Evil Eagle

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Evil Eagle
Boss7 Evil Eagle.gif
TitleNightmare of the Eagle's Tower
Game(s)Link's Awakening
Dungeon(s)Eagle's Tower
Weakness(es)Hookshot, Boomerang, Bow, Magic Rod

The Evil Eagle is the eponymously named boss of the Eagle's Tower, and the minion of the Grim Creeper, the mini-boss of the same dungeon, in Link's Awakening.

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Background

The villain who "pilots" the Evil Eagle is the Grim Creeper, who threatens Link with his life as he is climbing to face the boss.[1] Shortly after the Grim Creeper's jeering, the Eagle flies in and the boss battle begins.

Strategy

The Grim Creeper, two Big Keese, and the Evil Eagle

Link can block most of the Evil Eagle's attacks using his Mirror Shield. Evil Eagle will fly back and forth across the screen at varying altitudes until Link hits him in the beak three times with any of the following weapons: the Hookshot, the Boomerang, the Bow, or the Magic Rod. After three hits Evil Eagle will hover to the side of the tower and either blow wind at Link and shooting little feathers (to combat this, Link should keep his shield up and walk towards the wind), or he will dive at him. If Link falls off the tower, he has to restart the entire battle. The Eagle is defeated with eight hits from the Hookshot and Boomerang, and six from the Bow.

The Magic Rod can be used to fight the Eagle, even though it is in Turtle Rock. However, Level 7 is not yet finished. Even so, all that is needed is the Shield L-2 (Mirror Shield) and the Frog's Song of Soul (Song 3) to get into Turtle Rock. Once the Shield is retrieved from Level 7, Level 8 is reachable and the Magic Rod obtainable. The Eagle goes down in three hits with the Magic Rod, and will not attack directly if it is used.

Once the Eagle is defeated, Grim Creeper will warn Link that he is in the Wind Fish's dream as well,[2] and a Heart Container and the Organ of Evening Calm are retrieved as a reward.

Trivia

References

  1. "BAH! I'm not going to hold back! I'm going to make you wish you were never born!!" — Grim Creeper (Link's Awakening)
  2. "My energy...gone...I...lost! But you will be lost too, if the Wind Fish wakes! Same as me...you...are...in...his...dream..." — Grim Creeper (Link's Awakening)


Forest minish.png Names in Other Regions Jabber Nut MC.gif
Language Name Meaning
Japanese Japan アルバトス Albatoss
German Germany Teufelsadler Demonic Eagle

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