Hookshots,(ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | LADXLink's Awakening DX | OoTOcarina of Time | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D | MMMajora's Mask | MM3DMajora's Mask 3D | TWWThe Wind Waker | TWWHDThe Wind Waker HD | ALBWA Link Between Worlds | SSBSuper Smash Bros. | HWHyrule Warriors | CoHCadence of Hyrule)[2][3][4][name references needed], also known as Hook Shots,(ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening)[5][6] are recurring Items in The Legend of Zelda series. They are machines consisting of a chain and hook. When used, the chains extend and send the hook attached towards their targets. If the hooks latch onto certain objects, Link is projected towards those objects. Link can also use them to pull enemies and objects towards him.
In nearly all games, the Hookshot is almost always found inside dungeons. A recurring trend in the series is that the Hookshot is typically found inside water-themed or flooded dungeons, such as the Swamp Palace in A Link to the Past, or Catfish's Maw in Link's Awakening. The Hookshot is usually guarded by the dungeon's mini-boss and often becomes necessary to navigate the remainder of these dungeons it is found in. It is also often required to defeat the dungeons' bosses.
The Hookshot is used most commonly to grapple onto far away objects so that Link can reach previously inaccessible areas. In addition, the Hookshot can also be used as a replacement for the Boomerang by allowing Link to grab far away objects (like hard to reach Rupees or out of reach switches) and attack enemies. In most cases, attacking an enemy with the Hookshot will only stun them, but some weaker enemies such as Keese will be defeated when hit with the Hookshot. Other enemies, such as Like Likes, will instead pull Link towards them when hit by the Hookshot, which can potentially hurt Link or threaten his other items.
In 2D Zelda games, the Hookshot will latch onto specific solid objects that stand in any of the four cardinal directions and can include blocks, chests, specific stones, or pots. It is often used to pull Link over pits and unsafe hazards. In the 3D console games, the 3D environment makes greater use of the Hookshot as it can also be used to reach higher or lower heights. In these games, objects that can be grappled onto are usually marked with a bulls-eye target. In Ocarina of Time, the Hookshot also produces a laser light used for aiming the Hookshot. In Ocarina of Time 3D, the laser dot is surrounded by an extra red ring when the Hookshot is pointed at a viable object. In said game, the Hookshot can also be aimed by moving the Nintendo 3DS.
A Link to the Past
Descriptions
A Link to the Past instruction booklet
Hook Shot
This device consists of a long chain with a hook on the end. You can fling the hook into a tree, pot or treasure chest and then pull yourself to the location of the hook by reeling in the chain. This will enable you to cross holes in the ground or other such obstacles. The Hook Shot can also be used as a weapon.
A Link to the Past & Four Swords instruction booklet
Hookshot
Use the chain attached to this hook to travel to distant points. It can also be used as a weapon.
The Hookshot allows Link to explore many areas, both in dungeons and, primarily, in the Dark World. With the Hookshot, Link can grapple onto several objects to pull him over water, chasms, et cetera. These objects include pots, jars, skulls, and small chests. In addition, the Hookshot can stun certain kinds of enemies and instantly kill a few others. However, Link is briefly unable to move when using the Hookshot. As an added bonus, firing the Hookshot makes Link temporarily invincible (seemingly to avoid damage from enemies or spikes while grappling).
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Link's Awakening instruction booklet
Hook Shot
The business end of the Hook Shot can be thrust into pots, treasure chests or blocks. You can then reel in the chain and pull yourself to the hook. This grappling hook can also be used to attack enemies or pick up items that are out of reach.
The Hookshot is found in the fifth dungeon of the game, Catfish's Maw and behaves similarly to how it did in A Link to the Past. However, a notable difference is that the item can be used to grab various bridges to extend them toward Link to use as platforms.
In order to acquire the Item, Link must defeat the Master Stalfos mini boss, who has taken it from a treasure chest inside the dungeon. The Master Stalfos disappears multiple times during the fight, and the player must track him down before he is defeated.
Slime Eel is the Boss of the Catfish's Maw in Link's Awakening. It is a giant eel-like monster that opposes Link in an attempt to prevent him from waking the Wind Fish. Link can use the Hookshot to pull its head from the wall, making it vulnerable.
Ocarina of Time
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Ocarina of Time instruction booklet
Hookshot
There is a hook at the end of an expandable chain that can grab onto certain objects. This is helpful when trying to get to hard-to-reach places. A red dot marks the distance you can travel. The Hookshot can also be used as a weapon (even underwater). When using, if you see a red dot, your target is in range. As the adventure progresses, you can extend the length of your chain.
The Hookshot is found in Dampé's grave in Ocarina of Time after besting Dampé the first time in a race as an adult.
An upgraded version of the Hookshot, known as the Longshot, can be found in the Water Temple. The Longshot has a much longer reach than the regular Hookshot.
The Hookshot is required to enter the Forest Temple, as Link cannot access the Temple and must aim the Hookshot at a nearby tree to enter. The game utilizes this idea of grappling to nearby targets to move around the environment (such as crossing gaps and traps) for the rest of the game.
This was the first game in the series to introduce the item in a 3D game. The Hookshot can be aimed around the environment from a stationary point with a first-person perspective. When targeting, however, Link can aim up and down while moving side to side.
It is a very useful item for collecting Gold Skulltula Tokens and killing weaker enemies.
The sixth Boss, Morpha of the Water Temple, strongly focuses its attention on the Hookshot, using it to pull out its nucleus, making it vulnerable.
The Hookshot is the only item that can be used underwater (except in the 3DS Version, where the Iron Boots and Hover Boots were mapped to buttons.) Certain enemies live underwater and can only be killed with the Hookshot. The Water Temple features this type of combat extensively.
This item has an expanding and retracting chain with a hook on the end that can grab on to certain objects, pulling you to them as the chain retracts. When you aim, a red dot indicates the hook's range. It can also be used as a weapon or to grab items in hard-to-reach places.
The Hookshot is found in the Pirates' Fortress in Majora's Mask and acts exactly the same as it did in the previous installment, and can only be used by Link in his human form.
Unlike Ocarina of Time however, the Hookshot only has one chain length in the game. Despite this change, the item has quite a reasonable and long reach.
It acts similarly to how it did in previous 3D installments. However, notable changes to the item relate mostly to the Iron Boots. If Link equips both items simultaneously, he becomes so heavy and does not get pulled towards his target. Thus, he can use the Hookshot to pull heavy stones off the wall, such as the one imprisoning Makar.
The Hookshot can be rented for 50 Rupees or bought for 800 Rupees from Ravio's Shop in A Link Between Worlds. The Hookshot can be upgraded to the Nice Hookshot by Mother Maiamai, if Link has purchased the Hookshot from Ravio's Shop and has found at least 10 Lost Maiamais. The Nice Hookshot deals more damage and extends farther.
The Hookshot can be used to grapple onto switches as well as Wooden Plaques, which Link can then quickly merge with. Certain Floodgate switches in the Swamp Palace can only be grabbed with the Hookshot. These change the water level of the dungeon.
Other than this, it behaves similarly to how it did in A Link to the Past and is used to defeat the updated version of Arrghus.
In Hyrule Warriors, the Hookshot appears as an item obtained in the "The Shadow King" Scenario. The Hookshot is used to grapple onto ledges, indicated by a bulls eye target overhead and a glowing space when the Hookshot is selected. It can also be used to grapple onto enemies and quickly move towards them, sometimes also while performing an attack on certain enemies in some instances, such as on Aeralfos when it is in flight. The Hookshot can temporarily be upgraded by finding a item upgrade power-up in battles, which increases its strength for its duration. In this state it can also be used to pull and crash a tiny Moon onto enemies. Its duration can be increased by crafting WhipBadges. The Hookshot is also used to pull down and stun Argorok when its tail glows blue, as well as weaken a part of Ganon when his tail glows.
In Adventure Mode, the Hookshot is also an Item Card that allows to unlock a new area of the map upon completion.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
Cadence of Hyrule
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The Hookshot appears as a key item that can assist Cadence, Link, Yves, and Zelda in reaching areas that would otherwise be out of reach to them, along with stunning and knocking back enemies.[7] It can later be upgraded to the Longshot.
フックショット (Fukkushotto)(ALttPA Link to the Past | LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) | OoTOcarina of Time | ALBWA Link Between Worlds)[16][17][18][19]
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钩索 (Gōu suǒ)(ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | LADXLink's Awakening DX | LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D | MMMajora's Mask | MM3DMajora's Mask 3D | TWWThe Wind Waker | ALBWA Link Between Worlds)[22]
Arpione (ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | LADXLink's Awakening DX | LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) | OoTOcarina of Time | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D | MMMajora's Mask | MM3DMajora's Mask 3D | TWWThe Wind Waker | ALBWA Link Between Worlds | CoHCadence of Hyrule)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
↑"In addition to destroying walls with bombs, you can attack distant enemies with arrows, climb up walls with the Hookshot, and more." — Nintendo of America, Hyrule Warriors Direct 8.4.2014 , YouTube (video), published August 4, 2014, retrieved August 4, 2014.
↑Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 127(ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | OoTOcarina of Time | MMMajora's Mask | TWWThe Wind Waker | ALBWA Link Between Worlds)
↑BOING! This is the Hook Shot! It extends and contracts and... BOING! It can grapple many things! — N/A (A Link to the Past)
↑You've got the Hook Shot! Its chain stretches long when you use it! — N/A (Link's Awakening DX)
↑Hookshot -- Assign it to Use it to pull yourself to certain objects or stun and knock back enemies. — Inventory (Cadence of Hyrule)
↑"Aiuta Link a trovare gli otto Strumenti delle Sirene, collezionando oggetti come i Calzari di Pegaso e l'Arpione, oltrepassando gli impegnativi labirinti e sconfiggendo gli spietati boss." — The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | Game Boy Color | Giochi | Nintendo , www.nintendo.it, retrieved September 10, 2020.
↑Du hast den Fanghaken erhalten! Krall dich an Gegnern oder Vorsprüngen fest. So hast du mehr Möglichkeiten, dich fortzubewegen! — N/A (Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition)
↑"This is the Hook Shot in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Latch it onto something far away and ZIP, off you go! It's also great for stunning enemies if you hit them with it." — The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Hook Shot | Facebook , Facebook, published August 15, 2019, retrieved August 15, 2019.
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