Floormaster

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Floormaster

Game(s)	Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask The Wind Waker The Minish Cap
Habitat(s)	Dungeon
Effective Weapons	Sword

The Floormaster is a close relative of the Wallmaster. In fact, the two species are often identical or near-identical in appearance. Unlike Wallmasters, who hide on the ceiling or walls, Floormasters will remain on the ground, but are just as ruthless and terrifying as their counterparts.

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask

A Floormaster in Majora's Mask

In the Nintendo 64 Zelda games, Floormasters take on the appearance of giant severed hands. When they're about to attack, they glow green, hover and clench their fists. When you attack one, it will split into three smaller hands. These tiny Floormasters should not be taken lightly, however. Upon splitting, the creatures will retreat, but after a few moments, they will turn to attack. If a tiny Floormaster grabs Link's neck, others are certain to follow, so take them out quickly. If allowed to live, tiny Floormasters will merge into one larger hand again. In Ocarina of Time, Din's Fire is a great weapon for getting rid of tiny Floormasters, if used immediately after slashing a Floormaster, to prevent the tiny ones from getting out of range. In Majora's Mask, due to their nature as creatures of darkness, Floormasters can be quickly dispatched by concentrated light, such as that directed by the Mirror Shield or carried by Light Arrows.

Occasionally, Floormasters may be invisible. Use the Lens of Truth to see them.

The Wind Waker

A Floormaster in The Wind Waker

The Wind Waker's Floormasters are radically different from their Nintendo 64 counterparts. They look like giant, thin, dark hands surrounded by a purple glow, sticking out of a dark vortex, and bear an uncanny resemblance to Majora's Mask's Dexihand or ???. Their behavior is much more akin to that of Wallmasters then that of Ocarina of Time's Floormasters: They will try to grab Link, and when they do, they will take him back to the beginning of a dungeon. They can be killed with a few slices of the sword, or with just about any other weapon. They're quite difficult to dispatch, though, since they only emerge from their holes when Link comes close enough to be grabbed. Despite their lack of any visible mouths, they often utter a strange whistling noise, and screech loudly when injured. If there are any objects (chairs, skulls, pots, etc.) lying around nearby, Floormasters will not hesitate to pick them up and throw them.

Interestingly, The Wind Waker's Floormasters are the only ones in the series that do not take Link back to the beginning of the dungeon, but rather just a few rooms back.