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Blue Tektite

For The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on Nintendo 64 (2000).

Tatl says

Don't you know about the Blue Tektite? Use Z Targeting to follow it as it bounces!

Health2
EnglishBlue Tektite
FrançaisTektite Bleu
DeutschBlauer Arachno
EspañolTektite Azul
日本語青テクタイト

Damage

How hard each weapon hits the Blue Tektite, and how many hits it takes to defeat it. A jump attack with a sword or a Deku Stick hits twice as hard.

AttackPowerMultiplierHits to defeat
Kokiri Sword1×12
Razor Sword2×11
Gilded Sword3×11
Great Fairy's Sword4×11
Kokiri Sword: Spin Attack1×12
Razor Sword: Spin Attack2×11
Gilded Sword: Spin Attack3×11
Great Fairy's Sword: Spin Attack4×11
Deku Stick2×11
Fierce Deity's Mask: sword4×11
Fierce Deity's Mask: Spin Attack4×11
Fierce Deity's Mask: sword beam3No damageNo damage
Goron Mask: punch2×11
Goron Mask: Goron Pound4No damageNo damage
Goron Mask: roll1No damageNo damage
Goron Mask: roll with spikes1×12
Zora Mask: punch1×12
Zora Mask: boomerang fins2×11
Deku Mask: bubble blast2×11
Deku Mask: spin attack1No damageNo damage
Deku Mask: launch from a Deku Flower2×21
Hero's Bow2×11
Fire Arrow2×21
Ice Arrow2×11
Light Arrow2×21
Bomb2×11
Powder Keg4×11
Deku Nut1No damageNo damage
Hookshot2No damageNo damage

Hits to defeat calculator

Drops

When the Blue Tektite is defeated, one of 16 slots is picked at random, so each slot is a 6.25% chance.

DropChance
Green Rupee6.25%
Blue Rupee6.25%
Blue Rupee ×36.25%
Red Rupee6.25%
10 Arrows12.5%
30 Arrows6.25%
Bomb (5)6.25%
Deku Stick6.25%
Magic Jar6.25%
Magic Jar (large)6.25%
Recovery Heart6.25%
Recovery Heart ×36.25%
What Link is short of6.25%
Nothing12.5%

Some of them use this table instead:

DropChance
Green Rupee18.75%
Blue Rupee12.5%
Nothing68.75%

What Link is short of decides, checked in this order: a Fairy at 1 heart or less, Recovery Heart ×3 at 3 hearts or less, Recovery Heart ×1 at 5 hearts or less, a Magic Jar (large) with magic below half, 30 Arrows with fewer than 6 arrows, Bomb (5) with fewer than 6 bombs, and a Red Rupee with fewer than 11 Rupees. Otherwise nothing.

Arrows need the Hero's Bow and bombs need a Bomb Bag; magic needs the magic meter. Without them that slot drops nothing. A Recovery Heart at full health becomes a Green Rupee.

The arrow that defeats it decides the drop, whatever the slot: a Fire Arrow gives 30 Arrows, an Ice Arrow a Recovery Heart, and a Light Arrow a Purple Rupee.

Where to find it

Official guide

A Tektite that lives in water. It attacks while hopping about. Use Z Targeting and defeat it with your sword. It moves slowly, so you can also ignore it.

ゼルダの伝説 ムジュラの仮面のすべて (エンターブレイン, 2000), p. 188: Translated by 101Leafy

Their quick jump attacks make it difficult to counterattack, but a couple of Sword swipes will do them in.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Games, 2000), p. 129