Blue Beetle
For Zelda II The Adventure of Link on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Enemy
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| Kind | Enemy |
|---|---|
| Name | Named by 101Leafy; the game gives none |
Official art

From the official guides
A beetle that slithers as it crawls. It eats up life energy. They live inside caves too.
A beetle that crawls along the ground, dragging itself. It eats life energy. It also lives inside caves.
A crawling beetle that gobbles up life energy.
A beetle whose eyes have withered and whose feelers have grown large. Like the Leever, it feeds on life energy, and when it senses a living thing it moves quickly toward it.
A beetle with large feelers. Maybe that is why it turns right around to follow you when you get to its other side. Crouch and stab and you should be safe.
It lives in caves and feels its way around with its sharp feelers. When it notices Link, it comes close and drains his life energy.
A beetle that crawls along the ground. Its weak eyes are almost useless, but its feelers are well developed. When it senses you, it heads your way. Keep a good distance when you fight it.
Numbers
| Hit points | 4 |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 |
| Damage class | Class 1 |
Damage to Link
Life Link loses from one touch or hit, at each life level.
| Life | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
What hurts it
- The sword, sword beams, and the Fire spell all hurt it.
- The Spell spell turns it into a Blue Chuchu.
Drops
Every 6th enemy of drop group 1 that Link defeats leaves an item instead of giving experience. All enemies in the group share the count.
Blue Jar7 in 8
Point Bag (50)1 in 8
Where it is found
- West Hyrule
- Death Mountain