Firecorn
Firecorn is an Object in the A Link to the Past comic by Shotaro Ishinomori.[1]
Location and Uses
Firecorn is an explosive material. It is found in the Palace of Darkness, where it is guarded heavily by Monsters.
During Link's battle against a Hinox after arriving in the Dark World, the Hinox throws several cobs of Firecorn at him. Link catches one and flings it back into the Hinox's mouth, obliterating the Monster in an explosion. When Zora tells Link that one of the Maidens is imprisoned in the Palace of Darkness, he warns the young hero of the dangerous Firecorn that is kept in there.[2] Despite his warnings, Link goes to the palace anyway and eventually finds the storeroom where Ganon's minions keep the Firecorn.[3] Link is eventually caught by a Eyegore and warns him of what could happen if he set off the Firecorn in the palace,[4] but the young hero disregards his warning and takes a Hinox's bomb belt that was wrapped around it.[5] Giving Ephemerelda ones of the bombs from the Hinox's belt, the bomb eventually detonates the Firecorn stockpile and destroys the entire palace, freeing the Maiden in the process.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions 
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| Language | Name | |
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Italian | Bomb-Corn |
References
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YESSS, AND ONE IS IMPRISONED IN CRYSTAL IN THE PALACE NEARBY... BUT YOU SHOULDN'T GO THERE! IN LEGENDS THAT PLACE IS KNOWN AS THE PALACE OF DARKNESS...GANON'S SERVANTSS HAVE SSSTOCKPILED THE DANGEROUSSS, EXPLOSSSIVE FIRECORN THERE...
— Zora (A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 5-6 (Ch. 7)) - ↑
Yesss, and one is imprisoned in Crystal in the palace nearby...but you shouldn't go there! In legendsss that place is known as the Palace of Darkness... Ganon's servantss have ssstockpiled the dangerousss, explosssive firecorn there...
(A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 5,6) - ↑
The storeroom of the palace! If this went off, they wouldn't call it the Palace of Darkness!
(A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 8) - ↑
You fool! you know what will happen if you use the firecorn here?!
(A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 10) - ↑
We'll all go up in smoke! But if you guys are going to get me...we'll all go together!
(A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 10)