Why the Gloom Spawn is my FAVORITE enemy in Tears of the Kingdom

Don't let them grab you! Tears of the Kingdom has memorable enemies, and one of them that shows up from time to time are the "Gloom Hands," as they are commonly referred to, also technically called a Gloom Spawn. This enemy is unique and memorable in a scary way. But.. I think it's an exciting scary. It's my favorite enemy, because it is very anxiety inducing no matter how many times I run across it. It makes me excited and happy that this fight and this enemy is within the game, and the fight even comes with the part 2 of defeating Phantom Ganon after the five hands. This video is just sharing my thoughts on and opinion, obviously we all have different opinions and favorite enemies and I'd love to hear your thoughts as well!
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[@Aaron-hv4hr]

Now I understand why they got rid of guardians in this game. Imagine trying to climb to get away from the gloom hands only to see a dot on your head seconds later…

[@coffeec8873]

imagine a guardian with gloom spawn hands running after you 💀

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

@@coffeec8873 DLC make it happen

[@Raddish-IS-Radd]

Guardians were mainly in hyrule field while gloom hands are just about everywhere

[@matfhju]

Another dlc boss they shuld add. Straight upp bring back the monster the gloom hands are mostly inspired by. Atleast what It first reminded me off. DEDHAND in all its terefying hedius glory

[@2Syndras1Cup]

I miss the guardians, farmed them with perfect parries and bought shit.

[@CakeoftheMews]

My first encounter was actually at the cave under the one shrine. My brain went into absolute panic mode that I didn't even think of climbing the walls. I had like five hearts and I died pretty much right away. Holy shit though. That was true fear.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh man, I can imagine being in a small space like a cave and being confronted with it for the first time and just going into fight or flight mode!

[@CakeoftheMews]

@@alyoalyoalyo Pretty much what I did lol. The sheer dread when I realized it was FASTER than me...

[@BoyProdigyX]

Anybody else do that thing when you panic, where you accidentally push on the analog sticks and end up either crouching or opening the Scope?! It's gaming Darwinism, and I am NOT worthy! haha

[@amaraphoenix3542]

Yeah that was my first encounter. I somehow killed them but nearly emptied my bowels when phantom Ganon showed up 😂

[@simonn2045]

I got caught in an open space with 4 hearts just 10 mins after hitting the surface world again. Barely survived long enough to get to a broken wall but was taking the occasional hit. Absolute fear and terror.

[@BoyProdigyX]

You're *SO lucky* to have come across them that way. My first one came up behind me on the Plateau and I had *NO idea what was going on!* Nor did I know about phase 2 for a WHILE cuz I RAN _EVERY TIME_ (until that one chasm you drop down, and it's just a small round room with only you, and them, so I fought). _And..._ The Gloom Hands are the new Guardians, for sure. I was bummed when I thought we wouldn't have that one enemy that could just _OWN you_ if you were unprepared and would give you nightmares at night... but *I was WRONG!* Nintendo *DELIVERED* with these things!!!

[@alyoalyoalyo]

It is indeed so scary at times! Especially chase. And you're right, I have no clue how I didn't come across them earlier but the sudden appearance out of nowhere and chase is terrifying! Especially for a first encounter! So glad Nintendo delivered

[@orangeapples]

And then you kill them and think you’re safe. And then you meet the mini-boss.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

After dealing with the gloom hands with bomb arrows and seeing a Phantom Ganondorf spawn afterwards, I prepared for the worst. Sad to say, I was not at all impressed. But it did make for a good sparring partner when practicing perfect dodges and shield parries, both of which are important mechanics to get right. And as fun as it is to do the flurry rush after a perfect dodge, be sure to practice your shield parry when you fight the Demon King. SERIOUSLY. It will help.

[@BoyProdigyX]

@@Echo81Rumple83 It's the mood for me, definitely. The whole *world* going red and the blood-curdling screeching... I LOVE to hate them! I would have preferred Phase 2 to have been more challenging too, but like the Guardians, once you've taken a few down, it gets much easier. Plus, the terror will never hit the way it did the first time we all encountered one. Back when we were collectively having our Gloom Spawn cherries popped 🍒haha

[@MAML_]

my first reaction was "this thing is sick lemme take a pic"

[@Chris-Moore501]

Interesting to hear how you explore with such caution by climbing everything

[@Dicyroller]

I explore exatly the same way. In breath of the wild I got full stamana wheels before I started to get hearts.

[@annaisntcool]

i’m the exact same way when i play. my first encounter with gloom hands was at the akkala citadel ruins. i glided over there, excited to explore it without malice and guardians getting in my way. immediately found myself being pursued by The Hands™️ and i completely panicked😂

[@soulsurvivor3491]

I also explore the same way. I get up high, assess the terrain ahead and make a plan for adventuring or engaging the enemy ahead. Sometimes I choose another route. Currently, gloom hands are #1 on my terror watch list and I immediately teleport to another zip code whenever I spot them.

[@zandromex8985]

@@annaisntcool My first encounter was in the same place! Well, my first encounter in the overworld. A couple of days ago I got one exploring the great plateau.

[@kirukiru5924]

im the same way despite having played breath of the wild, i like seeing whats ahead and being above enemies usualy is safer, it also helped me get over the fear for guardians even if they could hit me from up there, i was a hop away from bullet time to stun them and eventually fight them. being high up feels safe.

[@SuperMarioOddity]

Encountered this thing first inside the Hebra maze. Absolutely terrified. Shot the eyes until I ran out of arrows, started desperately throwing Dazzlefruits until I eventually died.

[@arcanine_enjoyer]

Akkala Citdal for Fierce Deity Set, saw the sky turn red and almost cried

[@BoyProdigyX]

I've never died to one yet, but I did climb a wall in time to see poor Tulin get snatched up by one! I use a mod to make my Sages "flesh toned" again, so it was EXTRA traumatizing! haha

[@bikereven]

I found it there too for the first time. I saw something weird from the bars, gloom moving? Then the bars eventually opened as I proceeded with the maze's quest, and I was limitated to very small corners of the room, which luckily had at least decent height. I could take a picture of them trying to reach me by crossing the platform, I was so close to their eyes lol, I put it on a frame in Link's house.

[@Sazandora635]

If you have the sensor + feature unlocked on the Purah Pad, you can actually track the gloom hands by taking a picture of Phantom Ganon. It was awkward to see how many times I came extremely close to a spawn point for them and either had them spawn/despawn out of line of sight or just barely avoided triggering them.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh yeah, that does sound like a good feature to ping for some!

[@BoyProdigyX]

That is a GREAT idea! Save me a minor heart attack or two! haha

[@spamtong.spamton8416]

I had no idea you could track them that way. I'll have to do that when I'm Gloom Spawn hunting.

[@caryhurd9960]

I've tried that. It doesn't work. It doesn't have a picture in the compendium.

[@Sazandora635]

@@caryhurd9960 While you cannot take a picture of the hands, the sensor considers them and Phantom Ganon to be one and the same and it'll ping their location before they even appear if you track the latter.

[@Koenna99]

Nothing is like finding Hestu and going into the cave near him and just minding your own business and being like "Was that puddle of gloom always- WHAT IS THAT!?" I'm so glad I wasn't spoiled on stuff like that! The one I'm talking about is even one of the example locations of where it WON'T despawn.

[@HailSpikeHayden]

That’s what happened to me like 5 minutes ago. I never paused a game so fast

[@ferramos4533]

I also found them in that cave haha I teletransporte to the nearest shrine.

[@addlass]

I too feel safer in the depths by climbing and staying off the ground as much as possible.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Yeah! Course there's the fact that there's gloom on the ground, but there is indeed that need to seek higher places

[@BoyProdigyX]

I'm like her, I glide from high point to high point everywhere I go! haha

[@addlass]

@@BoyProdigyX In the overworld, I am riding my horse almost everywhere... Although in the Gerudo area I built fires to glide up above the dust and glide to the next high place. I get lost enough without the dust messing up everything 😅

[@H3xedyt]

btw there are only 7 in the depths

[@lucasstrople4767]

My four year old son first saw them at the equestrian range. He calmly pressed the menu button on the switch, placed the console on the couch next to him, and quietly walked upstairs.

[@Atomicrow]

I didn't know there were cool Dark Clump exclusive recipes! Only minor correction is that fusing things to Gloom Toll weapons does NOT remove the draining effects, it'll always take its toll whenever you hit something regardless of what you fuse to them, thats the tradeoff for having such good base power

[@tylerprince6371]

You can fuse the weapon to another weapon though, as long as the gloom weapon isn't the one being held

[@alistairmarston9405]

Love the deep analysis and the story of your first experience. By the way, there’s a third weapon that Phantom Ganon can have which is called the Gloom Club, it’s a two-handed weapon. Also, the Demon King’s Bow always checks the number of MAXIMUM hearts you have regardless of your actual health, so losing hearts doesn’t actually decrease its attack power.

[@slappels1266]

but losing maximum hearts to gloom or gloomified monsters, does.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh gotcha yeah I forgot about the Gloom Club! Thanks for the reminder. And the hearts tidbit! :D Appreciate it, and thanks!!

[@selender42]

It also only goes up to 60 damage sadly :(

[@alistairmarston9405]

@@slappels1266Yes, I just discovered this for myself in a battle with a Lynel. Thanks for the info!

[@1ndiebird]

@@selender42still very strong imo, and they fire arrows verry straight

[@CallaLily69]

I first saw one in the Great Plateau forest right in front of the shrine and I teleported out of there so quick

[@Blueeyesinthesky]

As a first time Zelda player playing this game, getting down from the sky was so scary at first in general as I have gotten so used to the peace that was in the sky. I was so confused when all the scary monsters were everywhere and gloom hands

[@aedaniammx7559]

My first experience with the Gloom Spawn was in the first place I explored after I finished the beginning story beats and getting the Paraglider. Hyrule Castle Chasm. My experience from BotW carried me through most of the tougher enemies, especially the Lynel, and I didn’t know what to expect and had no frame of reference for any other caves or depths in the game, so nothing really seemed off to me until much deeper in. I saw a Silver Moblin across a not-to-deep pit, and decided it’d probably by wise to take it out with a bow from across the way. Then the ground under my feet gave way, ‘that’s pretty cool’, I thought. Then I saw the hands. And then they saw me. Fast forward a few deaths and I used the nearby devices to fire cannonballs at them to take them down, and as if it wasn’t adrenaline-inducing enough to see Phantom Ganon, he started engulfing the ENTIRE CAVE in Gloom starting from beneath his feet because I was out of his range. I engaged in one-on-one combat against him, and he really did a number on me, especially with only four hearts, but I still have my first Gloom Spear, a trophy of my first and best-feeling triumph in this new Hyrule, and an experience that sticks out in my mind far above anything I had in Breath of the Wild.

[@linklinksson6885]

That was my first one too and the room it's in I think is what suits his fight best I was terrified of this gloom floormaster and after it turned to phantom ganon I'm like wtf is this the ganon fight?😂

[@slappels1266]

the weapons with the gloom toll effect still damage you if you fuse something to them, but they just don't damage you if you aren't hitting anything. If you're hitting monsters, ore deposits or zonai devices they will still inflict you with gloom hearts.

[@lilliahpasco]

i wonder what would happen if you fused a light dragon part to the gloom till effect weapons??

[@eunit8899]

Fuse the gloom weapons to another weapon to not be effected by the toll

[@EmoUno]

@@lilliahpasco​​⁠​⁠I had the same thought! Turns out light dragon parts can’t negate the gloom effect, and if you’re in an area where your broken/gray hearts can’t automatically heal, fusing gloom weapons with light dragon parts is useless - but I have found it to be a good method when fighting powerful monsters like Gleeok in the overworld!

[@bisqueybusiness2339]

@@lilliahpasco tried this! gloom weapon will take a heart and light dragon part will heal the gloom but not return the heart to red

[@graenovember]

yesh u should fuse gloom weapons to other weapons

[@georgebloch6927]

First time I saw them was on the southern road of death mountain. I saw the sky turning red and assumed it was a blood moon and then realised that it wasn’t near midnight. I then turned around and saw the hands rushing towards me. Luckily I was able to jump of the side of the mountain and paraglide away, however it was still a very frightening experience.

[@JocaPlays87]

totk is my first ever open world game and my first encounter with the Gloom Hands was when i didnt really know what the game was about, i was just harrassing the local bird population when i saw a weird thing i didnt see before, i got closer and i quickly died to the Gloom Spawn, one of my favorite accidental encounters in this game so far, i still panic when encountering them even though i've killed them a couple times

[@MichaelW1980randoms]

Your first encounter with Gloom Spawn (or Nightmare Fuel as I like to call them) was a blessing. When they spawned the first time on me, there was no verticality anywhere to use. Also, I didnt have any suitable weapons and i didnt think of teleporting away either. So naturally, I got utterly DESTROYED.

[@Helluscus]

my first encounter with the hands was on the akala citadel, it despawned like you said. However, the fight that sticks with me was in the depths on my way under the lost woods, i had thought until this point that the hands was all there was, but then phantom ganon popped out and i straight up yelled the name out lol

[@odysyr]

I first came across them in a random ass cave, frightened me to bits. I wanted to cross the cave though, so my 4 heart having butt cheesed them from a ledge, I was not ready. Not ready at all.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh gosh, yeah I don't think people will forget their first encounter with the Gloom Hands haha

[@mah1na]

sameeee

[@saramartin4791]

i think when i first saw them i had just seen my first geoglyph and was trying to get to a shrine then i saw them and almost screamed from being startled i had never been so grateful for a hasty elixer in my life because i had to climb high to get to the shrine and my stamina would run out

[@crumpscrumbs]

My first encounter with them was by the lake with the mushroom looking growths. I was doing a side quest with my horse and had like 4 hearts (super early game) when the sky suddenly dark and music kicked in. The sky changing caught my attention so I looked up, and not even a moment later I was snatched by a hand and literally screamed. Tried running but I had low stamina and died. I was so terrified I did not return to that lake and just left my horse behind. Continued the game and eventually found them again in a cave. Luckily had high ground and spotted them first, and proceeded to unload all of my precious bomb flowers onto their heads. I felt a rush of adrenaline and immediately jumped down to collect my reward. I cannot express both how amazed and horrified I was to see Phantom Ganon, amazed because I loved the Wind Waker / OoT reference, and horrified because I knew I was going to die. No, I didn’t run, and yes, I did die, but I wanted that kill, so I came back and threw myself at him. Two, three, four deaths, slowly learning his attack patterns and getting used to the Flurry Rush timing to avoid its gloom puddle (that’s a thing btw). After a 5 minute fight, going through 5 of my 20 meals and being down to my literal last weapon, I beat him on my 5th attempt. Loved the Gloom Sword, loved the fight, loved the experience. Recently rematched Phantom Ganon in one of the mazes after 30 hours of gameplay. Still used my precious Bomb Flowers on the Gloom Hands (and sprinted away in fear when I spotted them) but wiped the floor with PG. Hope he gets scaled up eventually cause my 40DMG weapons made the fight way too easy. Also, I did go back for my horse. He was a good boy and waited patiently.

[@magicalmercy]

I played the game with my siblings. The first time we encountered the hands was in a cave, so we didn’t know the sky went all scary until our second encounter with one. The first time we got to phase two, it was one of my brothers actually in control of Link, with the rest of us watching, and I (as the only one super familiar with Zelda lore) absolutely flipped out in the background as I saw the name “Phantom Ganon” appear with a health bar 😅

[@ZayZoot]

The genius of gloom hands is that it feels like a predator prey relationship, stalking around as your forced to hide or get consumed, it's a very primordial fear.

[@marche800]

So you literally climb to high places, soar everywhere and perch on trees. You are a bird.

[@johnospina1953]

Ye

[@akiriith]

I was one of the people who first met them in that one cave with a shrine nearby and they don't despawn. Jumped right out of my skin! It killed me right away, and on a second attempt I just ran for my life to the shrine and found they couldn't climb. Tried to wait it out and they wouldn't despawn. The music and the atmosphere were so intense I forgot about fast traveling for a good few minutes! Died a few times to it before remembering. Truly an experience that sticks with you!!

[@ryleeg6375]

I always love hearing when other people talk about cautiously exploring in these games! I don’t really like fighting enemies and loved majoras mask in botw (too worried to fight the enemies in totk for it rn lol) but I’m always on alternate paths and climbing way out of the way to avoid fighting

[@alyoalyoalyo]

I'm glad it's a shared sentiment for some! :D I hear that. Not sure what it is but I have to be cautious and sometimes pick the flight response. Spoiler: . . . The part where you make Mineru's body and have to reach the secret stone by getting through the depths with monsters absolutely everywhere was anxiety inducing the first time through ;w;

[@ryleeg6375]

@@alyoalyoalyo oh man i definitely haven’t gotten there yet lol im currently in the fire temple and haven’t touched the game in like a week bc im just putting it off but im really looking forward to getting that last sage just not all the fighting for her

[@ryleeg6375]

@@alyoalyoalyo oh man i definitely haven’t gotten there yet lol im currently in the fire temple and haven’t touched the game in like a week bc im just putting it off but im really looking forward to getting that last sage just not all the fighting for her

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

If you still haven't been to the Floating Coliseum for Majora's Mask yet, I have a tip for you: Bomb flowers are absolute garbage at breaking lynel armour, Lynel Hooves and Zonai Portable Cooking Pots are much cheaper and significantly more effective than bomb flowers. (For clarification, I mean that you need to fuse Lynel Hooves and pots to arrows, not to melee weapons)

[@luckystarite]

Simultaneously my favorite and least favorite enemy in the game! Excellent video

[@Autumn.147]

My first encounter with the gloom spawn was under the Morok shrine while it was raining. I had about four hearts and one ring of stamina, I think you can guess the outcome

[@nickcyrusgearheart7534]

You died right😢

[@itssslashhere5245]

the spawn of gloom hands and their location is soo extremely random so they feel terrifying

[@dr.happyfuntimes1214]

You can also flurry rush them. It’s hard, but you can kill them one by one with melee combat if you’re fast enough, and it feels so good to do.

[@19TheFallen]

I've personally never flurry rushed them.........I *have* gone up and taken them head on, though. One particular time, I was in the middle of doing a little side quest, and I bumped into one of the sets on the surface. By that point, I'd become desensitized to that "WTF?!" feeling most people have in their early encounters, and got more of a "YOU guys, again? I don't have time for this!" type of feeling, rushed towards them and proceeded to hack, slice and dice away at them like a madman.......quickly killing them before they could even touch me! There was one interesting thing I noticed during that fight: The more aggressively I fought them, the less inclined they seemed to even want to try to touch me! Surprisingly, they tried to FLEE! (The lot of good it did them......) I've.......never seen them do that since, and wonder if it was a fluke.......But I do know that it was just smirk inducing to see the dark, relentless, hunters that are this game's successors to the Floormaster and the herald for Phantom Ganon were successfully cowed down and put in their place by Link!

[@ShaunRF]

I didn't know fusing something to gloom weapons removed the gloom effect. I always assumed you had to fuse the gloom weapon itself to another weapon, so that Link's hands were no longer touching the gloom weapon. I never knew it worked either way. That is good to know.

[@drakofox1362]

But fusing a weapon to the gloom weapons will drastically decrease the durability on them

[@funnymannotfunny]

Fusing items to gloom weapons keeps the effect, it would be simply too good if that were not the case

[@citrusknight2554]

Saw them show up in the middle of some trees and bolted. I already knew about them before playing, but I just thought they'd just always on the field like other enemies. Prior knowledge didn't make them any less scary (Especially with their spawn animation being so fast that it's basically being a jumpscare) and now they're the sole reason why I also started sticking to high places more

[@oliwia7638]

I met them in a cave that drops down. There was a little patch of bomb flowers so i went and then i saw a patch of gloom and then these spawned. Drained my energy and then teleported out

[@equinox-XVI]

My encounters with gloom spawns came in 2 parts and it made the second time infinitely more terrifying. *1st Encounter:* One of my favorite ways to enter Hyrule Castle is through the waterway in the back. So I go around back, look for chest and stuff, dodge the puddles of gloom, etc. But then I got curious about something. In BotW, the damage rate of malice puddles felt higher compared to what the gloom puddles were doing. Yeah, they did semi-permanent damage, but I could walk right over them since it was the surface and my hearts would heal. I swear I could not have chosen a WORSE puddle to test this with. I started walking right over the one between the two docks in the waterway. At first, it didn't seem too bad. Usual health drain. That's when a hand grabs me from behind the camera and jumpscares the hell out of me. I turn the camera around trying to see what it is and "WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?!" So I break out and run fully to the other side of the bridge. Lucky for me, it seemed as though they were unable to move away from that puddle, so I was at least safe there. They would disappear and reappear a few times as I kept messing around in the area, but I found comfort in the fact they could only spawn and reach as far as the puddle would allow them. So as long as I stayed outside of grabbing range, I was fine. *2nd Encounter:* After that moment, I was mad suspicous of anything covered in gloom. I was convinced that that enemy could spawn from any pool large enough if you got close enough to it. (I went to the lightroot under the castle right after that first encounter and I cannot describe to you how hard I was eyeballing those gloom puddles) So anyways, a good 20 or so hours passes before I decide to check out the Great Plateau. I know its not the starting area anymore, but I doubt they would make it that much harder. And for the most part I was correct. Aside from a lot of black bokoblins and a boss, I wasn't seeing anything out of the ordinary. I even managed to get the entire bargainer statue quest done without any problems. A detail I took notice of pretty early on was that lightroots were located directly below the locations of shrines. I found the shrine on the south side of the plateau with no problems and it didn't take me long to find the one on the west side either. I had somehow missed a shrine that was somewhere near the north chasm so I thought it'd be fine to cut through the forest to get there. I also was also wondering what enemy they would use to replace the talus since I doubted they would use it twice. From what I could see, there was an enemy camp off in the distance, but I didn't see a lynel or a gleeok or anything. At that point, I assumed they just replaced the talus with the camp and maybe hid a korok somewhere too. So I'm walking towards the forest, kinda near the edge of the plateau because I wanted to see the view of the colosseum. And thats the direction my camera was facing when the sky turns red and I hear creepy music start playing. I thought it was a blood moon so I didn't bother to adjust my view. Then the hands grabbed me again. I'm not quite sure you realize how many internal rules this encounter broke for me. First of all, WHY WERE THEY ON THE OLD STARTING AREA? Second, THE GLOOM POOL CAN MOVE? Third, ITS FASTER THAN YOU. And fourth and most important, THEY WERE ABLE TO SPAWN OUT OF NOWHERE. In game, I might have just gotten a game over, but mentally, I was traumatized. From that point onward, even up to now, I get mad paranoia about any large space with no enemies in it. That second gloom spawn pulled up and merked me like none of its business, and I was NOT gonna let it happen again. So yeah, that the story of my first too encounters with gloom spawns and an explanation for why I whip out a forst gleeok lightscale trident and every summon I have when entering mildly open spaces.

[@19TheFallen]

I dunno if you've found it out yet, but there is a way to be......alerted to their presence......I was *so* happy to discover it, myself! What's the method? The tracker. So, it's a fact that the Gloom Spawn has no Hyrule Compendium entry.......But, Phantom Ganon *does!* 😉Set your tracker to Phantom Ganon, and you'll find an interesting thing......Seeing as, outside of one specific battle, Phantom Ganon is tied to the Gloom Spawn, and is summoned upon their defeat, the tracker instead leads you to the Gloom Spawn! This can serve a two-fold purpose: If you're on the hunt for them or Phantom Ganon, it makes it easier to find them, and even sneak up on them like they're so good at doing. Half the time now, I snipe them from behind with Bomb Arrows and wipe them out before it even clicks in their AI brains that I'm even there! But, if you want to avoid them, it serves as a *very* good early warning system, pinging to alert you that they're around......lurking somewhere in the area and allowing you to alter your course to avoid any altercations with them....

[@billcipher3180]

I was glad to see the floormasters come back in some form

[@jreddie92]

I first encountered them when I was between the bridge and Mt. Lanayru where the lynel used to be. Scared the absolute hell out of me and I died (only had 6 hearts, tons of stamina though). Then I learned of the power of rocket shields and haven't been killed by then since 😂

[@zack1s95]

By the way i think you forgot to mention the Gloom Club, that stuff is rare and hits HARD, pair it with anything that can boost damage like a Royal claymore about to be broken or a zora sword wet and you got yourself something quite strong, also i paired a gloom spear+gloom club and you still get the gloom effect

[@RexDC]

You can fuse things like the gloom club or sword to the master sword. It gives massive damage but the durability of gloom weapons are garbage. Fusing them to the master sword no longer gives gloom damage.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Ahh I did, thanks for the reminder! :D

[@crumpscrumbs]

Fantastic video. Absolutely loved it :) Honestly I’d be down for a podcast style re-telling of your play-through of TOTK

[@rngrfan01]

Impressed that you got to 22 hearts before coming across gloom hands even once.

[@allenbagay]

My first encounter still haunts me, lol. Part of me wishes they could climb, though. Would make them even more terrifying 😅

[@Greamus]

don't forget bullet time with the gloom hands, especially with multi shot bows (lynel bows, duplex bows, etc)

[@myleswelnetz6700]

They aren’t mine, but I prefer them over Guardians.

[@oliwia7638]

Imagine meeting these when its raining💀 also if you look closely they look exactly like links hand, which give the impression that they are phantoms of his hand

[@angeldude101]

My favorite and least favorite part of the Gloon Hands is _PTSD._ Back when playing _Wind Waker,_ I was honestly kind of terrified of the Earth Temple in that game. The reason? _Floor Masters._ the Gloom Hands in this just reminded me a tad more than I was comfortable with of those Wind Waker enemies and my encounter completely shut off any rational thinking, replacing it with just "Run! Leave! Get out of here!" My second encounter I cowered on the ledge above throwing down bombs just to get them to go away. The Phantom Ganon that spawned afterwards was pretty fun and didn't prompt any kind of traumatic memories.

[@mizzlchieizzl]

Looks fun with 22 hearts and 3 circles of stamina : ) I saw them in an early cave but they kept getting me when I was trying to explore south hyrule field below the plateau. I left my horse there and was trying to get it back. Took me an hour to get around this thing! Reminds me of playing Doom way back in the day where things would just jump out at you.

[@Darkfiro0]

My first Gloom spawn encounter was in a cave (4 hearts). My first reaction was "Oh there Floors Masters." to the opening scene of 28 weeks later.

[@xemiii]

I first encountered them in the forgotten foundation that leads to ganondorf. I thought they were the game's version of wall masters/floor masters/whatever those disembodied hands from older games are called. I tried to fight them, but was too scared and confused so I ran past them. I ultimately left the area as I wanted to experience the rest of the game before the final boss, and my next encounter with them was on the great plateau. I was terrified because I immediately recognized them and thought I was safe from them outside dungeons. I died to them and left them alone after that. I encountered them a few more times until being ambushed by them atop the akkala citadel. This time I was determined to kill them, and after figuring out that they couldn't reach me from the ground I shot them with arrows until they were all dead. Then phantom ganon appeared and killed me in one hit. I did eventually kill it, but man the mystery of the hands until that defeat was great.

[@rubencarbonbased]

The first time I came across one was when exploring the grounds around Hyrule Castle Village. I was savouring the feeling of safeness because there weren't anymore guardians around. Then this dark puddle opened up on the right, sky went red, and this music played, and was like "Oh shit! I hope this isn't worse than a Guardian Stalker!". I was ready to warp if I saw something that looked like a tracing laser or something. After I noticed the music stopping, I looked back and the hands just looking around and then disappearing. I didn't want to hang around and look at whatever the hell it was. I felt like I just escaped with my life. I continued to run away... right into a clump of trees that started to attack me (my first encounter with Evermeans). Okay, all of this wasn't nearly as bad as Guardian Stalkers, but two jump-scares in a row made me a lot more cautious.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Ahh not the Evermeans jump-scare too! That's a wild way to run into them and then another enemy! But that's definitely memorable

[@revelore4090]

my experience with the first encounter of gloom hands was of sheer utter terror. I immediately booked it, ran for my life with disregard to my stamina or anything else in the world really. I just wanted to get away from it. I figured this was not the place for me to be at that moment, and could maybe come back and face it whenever I leveled up, obtained better weapons, unlocked all the abilities necessary and gathered the necessary courage to do so. lol

[@Kilb-o3u]

My first time encountering them was in one of the mazes on my second day and phantom gannon absolutely destroyed me.

[@Inamichan]

I wish there was a video of everyone’s first encounter with gloom hands. Mine was definitely interesting

[@alyoalyoalyo]

True! I think there might be some of streamers but I hear ya I think everyone's first encounter is special and it'd be interesting to see! At least there's a lot of comments sharing their stories :D

[@cjwerner2747]

I tried to fight one almost brand new in game with like a 6 stick lol. Lost and lost and lost until I said guess I'm not suppose to be here yet

[@Skeeve-Magick]

This is the first video of you I saw and I have to tell you that I really enjoyed listening to you. Moreover, you really describe well what I felt, when I first met the gloom hands. When I had to fight them in the Deku tree, I avoided any contact and used two canons to terminate them and Ganon.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Aw thanks! And yes, what an experience!

[@slimeblitz32]

I also found them in the grasslands, I was looking for Ganons horse since it didn’t spawn into my game via my botw save file (found it in the beach behind hateno lab) then these snakes spawned in.

[@goldmemberpb]

I saw them initially very early on on the great plateau. They showed up near some of the depth entrance. And yes, I did go " nope" at least a dozen times and then died to it because I was very underlevelled at that point.

[@regiboi7709]

Ganon can sometimes have a club

[@dashyburd]

When I first encountered the gloom hands I was basically just out of the tutorial, taking my new horse to Lookout Landing. The hands started chasing me while a blood moon was rising and I was creeped out. It was only a scare but it gave me a false sense of security thinking they only appeared during blood moons. And then there was that time in the Lockup by Hyrule Castle... I dropped in from above and killed the two phases. Then as I was trying to figure out how to open the door and leave a blood moon came and the hands were right behind me. Cue the Eric Andre going "Let me in! LET ME IIIIN!!!"

[@doutchebags]

I was in the same area, but I didn't see them until after they saw me. I actually thought that they were floormasters like the ones in Wind Waker and that they were going to pull me underground into the depths.

[@GreatHope3-16]

I love how the clumps have a heart beat lol

[@Shadowspeed2]

I remember when I first encountered the gloom hands. I was exploring a cave and heard the battle music and when I saw them out of instinct I shot the eye on the hand. Then got freaked out when nothing really happened then it destroyed me entirely lol

[@dualinfinities5549]

I first ran into it after landing on a platform in the Crenel Hills, was totally safe, but it was still intimidating

[@Levynnn]

"Woah what is that ? That's kinda cool, are those like hands of Ganon ? Oh they've noticed me, better prepare for comba- why did the sky turn red- WHY ARE THEY SO FAST - HOLY SHIT THEY'RE HISSING THAT'S TERRIFYING, AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MUSIC- WAIT THEY GRAB YOU - THAT DID SO MUCH DAMAGE better heal that real quic- OH WELL THAT'S NOT GOOD WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE THINGS" That was *my* fist encounter with them It was fun :)

[@Levynnn]

Spoilers for Master Sword obtention : It was fun trying to get into Korok village, I tried going from the depths and saw some Gloom Hands and didn't bother Then I arrived in the village Dead silence, nobody's talking, only way forward is down this hole "... Fuck you have to kill one Welp I should be able to defeat my first Gloom Hands, it's for the Master Sword after all ... ... Woo finally defeated them, it took some time and lots of items, but I'm pretty proud of myse- what do you mean "Phantom Ganon" ?" Worth it but that was a rollercoaster of emotions lol, even more so with the cutscenes afterward :')

[@SpaceSprout]

i was thinking the same thing!!! i cannot forget the first time I saw them theyre so interesting and scary! I learned something new too from watching your video thank you, i didn't know that the clumps would still be so full of energy that they pulsate, its insane

[@seank.9213]

You can't always run from gloom hands, but you can always warp from any enemy, even main quest bosses.

[@bf4351]

Gloom hands feel like a more intense, modern version of the Wallmaster from OoT. I was in 4th grade when that game came out and I remember that eerie feeling I'd get when it's shadow appeared over me and it made that "windy descent" sound effect as the Wallmaster came down and attempted to grab me. First encounter I had it took me by surprise and dragged me back to the dungeon entrance. Gloom hands operate in a similar fashion (both being "hand" enemies that grapple you) but they just straight up murder you. They are an awesome enemy and they give me bigger chills than Wallmasters ever did.

[@JoshyBoi132]

I found them near that shrine! Well, me and my 5 cousins did. Here’s what we said: Me: hey, did you hear that? Cousin 1: no why? Me: It sounded like a bird Cousin 4: yeah it did tbh. Cousin 5: Hey, what was that scream? Me: Bird? Cousin 3: Why is the sky red? Cousin 2: Blood Sun? *turns the camera round* Me: HOLY F- Cousin 1: WHAT IN THE NAME OF FLAVOURLESS POTATO CHIPS!? Cousin 2: *leaves the room* Cousin 3: *looking dead on the floor* Cousin 4: *hides in closet* Cousin 5: RUN! *Game Over* Cousin 4: I’m calling Nintendo! There’s a bug in their game. Me: that was an enemy!

[@TheDarkPeasant]

My first encounter was when I was climbing a random wall, I hear a horrible screech and the sky went red and the music got intense. I never saw the hands themselves and it went away a few seconds later, but it left me confused and a little scared. My first real encounter was in the same play session in the orodac quarry outside the spring of power. They just kinda appeared in front of me. I saw the. They saw me. They screeched at me. Sky goes red. Music gets intense. The feeling I go was a mix of “ohhhhh that’s what that was” and “WTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTF”. I ran to a high ground, but apparently it wasn’t steep enough, so they ran up it and they just murdered me. Absolutely terrifying.

[@OakleyDokaly]

lynel bow + bomb flowers make these guys a joke

[@danjanz6536]

Fusing things to gloom weapons doesn’t stop them from damaging you but fusing gloom weapons to other weapons does

[@Nero-984]

they are scary at first, but after you gets stronger, they are great challenging foes that the players need, esp. considering how TOTK provides many ways for easy combat. I wish they add more random Gloom Spawn like Yiga Clans do, instead of fix locations

[@PloverTechOfficial]

They are really interesting enemies, I believe I first encountered some while I was looking for durians in Faron. My personal weapon of choice is a boomerang, hits all the hands and comes back.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Boomerang is a good one yeah! I forgot, thanks for the reminder. I'm sure that's effective!

[@AndreaszTP]

Then you realize durians have been extinct 😔

[@PloverTechOfficial]

@@AndreaszTP they we’re probably replaced by the dondons

[@ltrigga219]

My first encounter was outside a shrine on the Great Plateau (there was a boko camp there in Breath of the Wild, and a bunch of dry grass you could ignite). It was night time. Just strolling around, picking some fruit off a bush…and I see the red puddle, then the hands, and then come the screams. I just about lost my sanity, it was an amazing jump scare. I remember exploring the Taobab Grassland are looking for a Lynel, since there’s one in BotW…and then having to face down the Hands. Such an amazing inclusion, especially the first time you take out all the hands…

[@blazeleo8451]

I really love this video! The mix of personal experience and info makes for the perfect video!

[@ShatteredHue]

My first encounter with them was on Lanayru mountain! I knew about them already and was already higher up, so I just stared at them for a while before continuing to my goal (Also, I tend to explore similarly! I also prefer to be somewhere up high so I can look around)

[@zacal84]

Kind of reminds me of an enemy from ocarina that you fight as a child in the will and then again in the shadow temple as a kid. Gave me flashbacks of re 1.

[@cyprian_3823]

My first encounter with gloom hands was right after the blood moon. I thought it's directly connected. And freaked out

[@lailoutherand]

I first encountered gloom hands on Lanayru Mountain, after shield-surfing from the skyview tower. When I saw the spawn, I was curious at first, but that quickly turned to dread as I heard the screeching and music. Immediately tp'd away. After that I became paranoid to flat, plain areas. Now, I know where they spawn and I can usually defeat them

[@_itsmunah]

I think this enemy sticks out because of its previous version that was so memorable in oot. They expanded on dead hand in a proper way. One of the few enemies they got right in totk.

[@D4Skewer]

The best way to describe the gloom hands' idle sounds are like some kind of warped/taunting chuckle or giggling, it actually sounds like it is laughing, whether that's at you or it's laughing at its ideas as to what it's going to do to you with its diabolical hands is what is really worth debating.

[@chum4641]

My first encounter played out like a creepypasta. It was in the crenel hills with all the giant tree stump hollows and there were some aerocuda flying around them when suddenly they just disappeared. No noise, nothing, they just vanished out of existence. There weren’t any other enemies either, there was nothing except for the wind ambience. I looked in the stump and that’s where they were, immediately screeching and reaching for me. I didn’t die cuz I ran away but I still got to feel the fear of them.

[@zacharyh.9565]

I first found it in the Lockup from outside. I heard the screech, but I couldn’t enter the room to go fight it. Absolutely terrifying since I expected to find a Stalnox.

[@saalness9173]

If your first experience wasn't the gloom hands zooming straight to you and grabbing you while you're taking damage then you are blessed

[@fernando98322]

I'll always remember when I encountered the Gloom Hands (better name than Gloom Spawns 😅). I was just minding my business after doing a Shrine that's on top of floating ruins with roots but not in the Sky, I guess the ruins fell to the land. I flew low, found a Korok nearby and then the sky turned scarlet red. I thought it was weird because I had just gotten a Blood Moon recently, and sure enough I checked the time and realized it was the afternoon still. As I was wondering what was going on, I turn the camera around and see these hands trying to reach me I instinctively jump and glide opposite to them as far away as I could, until they despawn after being at a long distance. I am glad they exist, everyone has their own first experience with them. The 2nd time I saw them was in a cave that had a shrine near the tower of the first Geoglyph, it took me many tries ( and much food) to beat them. I finally did... And then Phantom Ganon appears. Incredible. I beat it first try but had to be incredibly careful, I also already had good equipment and clothes like Midna's Helmet which gives you Gloom Resistance. I still keep the picture I took for the Compendium for my first encounter against Phantom Ganon (though I'll replace that statue in Tarrey Town for the Final Boss)

[@rodolfoleon4538]

I hope in the dlc they get upgraded. Maybe they could act as the limbs to a decayed guardian leading to a 3 phased battle: gloom guardian, gloom hands, then gloom Gannon.

[@thisisawsome34253212]

I discovered that in Japanese, they are called 瘴気魔 (Shōkima), which means Miasma Demons.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

That's cool!

[@RaiJolt2]

Besides the labrynth (where it couldn’t reach me) the first time I found one of these guys was in the shrine you mentioned. And oh boy the panic was real. I ended up sniping the thing with bomb arrows after it de-agrro’d me

[@thomasreese2816]

You didn't even mention how crazy the sky and clouds go during this sequence

[@someguythatdoesstuff7658]

They kinda remind of the nightmare-fuel enemies from Caelid in Elden Ring. Those "dogs" and "birds" will forever haunt me in my nightmares

[@danisdcpdiary]

Omg the lizafos tail is so smart. I’ve been stocking up on bomb flowers, shock fruits, and elemental keese eyes cuz these things go crazy in the depths.

[@LoyalmoonieProductions]

Actually, fusing items to the gloom weapons won't negate gloom damage...despite giving you more power to wield.

[@bakuraryu7773]

Honestly Lv gloom hand just make me rage for some reason, every time I see them or they see me, I just get a burning urge to eradicate it and PG from existence

[@foxyfighterprochampion8610]

Wait a second Why is that gloom moving wait why is it coming to me why is the sky red OH GOD OH FU..

[@prinsesytah]

This is so relatable that's how I explored the depths as well, by climbing and jumping from one tree to another haha

[@thepackable]

They could have been a LOT more powerful and terrifying. I LOVED THEM and the depths.

[@businessrat0302]

Guardians in Botw: Time to run Gloom Spawn in Totk: Time to *pray*

[@gamlamludi4707]

I teleported as quickly as I could away from them the first time I encountered them, but I absolutely love my fights with them as well. I had the same first response to them (a lot of cursing) as I did with the guardians from skyward sword (though the guardians will always freak me out waaay more) because they have the music (less anxiety paced but still anxiety inducing) and the gloom effect really doubles the anxiety especially very early on.

[@mickaelperrier6379]

I’m glad I didn’t encounter them being so cautious. I got to be terrified by how fast they were and got this feeling powerlessness and death looming in on me. Much more memorable.

[@seanteggert5505]

I was trying to get to hateno village to be where I would call "tranquil lands" but made a stop to what was a horse archery area in BOTW only to bump into the gloom spawn there, so spooked by what I saw I could'n't even stear my horse right until they got me.

[@Applemangh]

Oh yeah, first saw them in a cave where I guess they don't despawn, and they were one enemy that hadn't been spoiled for me, so they were terrifying and mysterious. I eventually just left the area because I was not prepared to deal with THAT.

[@daniel8181]

Just when I thought I was bored with the gloom spawn, I almost shit when I was descending to ganondorf and the floor gave way to the pit with gloom spawn. I tried to recall but clever designers made sure the rock tumbled after it hit the ground making it difficult to get back up, and with no sages to bail me out and the music having eroded my confidence, I tossed a few bombs and scrambled to climb my way back up. The deeper into the castle chasm the more unprepared I thought I was, what fantastic atmosphere.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh man that's true! The whole chasm descent is indeed pretty fantastic in atmosphere, and the gloom hands get to shine there too haha

[@daniel8181]

@@alyoalyoalyo I don't think I've lacked that much confidence in approaching the endgame since I was a little kid climbing up the tower to face ganondorf in oot.

[@ItsCatchin]

shooting them with dazzle fruit makes it so much easier because they all get stunned and blinded for long enough to jump down from the high ground, get a couple safe slaps in, and repeat. Makes me feel real smart which is a huge part of this game!