Link's Awakening DX GBC Calculators
For The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX on the Game Boy Color (1998).
Pick Link's sword, clothes, power-up, and attack, and the table shows how many sword hits each enemy takes. It also shows how much one touch from each enemy takes from Link and what the enemy drops. 101Leafy researched the game.
Sword hits and damage
| Enemy | Hits | Damage to Link | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|
 Octorok | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Winged Octorok | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Moblin | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Tektite | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Water Tektite | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Leever | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Spark | No effect | ½ heart | Fairy Always |
 Pols Voice | No effect | 1 heart | Nothing |
 Keese | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Stalfos | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Zol | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Gibdo | 6 | 1 heart | Heart 1 in 2 |
 Hardhat Beetle | No effect | 1 heart | Bombs Always |
 Wizzrobe | No effect | 1 heart | Nothing |
 Spiked Beetle | No effect | 1 heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Boo Buddy | 4 | 1 heart | Heart 1 in 2 |
 Bombite | No effect | 1 heart | Bombs Always |
 Pairodd | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Armos | No effect | 2 hearts | Arrows Always |
 Crow | 2 | 1 heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Goponga Flower | No effect | 1 heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Giant Goponga Flower | No effect | 1 heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Goomba | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Rope | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Piranha Plant | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Cheep Cheep | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Buzz Blob | 4 | 1 heart | Heart 1 in 16Rupee 1 in 16Fairy 1 in 32Bombs 1 in 16Arrows 1 in 32 |
 Sea Urchin | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Sand Crab | 2 | ½ heart | Heart 1 in 4 |
 Pokey | 1 | ½ heart | Rupee 1 in 2 |
 Ghini | 8 | 1 heart | Fairy Always |
The Level 2 sword is one step stronger than the first. The Red Clothes, a Piece of Power, the whirling attack, and a dash with the Pegasus Boots each add one more step, but only one counts at a time. Some enemies shrug off the sword at every step. The Blue Clothes halve the damage Link takes. The Guardian Acorn halves it as well and stops half-heart hits altogether, but it does nothing while Link wears the Blue Clothes.
Low on hearts means the warning beep is on: half a heart or less when Link has 3 to 5 hearts in all, 1 heart or less with 6 to 8, 2 hearts or less with 9 to 11, and 3 hearts or less with 12 to 14.
Pieces of Power and Guardian Acorns
After Link defeats enough enemies, the next one leaves a Piece of Power or a Guardian Acorn. How many it takes for a Piece of Power depends on how many hearts Link has in all, and so does the warning beep that turns on the low-heart drop odds.
| Piece of Power | 30 enemies defeated |
| Guardian Acorn | 12 enemies defeated without taking a hit |
| Warning beep | ½ heart or less |
A Piece of Power or a Guardian Acorn wears off after Link takes 3 hits. Defeating a Pols Voice or a Wizzrobe counts toward neither.