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Big Poe

Big Poe is an enemy in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 4 health.

Navi's advice

This Poe won't disappear even if you stare at it. It moves fast despite its size!

KindEnemy
Health4
PlacesHyrule Field
EnglishBig Poe
FrançaisAme
DeutschNachtschwärmer
日本語ビッグポウ

Damage

How many points of health each attack takes off Big Poe. 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 Arrow2
Ice Arrow2
Light Arrow2
Din's Fire0
Mirror Shield0
Kokiri Sword (spin attack)1
Giant's Knife (spin attack)4
Master Sword (spin attack)2
Kokiri Sword (jump attack)2
Giant's Knife (jump attack)8
Master Sword (jump attack)4
Megaton Hammer (jump attack)4

Hits to defeat it with each weapon: damage calculator

Damage to Link

Health Link loses when an attack of Big Poe 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
4¼⅛Sets Link on fire

While Link burns he loses 1 point every 8 frames (0.4 seconds). Standing still, the flames last up to 10 seconds, so a full burn costs up to 25 points, about 1.5 hearts. The faster Link moves, the sooner they go out, and in the Goron Tunic they are out within half a second. Double Defense does not lower these 1-point losses.

Left behind

In the official guides

A giant Poe in adult Hyrule Field, found by riding Epona through set spots. Chase it and hit it with arrows; bottle its soul and take it to the Ghost Shop in Castle Town.

必ずあきビンに詰めて城下町のゴーストショップに持っていくようにしたい

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. 179, Translated by 101Leafy

Found only out on Hyrule Field and hard to catch; Link rides every corner on horseback and beats each with two aimed shots.

Link erkundet jeden (!) Winkel der Graslandschaft zu Pferde und erledigt die Nachtschwärmer mit zwei gezielten Schüssen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 54, Translated by 101Leafy

Big Poes appear in Hyrule Field and can only be beaten from horseback with the bow.

Diese Geister findet er in der Hylianischen Steppe, sie lassen sich jedoch nur vom Pferd aus mit Pfeil und Bogen bezwingen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 109, Translated by 101Leafy