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Beamos
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Main appearance(s)	A Link to the Past Link's Awakening Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Oracle of Seasons Oracle of Ages The Wind Waker Four Swords Adventures Twilight Princess Phantom Hourglass Skyward Sword A Link Between Worlds Tri Force Heroes Breath of the Wild
Other appearance(s)	Ancient Stone Tablets Link's Crossbow Training Hyrule Warriors Cadence of Hyrule
Habitat(s)	A Link to the Past Desert Palace Ganon's Tower Misery Mire Link's Awakening Eagle's Tower Face Shrine Turtle Rock Ocarina of Time Bottom of the Well Dodongo's Cavern Gerudo Training Ground Inside Ganon's Castle Shadow Temple Spirit Temple Majora's Mask Stone Tower Stone Tower Temple Oracle of Seasons Ancient Ruins Dancing Dragon Dungeon Sword & Shield Maze Unicorn's Cave Oracle of Ages Ancient Tomb Black Tower Crown Dungeon Mermaid's Cave The Wind Waker Tower of the Gods Four Swords Adventures Desert Temple Realm of the Heavens Twilight Princess Cave of Ordeals Goron Mines Lantern Cavern Temple of Time Phantom Hourglass Goron Temple Temple of Courage Skyward Sword Lanayru Gorge Lanayru Mining Facility Pirate Stronghold Sandship Sky Keep A Link Between Worlds Desert Palace Swamp Palace Turtle Rock Tri Force Heroes Deception Castle Fortified Zone Scorching Zone Training Ground Ancient Stone Tablets Level 3 (Ancient Stone Tablets) Level 6 Level 7 (Ancient Stone Tablets) Hyrule Warriors A War of Spirit Ganondorf's Return The Sorceress of the Valley The Water Temple Cadence of Hyrule Desert Frozen Grotto Future World Grassland River of Ice
Attack	A Link to the Past Eye Beam: Link's Awakening Contact: Eye Beam: Ocarina of Time Eye Beam: Explode: Majora's Mask Eye Beam: Explode: Oracle of Seasons Eye Beam: Oracle of Ages Eye Beam: The Wind Waker Contact: Eye Beam: Four Swords Adventures Eye Beam: Twilight Princess Eye Beam: Skyward Sword Electric Eye Beam:
Effective weapon(s)	Bombs Bow Sword

Beamos are recurring enemies in the The Legend of Zelda series.^{[name references needed]}

Characteristics

Navi's Commenthide ▲

Beamos
Watch out for its searching beam! I bet it doesn't like smoke to get in its eye!

Tatl's Commenthide ▲

What?! You don't know about the Beamos? Don't let its beam scare you. Just give it a good blast!

Tingle's Commentshide ▲

Ack! A Beamos!

For now...flee!

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After obtaining the Bow

It's a Beamos!

Shoot an arrow into its eye when it glows!

The Beamos is one of the most technologically advanced enemies in the Zelda universe. They appear as statues with rotating, glaring eyes capable of shooting beams of light at their foes, and are usually indestructible. They can appear as either statues of stone or of solid metal, however much like real statues, they are incapable of moving, and must rely on their laser solely to keep intruders at bay. For this reason, Beamos are often situated inside dungeon rooms, or placed strategically on a staircase or entrance to impede progress, using swiveling movements to check all of their bounds. This laser of theirs, in every incarnation, has a specified range that can be bested whenever Link steps out of range, hides behind an object, or in some games, simply when the Beamos is off the screen.

While the laser of the Beamos normally cannot be stopped once it has been shot, in some games, specifically in Link's Awakening and Skyward Sword, Link can use certain Shields to reflect the laser away. However it most games, it must simply be avoided. For the majority of Zelda titles, the laser itself is a continuous long beam, except for A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, where it is a single short beam.

Beamos across The Legend of Zelda series often only come in one variety, however, other variations do exist. In The Wind Waker, which distinguishes Beamos by color, red Beamos behave like ordinary Beamos, whereas the blue kind have fixed beam paths, and will block Link's path entirely until they are destroyed. In Twilight Princess, there exists two varieties; a larger brown type in the Goron Mines and minor caves that are able to shoot fire beams, and a thinner white version in the Temple of Time, which shoots pink beams of energy. The white variants can be destroyed by the statue Link controls with the Dominion Rod.

In many games, Beamos are indestructible and impervious to all attacks, requiring that Link avoid them entirely. However in a few games, particularly in the 3D console games, the Beamos statues can be destroyed or rendered inoperable. In Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Beamos can be destroyed with the use of a Bomb. The entire statue is destroyed on impact and explodes as its eye hits the ground. In The Wind Waker, Four Swords Adventures and Twilight Princess, an Arrow can be shot at its eye to destroy it. The Ball and Chain can also be used to destroy a Beamos Statue in Twilight Princess. In Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch, the beams can be reflected back at the Beamos with the Mirror Shield, temporarily disabling them.

Skyward Sword

Fi's Commenthide ▲

Target lock: Beamos

This is an ancient security mechanism. Its weak point is its eye. The eye is also a weapon that fires a focused energy beam.

I calculate a 100% failure rate at any attempt to strike the eye with your sword while it is still on top of the pedestal.

I recommend using a weapon that can strike at high targets. Conversely, you could lower its head to a height your sword can reach.

In Skyward Sword, Beamos appear as multi-layered poles composed of electrified sections. The head of the Beamos turns in a rigid, mechanical motion as opposed to moving fluently. The beams they shoot are electrified, which will cause Link more harm if he attempts to block it with an Iron Shield. As they are mechanical creations from the past, they are shown to have crumbled into a pile of stone after many years, but will be returned to life as do other enemies when under the effects of an activated Timeshift Stone.

Beamos can be defeated by slicing apart different sections of their body and stabbing the eye. However the Bow also becomes effective later in the game. They can be stunned by blocking their beams with a shield, with the exception of an Iron Shield. Using the Gust Bellows on the wing-like structures on the sides of its head will also cause it to become dizzy and stunned for a short time.

Tri Force Heroes

In Tri Force Heroes, Beamos have a slightly different appearance. Instead of a rotating tower, as in previous games, they are spherical in shape and sit atop stone pillars where they scan their surroundings and fire a laser beam when they spot one of the Links. They can only be reached by forming a Totem, and can then be attacked by shooting Arrows at them. It takes a couple Arrow shots to defeat them, however if their eye is successfully shot as they rotate, they are instantly defeated. Once they have been defeated, they will roll towards the Links while flashing, and eventually explode. This behavior is very similar to Armos.

Breath of the Wild

In Breath of the Wild, Beamos are simply objects that appear only in certain Ancient Shrines, such as Sheh Rata Shrine. They constantly emit a dangerous blue laser straight forward, that can be blocked with any shield. They are stationary, but they are occasionally placed on movable platforms. Some Beamos can be picked up. Like other ancient Sheikah technology, they are absent from Tears of the Kingdom, being effectively replaced by the Beam Emitter and a new type of red laser that appears in Shrines of Light, although these are not exact equivalents.

Other Appearances

Ancient Stone Tablets

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Link's Crossbow Training

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Hyrule Warriors

Non-Canon Information

In Hyrule Warriors, Beamos typically appear inside of Keeps, or rarely outside of them, in various Stages of the game. They shoot magical beams into the floor in a straight path which then explode sequentially. They are primarily susceptible to Bombs, as regular attacks are ineffective against them. Despite their weakness to Bombs, blasts from Bomb Flowers do not harm them.

Special Attacks are also capable of defeating Beamos, as Special Attacks are capable of bypassing an enemy's defense. This is evidenced by the fact that when using Focus Spirit, regular attacks break its "shield" and eventually are capable of defeating it. Powerful Focus Spirit attacks are also capable of defeating Beamos in the same manner.

Cadence of Hyrule

Ambiguously Canon Information

Beamos appear as enemies in Cadence of Hyrule where they move to the beat of the music. While their bodies are stationary, their single eye rotates around them on every single beat, lighting up for one music beat when spotting either Cadence, Link, Yves, or Zelda when they pass by, and then firing a laser at them on the following beat. Their laser can fire in any direction, including diagonally, and also deal damage to enemies that accidentally walk into their line of fire. Beamos only possess 2 hearts.

Trivia

• In Ocarina of Time, when targeting a Beamos, Navi says that it does not like smoke. This quote is similar to the Old Man's hint in Level 2 in The Legend of Zelda, where he says that "Dodongo Dislikes Smoke."
• The Beamos, Dexivines, Vines, and Warships in The Wind Waker are the only enemies in the game that cannot be made into a Nintendo Gallery Figurine. Giving a picture of one to Carlov will result in him making an Armos Figurine.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	ビム (Bimu) (ALttP) ビーモス (Bīmosu) (OoT | SS | CoH)	Corruption of ビーム (Beam) From ビーム (Bīmu) (beam).
Dutch	Beamos (SSHD)
FrenchCA	Sentinelle (CoH)	Sentinel
FrenchEU	Sentinelle (SSHD | CoH)	Sentinel
German	Strahlzyklop (SSHD | HWDE | CoH)	Beam cyclops; portmanteau of Strahl (beam) and Zyklop (cyclops).
Italian	Laseros (ALttP | LA | LADX | OoT | OoT3D | MM | MM3D | OoS | OoA | TWW | FSA | ALBW | CoH)	From "laser"
SpanishLA	Beamos (CoH)
SpanishEU	Beamos (SSHD | CoH)
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Other Names

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

Name	Beamos Statue
Applies to	A Link to the Past
Source	Zelda.com
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Rotating Green Laser Statue
Applies to	A Link to the Past
Source	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past—Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo of America
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Laser Turret
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	Laser
Applies to	Oracle of Seasons
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—The Official Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo Power
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Laser Eyeball
Applies to	Oracle of Seasons
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—Official Strategy Guide by BradyGames
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Laser-eye Turret
Applies to	Oracle of Seasons
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—Official Strategy Guide by BradyGames
Superseded by	Encyclopedia

Name	Applies to	Source	Superseded by
Beamos Statue	A Link to the Past	Zelda.com	Encyclopedia
Rotating Green Laser Statue	A Link to the Past	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past—Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo of America	Encyclopedia
Laser Turret	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
Laser	Oracle of Seasons	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—The Official Nintendo Player's Guide by Nintendo Power	Encyclopedia
Laser Eyeball	Oracle of Seasons	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—Official Strategy Guide by BradyGames	Encyclopedia
Laser-eye Turret	Oracle of Seasons	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages—Official Strategy Guide by BradyGames	Encyclopedia

Gallery

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  Beamos from A Link to the Past

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  Beamos attacking Link from A Link to the Past

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  Concept artwork of a Beamos from Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch

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  Beamos model from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask

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  Red Beamos from The Wind Waker

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  Blue Beamos from The Wind Waker

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  Temple of Time Beamos from Twilight Princess

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  Goron Mines Beamos attacking from Twilight Princess HD

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  Unused model of a Beamos from Twilight Princess HD

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  Destroyed Beamos from Skyward Sword

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  Concept art of Beamos from Skyward Sword

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  Concept art of Beamos from Breath of the Wild

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  Beamos from Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

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  Beamos Portrait from Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

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  Beamos Mini Map icon from Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

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  A Beamos from Cadence of Hyrule

References

Recurring Enemies

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10+ Appearances

Armos • Beamos • Blade Trap • Blue Tektite • Bubble • Fire Keese • Floor Spikes • Gibdo • Keese • Leever • Like Like • Moblin • Octorok • Peahat • Rope • Stalfos • Tektite • Wallmaster • Wizzrobe

8+ Appearances

Boulder • Chuchu • Crow • Ghini • Ice Keese • Poe • Quicksand • Rat • Red Stalfos • Red Tektite • Stone Statue • Zora (Enemy)

6+ Appearances

Ball and Chain Soldier • Bee • Blazing Watch Tower • Blue Chuchu • Blue Octorok • Buzz Blob • Fire Wizzrobe • Flame Wall • Floormaster • Flying Pot • Flying Tile • Gel • Guruguru Bar • Helmasaur • Hole • Ice Wizzrobe • Moldorm • Red Chuchu • Red Darknut • Red Octorok • Sand Crab • Skulltula • Spark • Spiketrap • Water Tektite • Zol

Beam Enemies

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Beamos • Calamity Ganon • Cannon (Enemy) • Gohdan • Guardian • Laser Eye • Mazaal • Monk Maz Koshia

Category:Beam Enemies

Eye Enemies

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Enemies

Bawb • Beamos • Chasupa • Eye Guardian • Eye Slug • Eyeball Monster • Eyegore • Eyeroc • Fiery Moa • Fire Eye • Girubokku • Glowing Eyeball • Gohma • Ice Keese • Keese • Laser Eye • Moa • Morth • Patra • Phantom Eye • Pink Eyeball Monster • Sancrumi • Slime Minion • Tektite

Bosses

Armogohma • Arrghus • Bongo Bongo • DethI • Dharkstare • Digdogger • Eyegore • Gigaleon • Gohma • Ice Keese • Kholdstare • Knucklemaster • Margoma • Margomill • Morpheel • Patra • Prismantus • Slime Eye • Vaati • Vitreous • Wart

Category:Eye Enemies

Shooting Enemies

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Arrows

Bokoblin • Bow Moblin • Bow Soldier • Bulblin • Lizalfos • Shadow Bulblin

Beams

Beamos • Cannon (Enemy)

Bombs

Cannon (Enemy) • Cannon Boat • Warship

Category:Shooting Enemies