Camp Clearing Guide — Efficient Enemy Camps

TotK's enemy camps are everywhere — towers, beaches, bridges, hilltops. Each camp has a structure: a boss, archers, and melee fighters. Clearing them efficiently means more loot, less weapon durability spent, and less time fumbling through a chaotic fight. This guide covers a repeatable strategy for every camp type.

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Understanding Camp Structure

Most camps share a standard layout:

Boss Bokoblin (or equivalent): Always the strongest enemy. Usually on an elevated platform or central position. Acts as the "alarm" — killing it silently prevents the camp from alerting.

Archers: 1–3 archers on elevated positions (towers, rock ledges). Provide ranged fire while you fight melee enemies. Priority targets.

Melee fighters: 2–5 ground-level enemies. Easiest to handle but most dangerous in groups due to simultaneous attacks.

Camp materials: Barrels (explosive), rocks, crates, weapons mounted on walls — all usable as environmental weapons.

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The Ideal Camp Clear Order

1. Sneakstrike the Boss — eliminates the alarm trigger. Camp may scatter.
2. Shoot archers — remove ranged threats before they accumulate damage.
3. Melee fighters — engage one-on-one from a controlled position.

This order maximizes the chance of the camp never fully alerting — saving durability and avoiding coordinated attacks.

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Strategy 1 — Stealth Opener (Most Efficient)

Best for: Standard Bokoblin camps, small-to-medium size

Equipment: Stealth Armor (Kakariko Village shop, ~2,300 rupees)

Steps:

1. Observe camp from elevated position — identify Boss Bokoblin
2. Approach from behind or from tall grass
3. Sneakstrike the Boss (8× damage — often kills instantly)
4. If Boss dies → camp scatters → pick off fleeing enemies individually
5. If Boss survives → engaged now in 1v1 while others aren't alerted yet

Why it works: Most camps function around their Boss. Without the Boss, standard Bokoblins frequently run. A Sneakstrike on the Boss before alert is the fastest camp clear available.

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Strategy 2 — Environmental Kill

Best for: Camps with terrain advantage, near rocks or cliff edges

Equipment: Ultrahand (always available)

Steps:

1. Identify large rocks, boulders, or heavy crates near the camp
2. Ultrahand a rock → hold it above the densest cluster of enemies
3. Drop → AoE impact damage, stagger multiple enemies
4. Follow up with Sneakstrike on survivors

Rock throw damage: 20–40 impact, stagger on hit. One boulder can one-shot basic Bokoblins and stagger Black variants.

No weapon durability used — pure environmental efficiency.

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Strategy 3 — Ranged Clear (Archer Elimination)

Best for: Camps where you can't approach stealthily (already detected or exposed terrain)

Equipment: Good bow + Bomb Arrows or Fire Arrows

Steps:

1. Stay at 40+ meters — outside their arrow range
2. Bomb Arrow into archer clusters (2 archers = 1 Bomb Arrow)
3. Fire Arrow into any wooden barrels in camp → explosion chain
4. Regular arrows to pick off isolated enemies
5. Move in for melee only after ranged threats eliminated

Efficiency note: Bomb Arrows are expensive (hard to farm). Use for groups of 3+ or for bosses. Use regular arrows for solo archers.

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Strategy 4 — Mounted Pass

Best for: Large sprawling camps on flat terrain, or camps you want to pass through quickly

Equipment: Horse or Zonai vehicle (hoverbike)

Steps:

1. Ride through camp at speed
2. Swing weapon at every enemy in range as you pass
3. Loop back if any survived
4. Collect loot after all enemies down

Mounted combat bonus: Attacks from horseback deal bonus damage. High-speed pass-through prevents enemies from coordinating their attack.

Best vehicle: Horse for surface camps. Hoverbike to approach archer towers — land directly on the tower, attack archers before they can fire.

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Strategy 5 — Bomb Arrow Opener (Fast but Expensive)

Best for: When you're in a hurry, large high-HP camps, pre-boss clearing

Steps:

1. Stay at 40+ meters
2. Fire Bomb Arrows into every cluster simultaneously
3. Most enemies damaged or killed before you enter melee range
4. Finish survivors with quick melee

Cost: Bomb Arrows are scarce. Reserve this for camps that are blocking progress and you can't stealth approach.

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Camp Type Specifics

Bokoblin Lookout Tower Camps

Structure: Boss + 2–3 archers on the tower, melee at base.

Priority: Climb the tower from behind → Sneakstrike the archer → push the next archer off the edge (Ultrahand or melee knockback) → drop down to handle the base.

Beach/Raft Camps

Structure: Mixed group, often with a swimming route of approach.

Best approach: Wade in from water at night (reduced visibility) → Sneakstrike the Boss → handle remaining group with terrain advantage from the raft.

Hilltop Camps

Structure: Often elevated with clear sightlines — archers spot you from far away.

Best approach: Climb the hill from the back face (behind their sightlines) → approach from elevation behind the camp → Sneakstrike opening.

Moblin/Mixed Camps

Moblins mixed with Bokoblins:

• Moblins have longer reach — more dangerous in melee
• Prioritize Moblins for Sneakstrike when possible
• Their spear attacks have a longer wind-up — easier to perfect dodge than Bokoblin swings

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Loot Optimization

Don't break the camp alarm unnecessarily: An alerted camp fights more aggressively and drops less loot (enemies that flee don't drop loot unless killed).

Collect before leaving: Every killed enemy drops weapons, materials, and possibly food items. Do a full sweep of the camp after clearing.

Weapon recycling: Enemy weapons picked up from camps are free replacements. Don't burn your good weapons fighting Bokoblins — pick up their club after killing them, use it for the next one.

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Quick Tips

• Always Sneakstrike the Boss first — this single decision determines whether camp clearing takes 30 seconds or 3 minutes. The Boss Bokoblin is the alarm. Silence it before the alarm triggers.
• Grab a rock before engaging — before entering any camp, Ultrahand the nearest large rock. Hold it in reserve. If you get overwhelmed, drop it on the densest cluster.
• Archers are priority 2 — once the Boss is down, ignore the melee rush and pick off archers first. Arrow spam from 3 archers while fighting melee is more dangerous than the melee itself.
• Don't burn Bomb Arrows on standard camps — Bomb Arrows are best saved for Hinox, Gleeok, and difficult miniboss encounters. Use thrown rocks and regular arrows for Bokoblin camps whenever possible.
• Night time reduces camp activity — most camps patrol at reduced radius at night. Approaching a camp at night gives more approach time before triggering alert.

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See also: Bokoblin Guide | Stealth Guide | Combat Basics Guide