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{{Boss
{{Infobox Boss
|name = Armogohma
|image=  
|image = [[File:ArmoGhoma.png|350px]]
{{Media
|type =  
|Model TP= File:TP Armogohma Model.png
|title = Twilit Arachnid
|Model TPHD= File:TPHD Armogohma Model.png
|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''
|Render TP= File:TP Armogohma Render.png
|dungeon = [[Temple of Time]]
|weakness = [[Arrow]]s<br>[[Dominion Rod]]
|reward = [[Heart Container]], [[Mirror of Twilight#Mirror Shard|Mirror Shard]]
|strategy = The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess/Temple_of_Time#Twilit_Arachnid:_Armogohma
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{{Image
|caption=
|type=caption
|type=  
|image=Armogohma Eye (Back).png
|race= {{Term|Series|Gohma|link}}
|size=120px
|title=  
|position=right
{{Infobox Game Blocks
|caption=The back of the Armogohma "eye" creature.
|TP= Twilit Arachnid<ref>{{Cite|Twilit Arachnid<br/>{{Big|ARMOGOHMA}}|Game Screen|TPHD}}</ref>
|captionalign=center
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'''''Twilit Arachnid:'' Armogohma''' is the [[boss]] of the [[Temple of Time]], ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess's]]'' sixth dungeon. Armogohma is also slightly similar to its ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' counterpart [[Gohma|Queen Gohma]] at first. In this version, Gohma gives the appearance of a frighteningly huge hunter spider. Her name is a [[Wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "Armos" (as in [[Armos|Armos Statue]]), and Gohma. While her first form can be tricky, her second form is widely considered to be one of the easiest boss fights in the entire game.  
|game= TP
|other= Zelda HD Experience, TP (Himekawa)
|era= {{Term|Series|Era of Twilight|link}}
|dungeon=
{{Infobox Game Blocks
|TP= {{Term|TPHD|Temple of Time (Dungeon)|link}}
}}
|weakness=
{{Infobox Game Blocks
|TP= {{Plural|TPHD|Arrow|link}}, {{Term|TPHD|Dominion Rod|link}}
}}
|reward=
{{Infobox Game Blocks
|TP= {{Term|TPHD|Heart Container|link}}, {{Term|TPHD|Mirror Shard|link}}
}}
|strategy= {{StrategyWiki|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/Temple of Time#Twilit Arachnid: Armogohma|Armogohma}}
|theme=
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{{Term/Store|Armogohma||Series, TP, TPHD}} is a recurring {{Term|Series|Boss|link}} in {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 163 {{Exp Game|TP}}}}</ref> {{Term|Series|Armogohma}} goes unnamed in the ''[[Zelda HD Experience]]''.


==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
Armogohma appears to wear some kind of armor on her main body around her eye. This assumption gains strength after the first form of Armogohma is defeated, revealing the "eye" to be a small, independent creature. In addition, the outer shell has a stone-like texture, as well as numerous "engravings" all over it, similar to the other statues throughout the [[Temple of Time]]. It is quite possible that the armored outer shell is simply controlled by the eye, and is somehow related to the [[Armos]] or [[Beamos]], given the name of the creature and the similarity of the laser beam attack to the [[Beamos]]. This version of Gohma is hairy and has eight legs, heavily resembling a huntsman spider or tarantula.  
==={{TP|-}}===
====Physical Appearance====
The keeper of one of the {{Plural|TPHD|Mirror Shard|link|display=Shards}} of the {{Term|TPHD|Mirror of Twilight|link}}, Armogohma is a massive, armored arachnid. It has eight grey walking legs. These legs have three joints each and end in a white, pike-like barb. These legs have ornate, rectangular grooves in various places, and several white hairs, mainly near the joints. Armogohma also has two large, spiked pedipalps and two interior fangs near its head. The head has four lesser eyes arranged in a square and four tiny forceps underneath its red mouth. Atop the grey thorax of Armogohma is a circular cavity with a large eyeball inside. This red-yellow eyeball is similar in appearance and size to the eyeball of {{Term|TP|Morpheel|link}}. Armogohma protects its eyeball with an eyelid-like closing in the cavity. Armogohma also has a large, hairy abdomen with alternating light and dark grey stripes. At the very back of the abdomen, Armogohma has two small, red spinnerets.


==Strategy==
Armogohma's eyeball is the abdomen of a smaller spider, which is revealed at the end of its battle with Link. This spider has four brown walking legs, a spiked head with four red eyes, and two pedipalps. The abdomen has spider web-like appearance on its front side.
{{Image
 
|type=caption
====Mannerisms and Weaknesses====
|image=Armogohma Eye (Front).png
Armogohma is defensive in its battle with Link and has similar mannerisms as {{Term|OoT|Gohma|link}} from {{OoT}}. It spends most of the battle on the ceiling, and scrambles back to the ceiling whenever it is on the ground level. Armogohma protects its eyeball with its eyelid as it walks around. However, when it covers one of the skylights, its eyelid opens, and Armogohma surveys the room with its eyeball. On the ceiling, Armogohma produces eggs from an opening at the back of its abdomen. These eggs fall to the ground and hatch quickly into vicious {{Term|TP|Baby Gohma|link}}. Armogohma also produces a laser-like energy beam from its eyeball that follows Link and injures him if it makes contact.
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|position=left
Armogohma's body only takes significant damage when it is smashed by the stone fist of a {{Term|TP|Dominion Rod|link}}-activated statue. The eyeball of Armogohma is also weak point, though Link cannot deal any damage to it while it is attached to Armogohma's body. Armogohma shrieks after its eyeball is hit or struck with the fist of the stone statue. When the eyeball reverts to its spider form, it is even more defensive and skittish than Armogohma. It scurries away from Link and has no attacks. When hit, the eyeball-spider also shrieks.
|caption=The front of the Armogohma "eye" creature.
 
|captionalign=center
====Encounter====
{{Midna
|context1=  
|quote1= <p>That is one big spider...</p><p>And it's even got a big nasty eye on its back... If that thing cast its gaze on you, you'd be helpless...</p>
 
|context2= Once shot down with an Arrow
|quote2= <p>Your best shot is going to be after you've knocked it down!</p><p>If you don't hurry up and attack it, it'll crawl back up to the ceiling!</p>
 
|context3= Once struck with the Sword
|quote3= <p>That thing is so heavily armored, your sword just bounces right off...</p><p>It's not just big. It's HUGE! I don't know if any of your items could do much to it, {{Player Name}}...</p>
 
|context5= If Link moves a statue when Armogohma isn't there
|quote5= <p>It doesn't do much good to drop it in front of a statue if you don't move the statue once it's there!</p><p>You have to watch its movements while it's crawling around on the ceiling!</p>
 
|context6= Once struck with a statue via the Dominion Rod
|quote6= <p>What a handy little spider-crusher!</p><p>Go on! Just whack away!</p>
 
|context7= Second form
|quote7= <p>It sure is a persistent bug... Even if it is just its eye, it's still alive...</p><p>But now that its armored shell is gone, you should be able to finish it off with your blade!</p>
}}
}}
The creature's single eye can shoot a fiery laser and, to stun it, [[Link]] must shoot the eye with an arrow. To further damage her, Link must fire the [[Dominion Rod]] at one of the massive statues in the room; doing so allows Link to make the statue swing its fist onto Armogohma's carapace. Armogohma can also lay dozens of eggs, which hatch to reveal small spider-like enemies, known as [[Gohma Larva|Baby Gohma]]. After three hits by the statues, Armogohma's body implodes. Armogohma's eyeball reveals itself to be a small spider on its own, and tries to escape along with some of its spawn, after its large body is destroyed. It is killed after a single [[sword]] strike, three [[arrow]] shots, a single [[bomb]] arrow, or two [[Spinner]] attacks, and releases the third shard of the [[Mirror of Twilight]].


If one of the [[Dominion Rod]]-controlled statues is employed in smashing Armoghoma's eye, a brief and humorous sequence takes place in which the entire cluster of spiders is crushed instantly and Armoghoma's eye is smashed paper-thin. The battle concludes with Link and Midna acquiring the third [[Mirror of Twilight#Mirror Shard|Mirror Shard]] and a [[Heart Container]].
After Link enters Armogohma's chamber, he approaches one of the four large statues. The skylight in front of it goes out. He takes out his {{Term|TP|Sword|link}} and the camera pans upward to reveal Armogohma on the ceiling. Armogohma walks between the four skylight openings on the ceiling, covering one before moving on to the next. It eventually stops over one of them and opens its eye. Link shoots the eye with an Arrow from the {{Term|TP|Hero's Bow|link}}. Armogohma recoils and falls to the ground on its back, in front of one of the corner statues. This queues a [[Critical Point]] and Link fires an energy ball from the Dominion Rod into the statue. The statue activates and smashes Armogohma's body with a stone fist. Armogohma recovers and returns to the ceiling. At times, Armogohma attacks Link with Baby Gohma or its homing energy beam. Link continues to activate the statues and smashes Armogohma's body twice more. Armogohma curls up on itself and explodes. Armogohma's eyeball reveals itself to be a small spider on its own, which tries to escape along with some of its spawn. Link quickly defeats the eyeball-spider and the rest of the Baby Gohma.
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After Armogohma's defeat, Link receives a [[Mirror Shard]] and a [[Heart Container]].
 
==Other Appearances==
===''Zelda HD Experience''===
{{Noncanon|Start}}
{{Stub|Zelda HD Experience}}
{{Term|Zelda HD Experience|Armogohma}} attacks {{Term|Zelda HD Experience|Link|link}} within the {{Term|Zelda HD Experience|Temple of Time|link}}.
{{Noncanon|End}}
 
==Nomenclature==
Armogohma's name is a portmanteau of "armor" and "[[Gohma]]".


==Trivia==
{{Nomenclature}}
*Armogohma's eye is similar to [[Arrghus]] and [[Vitreous]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''; she uses Arrghus' pattern of surrounding herself with her offspring to defend herself, while her eye resembles Vitreous minus the lightning bolt attack.
*Originally, a more conventional form of Gohma was set to appear in ''Twilight Princess'', but was scrapped for Armogohma.
*The early form of Armogohma is possibly what inspired the mini-boss from ''[[The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]'', the [[Rocktite]], considering that many elements from ''Twilight Princess'' are reused in this game.
*Armogohma's intro is similar to Queen Gohma's from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''.
*The song that plays during Armogohma's second boss phase is slightly similar to the fight against [[Majora's Incarnation]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''.
*Armogohma is the only boss whose [[Critical Point]] does not involve Link slashing away at the boss' with his sword. The fanfare familiar to every previous Critical Point plays as Armogohma lands before the anthropomorphic statues, ready to be pummeled at the shot of the Dominion Rod.
*Armogohma is possibly the largest member of the 'Gohma' family Link has ever fought, along with Gohma from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Armogohma.jpg|Twilit Arachnid Armogohma
File:TP Armogohma Eye Model.png|Armogohma's eye front
File:Armogohma_Critical.jpg
File:TP Armogohma Eye Model 2.png|Armogohma's eye back
File:Armogohma_Hammered.jpg
File:Armogohma.jpg|Twilit Arachnid: Armogohma
File:BabyGohmaEggs.jpg
File:Armogohma Critical.jpg|Armogohma shooting a laser
File:armogohmaeye.jpg
File:Armogohma Hammered.jpg|Armogohma being hit by a statue
File:Gohma early.jpg|Link being chased by an early form of Gohma
File:BabyGohmaEggs.jpg|Armogohma's eye surrounded by Gohma Eggs
File:armogohmaeye.jpg|Armogohma's eye surrounded by Baby Gohmas
File:TP Armogohma Eye Flat.png|Armogohma's eye flattened
File:TP Armogohma Beta.jpg|Armogohma chasing Link in an early version of {{TP|-}}
File:Zelda Wii U Tech Demo.jpg|Armogohma in the ''Zelda'' HD Experience
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Video==
{{Ref}}
{{Youtube|56AVdZKJUPI|250|Armogohma Battle}}
 
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|Eye Enemies, Gohmas, Twilight Enemies
|Japanese= 覚醒甲殻眼 シェルドゴーマ (''Awoken Shell Eye: Shelled Gōma'')
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|French(FR)= Golgohma, arachnide siliceux du Crépuscule
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Latest revision as of 04:15, 15 April 2024

Armogohma is a recurring Boss in The Legend of Zelda series.[2] Armogohma goes unnamed in the Zelda HD Experience.

Characteristics

Twilight Princess

Physical Appearance

The keeper of one of the Shards of the Mirror of Twilight, Armogohma is a massive, armored arachnid. It has eight grey walking legs. These legs have three joints each and end in a white, pike-like barb. These legs have ornate, rectangular grooves in various places, and several white hairs, mainly near the joints. Armogohma also has two large, spiked pedipalps and two interior fangs near its head. The head has four lesser eyes arranged in a square and four tiny forceps underneath its red mouth. Atop the grey thorax of Armogohma is a circular cavity with a large eyeball inside. This red-yellow eyeball is similar in appearance and size to the eyeball of Morpheel. Armogohma protects its eyeball with an eyelid-like closing in the cavity. Armogohma also has a large, hairy abdomen with alternating light and dark grey stripes. At the very back of the abdomen, Armogohma has two small, red spinnerets.

Armogohma's eyeball is the abdomen of a smaller spider, which is revealed at the end of its battle with Link. This spider has four brown walking legs, a spiked head with four red eyes, and two pedipalps. The abdomen has spider web-like appearance on its front side.

Mannerisms and Weaknesses

Armogohma is defensive in its battle with Link and has similar mannerisms as Gohma from Ocarina of Time. It spends most of the battle on the ceiling, and scrambles back to the ceiling whenever it is on the ground level. Armogohma protects its eyeball with its eyelid as it walks around. However, when it covers one of the skylights, its eyelid opens, and Armogohma surveys the room with its eyeball. On the ceiling, Armogohma produces eggs from an opening at the back of its abdomen. These eggs fall to the ground and hatch quickly into vicious Baby Gohma. Armogohma also produces a laser-like energy beam from its eyeball that follows Link and injures him if it makes contact.

Armogohma's body only takes significant damage when it is smashed by the stone fist of a Dominion Rod-activated statue. The eyeball of Armogohma is also weak point, though Link cannot deal any damage to it while it is attached to Armogohma's body. Armogohma shrieks after its eyeball is hit or struck with the fist of the stone statue. When the eyeball reverts to its spider form, it is even more defensive and skittish than Armogohma. It scurries away from Link and has no attacks. When hit, the eyeball-spider also shrieks.

Encounter

Midna's Commentshide ▲
Midna says:

That is one big spider...

And it's even got a big nasty eye on its back... If that thing cast its gaze on you, you'd be helpless...

show more...
Once shot down with an Arrow

Your best shot is going to be after you've knocked it down!

If you don't hurry up and attack it, it'll crawl back up to the ceiling!

Once struck with the Sword

That thing is so heavily armored, your sword just bounces right off...

It's not just big. It's HUGE! I don't know if any of your items could do much to it, Link...

If Link moves a statue when Armogohma isn't there

It doesn't do much good to drop it in front of a statue if you don't move the statue once it's there!

You have to watch its movements while it's crawling around on the ceiling!

Once struck with a statue via the Dominion Rod

What a handy little spider-crusher!

Go on! Just whack away!

Second form

It sure is a persistent bug... Even if it is just its eye, it's still alive...

But now that its armored shell is gone, you should be able to finish it off with your blade!

After Link enters Armogohma's chamber, he approaches one of the four large statues. The skylight in front of it goes out. He takes out his Sword and the camera pans upward to reveal Armogohma on the ceiling. Armogohma walks between the four skylight openings on the ceiling, covering one before moving on to the next. It eventually stops over one of them and opens its eye. Link shoots the eye with an Arrow from the Hero's Bow. Armogohma recoils and falls to the ground on its back, in front of one of the corner statues. This queues a Critical Point and Link fires an energy ball from the Dominion Rod into the statue. The statue activates and smashes Armogohma's body with a stone fist. Armogohma recovers and returns to the ceiling. At times, Armogohma attacks Link with Baby Gohma or its homing energy beam. Link continues to activate the statues and smashes Armogohma's body twice more. Armogohma curls up on itself and explodes. Armogohma's eyeball reveals itself to be a small spider on its own, which tries to escape along with some of its spawn. Link quickly defeats the eyeball-spider and the rest of the Baby Gohma.

After Armogohma's defeat, Link receives a Mirror Shard and a Heart Container.

Other Appearances

Zelda HD Experience

Non-Canon Information
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Armogohma attacks Link within the Temple of Time.

Nomenclature

Armogohma's name is a portmanteau of "armor" and "Gohma".

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Gallery

  • Armogohma's eye front

    Armogohma's eye front

  • Armogohma's eye back

    Armogohma's eye back

  • Twilit Arachnid: Armogohma

    Twilit Arachnid: Armogohma

  • Armogohma shooting a laser

    Armogohma shooting a laser

  • Armogohma being hit by a statue

    Armogohma being hit by a statue

  • Armogohma's eye surrounded by Gohma Eggs

    Armogohma's eye surrounded by Gohma Eggs

  • Armogohma's eye surrounded by Baby Gohmas

    Armogohma's eye surrounded by Baby Gohmas

  • Armogohma's eye flattened

    Armogohma's eye flattened

  • Armogohma chasing Link in an early version of Twilight Princess

    Armogohma chasing Link in an early version of Twilight Princess

  • Armogohma in the Zelda HD Experience

    Armogohma in the Zelda HD Experience

References

  1. ↑ "Twilit Arachnid
    ARMOGOHMA    " — Game Screen (Twilight Princess HD)
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 163 (TP)
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