Stone Talus

Stone Taluses are a type of Talus, large Golem-like creatures that serves as Bosses in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. They are the weakest type of Boss Talus and can be encountered as early as the Great Plateau.

Behavior
Stone Talus spend most of their time hidden as various stone structures lying on the ground. When Link gets near them, the Stone Tallus will form his body from the rubble and start attacking Link. Their body is completely invulnerable aside from a single nod found on their back. The Stone Talus can launch its arms at Link and regrow them by taking other boulders from the ground. They can also slam their entire body on the ground if Link gets too close of its legs. Link can use a Bomb Arrow on the nod to cause massive damage and make the Stone Talus fall over. He can also blow his arms up with a Remote Bomb Runes, which will make him fall over. When the Stone Talus is on the ground, Link can climb its body to reach the nod and attack it with his regular weapons. The Stone Talus can drop various Material, mostly Flint, Amber, Ruby and Opal.

Locations

 * Great Plateau
 * Deya Lake
 * North Dueling Peaks
 * Dueling Peaks South
 * West Nabi Lake
 * North Mable Ridge
 * Martha's Landing
 * Lake Floria
 * Gama Cove
 * Ovli Plain
 * Cliffs of Quince

Hyrule Compendium Entry
"This enormous monster is naturally camouflaged as a rock formation. Neither sword nor arrow can pierce its stony form, but a cunning adventurer knows to scale its body and attack the ore sprouting from its peak."

Trivia

 * Stone Talus were originally called Steppe Talus in early builds of the game. Notably the one shown at E3 2016.