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This three-headed monster with lightning, fire, and ice attributes first appeared after the Upheaval. Fighting it alone is inadvisable, as it can launch coordinated elemental attacks with staggering brutality. You must be well-prepared to survive an entanglement with this beast.
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~ A King Gleeok's Hyrule Compendium entry.
Gleeoks are recurring antagonists in The Legend of Zelda series. They are a species of multi-headed dragons that guard dungeons, usually serving Ganon.
A two-headed Gleeok appears in the Explorer's Crypt, guarding the Seed of Life on behalf of General Onox and Twinrova as part of their scheme to resurrect Ganon.
The first phase of the boss fight is similar to the fights from the original game. However, once the heads of the dragon are decapitated, its remains spring back to life and begin attacking Link, charging at him and jumping, which causes the room to shake and makes Link lose his balance. Link uses Roc's Cape to float while Gleeok jumps, then attacks it with his sword when its grounded, eventually defeating it and gaining the Seed of Life.
The Legend of Zelda[]
The two-headed Gleeok in Level 4, as well as the first Gleeok in the series.
A two-headed Gleeok first appears in Level 4, guarding a piece of the Triforce of Wisdom. To defeat it, Link must slice both of its heads off. However, once one of the heads comes off, it will fly around the room shooting fireballs at Link until the other head is dealt with.
A three-headed Gleeok appears as a mini-boss in Level 6. The process for defeating it is the same, only this time with another head to take care of. A four-headed Gleeok, the hardest version in the game, appears in Level 8, guarding another piece of the Triforce.
In the Second Quest, two, three, and four-headed Gleeoks guard the pieces of the Triforce in Levels 2, 5, and 7, respectively.
Adult Timeline[]
This is the timeline that Link left behind at the end of Ocarina of Time after helping the Sages seal away Ganondorf. However, Ganondorf inevitably broke free and rampaged across Hyrule, leading to the gods flooding the entire kingdom to keep him at bay and turning it into the Great Sea.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass[]
Gleeok at the end of the Temple of Ice.
Link arrives on the Isle of Frost, an island that's said to contain the Azurine steel he needs to forge the Phantom Sword, a blade capable of slaying the demon Bellum. Upon arrival, Link finds that the island's two species, the Yook and Anouki, have been in a century-long dispute that reached a boiling point when a Yook kidnapped an Anouki and disguised himself as one of them. Link deduces the kidnapper, exposes him, and rescues the Anouki. As thanks, Link is granted access to the Temple of Ice, which contains the Azurine steel.
In the Temple of Ice, Link fights against several seemingly-possessed Yook before coming across a two-headed Gleeok, which is guarding the steel. This Gleeok is unique because one head shoots fireballs while the other shoots ice. Link ties his grappling hook between two legs and deflects the attacks back at the head of the opposite element. When Gleeok gets rid of the pegs in the arena, Link then grapples onto its tongues, slamming its heads on the ground and slashing it until it dies. After that, Link gains the Azurine steel.
After leaving the dungeon, Link discovers that the Yook have suddenly become friendly, implying that Gleeok was brainwashing them into being evil.
Converged Timeline[]
Hyrule's Founding Era[]
Upon killing Queen Sonia and claiming her Secret Stone, Gerudo King Ganondorf became the Demon King and created an army of monsters and demons, Gleeoks among them. When Ganondorf was defeated and sealed by Queen Sonia's widower King Rauru, the Gleeoks disappeared.
Era of the Wilds[]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[]
Although no Gleeoks appear in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a location in Hyrule Field named "Gleeok Bridge" is named after them.
The Gleeoks return in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, serving as overworld sub-bosses. They can be found across the surface, sky islands and the depths, and each of them appear in different color variants with their own unique elemental abilities, such as the Flame Gleeok, Thunder Gleeok, Frost Gleeok. Stronger variants called King Gleeok utilize all three elements from each Gleeok.
Trivia[]
One of the bosses in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a dragon named "Gleerok", seemingly named after and relating to the Gleeoks.
Being a species of large, multi-headed dragons with deadly breath attacks that guard areas in a fantasy world, the Gleeoks appear to be inspired by the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology.
In Tears of the Kingdom, the Gleeoks and the Demon Dragon are the only dragons who actively try to kill Link.
In Tears of the Kingdom, the Gloom-Wreathed King Gleeok is the only Gleeok that does not have its location shown above its health bar.
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