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Poe

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

Navi's advice

If you stare at it with Z Targeting, it will disappear...

This Poe doesn't disappear even if you stare at it. It doesn't spook easily, does it...

KindEnemy
Health4
PlacesKakariko Village Graveyard, Dodongo's Cavern, Well of Three Features, Hyrule Field
EnglishPoe
FrançaisEsprit
DeutschIrrlicht
日本語ポウ

Damage

How many points of health each attack takes off 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 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
8½¼Plain hit
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

Drops

It also leaves this every time:

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 ghost in graveyards and fields that vanishes when targeted, so swing without targeting. Adult-years field Poes flee instead; use the bow or Hookshot.

Z注目をすると姿をかくすよ!

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. 178, Translated by 101Leafy

Attack only when it is visible.

Only when a Poe was visible could it be attacked successfully.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 65

Four ghosts haunt the Forest Temple. The first two appear in paintings: shoot arrows at the frames from a safe distance, and when all three frames are hit the ghost shows itself and falls to aimed bow shots.

Beim Betreten des Waldtempels hat Link bemerkt, daß vier Geister hier ihr Unwesen treiben.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 58, Translated by 101Leafy