Yiga Footsoldier
Yiga Footsoldiers hunt you on the roads after the clan has noticed you. They pretend to be travelers, then drop the disguise, teleport, and attack with a sickle or a duplex bow. They are not tough. They are interruptions, and they pay you in rupees and mighty bananas.
The disguise and the banana
A lone traveler who starts a strange conversation on an empty road is the usual tell. Real travelers do not announce a clan and then draw a bow. Once the mask is on, they blink around you. A headshot stops the blink for a moment. A backflip or a side hop catches the sickle dash the same way it catches a Bokoblin.
Drop a mighty banana on the ground and a footsoldier will run to it instead of you. That is the easiest way to line up a headshot, or to walk past when you are low on hearts. Do not drop your last banana if you still need it for cooking. One is enough to turn their head.
What they drop, and when they show up
Rupees and mighty bananas are the regular payout. The duplex bow is the weapon you actually want off the archer ones: it fires two arrows for one shot. Take it if your inventory has room. Their sickle is a fast one-handed blade, useful until you have a better sword.
They get more common after you have been through Kakariko and the clan's business with you has started, and they get personal once you invade the hideout. If every traveler on the road is a fight, stop talking to suspicious loners and keep a banana on the quick bar. A group of real monsters plus a Yiga blink is how a camp goes wrong.
Field notes
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Where | Roads, disguised as travelers |
| Drops | Rupees, mighty bananas, duplex bow |
| Answer | Headshot, flurry rush, or a dropped banana |
