TotK Queen Gibdo: How to Beat Her, HP, Weak Spot, Rematches

Queen Gibdo is the boss of the Lightning Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the last fight of the main quest Riju of Gerudo Town. As ruler of the Gibdos she has a shell that ordinary attacks cannot get through, so Riju’s lightning has to open her up first. This page covers her weak spot, both encounters, what you get for winning, and the three Depths rematches. The temple itself is on the Lightning Temple walkthrough, and all five bosses are compared on the temple bosses overview.

What kind of boss is Queen Gibdo?

Her health bar calls her the “Scourge of the Lightning Temple”. The Hyrule Compendium describes her like this: “The ruler of the Gibdos and the culprit behind the sand shroud that plagued the Gerudo region, the Queen Gibdo is an agile beast who built a nest in the desert to spawn her drones en masse. Her tough exoskeleton deflects ordinary weapons.”

The ordinary Gibdos she rules are on the Gibdos page.

Where do you fight Queen Gibdo?

You meet her twice in the temple:

1. Outside the entrance. Once Riju’s lightning has raised the Lightning Temple out of the sand and opened its entrance, Queen Gibdo appears for the first time. Reportedly she flees to the top of the temple after losing some health.
2. The Room of Glorious Light on 7F. Charge the temple’s four batteries, ride the lift up to the Room of Glorious Light on 7F and strike the hive-like structure in the room with lightning. She appears again with full health, and this is the real boss fight.

Where the batteries are and how to reach them is on the Lightning Temple walkthrough. Bring plenty of arrows; you will be shooting all fight.

How much HP does Queen Gibdo have?

Her base HP is 2,270. Reportedly she gains HP for every temple boss you have already beaten: 2,270 if she is your first or second, then 2,724 and 3,178, and 3,632 if you leave her for last. Beam Emitters do only 20% damage to her, so do not rely on them. All five bosses’ numbers are on the temple bosses overview.

How do you beat the first part?

1. Turn her white. Shoot her while she is inside the range of Riju’s lightning; lightning strikes where the arrow lands. Arrows fused with Fire Fruit, Red Chuchu Jelly, Shock Fruit or Yellow Chuchu Jelly work the same way.

2. Melee her while she is white. When she turns white she is down to bones like an ordinary Gibdo, and only then does she take damage. Run in and hit her as hard as you can; enough hits knock her to the floor, so keep attacking.

3. Sidestep the tornadoes. She summons tornadoes; just move to the side.

How do you beat the second part?

In the Room of Glorious Light, at half health she wakes the 4 Gibdo hives around the arena, and they keep releasing Gibdos.

• Destroy the hives with Riju’s lightning. A pillar of light shines down where each hive stood, and Gibdos inside it cannot move and are easy to beat.
• Nothing changes against the Queen herself: turn her white, then melee.

How does Riju’s ability help?

This fight runs on Riju’s Power of Lightning: when Riju is charged, shoot an arrow inside her range and lightning strikes where it lands. Use it to turn Queen Gibdo white and to destroy the hives. The other sages’ abilities are on the sages page.

What do you get for beating Queen Gibdo?

• Heart Container
• Vow of Riju, Sage of Lightning: from then on you can summon Riju’s avatar and use her lightning at any time.

Queen Gibdo drops no materials in the temple.

Where can you fight Queen Gibdo again in the Depths, and does she respawn?

After you beat Queen Gibdo in the Lightning Temple, three more appear in the Depths with the title “Scourge of the Depths”. In the Depths a destroyed hive leaves no pillar of light, so you have to deal with the Gibdos yourself. Reportedly the Depths version has 2,838 HP.

• Respawn: she comes back after a Blood Moon, so you can fight her again and again.
• Drop: every win drops a Queen Gibdo Wing, which you can fuse to a weapon.
• Chest: a treasure chest wrapped in Gloom sits in the arena and opens once she is beaten. It holds a Huge Crystallized Charge and can only be opened once.

The closest Lightroots: Umamustor Lightroot below Vatorsa Snowfield, Sikurukam Lightroot below Washa’s Bluff, and Korakut Lightroot below Hylia River. Lighting the Lightroot first makes the arena far easier to find; getting around down there is covered in the Depths guide.

Queen Gibdo video guide

Video walkthrough

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

See also

The other temple bosses: Colgera, Marbled Gohma, Mucktorok and the Seized Construct. What to do with the charges is on battery upgrades.