Goht

Masked Mechanical Monster: Goht (仮面機械獣ゴート, Masked Machine Beast: Gōto) is the second boss in Majora's Mask, located in the Snowhead Temple. He is a giant mechanical bull who is, at the beginning of the boss battle, frozen in a giant block of ice. It is his influence and curse that is causing the abnormally cold winter at Snowhead, which in turn threatens the lives of the native Gorons living there. Goht must be defeated in order for Spring to come and life to be restored at Snowhead.

Strategy
Link faces Goht in a ring-shaped stage. To fight him, Link must shoot one of his Fire Arrows at him. The monster thaws, comes to life, explodes out of his restraints, and starts charging around the stadium-like room in an attempt to trample Link. The young hero puts on the Goron Mask and starts to roll around the stadium in order to hit Goht with Goron Link's spikes. Conveniently enough, there are Magic Jars around the room so if Link needs more magic, he simply rolls through a jar to get some. Link may also knock Goht down if he jumps on him after going through one ramp, but the boss eventually regains his composure and gets up, and when he does, Link starts rolling again. When rolling around in Goron form, Link must be careful as Goht begins to kick up rocks at him. Every time Link knocks him down, Goht will shoot a somewhat difficult-to-dodge ball of electricity that homes in on his small opponent. After the young hero scores ten hits, stalactites will fall from the ceiling. When he is about to die (20 hits received), Goht proceeds to throw some bombs at Link as he keeps running. The Hylian savior must watch out for a lightning blast that Goht throws at him if he gets too far from him; Link should try to avoid it at all costs. It's predicted how much Goht is being damaged when Link sees black smoke beginning to pour out of him while he is running. When Goht receives 30 hits from Goron Link, he's defeated and is seen crashing headlong into a wall, causing a huge amount of rocks to fall on top of him. This allows Link to claim a Heart Container and what is left of Goht, Goht's Remains.

Though challenging, Link can also defeat Goht with arrows. He must run forward after the battle starts to a specific spot where Goht stands and fires lightning at you idly. This strategy isn't often used, though, since he can hit the young hero with lightning. It is also possible to fire arrows at him as he charges by the entrance to the arena, but this requires good reflexes and is quite tedious.

It is possible to change into Goron form immediately after shooting a fire arrow to unfreeze Goht. The player must simply press the button to which the Goron Mask is equipped quickly after firing. The cutscene then plays out with Link as a Goron, and he even makes the correct sound for the Goron form. This can also be done with Fierce Deity, Deku, and Zora forms. It is mostly useless, but it can allow the player to shave off an extra second that would have been spent transforming, a fact that may be useful in glitch-free speed runs.

Trivia

 * "Goht" is a homophone with "goat". Goht's appearance is similar to that of a goat.