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Leever

Leever is an enemy in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 4 or 20 health.

Navi's advice

Watch its movements closely and let it go by!

KindEnemy
Health4, 20
PlacesDesert Colossus, Haunted Wasteland, Spirit Temple
EnglishLeever
FrançaisLeever
DeutschSandkiller
日本語リーバ

Damage

How many points of health each attack takes off Leever. 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 Sword4
Giant's Knife6
Fire Arrow2
Ice Arrow4
Light Arrow2
Din's Fire0
Mirror Shield0
Kokiri Sword (spin attack)2
Giant's Knife (spin attack)8
Master Sword (spin attack)4
Kokiri Sword (jump attack)2
Giant's Knife (jump attack)8
Master Sword (jump attack)4
Megaton Hammer (jump attack)0

Hits to defeat it with each weapon: damage calculator

Damage to Link

Health Link loses when an attack of Leever 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

Drops

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

Roll 1
ItemCountChance
Recovery Heart14 in 16
Recovery Heart32 in 16
Deku Seeds12 in 16
What Link needs most11 in 16
Nothing7 in 16
Roll 2
ItemCountChance
Blue Rupee37 in 16
Red Rupee17 in 16
Red Rupee32 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

Bursts out of the desert sand and charges. Sidestep and cut it from behind. Beat enough and a big purple one appears that drops 10 rupees.

動きをよく見て、やりすごした方がいいよ!

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. 180, Translated by 101Leafy

Burrows through the desert sand.

Native to the desert wasteland, the Leever was a malicious cactus with a taste not for water, but for blood.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 95