Wood Walker enemy line
The Wood Walker is an enemy that is randomly battled in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. This monster, resembling a walking tree stump with a face and appendages, is noteworthy for being the only random monster of its design basis that is actually used in the game's battles; in the code of the game, two more variants with their own palette swaps, the Elder Wood and the Estre Wood, are unused as monsters, but both are featured as the visuals for Tamer class series Psynergy spells that share their names. This is similar to the Weird Nymph, an enemy that does not appear in a battle, but appears in a Psynergy.
In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Wood Walker
A Wood Walker (ウッドウォーカー) is a brown level 25 variant with green leaves. The Wood Walker is fought throughout the interior portion of Gaia Rock, and subsequently throughout Izumo Ruins, ideally before it is fought in Ankohl Ruins.
In Gaia Rock, the Wood Walker is not the fastest monster, but its offensive and defensive statistics are well-rounded and strong. Offensively, it is outperformed by the stronger and faster Gressil in Izumo Ruins, and in Ankohl Ruins it is outperformed in every statistic by the Minotaurus, as well as most of the other monsters in various statistical regards.
A Wood Walker is especially likely to be affected by Defense-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Wood Walker | 230 | 21 | 213 | 75 | 94 | 24 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
 175 (Lv 1)  100 (Lv 0)  72 (Lv 2)  25 (Lv 0)
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242 | 201 |  Bramble Seed
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1/16 | ||
A Wood Walker uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 5/8 (62.5%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
| Briar | 2/8 (25%) |
105 Power
|
Psynergy costing 11 PP that summons a series of large spiky vines out of the ground to stab the party of Adepts. Deals a Venus-aligned attack with 70 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution. |
| Mad Growth | 1/8 (12.5%) |
105 Power
|
Psynergy costing 10 PP that causes a group of thorny vines to erupt from the ground and though the party. Deals a Venus-aligned attack with 60 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution. |
Elder Wood
The Elder Wood (オールドウッド Old Wood) exists as a named but unused variant in the code in The Lost Age, where none of its statistics and abilities are coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used, it would have appeared as a light green variant with autumn-colored leaves. However, the appearance and identity of this "unused" monster is featured as as part of the visual in the Elder Wood Psynergy that is available to the Beastkeeper class.
Estre Wood
The Estre Wood (エストレイウッド) exists as a named but unused variant in the code in The Lost Age, where none of its statistics and abilities are coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used, it would have appeared as a dark purple variant with autumn-colored leaves. However, the appearance and identity of this "unused" monster is featured as part of the visual in the Estre Wood Psynergy that is available to the Beast Lord class.
