Minotaurus enemy line

Dark Dawn art of the Minotaurus

The Minotaurus, Minos Warrior, and Minos Knight are enemies that are randomly fought throughout Golden Sun: The Lost Age and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. These monsters, resembling humanoid bulls with axes, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the game. In The Lost Age, all three variants can drop a unique piece of equipment not found anywhere else.

In Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Minotaurus

Minotaurus redirects here. For the Psynergy, see Minotaur.

A Minotaurus is a level 27 variant with pink skin. Minotaurus are found in Tundaria Tower and Ankohl Ruins.

In the two dungeons it is fought in, it has the highest offensive capability, solid HP and Defense, and average agility, though in Tundaria Tower the Magicore has more HP. With a move that may also lower an Adept's HP to 1, it is a respectable damage-dealer. The Tartarus Axe, the Minotaurus' drop, is a strong weapon until late in the Great Eastern Sea portion of the game.

A Minotaurus' statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minotaurus	268	0	276	84	123	18
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	318	207	Tartarus Axe	1/64

A Minotaurus uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Power Crush	3/8 (37.5%)	110 Power Level 4	Enemy ability where the user charges forward while cloaked in a large yellow orb of energy, and powerfully tackles into a targeted Adept with a large orange explosion. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.

Minos Warrior

A Minos Warrior is a level 35 variant with blue skin. Minos Warriors are battled in Mars Lighthouse, as one of the "final" random monsters of the mandatory game.

The Minos Warrior may seem pretty strong and durable among monsters in Mars Lighthouse in general, but it is outperformed in all statistics by the Aka Manah encountered later, and the Fire Bird is generally the most damage-dealing monster in the dungeon. Its rare drop is not considered an ideal piece of endgame equipment, merely something to sell for many coins if you happen to get it, so unless you use the Random Number Generator it may not be worth trying to get the Minos Warrior to drop it normally.

A Minos Warrior' statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minos Warrior	353	0	397	130	164	20
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	525	276	Clotho's Distaff	1/64

A Minos Warrior uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Power Crush	2/8 (25%)	110 Power Level 4	Enemy ability where the user charges forward while cloaked in a large yellow orb of energy, and powerfully tackles into a targeted Adept with a large orange explosion. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.
Sack	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability that temporarily increases the user's attack rating by 25%.

Minos Knight

A Minos Knight is a level 37 variant with green skin. Minos Knights are battled in the optional Yampi Desert Cave.

The Minos Knight is definitely one of the more respectably powerful random monsters fought in Yampi Desert Cave, but while its ability to take hits is pretty good, the less commonly encountered Fire Dragon has over 200 more HP, so that makes these two enemies the "main" ones to watch out for. Its rare drop is the single best hand-or-arm-based piece of armor in the game for Adepts that focus on melee combat, increasing the chance to produce weapon Unleashes significantly, and an "ideal" endgame party has multiple Adepts equipped with this glove. This makes the Minos Knight one of the most common targets of Random Number Generator abuse in the game.

A Minos Knight's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minos Knight	454	0	517	170	175	21
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	577	294	Riot Gloves	1/128

A Minos Knight uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Power Crush	2/8 (25%)	110 Power Level 4	Enemy ability where the user charges forward while cloaked in a large yellow orb of energy, and powerfully tackles into a targeted Adept with a large orange explosion. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.
Sack	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability that temporarily increases the user's attack rating by 25%.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Minotaurus

A Minotaurus is a level 17 variant with brown skin, orange hair, yellow horns, and a hand axe. It is randomly fought throughout Harapa Ruins.

A Minotaurus' statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minotaurus	215	0	201	40	71	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	549	113	Crystal Powder	1/8

A Minotaurus uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bestial Attack	1/8 (12.5%)	110 Power Level ??	Enemy ability that deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.

Minos Warrior

A Minos Warrior is a level 31 variant with bright beige skin, dark brown hair, orange horns, and a larger axe. It is randomly fought throughout Warrior's Hill.

A Minos Warrior's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minos Warrior	394	0	375	109	143	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	2807	168	Water of Life	1/16

A Minos Warrior uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Seethe	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability that temporarily increases the user's attack rating by 25%.
Bestial Attack	1/8 (12.5%)	110 Power Level ??	Enemy ability that deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.

Minos Knight

A Minos Knight is a level 48 variant with light blue skin, orange hair, purplish-blue horns, and a sword. It is randomly fought throughout Crossbone Isle. It is the one monster in the game that may rarely drop the Dark Matter forgeable material.

A Minos Knight's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Minos Knight	1018	0	622	192	235	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152   100   100   48		1	7350	215	Dark Matter	1/256

A Minos Knight uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Seethe	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability that temporarily increases the user's attack rating by 25%.
Bestial Attack	1/8 (12.5%)	110 Power Level ??	Enemy ability that deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.2, and if the target is not felled by this attack, there is a chance the target's HP will be brought down to 1.

Cultural references

Origin: Greece

The Minotaur was a bull-headed humanoid monster in Greek mythology. It was kept hidden in a labyrinth in the palace of King Minos designed by Daedalus and was given seven youths and seven maidens from Athens as an annual sacrifice.

Extended Gallery

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  A Minotaurus visualized on promotional art of Golden Sun