Template:Enemy Devalants are recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.[1] They both appear and behave similar to that of a larval Antlion.[2]
Characteristics
Devalants are giant, burrowing insects with large snapping pincers that live in desert regions. They create sinkholes in the sand as they burrow underneath, drawing in their prey.
A Link to the Past
In A Link to the Past, two varieties of Devalants can be found; A Red variety, and a blue variety. The blue variety will sit and wait for Link to fall into its sinkhole, while the red variety will spit fireballs over a long distance. Upon killing a Devalant, the sinkhole which it lived in will disappear, leaving unmoving sand where it once was.
Four Swords Adventures
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A Link Between Worlds
Template:Sectstub Devalants hide within sand where they wait and form pits to draw in prey in A Link Between Worlds. Devalants can be drawn out of their pits with the Sand Rod, allowing Link to quickly kill them.
Trivia
- Devalants are named as Moldorms in the official Shogakukan guide for Four Swords Adventures.
- The behavior of Molgera when submerged in the sand is very similar to that of a Devalant, but on a much larger scale.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions 
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Japanese | デビランド (Debirando) モルドアーム (Morudoāmu) (FSA) |
Potentially a compound of デビル (Debiru) and ハンド (Hando), meaning "Devilhand" |
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German | Devalant | |
Gallery
- ALttP Blue Devalant Sprite.png
A Blue Devalant from A Link to the Past
An animated Blue Devalant from A Link to the Past
See Also
References
- ↑ Art & Artifacts, Dark Horse Books, pg. 390
- ↑ "砂の中から現われて火を吐く。見た目はアリジゴク、接近すると引き込まれるところなどは、まさにそれである。" (The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods Official Nintendo Guidebook Over, Shogakukan, pg. 130)
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