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Biri

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

Navi's advice

If you touch it, you will be electrocuted!

KindEnemy
Health1
PlacesInside Jabu-Jabu's Belly
Brought in byBari
EnglishBiri
FrançaisBiri
DeutschZappelqualle
日本語ビリ

Damage

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

AttackDamage
Deku Nut0
Deku Stick2
Fairy Slingshot0
Bombs2
Boomerang1
Fairy Bow2
Megaton Hammer2
Hookshot2
Kokiri Sword1
Master Sword2
Giant's Knife4
Fire Arrow4
Ice Arrow4
Light Arrow2
Din's Fire4
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 Biri 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
8½¼Shocks Link

Drops

When Biri 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
Magic Jar (small)12 in 16
Deku Seeds12 in 16
Blue Rupee11 in 16
Recovery Heart11 in 16
Recovery Heart31 in 16
What Link needs most11 in 16
Nothing6 in 16

What Link needs most is checked in this order: a fairy at one heart or less, three recovery hearts at three hearts or less, one at five hearts or less, a large magic jar when the magic meter is empty, a small one when it is half empty, Deku Seeds or arrows when Link has fewer than 6, bombs when he has fewer than 6, and a red Rupee when he has fewer than 11 Rupees. If he has enough of everything, nothing drops.

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 small jellyfish full of electricity that also appears when a Bari dies. Cutting it shocks Link, so target it and use ranged attacks.

さわるとシビレちゃうよ!

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. 177, Translated by 101Leafy

Nasty jellyfish lurk all over the vaulted stomach and give electric shocks; the sword conducts electricity, so Link fights them with Deku Sticks.

Im gewölbeartigen Magen des Riesenfischs lauern überall eklige Quallen. Sie verteilen Stromstöße, die Link durch Mark und Bein gehen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 48, Translated by 101Leafy

They give electric shocks and at first swim out of reach under the water, then leave it and lunge at Link; the slingshot destroys them in mid-air.

Die Elektromantas sind geladene Kerle!

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 49, Translated by 101Leafy

A room full of them falls to the sword, and a chest with the Boomerang appears.

Mit seinem Schwert verarbeitet er alle Angreifer zu Fischmehl, worauf eine Truhe erscheint, die den Bumerang preisgibt!

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 50, Translated by 101Leafy