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ReDead

Also called: Lurker in the Dark
GamesUndeadShamblesSorcery1968 to 1999

The zombie of The Legend of Zelda series, introduced in Ocarina of Time. It freezes the player with a scream or stare and then walks slowly over to feed. Nintendo's own descriptions disagree on whether it is a corpse or a magically animated figure.1

Battle it
First appeared
1998
Ocarina of Time (release year from general knowledge, not from the sources consulted)
Source work
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Nintendo
Made in
Japan
What causes it
Sorcery
Later Nintendo descriptions call the Ocarina of Time ReDeads magically animated forms, not undead people.
How it moves
Shambles
Stands still until it has frozen its prey, then walks over slowly.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • the Sun's Song, which paralyses it
  • fire
  • light from the Mirror Shield (Majora's Mask)

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1998

Ocarina of Time (release year from general knowledge, not from the sources consulted)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Freezes the player in place with its gaze or scream1

2

Climbs onto its victim's back and drains life1

3

Blind in Ocarina of Time: walking slowly gets the player past1

4

In Majora's Mask certain masks make them dance1

5

Some Gibdos turn out to be ReDeads once their bandages are burned off1

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

ReDead about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. ReDead - Zelda Wiki

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