Colgera

Colgera is a Boss in Tears of the Kingdom.^[4]

Characteristics

191 Colgera	Description The culprit behind the blizzard that plagued the Hebra region. This huge beast harnesses wind to produce strong updrafts and lift itself aloft. The jagged layer of ice covering its body serves as a protective shield and allows it to launch frozen spikes at its foes.
	Common Locations Wind Temple

Colgeras are massive worm-like creatures reminiscent of Molgera, with a jagged layer of ice serving as armor for them.^[5] They have five eyes, large pincers, and a pair of wings on three of their body segments. One is responsible for the Extreme Cold Snap affecting the Hebra region.^[5] After Colgera's defeat in the Wind Temple, three Colgeras can be found in arenas throughout the Depths, east of Narusis Lightroot in the Hebra Mountains Depths, east of Nupisoyuat Lightroot in the Hebra Mountains Depths, and east of the South Lomei Depths Labyrinth in the Gerudo Highlands Depths. If Colgera is not defeated in the Wind Temple, Link fights it at Gloom's Origin during the War in the Depths of Hyrule. It appears after the Demon King's Army and before Marbled Gohma.

When defeated in the Depths, Colgeras drop Colgera Jaws, and unlock a Treasure Chest containing a Huge Crystallized Charge.

In battle, Colgera flies through the air, firing icicle spikes at Link if he gets too close.^[5] It will also open portals that it will pass through to try and confuse Link about where it will be, sometimes appearing directly underneath him to perform a biting attack. The use of Tulin's Power of Wind is necessary to dodge this attack, and will generally come in handy for repositioning throughout the battle.

Colgera's weaknesses are the purple glowing spots on its body, which are protected by a layer of ice on its underside and the spiky shell on its top. The ice can be broken with Arrows (preferably ones that have been Fused with Fire Fruits, Fire Chuchu Jelly, or Bomb Flowers) or by skydiving onto it from above; despite Colgera's jagged exterior Link will not take damage from contact with it but he will be knocked back if his dive is not fast enough or if he hits the shell. Colgera takes a moment to regrow its spikes after shooting them and exposes its ice layer from above when it does so, making that moment ideal for Link to dive into it. Colgera harnesses wind to create powerful updrafts around it, which allow Link to glide up to it; using them will also fully restore his Stamina.^[5]

After half its health is depleted, Colgera will begin to summon tornadoes to attack Link and will behave more aggressively.

Trivia

Colgera is the one of two Bosses in Tears of the Kingdom whose health does not scale based on story progression. It always has a total of 600 HP, with 100 HP being depleted each time its weak spot is hit.
Colgera is the only Boss in Tears of the Kingdom that can be killed without using any Weapons or Zonai Devices, since Link can Skydive into its weak spots.
The portals that Colgera generates can be entered by Link. However, this only applies to the portals that Colgera itself can enter, not the ones it exits.

Nomenclature

Colgera's name appears to be a portmanteau of "cold" and "Molgera".

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	フリザゲイラ (Furizageira)	From フリーズ (Furīzu) ("to freeze") and モルド・ゲイラ (Morudo Geira) ("Molgera").
Chinese^{TRTraditional}	急凍蓋拉 (Jídòng Gàilā)
Chinese^SISimplified	急冻盖拉 (Jídòng Gàilā)
French^EUEuropean	Glagayla^[8] Temple du Vent^[7] Habitant des profondeurs^[6]	Portmanteau of glagla (onomatopoeia for shivering) and Gayla (Molgera) Wind Temple Depths Dweller
French^CACanadian	Glagayla	Portmanteau of glagla (onomatopoeia for shivering) and Gayla (Molgera)
German	Frosgeira
Italian	Criogayla
Korean	프리즈게이라 (Peurijeugeira)
Spanish^{LALatin American}	Gelminus^[9] Peligro del subsuelo^[9]	Underground danger
Spanish^EUEuropean	Gelminus^[10]
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.

Gallery

Colgera's introduction

Notes

↑ The experience gained from Colgera depends on which one is defeated. Link gets 300 exp for defeating it in the Wind Temple, 100 for defeating it in the Depths, and 0 for defeating it at Gloom's Origin

References

↑ Scourge of the Depths
Colgera — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑ Scourge of the Wind Temple
Colgera — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑ When the deck hatch opened, a massive monster emerged. This must be the culprit behind the fierce blizzard assailing Rito Village.

Work with Tulin to vanquish the monster. — Adventure Log (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑ Colgera — Hyrule Compendium (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 The culprit behind the blizzard that plagued the Hebra region. This huge beast harnesses wind to produce strong updrafts and lift itself aloft. The jagged layer of ice covering its body serves as a protective shield and allows it to launch frozen spikes at its foes. — Hyrule Compendium (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑ Habitant des profondeurs
Glagayla — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom, European French version)
↑ Temple du Vent
Glagayla — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom, European French version)
↑ Glagayla — Hyrule Compendium (Tears of the Kingdom, European French version)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Peligro del subsuelo
Gelminus — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom, Latin American Spanish version)
↑ Gelminus — Hyrule Compendium (Tears of the Kingdom, European Spanish version)