Armos Knight

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Armos Knight

Main appearance(s)

Other appearance(s)

Dungeon(s)

ALttPA Link to the Past: Eastern Palace
LALink's Awakening: Southern Face Shrine

Attack(s)

The Wind Waker
- Contact (1/2 Heart)
- Explode (1/4 Heart)

Weakness(es)

The Legend of Zelda Series
- Bow and Arrows
A Link to the Past
- Sword
Link's Awakening
- Sword
- Roc's Feather
The Wind Waker
- Bomb

Reward(s)

ALttPA Link to the Past: Pendant of Courage
LALink's Awakening: Face Key

Armos Knights are recurring Bosses, Mini-Bosses, and Enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]^[2]^{[name references needed]} They are bigger and stronger versions of standard Armos.

Characteristics

A Link to the Past

A group of six Armos Knights are faced as the Boss of the Eastern Palace Dungeon in A Link to the Past. They guard the Pendant of Courage. While they can be defeated with Link's Fighter's Sword, this takes a very large number^{[how many?]} of hits per Knight. The best way to defeat them is to use the Bow found in the Dungeon, as they will fall from three Arrows each. They fight by jumping around in a circular formation, before lining up at the top of the screen and charging at Link all at once, attempting to crush him. Once their numbers are diminished, the last one will turn red and attempt to crush Link with hard stomps around the room. As with the others, three Arrows will finish it off, although as it will attack close up it may be easier to use the Sword. After emerging victorious, Link is rewarded with the Pendant of Courage and a Heart Container.

In Ganon's Tower, where they guard the Big Key, they reappear as a Sub-Boss. They must be defeated to advance to the top of the Tower, where Agahnim awaits. They are defeated in the same manner as before, but Silver Arrows and the Master Sword allow for a much quicker fight. Their arena has an Ice floor that causes Link to slide when he moves.

Link's Awakening

In Link's Awakening, one Armos Knight is found in the Ancient Ruins. It guards the Face Key, which opens the sixth Dungeon, Face Shrine. Link can defeat the Knight by shooting Arrows at it with his Bow, or alternately by dashing into it with the Sword and Pegasus Boots equipped. This eventually destroys its armor, leaving it vulnerable to either more Arrows or Sword strikes. Unlike the Knights in A Link to the Past, this Knight is able to stun Link by slamming the ground with great force. It is important to use the Roc's Feather when the Knight goes to stomp the ground, as it allows Link to avoid being stunned. Defeating it also allows Link to enter the final room of the Ancient Ruins, where the Writing on the Wall explains the true nature of Koholint Island.

The Wind Waker

Nintendo Gallery

Armos Knight

Habitat: Tower of the Gods
Vulnerability: Bombs

These auto-homing statues were created to deter intruders. To destroy them, you must toss bombs into their gaping mouths.

Tingle Tuner

That's an Armos Knight! Eeeek! Stop it by shooting an arrow in its single eye!

Then put a bomb in its mouth!

This variation of the Armos Knight appears mainly in the Tower of the Gods and the Wind Temple as common Enemies with similar appearances and weaknesses to Armos found in Ocarina of Time. These variations will hop towards Link much like their more standard brethren, but occasionally will stop suddenly to unleash spikes from their sides, when they will open their mouths. If Link throws a Bomb (or Bomb Flower) into its open mouth, the Monster will be defeated, and hop wildly in a straight line towards where Link stood before exploding like regular Armos. If Link does not throw a Bomb in, the Monster will close its mouth and continue chasing after him. By shooting it in its Eye, it is possible to make it open its mouth immediately.

Four Swords Adventures

This variation of the Armos Knight appears in the Desert Temple, the second Stage in the Desert of Doubt in Four Swords Adventures. A large Statue appears at the start of the Dungeon who must be moved to gain entrance, and once Link "awakens" the Temple, some of them will be revealed from behind barriers and become active. These Armos Knights will come to life when Link gets near, like regular Armos, but they will only stomp after Link when the Links turn their backs on them. They are invincible, unaffected by Swords or Arrows. As with most Armos Statues in the game, many other Statues in the Dungeon will not come to life, but later in the Dungeon, six Armos Knights will appear already active in a large room. They stomp around in synchronized jumps a large circle around the room, very similar to the Boss from A Link to the Past, although they will not actively attack the four Links. The room itself also has Beamos throughout, and acts as a deadly puzzle. Once the four Links light all the Torches in the room using Arrows, the Armos Knights will be destroyed.

Two big Armos appear in Hyrule Castle, but these are simply very large normal Armos and can be defeated easily with a Sword.

Other Appearances

A Link to the Past (Himekawa)

Non-Canon Information

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A Link to the Past (Cagiva)

Non-Canon Information

The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.

The Armos Knights appear in the A Link to the Past manga by Ataru Cagiva, being the first opponent properly faced by Link since his failed fight with Agahnim. He manages to defeat 4 of them, however the other two manage to overpower him. Before they could finish the job however, they are defeated by the timely intervention of Rasuka, Link's martial artist friend.

Trivia

The Armos Knights in A Link to the Past represent the first instance of the Item found in the Dungeon being used to defeat the Boss, although unlike later games it is not necessary.
The Armos Knights in The Wind Waker have a nose and moustache oddly similar to Wario's from the Mario series.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland English^BRBritish	Armos Knight ^{(LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch))}^[3]
Japan Japanese	デグアモス (Degu Amosu) ^{(ALttPA Link to the Past \| LALink's Awakening \| TWWThe Wind Waker)}^[4]^[5]^[6]	Big Amosu
The French Republic French^EUEuropean	Grand Armos ^{(LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) \| TWWThe Wind Waker)}^[3]^[7]	Big Armos
The Federal Republic of Germany German	Armos-Ritter ^{(TWWThe Wind Waker)}^[8]
The Italian Republic Italian	Grand'Armos ^{(ALttPA Link to the Past \| LALink's Awakening \| LADXLink's Awakening DX \| TWWThe Wind Waker \| FSAFour Swords Adventures)}^[9]^[9]^[9]^[10]^[9]	Big ArmosEditor warning: Conflicting meanings in data
The Kingdom of Spain Spanish^EUEuropean	Armos max ^{(TWWThe Wind Waker)}^[11]
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.

Other Names

These names, though from official English sources, are not used by Zelda Wiki as they contradict a name or names from a higher-priority source.

Name	Armor Knight^[12]
Applies to	A Link to the Past
Source	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords—The Official Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo Power
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Giant Armos Knight^[13]
Applies to	Link's Awakening
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo of America
Superseded by	Encyclopedia

Name	Applies to	Source	Superseded by
Armor Knight^[12]	A Link to the Past	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords—The Official Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo Power	Encyclopedia
Giant Armos Knight^[13]	Link's Awakening	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo of America	Encyclopedia

Gallery

A Link to the Past
A single Armos Knight
A Link to the Past
The final Red Armos Knight
Link's Awakening DX
An Armos Knight
Link's Awakening DX
A damaged Armos Knight
Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
Concept art of Armos Knight
Four Swords Adventures
The watchman statue
Four Swords Adventures
Two inactive Armos Knight statues
A Link to the Past (Himekawa)
Link facing the Armos Knight
A Link to the Past (Cagiva)
Link facing the Armos Knights

References

↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 163 ^{(ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | TWWThe Wind Waker)}
↑ Well done! You beat the Armos Knight with a combination of heroic courage and wisdom. — Sahasrahla (A Link to the Past (Himekawa), VIZ Media, pg. 67)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Artbook, Nintendo Co., Ltd., pg. 85
↑ Nintendo Official Guidebook: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Vol. 1, Shogakukan, pg. 132
↑ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Certain Victory Strategy Guide, Futabasha, 1993, pg. 29
↑ デグアモス
生息(せいそく)場所(ばしょ)　神(かみ)の塔(とう)
有効(ゆうこう)武器(ぶき)　バクダン — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
↑ Grand Armos
Lieu de résidence: Tour des Dieux.
Arme efficace: Bombe. — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
↑ Armos-Ritter
Heimat: Der Turm der Götter
Wirksame Waffe: Bomben — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 163
↑ Grand'Armos
Habitat: Torre degli Spiriti.
Vulnerabile: alle Bombe. — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
↑ Armos max
Hábitat: Torre de los Dioses
Arma efectiva: Bomba — Nintendo Gallery (The Wind Waker)
↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords—The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, Nintendo of America, pg. 25
↑ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—Nintendo Player's Guide, Nintendo of America, pg. 64