TotK Mucktorok: How to Beat It, HP, Weak Spot, Rematches

Mucktorok is the boss of the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the last fight of the main quest Sidon of the Zora. It hides inside a shell made of sludge, and only water drives it out. This page covers its weak spot, both phases, what you get for winning, and the three Depths rematches. The temple itself is on the Water Temple walkthrough, and all five bosses are compared on the temple bosses overview.

What kind of boss is Mucktorok?

Its health bar calls it the “Scourge of the Water Temple”. The Hyrule Compendium describes it like this: “The culprit behind the sludge that plagued Zora’s Domain. Despite its small size, it was able to produce a massive deluge of the substance, polluting the entire region. It can mold sludge into outer shells of various shapes, a technique it uses both to protect itself and attack its foes.”

How do you start the Mucktorok fight?

The Water Temple has four faucets, and each one ends with Sidon’s water hitting a wheel. With all four open, go back to the terminal: the water washes the sludge away and Mucktorok appears. Where the faucets are and how to open each one is on the Water Temple walkthrough.

The boss arena has low gravity, so you jump higher than usual and can hop over some of its attacks.

How much HP does Mucktorok have?

Its base HP is 1,300. Reportedly it gains HP for every temple boss you have already beaten: 1,300 if it is your first or second, then 1,625 and 1,925, and 2,275 if you leave it for last. It resists arrows and beams: arrows do only 60% damage and Beam Emitters only 20%, so most of your damage comes from chasing it down in melee. All five bosses’ numbers are on the temple bosses overview.

How do you beat phase 1?

1. Hit it with water. Mucktorok swims through its own sludge like a shark. Hit it with water while it does: the water from Sidon’s Water Wall, an arrow fused with Chuchu Jelly, or a weapon fused with an Opal.

2. Keep the Water Wall up. Sidon’s Water Wall deflects sludge you cannot dodge, including the stream it sweeps across the whole arena.

3. Chase the true form. A water hit breaks the shell and reveals its octopus-like true form. Run after it and hit it in melee until it dives back into the sludge, then repeat.

How do you beat phase 2?

At half health it rebuilds its shell and leaves even more sludge puddles across the arena. The sludge slows you down, and Mucktorok skips between puddles to get away.

• Wash the sludge near the middle of the arena away with water attacks so you can move.
• When it runs, stop it with arrows fused with a Keese Eyeball or Aerocuda Eyeball, or use the low gravity to jump and aim in slow motion.
• Otherwise it is the same as phase 1: break the shell with water and chase it down.

How does Sidon’s ability help?

This fight runs on Sidon’s Power of Water: it wraps Link in water that blocks a sludge attack, and swinging your weapon releases that water as an attack, which is exactly what breaks Mucktorok’s sludge shell. The other sages’ abilities are on the sages page.

What do you get for beating Mucktorok?

• Heart Container
• Vow of Sidon, Sage of Water: from then on you can summon Sidon’s avatar and use his Water Wall at any time.

Mucktorok drops no materials in the temple.

Where can you fight Mucktorok again in the Depths, and does it respawn?

After you beat Mucktorok in the Water Temple, three more appear in the Depths with the title “Scourge of the Depths”. The Depths have normal gravity, so you cannot jump over its attacks and Sidon’s Water Wall matters even more. Reportedly the Depths version has 2,850 HP.

• Respawn: it comes back after a Blood Moon, so you can fight it again and again.
• Drops: every win drops 2 Octorok Eyeballs, 4 Octorok Tentacles and 5 to 7 Octo Balloons. Octorok Eyeballs make arrows home in on moving targets, which is handy against the other bosses.
• Chest: a treasure chest wrapped in Gloom sits in the arena and opens once it is beaten. It holds a Huge Crystallized Charge and can only be opened once.

The closest Lightroots: Niuzimod Lightroot below Tarrey Town Race, Uoyoyuik Lightroot below Rowan Plain, and Uinoj Lightroot below Ternio Trail. Lighting the Lightroot first makes the arena far easier to find; getting around down there is covered in the Depths guide.

Mucktorok video guide

Video walkthrough

Mucktorok Boss Battle | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 — YouTube

See also

The other temple bosses: Colgera, Marbled Gohma, Queen Gibdo and the Seized Construct. Octorok materials also come from ordinary Octoroks.