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Baby Dodongo

Baby Dodongo is an enemy in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 1 health.

Navi's advice

Watch out for its leaping attack! It will explode after it's defeated!

KindEnemy
Health1
PlacesDodongo's Cavern, Spirit Temple
EnglishBaby Dodongo
FrançaisDodongo Junior
DeutschBaby-Dodongo
日本語ベビードドンゴ

Damage

How many points of health each attack takes off Baby Dodongo. 0 means the attack does no damage, though it may still stun or knock it back.

AttackDamage
Deku Nut0
Deku Stick2
Fairy Slingshot1
Bombs2
Boomerang1
Fairy Bow2
Megaton Hammer2
Hookshot2
Kokiri Sword1
Master Sword2
Giant's Knife4
Fire Arrow4
Ice Arrow4
Light Arrow4
Din's Fire0
Mirror Shield0
Kokiri Sword (spin attack)1
Giant's Knife (spin attack)2
Master Sword (spin attack)4
Kokiri Sword (jump attack)2
Giant's Knife (jump attack)4
Master Sword (jump attack)8
Megaton Hammer (jump attack)0

Hits to defeat it with each weapon: damage calculator

Damage to Link

Health Link loses when an attack of Baby Dodongo hits him, one line per attack strength, 16 points to a heart. Once a Great Fairy strengthens Link's defensive power, the damage is halved, rounded up.

DamageHeartsDouble DefenseEffect
8½¼Plain hit
4¼⅛Plain hit

Drops

When Baby Dodongo is defeated, the game picks one of 16 slots at random, so each slot is a 1 in 16 chance. Some slots hold nothing.

ItemCountChance
Green Rupee12 in 16
Bombs12 in 16
Magic Jar (small)12 in 16
Recovery Heart12 in 16
Deku Seeds11 in 16
Recovery Heart31 in 16
Nothing6 in 16

Young Link gets Deku Seeds where adult Link gets arrows, and the other way round, and an adult's Deku Stick turns into a green Rupee. Bombs, arrows, seeds, and magic only drop once Link has the bomb bag, the bow, the slingshot, or magic, and a recovery heart at full health turns into a green Rupee.

In the official guides

A young Dodongo that crawls out of the ground and charges. Step aside and hit it with the sword, then get away, because it explodes like a bomb when it dies.

飛びつき攻撃には注意して!死ぬ時にバクハツするよ!

ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 完全攻略ガイドブック (NTT出版, 1999), p. 176, Translated by 101Leafy

One sword stroke beats them, but they explode, so keep clear; lure one in front of a walled-up door and hit it to blast the way open.

Schlage nie ein Tier, es könnte geladen sein!

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 40, Translated by 101Leafy