrule Castle.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, normal Wizzrobes do not appear, with instead only Ice Wizzrobes and Fire Wizzrobes being present, having blue and red hats respectively over white robes. Ice Wizzrobes prominently appear in Ice Ruins, and Fire Wizzrobes in Turtle Rock.

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

In The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, only Ice Wizzrobes appear, specifically in the Ice Cavern. They warp between various locations, occasionally twirling to gain more height, thus necessitating a totem position to reach them, before blasting out freezing ice magic. They are often found around flimsy ice platforms over bottomless pits, but are generally only found around other Ice Wizzrobes. They also appear in the Den of Trials.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Wizzrobes appear occasionally across the overworld. They typically skip through the air, with every "step" making a dripping sound. Their faces are visible, being toothy and imp-like, and they constantly giggle while fighting Link. They are divided between three elemental varieties, with the red-hooded Fire Wizzrobes, the blue-hooded Ice Wizzrobes, and the yellow-hooded Electric Wizzrobes'. Each type has a stronger variant with a slightly different mantle color, being the Meteo Wizzrobes, the Blizzrobes, and the Thunder Wizzrobes. They drop no recoverable materials, though their magic rods can be used to fire elemental projectiles. They are also quite flimsy as blunt weapons, and as such will break easily if hit directly against enough things. The rod types are the Fire Rod, Ice Rod, Lightning Rod, Meteor Rod, Blizzard Rod, and Thunder Rod. Generally, the rod corresponds to the Wizzrobe's own specific variety, though sometimes a Wizzrobe may wield a rod of the stronger or weaker version of its element, such as a Fire Wizzrobe wielding a Meteor Rod or Meteo Wizzrobe wielding a Fire Rod. A particular area filled with enormous hollow stumps has one type of Wizzrobe in most of the stumps, but otherwise they are generally not found near ones of other types.

CD-i games

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

In Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, a Wizzrobe captures Lady Alma and holds her hostage at the tower on Shutoy Lake. After Lady Alma states she is not afraid of him, he magically buries her in stone. Upon reaching him, he begins casting disintegration spells at Zelda. He cannot be defeated by direct attacks, but is instead defeated through her Reflecting Shield, causing his own spell to disintegrate him instead.

Link: The Faces of Evil has a boss that looks quite similar, Goronu.

Zelda's Adventure

In Zelda's Adventure, Wizzrobes are initially found in the Shrine of Illusion. They walk around, occasionally casing a spell forwards. In one room, they stay on small platforms while Zelda has to walk along a winding, narrow path with a slippery floor between them.

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring the Legend of Zelda

In Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring the Legend of Zelda, Wizzrobes appear with much of their varieties from before. In fitting with the game's rhythm gameplay, there is a music-themed one called the Sonic Wizzrobe'. There is also a Wizzrobe boss known as Wizzroboe, who plays the oboe.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウィズローブ Wizurōbu	Wizzrobe