Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Hinox

The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Hinox is a Mini Boss found in the Hyrule Ridge, West Necluda areas of the map. The Hinox Boss will drop Hinox Toenail, Hinox Tooth, Hinox Horn, Hinox Guts, Apple, Wildberry, Voltfruit, Palm Fruit, Mighty Bananas, Fortified Pumpkin.

Life: 600

Melee Attack Power: 24

Ranged Attack Power: 24

Damage Type: Physical

Description: These giant, one-eyed monsters live mostly in the woods and have large, thick horns. Hinox are known for tearing entire trees from the ground and using them as weapons. Occasionally, they fall asleep on roads, presenting terrifying roadblocks for travelers. A deft hand can steal weapons from the necklaces they wear.

Where To Find Hinox Locations

You can find Hinox enemies near the Hyrule Ridge, West Necluda locations.

Hinox Map contents
Location	Type	Subtype	Description	Show on map

How To Beat Hinox

Below we breakdown the Hinox Weaknesses and Resistances, as well as what Armor, Materials and Food you should use to help you fight the Hinox in Zelda TotK. Before that lets learn more about the Hinox stats.

Hinox Stats
Detail	Data
Life	600
Attack Power	Melee: 24 Ranged: 24
Exp Rewarded	15.00 XP (Limit: 150 XP)
Damage Type	Physical
Weakness	None
Resistance	None

How the EXP System Works in TotK

Hinox Damage Type

The Hinox will use Physical Damage Attacks, which means you can use the following Armor and Items to reduce the damage you will receive when hit.

You can reduce the damage of Hinox Physical Attacks when you use the following ingredients in any recipe:

You can reduce the damage of Hinox Physical Attacks wearing following armor:

Soldier's Helm

Soldier's Greaves

Soldier's Armor

You can reduce the damage of Physical Attacks consuming the following recipes before battle.

Tough Elixir

Hinox Behavior:
When encountering a Hinox, you will most likely find it sleeping which will give you time to prepare or to run away. However, if it has awoken or is already awake, there are multiple ways to fight it, either from a distance or up close.

Combat:
When fighting a Hinox up close, you can deal massive amounts of damage quite quickly depending on how much damage your weapons do and how fast they swing. However, fighting like this leaves you vulnerable to multiple powerful attacks from the Hinox. Such as; when standing in front of it, it will clasp its hands together to squash Link- and even flop down onto the ground causing a shockwave that damages Link quite badly if not prepared. You can avoid the hand clasps by approaching from the back or side; however, that won't stop it from flopping on the ground and the only way to avoid that is by fighting from a distance or backing up before it gets you with the shockwave. When Link is considered far enough away, the Hinox will rip up a tree from the ground and toss it, and Blue Hinoxes throw small rocks, while Black Hinoxes use Bomb Barrels. You can counteract this by using the Recall Ability to send it right back at the Hinox.

Weakness:
You can stop a Hinox dead in its tracks by shooting it in the eye, which will cause it to grab its face in pain and sit on the ground- from here you can continue shooting or close the distance to fight personally.

Armor and Vulnerabilities:
Blue and Black Hinoxes wear rough leg protectors made of wood and metal. However, you can use their armor against them with the right attacks. Wooden leg protectors can be destroyed with fire, and metal ones conduct electricity. So, if you hit Black Hinoxes with Electric attacks, they'll be stunned. Gloom Hinox are found in the Depths and are corrupted by Gloom, making them stronger and can damage Link's Hearts with Gloom- it's best to be prepared with Anti-Gloom Food and Armor before engaging.

Hinox Item Drops

When you defeat a Hinox enemy, it has a chance to drop the following items: Hinox Toenail, Hinox Tooth, Hinox Horn, Hinox Guts, Apple, Wildberry, Voltfruit, Palm Fruit, Mighty Bananas, Fortified Pumpkin.

Hinox Items Drops List
Drops	Effects	Used For
Hinox Horn	Fuse Damage: 12 Time Boost: 0:40	Yiga Mask Yiga Tights Yiga Armor
Hinox Toenail	Fuse Damage: 7	Fierce Deity Mask Fierce Deity Boots Fierce Deity Armor
Hinox Tooth	Fuse Damage: 8	Fierce Deity Mask Fierce Deity Boots Fierce Deity Armor
Hinox Guts		Soldier's Helm Soldier's Greaves Soldier's Armor Ancient Hero's Aspect Royal Guard Cap Royal Guard Boots Royal Guard Uniform Fierce Deity Mask Fierce Deity Boots Fierce Deity Armor
Apple	0.5
Wildberry	0.5
Voltfruit	0.5 Cooking: Shock Resistance	Rubber Helm Rubber Tights Rubber Armor
Palm Fruit	1
Mighty Bananas	0.5 Cooking: Attack Up	Yiga Mask Yiga Tights Yiga Armor
Fortified Pumpkin	0.5 Cooking: Defense Up