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Shell Blade

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

Tatl says

Don't tell me you don't know about the Shell Blade! It's impossible to beat it if you aim for anything but its ligament inside the shell.

EnglishShell Blade
FrançaisCoqui-Lame
DeutschKillermuschel
EspañolShell Blade
日本語シェルブレード

Damage

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

AttackPowerMultiplier
Kokiri Sword1No damage
Razor Sword2No damage
Gilded Sword3No damage
Great Fairy's Sword4No damage
Kokiri Sword: Spin Attack1No damage
Razor Sword: Spin Attack2No damage
Gilded Sword: Spin Attack3No damage
Great Fairy's Sword: Spin Attack4No damage
Deku Stick2No damage
Fierce Deity's Mask: sword4No damage
Fierce Deity's Mask: Spin Attack4No damage
Fierce Deity's Mask: sword beam3No damage
Goron Mask: punch2No damage
Goron Mask: Goron Pound4No damage
Goron Mask: roll1No damage
Goron Mask: roll with spikes1No damage
Zora Mask: punch1×1
Zora Mask: boomerang fins2×1
Deku Mask: bubble blast2×1
Deku Mask: spin attack1No damage
Deku Mask: launch from a Deku Flower2No damage
Hero's Bow2×1
Fire Arrow2×1
Ice Arrow2×1
Light Arrow2×1
Bomb2×1
Powder Keg4×1
Deku Nut1No damage
Hookshot2×1

Drops

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

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

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.

Where to find it

Official guide

A shellfish-type monster. It rams you with its hard, spiked shell. When it opens, cut the muscle inside and it goes down in one hit.

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. 189: Translated by 101Leafy

The soft ligament inside this oyster-like monster is its weak spot. Use Zora Link's Boomerang Attack to defeat it.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Games, 2000), p. 132