Staldra

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Staldras are Enemies in Skyward Sword.[1]

Characteristics

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Fi says:

Target lock: Staldra

This is a snake monster from before the dawn of time. Three bone-plated heads and a thirst to cause pain keep it writhing even beyond death.

My analysis shows that to defeat this cursed snake, all three of its heads must be simultaneously destroyed.

Staldras are skeletal hydras located in the Skyview Temple and Lanayru Mining Facility. They are able to regenerate their heads when one is cut off.

Upon encountering an Enemy, Staldras will begin moving their heads in various patterns as they confront them, before lunging at their foes in attack. Their heads will align themselves in a horizontal, diagonal, or an uneven position. Link can only defeat them by destroying all three heads at once, otherwise the decapitated heads will quickly regenerate. Because of this, they can only be defeated when they align their heads in an even position where Link can slice through all three at once.

An easy way to defeat Staldras is to Shield Bash them when they lunge, then attack while they are stunned. It is possible to kill Staldras with Bombs if all the heads are looking in the direction of the Bomb. Upon defeat, Staldras will drop a single Red Rupee.

Nomenclature

Staldra is a portmanteau of "Stal", a prefix used to denote skeletal creatures such as the Stalfos, and Hydra, a multi-headed serpent-like beast from Greek myth that could regrow its heads.

ZW Nomenclature Asset.png Names in Other Regions ZW Nomenclature Asset 2.png
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
スタルヘッド (Sutaru Heddo) (SS)[3]Stal Head
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch
Staldra (SSHD)[7]
The French Republic
FrenchEU
Stalfydre (SSHD)[5] 
The Federal Republic of Germany
German
Stalydra (SSHD)[4] 
The Italian Republic
Italian
Tritestalfos (SSHD)[2]Portmanteau of Tritesta ("three-heads") and "Stalfos"; Tritesta is also the Italian name of Tryclyde from Super Mario Bros. 2
The Kingdom of Spain
SpanishEU
Tristalfos (SSHD)[6] 
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See Also

References

  1. Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 206
  2. "Bersaglio inquadrato: tritestalfos." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD, Italian localization)
  3. Hyrule Encyclopedia, Ambit Ltd., pg. 180
  4. "Dies ist eine Stalydra." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD, German localization)
  5. "La cible verrouillée est une Stalfydre." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD, European French localization)
  6. "El objetivo seleccionado es un tristalfos." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD, European Spanish localization)
  7. "Doelwit: Staldra" — Fi (Skyward Sword HD, Dutch localization)