With the exception of the Korok Mask inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, every creature-based mask you can getcomes from giving Koltin Bubbul Gems. You may overlook these masks and write them off as useless, but the truth is that they’re rather funny.
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Standing next to a Lynel who isn’t quite sure what’s going on but, for the moment, has accepted you as one of its own is an incredibly amusing experience. Plus, if you stumble across one of these creatures when you’re ill-prepared, if you move fast enough and aren’t outed by another, you’re able to make your way through an encampment or territory mostly unscathed.
6Moblin
You are going to have a difficult time trying to see the reaction of a Moblin to this mask. Rarely, if ever, are they outside of the company of the Bokoblins, and they are exceedingly difficult to get alone. Regardless, you can pick off the Bokoblins from a distance and book it until the Moblin de-agros.
After that, slip into yourMoblin Maskand strut right up to your new giant friend. Sure, the Moblin will be exceedingly confused at who this new, tiny friend is, but if you’re not actively aggressive, the two of you can exist peacefully in the same space. Well, so long as no Bokoblins see you in their encampment.
Where the Moblin might have just accepted that you’re an exceptionally ugly and small Moblin baby, the Bokoblins will see right through you and immediately blow the alarm horn. This is enough to jostle your new Moblin friend out of their temporary acceptance of you and reorient them towards violence. If you want this reward, all you have to do is fork over 2 Bubbul Gems to your resident Bubbul Gem consumer, Koltin.
5Bokoblin
Assuming you can find a Bokoblin camp without a Moblin among its ranks, and as long as you wear theBokoblin Mask, you can socialize with your new friends! So long as you don’t make any rash moves or get hostile with them, they should treat you fairly well.
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There might be some confusion. After all, you don’t completely look like a Bokoblin, but who are they to judge? Bokoblins come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, so why not one that looks vaguely Hylian? Of course, they might not have enough going on upstairs to realize that Link is just a Hylian wearing a kind of cute Bokoblin mask.
You have to hand it to Link, though. He’s able to mimic thestance of one of these strangely adorable enemiesincredibly well. The only downside to this mask is that Bokoblins generally aren’t threatening enough to justify using it often. This is, however, the easiest reward to get from Koltin because it’s the very first.
4Lizalfos
Lizalfos are one of the few enemies you enjoy jump-scaring with the intent to harm. Although you might not be able to stop the jump scares, it won’t be with the intent to harm once you have theLizalfos Maskequipped.
Like the others, they’ll be confused but generally accepting that you are, in fact, one of them. While you’re wearing the mask, and you move at the right angle, however, it looks like the Lizalfos aretastingLink, trying to figure out if he’s a friend or foe.
Unfortunately for these Lizalfos, as soon as you whip out your sword and smack them around for their horns or tails, any friendliness they may have shared, any sense of camaraderie, goes out the window in favor of accepting your friendly fire challenge. The Lizalfos mask will cost you the lives of three Bubbulfrogs, for a grand total of 14 Bubbul Gems Koltin has eaten.
3Lynel
Lynels are undeniably terrifying, and you are more than likely to run across them when you are absolutely not mentally prepared to take on their challenge. Thankfully, theLynel Maskwill give you just enough time to get through their territory without any harm coming to you.
Unfortunately, if you spend enough time lingering around their territory, the Lynel will eventually realize you are not some small, two-legged, stick-thin Lynel, and they will become very angry that you have tricked them. Lynels are notably smarter than most other enemies, so even if you whip out your sages to take some blows for you if you get caught in the act, the Lynel will ignore them in favor of targeting Link and only Link.
At the least, the Lynel mask makes for a fun photo op. If you want that, you can serve Koltin 4 Bubbul Gems for a total of 37.
2Horriblin
TheHorriblin Maskis one of the funniest experiences because down comes this cave-dwelling enemy from the ceiling, dropping to all fours to examine Link. Considering it sniffs excessively at Link and peers up at him from ground level, it’s easy to assume that either Link stinks like a Horriblin or this mask does.
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Regardless, it’ll be a while before it recognizes you as hostile, so long as you don’t act out against it. Thankfully, this should be enough time to get in and out of a cave without much of a fight, especially if you’re trying to hunt down some Bubbulfrogs. Despite this being one of the arguably uglier creature masks Link can dawn, it’s also one of the more useful ones.
If you want this Mask, you’re going to have to pay a Bubbul Gem tax of 4 to Koltin, which will put your grand total at 29.
1Majora’s Mask
Are you tired of being spotted by the enemy as you’re sneaking through their encampments because the clap of your weapons keeps alerting the guards? If so, you needMajora’s Mask. Now you may make friends with your enemies because they aren’t quite sure what to think of you.
Whether or not Majora’s mask counts as a creature mask is debatable. What’s important is that all of the different creatures of Hyrule will, for the most part, accept you as one of them with it. It’s the only mask to trick multiple types of monsters at one time. You can get this mask through the Floating Colosseum at the Great Plateau North Chasm by mercilessly bringing five Lynels to their knees. Sure, it’s more difficult than feeding Koltin, but the reward is worth it.
Korok - Honorable Mention
TheKorok Maskis the most useful of the lot, and it doesn’t require you to wander into monster encampments to see it in action. One of the most frustrating things in Tears of the Kingdom is not having enough space for your weapons and your shields, so at some point, you may just end up hunting down Koroks, so you canfinallyhold all the equipment you want.
Fortunately, the Korok mask is exceedingly helpful with this, shaking and chiming wheneveryou’re close to one of the Korok puzzles. It helps that this mask is exceedingly cute, too, meaning that you don’t look absolutely bizarre while you run around Hyrule.
If you want this mask, however, you’ll have to venture down into the Depths and fight in an arena set up by the Yiga Clan at the Forest Coliseum to the North East of the Korok Grove.
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