ReDead

Appearances
ReDeads (リーデッド, Riideddo) are zombie-like creatures with fleshy yet skeletal bodies. Their faces may be a Spooky Mask. Their gaze paralyzes even the bravest warrior with fear. They can also emit a piercing shriek to stun you if your back is turned.

These enemies are found in Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, as well as The Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess.

Many people argue that these creatures are the most frightening enemies in the The Legend of Zelda series, the others possibly being Wallmasters, Floormasters, and Gibdos. They are related to Gibdos.

These enemies are found in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Ocarina of Time / Majora's Mask
ReDeads are strange zombie-like creatures are mostly only found deep in the earth. They have skeletal bodies and they emit a piercing shriek on sight, and have a gaze that freezes anyone passing by with fear. When they get close enough, they wrap themselves around Link and bite, depleting many hearts.

Luckily, the paralysis they inflict is only temporary, and you can simply avoid it by running behind them without Z-Targetting, and the creatures are quite slow, so a player merely has to move around quickly to escape their grasp.

There are many ways to destroy these creatures: attack them from behind, freeze them by shining light on them, wear the Captain's Hat, Gibdo Mask, or Garo Mask in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask to make them dance and ignore Link entirely, or stun them by playing the Sun's Song.

Wind Waker


They also appear in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as voodoo-like zombie creatures. They have the same shriek and stare as those Link has encountered before, though they definitely aren't wearing masks. They are usually found in the Earth Temple.

Twilight Princess
In Twilight Princess, ReDeads return as ReDead Knights. They are demonic warrior monsters found in the Arbiter's Grounds and the Cave of Ordeals]. They can be killed by two bomb arrows or with a jump strike. At first, they are lying down, and they are invincible. Then, when they stand up, they are vulnerable. They have a paralyzing scream, like in most games, which leaves you open for attack (although in Twilight Princess, their shriek is very low pitched, compared to the high pitched screams of their predecessors). If their scream wasn't enough, they have tattered red cloaks, and carry huge, rusty, bandage-covered swords that they drag behind them. They are mummified, and their small, round faces look almost featureless from a distance.

The Gibdo
Gibdo (ギブド, Gibudo) The flesh-eating undead mummified corpses have been around since the very first The Legend of Zelda game, and have since appeared in several other Zelda's, like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and The Legend of Zelda:Majora's Mask. In The Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past, they'd just walk around, doing a decent bit of damage if one touches you. In A Link to the Past, they have quite a lot of stamina, too, though they can easily be destroyed with the Fire Rod.



Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, the Gibdo is an enemy very similar to the ReDead, being similar in movement, figure and moans. If it crosses eyes with Link, it will freeze him, jump onto his back and start biting around his neck. Much like the Redead, if you play the Sun's Song, the Gibdo will freeze. They are most common in the Shadow Temple.

Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, one way to get past a Gibdo unnoticed is to have the Gibdo Mask. If the player hits them with a Fire Arrow it will burn off their bandages to reveal a ReDead. Both ReDeads and Gibdos are also unable to harm Goron or Deku Scrub forms, as the former is too large and the latter is too small. However, both are still vunerable to paralysis.

Minish Cap
''"Appear in the Palace of Winds. These mummies keep coming at you when you attack. It's better to fight from a distance if you want to avoid damage." ''

In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the Gibdo was similar to it's Ocarina of Time counterpart, except that it couldn't freeze you or be frozen. You could kill them by torching them with the Flame Lantern, upon they would turn into Stalfos.