How to defeat Frox in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Frox is a new monster in the Legend of Zelda series, making its debut in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomgloomy background. Literally, the place is shrouded in gloom. While these giant tusked frog-like monsters may seem intimidating at first, they’re surprisingly quick to take down once you know what you’re doing and if you’re prepared.

Fortunately, the Frox shares similarities with the Battle Talus and Stone Talus foes when it comes to strategies, so if you’re already familiar with the big brutes, you’ve already come in handy. It also has less health, which is always good to know.

The main problem, of course, is the location – because, to quote Jamiroquai, we’re going deeper underground (than you would for the Talus enemies).

Where to find Frox in Tears of the Kingdom

There are several Frox in the depths below Hyrule, but the easiest to find is due north of the Great Abandoned Mine, almost directly below the Hyrule Field Skyview Tower.

The nearest travel points are the Nihcayam Lightroot (to the south) or the Nogukoyk Lightroot (to the north). Their size makes them pretty hard to miss.

How to beat Frox in Tears of the Kingdom

First, make sure you are prepared. You will at least need it arrows and a hammer. If you want an easy life, bring some bomb flowersbut this is not essential.

This is really a boss of two parts: stun it and then surround it.

The first and easiest way to stun him is to go on the defensive. Frox has two main attacks: the body slam – which just gets out of the way – and what can only be described as ‘the Kirby’.

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If you find yourself getting sucked into the Frox’s gaping maw, you can do your best to sprint away, but chances are you won’t be able to. Instead, turn to face him and shoot a bomb arrow in his mouth. You hear a satisfactory gulpand you can watch and grin as the bomb explodes in the belly of the beast.

The second way to stun him is the same as the Hinox. Follow the golden rule of video games: if you see a big yellow eye, shoot it. This will cause the Frox to fall to the ground.

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However you stun Frox, the next step is the same. Run up his arm and look for the big black chunks of stone on his back. Remember that hammer we mentioned? It’s time to start mining Zoanite.

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Keep hitting those rocks until they break – this is the fastest way to deal massive damage. You’ll have time to knock out maybe two chunks with a decent hammer (we used the Stone Talus Hammer) before Frox knocks you off and you have to stun him again.

Strictly speaking, you don’t need to break all the bricks if you hit him in the eye enough times, but you should be able to break them all after just two stuns.

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What do you do with Frox fang?

Unlike the Flux Construct or the Stone Talus, the Frox doesn’t drop anything you can only fuse into a weapon – anything it drops can be picked up. However, due to the nature of the combat, you’ll likely find that the items that are dropped are a bit more scattered than usual.

The main item drop here is If notthe essential component that you must refine into crystallized charges, which you in turn trade in for an additional energy cell to power your Zonai devices.

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But that’s not all, folks. If you’re lucky you can get a piece of it great Zoaniteor if you are terribly luckily the frox can one large crystallized charge.

Finally, we have the body parts: Frox fang, Frox fingernailAnd Frox guts. The fingernail adds +10 Fuse attack power, while the fang adds a whopping +14. Both can be boiled into an elixir, as can the entrails, which only add +1 power.