Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – How to Defeat Mucktorok

Mucktorok is the Scourge of the Water Temple. This boss is the last challenge you face in this temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

The boss’ main gimmick is that it uses its own muck to protect itself and impair your movement. You will need to use water to dissolve the sludge!

In this guide, we’ll tell you how to defeat this boss so you can complete the Water Temple.

How to Defeat Mucktorok in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The boss will conceal itself as soon as the fight starts, hiding inside a large shark made of muck.

You will need to dissolve this shark with water to reveal Mucktorok, which will give you a chance to attack.

Thankfully, you have Sidon joining you for this battle! Approach Sidon when he has this ability ready and press the A button.

The water bubble will protect Link from one attack if he’s hit. More importantly, though, attacking while the bubble is in effect will shoot the bubble as a watery projectile.

The projectile varies based on your weapon type, as well, with spears having the fastest projectile.

Avoid Mucktorok’s muck shark attacks while waiting for Sidon to charge his ability, then approach him and get the Water Bubble. Wait for an opening and press A to shoot the water projectile at the shark.

The water will dissolve the shark with a single hit, leaving Mucktorok exposed. It’s your chance to go on the offensive, so grab your strongest weapon and beat Mucktorok up while you can!

Phase 2 will start once the boss’ health is below 50%! There are only two big differences for this phase.

First, Mucktorok will cover most of the arena with muck. Link won’t take damage by standing on it, but he will be slowed down greatly. Your Water Bubble projectiles can remove the sludge.

Second, Mucktorok will be able to swim through the muck after being exposed. This makes it much harder to catch.

Other than that, the fight remains mostly the same: avoid the shark’s attacks, get Sidon’s Water Bubble, and expose the boss to be able to deal damage.

Repeat the process until you empty the boss’ health bar and you will have won, completing the Water Temple!

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