Ramrock

Ramrock is the boss in the Ancient Tomb dungeon in Oracle of Ages.

Ramrock was the final obstacle before Link and the Essences, the guardian of the Falling Star. As such, he was the strongest of the eight guardians, able to change his weak spot with the various forms he took but never able to rid himself of one.

For his first form, Ramrock moved left to right against the back of the room, launching his fists at Link repeatedly. By aiming well, Link was able to strike the fists back at Ramrock with his sword, injuring Ramrock instead.

Ramrock would not be defeated so easily, however. To the surprise of Link, Ramrock then proceeded to morph his hands from fists into what looked like spiked gauntlets. Taking care to step clear of his new hands, Link tried throwing bombs between the hands as Ramrock smashed them together, the resulting explosions injuring Ramrock.

The toll of battle slowly coming across, Ramrock changed his hands, this time into shields that doubled as offensive weapons, firing energy balls and lasers and returning to moving against the back wall. Not wasting any time, Link proceeded to attack with the Seed Shooter, the seed bouncing off the wall and hitting Ramrock from behind, rendering his shield pointless.

In a last ditch effort, Ramrock transformed his hands one last time, this time into balls and chains. Launching his new hands at Link, Link was able to use the Power Glove to pull the unlaunched hand back and fire it back at him, causing him damage. Finally succumbing to his injuries, Ramrock fell, allowing Link access to the Falling Star.