Leever

Template:Enemy Leevers (pronounced /ˈliːvəɹ/ LEE-vər) are a recurring enemy in The Legend of Zelda series.

Characteristics

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The Leever is a sand-dwelling creature known for its burrowing capabilities, found mostly in areas with sand such as deserts and beaches. These cone-shaped creatures burrow out of the ground, or remain at a semi-burrow as in The Adventure of Link, upon detecting movement and begin pursuing territorial threats until they tire or vacate the proximity of intruders. Though while mostly cone-like in appearance, Twilight Princess brings a certain graphical realism to the Leever, giving it a stronger plant-like appearance. Leevers are often fast-moving enemies. They are almost always fought in groups, as many of these creatures target and hone in on Link at once in order to maximize the chance of inflicting damage and ridding their territory of threat.

Although the behavior of the Leever changes little between games and variations, they do seem to possess varying levels of vitality and strength by color. In The Legend of Zelda, there are two varieties of Leever, red and blue, with the blue type being the strongest, a trend that carries on into A Link to the Past, where a standard green Leever and a slightly stronger purple variety co-exist. Attack strategy is a second characteristic added to the different Leever variations, beginning with the species seen in Link's Awakening and on through to the Template:OoX. These Leevers come in three colors: red, blue, and orange. The red Leevers travel in a straight line, while the blue variety tends to zig-zag at random intervals. The orange version actively pursues Link, and notably has increased speed in comparison to its red and blue counterparts.

In Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, larger Leevers can spawn after defeating ten standard Leevers. It shares this trait with Stalchildren and Guays.

The overall strategy to defeat any Leever, regardless of game, is to attack it with the Sword, or any quantifiable weapon used to defeat any other commonplace enemy. Usually one to three hits is enough to dispel any incarnation of the Leever. Generally, Leevers can be dodged entirely, although some incarnations make this harder due to their increased speed. In Majora's Mask, Link can completely avoid Leevers while riding on Epona.

The Legend of Zelda

Template:TLoZManual In The Legend of Zelda, there are red and blue varieties of Leever with the blue type being the stronger of the two. When defeated, red Leevers may drop either a Heart, one Rupee, five Rupees or a Clock, while blue Leevers may drop either a Heart, a Fairy or one Rupee.

Trivia

• While Z-Targeting normal Leevers in Ocarina of Time, the target turns green instead of yellow. Also, the music that normally plays when close to enemies cannot be heard. These two effects appear to be related, and may even be intentional, as the constant appearance and movement of Leevers would disrupt the world and enemy music. Larger Leevers however do have the yellow targeting and enemy music.
• The Ocarina of Time Player's Guide suggests that Leevers are a type of cactus.
• The Japanese Shogakukan guide for Four Swords Adventures refers to Leevers as Peahats.^{[citation needed]}
• Leevers in Zelda's Adventure do not burrow underground.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name
	Japanese	リーバー (Rībā)Template:ExpGame リーバ (Rība) Template:ExpGame ピーハット (Pīhatto) Template:ExpGame
	French	Leever
	German	Sandkiller
	Italian	Leever
	Spanish	Leever

Gallery

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  Leever artwork from The Legend of Zelda

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  Leever from The Legend of Zelda

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  Blue Leever from The Legend of Zelda

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  A Leever among other enemies chasing Link artwork from The Legend of Zelda

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  Leever Artwork from The Adventure of Link

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  Leever Artwork from The Adventure of Link

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  Leever from The Adventure of Link

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  Green Leever from A Link to the Past

• Leever Purple ALttP.png

  Purple Leever from A Link to the Past

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  Leever from Link's Awakening DX

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  Leever from Ocarina of Time

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  Link targeting a Giant Leever in Ocarina of Time

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  Leever from Majora's Mask

• LeeverOracleRed.png

  Red Leever from the Oracle series

• LeeverOracleBlue.png

  Blue Leever from the Oracle series

• LeeverOracleOrange.png

  Orange Leever from the Oracle series

• Leever MC.gif

  Leever from The Minish Cap

• LeeverALBW.png

  Leever from A Link Between Worlds

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  A Leever from Tri Force Heroes

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  Red Leever Million Publishing guide artwork from The Legend of Zelda

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  Blue Leever Million Publishing guide artwork from The Legend of Zelda

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  Red Leever form BS The Legend of Zelda

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  Blue Leever from BS The Legend of Zelda

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  Leever from Zelda's Adventure

References

Template:SandEnemy Template:PlantEnemy