BotW Stal Enemies: Stalkoblin, Stalmoblin, Stalizalfos HP, Drops

A loading tip warns: “When night falls, skeletal Stal monsters will emerge from the ground. Stay vigilant!” In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Stal monsters are the remains of Bokoblins, Moblins and Lizalfos. They fall apart at a touch, but pull themselves back together as long as the skull is intact. This page covers the HP, tactics and drops of all three, and maps the 135 the game places. Each family’s full data is on Bokoblins, Moblins and Lizalfos; other monsters are in the enemy overview.

What kinds of Stal enemy are there?

HP is from the game’s parameters. All three “appear in the dark of the night” and rebuild while a skull remains intact.

Two more Stal monsters are covered elsewhere: the giant Stalnox in Hinox locations, and the Stalhorse in the horse guide.

How do you beat Stal enemies?

• Break the skull. The Compendium says that “as long as a skull remains intact, they’ll continue to pull themselves back together and go on fighting.” The body falls apart in one hit; then hit the skull on the ground and it is gone.
• Hit again while it is scattered. A Stalmoblin takes “just a few attacks” to fall apart, one more than the other two.
• Take its arm. Once the body falls apart, the arm can be picked up as a weapon: Bokoblin Arm, Moblin Arm or Lizalfos Arm. The item text says the bones keep moving after they come off, and that they break quickly.

The Compendium also notes that Stalkoblins and Stalizalfos sometimes grab the wrong skull, “but this doesn’t seem to be a problem”.

What do Stal enemies drop?

From the game’s drop tables (the ones rolled on every kill).

Where do Stal enemies spawn?

This is the normal-mode placement data, leaving out the 8 used only in the Great Plateau trial of the DLC pack The Champions’ Ballad.

• By tower region: Ridgeland 33, Woodland 30, Great Plateau 15, Wasteland 10, Central 9, Hebra 8, and 4 to 7 in each of the others.
• Stalkoblins cluster most around Nima Plain 8, the Eastern Abbey 6, Lake Kolomo 5, Satori Mountain 5 and the Military Training Camp 5.
• In the Woodland region, around Mido Swamp, the Thyphlo Ruins and Lake Saria, another 16 Stalkoblins use a different placement.
• Stalizalfos are most common on Satori Mountain (5); Stalmoblins are spread out, with 6 in the Ridgeland region.

Other monsters are in the enemy overview.