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Devalant

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This article is about the antlion-like species from A Link to the Past. For the centipede-like species from the same game also sometimes called "Sand Worm", see Lanmola. For the creature called "Sandworm" in Phantom Hourglass, see Moldorm (The Legend of Zelda).
Devalant
FSA Devalant.png
A Sand Worm sprite for The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
First appearance The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
Latest appearance The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)

Devalants, formerly known as Sand Worms,[1] are giant sand-dwelling insects resembling larval antlions. As with antlions, they hide at the bottom of pit traps that pull inwards towards themselves.

History[edit]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Past[edit]

ALttP Sand Worm indigo.png
Devalant ALttP sprite.png

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Past, Sand Worms appear in the Desert Palace and come in indigo and red. When Link approaches one's hiding spot, the sinkhole begins forming and it sticks its head out, gnashing its pincers, eventually borrowing back under and covering its trap. Red ones additionally shoot three fireballs towards Link.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures[edit]

In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Sand Worms appear in the Desert of Doubt and only come in red. Their sinkholes are now constantly visible and highly variable in size, with the Sand Worm alternating between sticking its head out, pinching its jaws, shooting a single fireball, and hiding again.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds[edit]

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Devalants again appear Desert Palace and again only appear in red. The first one encountered does not shoot, but all following ones do using their attack pattern from A Link to the Past. The Sand Rod can be used to upend them from the sand, exposing their full bodies and rendering them helpless until they burrow back under.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese デビランド
Debirando
モルドアーム
Morudoāmu
Deviland, from "Devil" and either "ant" or "hand"

Moldorm (Four Swords+, mistake)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stratton, Bryan, and Stephen Stratton. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords Prima's Official Strategy Guide.