Tektite

Tektite
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Main appearance(s)	The Legend of Zelda The Adventure of Link A Link to the Past Link's Awakening Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Oracle of Ages Oracle of Seasons Four Swords Four Swords Adventures The Minish Cap Twilight Princess Phantom Hourglass Spirit Tracks A Link Between Worlds Tri Force Heroes
Other appearance(s)	The Legend of Zelda animated series The Shadow Prince Zelda's Adventure Template:Manga Link's Crossbow Training Nintendo Land
Habitat(s)	Hyrule Field Lake Hylia Death Mountain Zora's River Water Temple Mount Crenel Goron Mines Lakebed Temple Isle of Ember Secret Fortress Cove of Transition Water Temple (Tri Force Heroes)
Effective weapon(s)	Sword Projectiles Hookshot
Exp Points	50

Tektites (pronounced /ˈtɛk.taɪt/ TEK-tyt) are recurring enemies in Template:LZS. Due to their carapaces and spindly legs, some iterations of Tektites closely resemble the Japanese spider crab.

Characteristics

The Tektite is a jumping, one eyed mite or spider-like creature in all aspects pertaining to appearance and behavior, changing little between games. These foes tend to appear in small to medium groups, and have the tendency to bounce and jump around the landscape as they please. These creatures normally inhabit mountainous areas, dungeons and sometimes lakes, where these regions do little to impede their movement. In The Legend of Zelda, they could jump and scale normally impassable mountain walls. Certain incarnations of this enemy, such as the Tektites of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, can also skim the surface of water, in the same vein as pond skaters, and could even bounce across it as well.

Tektites typically come in two colored varieties; a Red Tektite (sometimes orange) or Blue Tektite. These colors are often used to signify their strengths and behavior. In The Legend of Zelda, the Red Tektites tend to jump a lot, whereas the Blue variety does so very little. In Ocarina of Time, the Red Tektite is found on land, while the Blue Tektite is found closer to water in both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

Despite their wide range of mobility and adaptability to various surroundings, they are for the most part fragile enemies that are easily and quickly defeated with the simplest of weapons. The Tektites of The Adventure of Link, however, are more hardy in that they are able to shoot fireballs from their eyes and incorporate a nearly impregnable hide.

The Tektite is considered to be a "normal enemy", as it has little health and can be easily defeated with one or two Sword swipes. Projectile weapons, such as the Slingshot, Bow, or Hookshot are also useful, especially for defeating out of reach Tektites such as those that skim on the water. The Tektites of Adventure of Link are highly armored, and resist nearly all attacks save for the Fire Spell. In the Japanese version however, they are considerably weaker and can be killed with the sword. Opposite to The Adventure of Link Tektites, Tektites in Ocarina of Time are immune to Din's Fire. The Megaton Hammer and Goron Link's Ground Pound can flip Tektites onto their backs, in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask respectively.

Variations

Water Tektite

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Main article: Water Tektite

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A Water Tektite seen in the Oracle titles

Water Tektites are green Tektites which, unlike the Blue Tektites from Ocarina of Time that are also found on earth, are found exclusively skimming on water. This variation appears in Link's Awakening and in the Template:OoX. A very similar creature known as Hover exists in A Link to the Past, but is unrelated to Tektites.

Golden Tektite

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The Golden Tektite from The Minish Cap

Main article: Golden Monsters

The Golden Tektite is a gold variety of Tektite that appears in The Minish Cap, and is among the Golden Monsters. They appear after certain Kinstone Fusions, and can appear in either Mount Crenel or Veil Falls. Like the other Golden Monsters, it is much more stronger than the normal varieties as it has increased speed, vitality, and is capable of inflicting more damage.

Non-canon Appearances

Non-Canon Information

Animated series

Tektites as seen in the animated series

Tektites make an appearance in two episodes of the Animated series. In "The White Knight", various Tektites arrive at the castle and attack Prince Facade. While Facade is taking care of the Tektites, Moblins come in and kidnap Zelda. In "That Sinking Feeling", Tektites are shown to be capable of shooting spider webs out of their mouth. As Link and Zelda are enjoying a picnic, they are interrupted when an Underworld entrance begins to raise and a gang of Tektites come out from it. Link and Zelda are successful in defeating a few of them, but then several Tektites wrap the princess up in spider webs while the young hero loses his Crissword to one of the foes that sneaked up behind him. Link eventually manages to defeat all of the foes and rescue the princess.

The Shadow Prince

In The Shadow Prince, Link encounters various Tektites if he chooses to hide behind a boulder to prevent from being seen by Charles of Moria. Link races up a hill to hide behind the boulder, and just as he dives to hide, he turns around to find a pack of Tektites have surrounded him. He easily defeats one, but is then grabbed by the rest of the monsters. The page ends with a Game Over with the young hero getting killed by the Tektites.

Battle Quest

Tektites appear in Nintendo Land in Battle Quest. They have highly resistant shells, thus requiring that the sword be sliced through the gaps of their shells. The gaps can be either horizontal or vertical, and requires different directional strikes.

The Tektite also appears as one of the 200 Prizes that can be won with Coins. Interacting with the Prize animates the Tektite, and Monita will comment on it.

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Trivia

• In the entire overworld of The Minish Cap, there is only one Blue Tektite.
• As both have the same amount of health, the same vulnerabilities, and the same movement patterns including floating on water, Red and Blue Tektites in Twilight Princess appear to be a rare case of purely cosmetic variants of an enemy.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name
		Tektite	Red Tektite	Blue Tektite	Water Tektite	Golden Tektite
	Japanese	テクタイト	赤テクタイト	青テクタイト	ホーバー ホバー Template:ExpGame	ゴールデンテクタイト
	French	Tektite/Araknon	Araknon Rouge	Araknon Bleu		Araknon d'Or
	FrenchCA	Araknon Template:ExpGame	Araknon rouge Template:ExpGame	Araknon bleu Template:ExpGame
	German	Arachno	Roter Arachno	Blauer Arachno		Goldener Arachno
	Italian	Tektite Dentino	Tektite rosso	Tektite blu	Tektite acquatico	Tektite dorato
	Korean	텍타이트
	Spanish					Tektite dorado
	SpanishEU	Tektite
	SpanishLA	Tektite Template:ExpGame	Tektite rojo Template:ExpGame	Tektite azul Template:ExpGame

Gallery

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  Official artwork from The Legend of Zelda

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  Blue Tektite from The Legend of Zelda

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  Orange Tektite in Legend of Zelda

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  Artwork of a Tektite from The Adventure of Link

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  Tektite from The Adventure of Link

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  Blue Tektite from A Link to the Past

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  Red Tektite from A Link to the Past

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  Red Tektite from Link's Awakening

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  Artwork of a Red Tektite from Ocarina of Time

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  Red Tektite as seen in Ocarina of Time

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  Blue Tektite from in Ocarina of Time

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  Blue Tektite from Majora's Mask

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  Red Tektite from the Oracle series

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  Blue Tektite from the Oracle series

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  Tektite from Four Swords

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  Tektite from Four Swords Adventures

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  Blue Tektite from The Minish Cap

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  Red Tektite from The Minish Cap

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  Red Tektite from Twilight Princess

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  Blue Tektite from Twilight Princess

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  A Red Tektite from Phantom Hourglass

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  A Blue Tektite from Phantom Hourglass

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  Tektite from Spirit Tracks

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  A Blue Tektite from A Link Between Worlds

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  A Red Tektite from A Link Between Worlds

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  A Tektite from Tri Force Heroes

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  Million Publishing guide artwork of a Red Tektite from The Legend of Zelda

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  Million Publishing guide artwork of a Blue Tektite from The Legend of Zelda

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  Tektites as seen in the animated series

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  Tektite from BS The Legend of Zelda

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  A Tektite from Zelda's Adventure