BotW Blight Ganons: How to Beat All 4, HP and Rewards

The four Blights are the phantoms of Ganon that killed the Champions a hundred years ago and took over the Divine Beasts. Each Beast ends with one of them. This page is the overview: their HP by fight order, the key to each fight, and what each one gives you. Each Blight’s full fight, plus its Hyrule Castle and DLC rematches, is on its own page, linked in the table below. For which Beast to do first, see the Divine Beast order guide.

How much HP does each Blight have?

The game gives every Blight the same base, 800 HP. How much they actually have depends on where you fight them and how many you have beaten before:

So the Beast you finish first always has the weakest Blight, whichever Blight that is. Any Blight you have not beaten waits in the Sanctum before Calamity Ganon, in the order Windblight, Waterblight, Fireblight, Thunderblight, and you fight them back to back with no chance to save.

Which Blight is in which Divine Beast?

The game’s own descriptions sum each one up: Waterblight “attacks with a spear and ice magic”, Windblight “specializes in long-range wind attacks”, Fireblight “attacks with a greatsword and fire magic” and Thunderblight “specializes in quick, lightning-based attacks”.

How do you beat Waterblight Ganon?

In phase 1 it uses a spear: dodge for a Flurry Rush or shoot its eye in the pauses. At half health the room floods down to four platforms and it throws ice blocks; break them with Cryonis, or freeze one with Stasis and hit it back. The full fight, the DLC rematch and its fixed gear are on the Waterblight Ganon page.

How do you beat Fireblight Ganon?

In phase 1 it swings a greatsword: dodge for a Flurry Rush, and stun it with Ice Arrows to the eye. At half health it floats up and charges a fireball; throw a Remote Bomb in, detonate it, and Fireblight crashes down. The full fight is on the Fireblight Ganon page.

How do you beat Windblight Ganon?

The fight is on Vah Medoh’s back, so bring cold protection. Ride the updrafts, shoot its eye in slow motion, and hit it once it falls. At half health it releases four drones that bounce its lasers; save your arrows for Windblight itself. The full fight is on the Windblight Ganon page.

How do you beat Thunderblight Ganon?

Let it attack first, then block, parry or dodge and strike back; a one-handed weapon with a shield works best. At half health it plants electrified metal stakes: carry one next to it with Magnesis so its own lightning knocks it down. Bring Electro food. The full fight is on the Thunderblight Ganon page.

What do you get for beating a Blight?

Activating the Main Control Unit frees the Champion’s spirit, who gives you their ability.

What the four abilities do and how long they take to recharge is on the Champion abilities page; how they help in the last fight is in the Divine Beast order guide. Each freed Beast also fires on Calamity Ganon at the start of the final battle.

See also

More bosses in Breath of the Wild: Calamity Ganon and Dark Beast Ganon, all 22 Lynels, all 40 Hinox and all 40 Taluses.

Freeing each Divine Beast also brings its Champion’s weapon — the Boulder Breaker, Lightscale Trident, Great Eagle Bow, and the Scimitar of the Seven with Daybreaker; see the best weapons.