Frost Gleeok

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Description

A three-headed ice dragon found in cold regions. Its frost breath can freeze Link instantly without cold resistance. The frozen platforms it creates can be used to your advantage during the fight.

Weakness

Frost Gleeok's primary weakness is All three heads stunned simultaneously with fire arrows.

How to Beat Frost Gleeok

1. Frost Gleeoks are the ice-element variant of the three-headed Gleeok family, found in cold regions of Hyrule.
2. The core mechanics mirror the Flame Gleeok but with ice-based hazards.
3. Preparation: Wear the Snowquill Armor set or consume cold-resistant food and elixirs.
4. The frost breath and ambient cold will drain your health rapidly without protection.
5. Bring at least thirty fire-element arrows (fuse Fire Fruit or Red Chuchu Jelly to arrows).
6. Phase 1 — Ground Combat: The Frost Gleeok attacks with triple ice breath streams that freeze Link solid on contact — being frozen leaves you completely vulnerable to follow-up attacks, making this potentially more punishing than the flame variant.
7. It also fires ice projectiles that create frozen platforms on the ground.
8. Stay mobile and at medium range.
9. The key mechanic is identical to all Gleeoks: you must stun all three heads simultaneously by hitting each with a fire-fused arrow in rapid succession.
10. Use bullet-time from elevated terrain or Zonai devices to target all three heads quickly.
11. When all three are stunned, the Gleeok collapses and you can rush in for melee damage.
12. The frozen platforms it creates on the ground can actually be useful — you can climb them for extra height to trigger bullet-time.
13. Phase 2 — Aerial Phase: At half health, the Frost Gleeok takes to the sky and unleashes devastating ice storms.
14. It fires homing ice missiles that track your position, creates freezing wind blasts that push Link back, and drops massive ice boulders that shatter on impact.
15. The ice boulders leave frozen ground patches that slow your movement.
16. Use Flame Emitters or campfires to create updrafts (the cold environment makes natural updrafts rare), then paraglide up for bullet-time arrow shots.
17. The Frost Gleeok's aerial patterns are slightly more predictable than the Flame variant — it tends to hover in one position longer while charging ice storms, giving you more time to line up shots on all three heads.
18. Keep fire arrows stocked and focus on clean triple-head stuns rather than piecemeal damage.

Rewards

• Gleeok Frost Horn x3
• Gleeok Wing
• Gleeok Guts

Shrines in This Region

Collect Lights of Blessing from nearby shrines to unlock additional Heart Containers — essential for surviving this boss fight.

• Arancia Shrine — Puzzle · Difficulty 2/5
• Basum Shrine — Combat · Difficulty 2/5
• Dakakuri Shrine — Rauru's Blessing · Difficulty 1/5
• Duhhara Shrine — Puzzle · Difficulty 3/5
• Gunkatak Shrine — Combat · Difficulty 3/5
• Jarusum Shrine — Puzzle · Difficulty 2/5
• View all 152 shrines →

Related Bosses

• Flame Gleeok — Overworld Boss, Various (Eldin, Hyrule Field), HP 2,500, 4/5
• Thunder Gleeok — Overworld Boss, Various (Gerudo, Akkala), HP 2,500, 4/5
• King Gleeok — Overworld Boss, Depths / Rare Surface, HP 4,000, 5/5
• Flux Construct I — Overworld Boss, Sky Islands / Depths, HP 800, 2/5
• Flux Construct II — Overworld Boss, Sky Islands / Depths, HP 1,200, 3/5
• Flux Construct III — Overworld Boss, Sky Islands / Depths, HP 1,800, 4/5

Related Guides

• Weapons Database — Find the best weapons for every boss fight
• Temple Walkthroughs — Complete dungeon guides with boss prep
• Armor Sets — Best armor for boss resistances & defense
• Shrine Walkthroughs — All 152 shrine solutions for max hearts