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Moblins appear to be omnivorous as Great Moblin is seen eating meat in his official artwork, and is said to enjoy [[Spring Banana]]s as well.

However, in ''Breath of the Wild'', the bestiary says that they are Carnivores and moblin enemies do not appear to eat vegetables unlike Bokoblins.

In ''The Legend of Zelda'', Bulldoggish Moblins appear in two varieties, ''orange'' and ''blue''. The only difference between the two, is that the ''orange'' one requires two hits to defeat, while the ''blue'' one requires three (with the [[Sword (The Legend of Zelda)|original Sword]]). They attack by running into [[Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]], and on occasion, shoot [[Arrow]]s.

A few Moblins appear in caves called [[Secret Moblin]]s and will give Link 10, 30, or 100 [[Rupee]]s to keep their hiding place hidden.{{Ref|LoZ|58|Secret Moblin}}

Bulldog Moblins in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'' appear throughout [[Western Hyrule]] and [[Death Mountain (The Adventure of Link)|Death Mountain]] and attack Link with spears. The weakest are colored orange and simply charges Link in endless waves. They give no [[Experience Point|experience points]] and steal 10 experience if they hit Link. They will, however, drop [[Magic Jar|Blue Magic Jars]], and an occasional [[Point Bag]] worth 50 experience. The second variety of Orange Moblin, along with the stronger red and blue varieties swing and throw their spears at Link. Orange spear-throwing Moblins give 10 experience on death. Red and blue moblins, who are incrementally tougher to kill both yield 20 experience each.

In the game's story, Moblins are established as members of Ganon's remaining followers conspiring to revive their master by sacrificing Link. If Link dies, they succeed in this endeavor.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', Moblins are extremely common enemies, and appear in both bulldog, and pig variants. They can appear in [[dungeon]]s or in some regions of [[Koholint Island]], such as Bulldog moblins the [[Mysterious Forest]] [[Tal Tal Heights]]. While Pig Warrior Moblins tend to be in mountainous or plains areas like [[Ukuku Prairie]]. {{Ref|LA|310|[[Old Man Ulrira|Ulrira]]}}

A gang of Moblins lives in a [[Moblin Cave|cave]] in the Tal Tal Heights area. Their leader, the [[Moblin Chief]], kidnaps [[Madam MeowMeow]]'s pet [[Chain Chomp]], [[BowWow]].{{Ref|LA|293|Madam MeowMeow}} Link must fight through many Moblins to save it.

Both Bulldog, and Pig Moblins appear as enemies within both games.

Both games have Moblins working under [[Great Moblin]], a large pig moblin, within their settings. In addition to being a boss, Great Moblin, and his followers are also portrayed as recurring characters within the story. If a Linked game is started after completion of one game, [[Great Moblin]] will remember [[Link (Oracle Series)|Link]] from their encounter in the prior game. For example, if one uses the code given at the end of ''Oracle of Ages'' in the beginning of ''Oracle of Seasons'', Great Moblin will wonder if Link followed him from [[Labrynna]] to [[Holodrum]].

A [[Moblin Ring]] also exists to turn Link into a green Bulldog Moblin. Doing so prevents Link from doing any action but moving, but prevents him from being engulfed by [[Like Like]]s, or slipping on Ice.

Moblins work under [[Great Moblin]], and extort rupees from travelers who pass through Great Moblin's keep to get to [[Sunken City]]. Link can best the Great Moblin in combat, and destroy the fortress for a [[Piece of Heart]], in which case the Great Moblin, and his followers can be found in [[Sunken City]], forced to sell bombs.

Link can light the Moblins stash of bombs, and leave, causing the house to blow up, and the moblins to flee. With the house being rebuilt in a shoddier state, Link can repeat this one more time, but by the third time, Great Moblin will catch him in the act, and the moblins punish him by leaving him in the exploding house, resulting in a gameover.

Great Moblin's followers can also be found in various places. Moblins caught [[Dimitri]] in [[Spool Swamp]], and will sell him to Link for 80 rupees. Later, again in Spool Swamp, some moblins will be attempting to buy a [[Spring Banana]] from [[Moosh]], once Moosh eats the Banana, combat starts, and Link assists in making the moblins retreat.

In a Linked Game continuing from ''Ages'', a visiting [[Zelda (Oracle Series)|Princess Zelda]] will be waylaid from Great Moblin, and his followers in [[North Horon]], who attempt to steal her jewelry, and rupees. Link defeats Great Moblin yet again, forcing him, and his servants to flee.  

[[Great Moblin]] has built a fortress in [[Rolling Ridge]], and has walled off the [[Goron]]s from obtaining [[Bomb Flower]]s so his own bomb making business will have no competition. Link destroy the fortress sending Great Moblin, and his followers, obtaining a special bombflower required to beat the game.

In a linked game, the Tokay secret given by the Moblin in Holodrum can be used to obtain a bigger bomb bag from the Tokay at the museum in reward for knowing their secret.

Pig Moblins identical to the ones in ''The Wind Waker'' work under [[Vaati]].

Similar to ''Link's Awakening'', Ganon does not appear in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]''. It is established some moblins were among the monsters sealed within the Minish cap chest. They are released by Vaati, and seem to be used by him as troops.

Moblins appear partway through the game and frequent the overworld. Two variants appear, [[Spear Moblin]]s and [[Bow Moblin]]s. Spear Moblins will charge at [[Link (The Minish Cap)|Link]], and Bow Moblins will fire arrows. They can be easily defeated by stunning them with the [[Boomerang]] and then slashing them with Link's sword.

While Moblins themselves don't appear in ''Spirit Tracks'', the subspecies [[Big Blin]]s are identical to the Bulldog Moblins, specifically the [[Club Moblin]] from ''Ocarina of Time''. This is the first appearance of Bulldog Moblins in the Great Sea era, showing they still exist.

Moblins in ''Skyward Sword'' have changed in appearance quite a bit. Now they are fat, red skinned, humanoid with noses, floppy eared similar to a canine, and are bigger than [[Link (Skyward Sword)|Link]] himself. Moblins are among [[Demise]]'s worshippers, and work under [[Ghirahim]] in their master's absence. Moblins are a very common enemy when revisiting [[Faron Woods]] and drop a lot of rupees.

A Wooden Shield Moblin is a giant purple monster that holds a spear and a large wooden shield. The moblin uses the shield to block your attacks, although it isn't very sturdy. You can slice the shield into pieces, leaving the moblin vulnerable to sword attacks. The moblin's primary attack is using its spear to wind back and deliver a thrusting blow at you. You can quickly dodge the attack and deliver a counter sword slash during the recoil period.

An Iron Shield Moblin is a giant purple monster that holds a spear and a large Iron shield. The moblin uses the shield to block Link's attacks, and it is much sturdier than the wooden shield. The moblin's primary attack is using its spear to wind back and deliver a thrusting blow at Link. Link can quickly dodge the attack and deliver a counter sword slash during the recoil period.

Moblins in ''[[Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity|Age of Calamity]]'' are some of the more common mini-bosses, first encountered in [[The Battle of Hyrule Field]] scenario. They are often accompanied by smaller and weaker enemies, such as a [[Bokoblin]]. Moblin also often appear as the leaders of outposts, of which the warrior must defeat them in order to capture the outpost. Compared to Moblins in ''Breath of the Wild'', these are considerably more difficult to defeat.

Moblins return with an appearance similar to that of ''Breath of the Wild''. The main difference is that each variant comes with their own signature horn, which can be harvested to fuse with weapons and cook with elixirs. [[Link (Breath of the Wild)#Tears of the Kingdom|Link]] can find them in various enemy encampments across [[Hyrule]]. Moblins will often be seen carrying low level unfused and fused weapons, often fused with crude materials such as rocks and mushrooms.

This variant of Moblin only appears at night, and behaves very similarly to creatures such as [[Stalchild]]ren from previous games. They only have 1 HP, but when struck, their heads will drop to the ground, and will need to be destroyed in order to be fully rid of Stalmoblin. They often appear in groups of 2 or 3. Like other Stal enemies in ''Tears of the Kingdom'', they can also be instantly defeated if Link shoots or throws a [[Dazzlefruit]] anywhere in their range.

Moblins wield long spears and will try to attack Zelda with them. There are two different variants of moblins — stationary ones, and others that walk towards Zelda. The stationary moblins will kneel down and toss their spears towards Zelda. If Zelda is above or below the moblin, the spear will be tossed on an angle. The spears can be rather tricky to deflect, but they can in fact be blocked with Zelda's shield. The pattern for these moblins is that they will toss three spears in a row, then there will be a few seconds of gap, and then three more spears will be thrown. During this gap, quickly run up to the moblin and slash at it once with your sword. Some of these stationary moblins will leave red rubies, while others leave green ones, depending on their location. These stationary moblins can often be found in groups of more than one, making it very difficult to get past them without getting hit.

Walking moblins also wield spears and will simply walk up to Zelda and try to toss the spears at her her. These fellows are quite large targets and one simple sword slash will defeat them. They often will appear in packs, with several of them appearing at once. Be careful as sometimes multiple moblins appear at the same time and their game sprites are right behind each other, at which it appears there is only one, but there are actually two. Most moblins of this variant leave behind a red ruby, but certain ones will leave behind more valuable green rubies.

* The Moblins from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' were actually the first monster to be designed. Because of this, they served as the model upon which the rest of the enemies were based.{{Ref|pg. 159|The Moblins were the first monsters to be designed, and served as the model upon which the rest of the enemies were based.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}

* The porcine design of Moblins in a ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' seems likely to have been done to reflect their allegiance to Ganon.