Patra

LEVEL9 Mid-boss

LEVEL9 mid-boss that appears in 'The Legend of Zelda'. It attacks with a parent Patra and its surrounding child Patras.

Trivia

  • Composed of parent Patra and child Patras; cannot defeat the parent unless all children are eliminated.
  • Mid-boss of LEVEL9, appearing in the original 'The Legend of Zelda'.
  • Child Patras have two types of movements: releasing type and diagonal rotation type.
  • Once defeated, it does not reappear.
  • Parent Patra has 11 durability; each child Patra has 6 durability.

Alternate names

Patra Parent Patra Child Patra

Tags

The Legend of Zelda Monster Boss Character Famicom Nintendo Mid-boss Game Character 8-bit Game

Profile

Species
Monster

Appearance

Overall appearance
Composed of 1 parent Patra and 8 child Patras. The parent moves at a slow speed, while the children surround the parent and have 2 types of attack patterns.
Distinguishing features
  • Structure divided into parent and children
  • Child Patras come in two types: one that releases for a certain time and one that rotates diagonally
  • Parent Patra has slow movement
Iconic items
  • Parent Patra
  • Child Patra

Personality and abilities

Core personality
Aggressive
Detailed personality
A strong enemy that coordinates as parent and children; cannot defeat the parent unless all children are eliminated. Displays aggressive and organized movements.
Keywords
  • Aggressive
  • Coordination
  • Mid-boss
  • High Durability
  • Multi-body Composition
Talents
  • Parent-child coordinated attack
  • High durability
  • Encirclement tactics
Skills
  • Group attack
  • Child rotation attack
  • Parent luring
Motivation
Labyrinth defense / Repel Link

History

Backstory
Mid-boss that appears in the LEVEL9 labyrinth in 'The Legend of Zelda'. 1 parent Patra and 8 child Patras team up to attack Link. Cannot defeat the parent Patra unless the child Patras are defeated.
Debut date
February 21, 1986
Work title
The Legend of Zelda
Media type
Game

First Appearance

Significant event
First Appearance
Description
Appears as the mid-boss in LEVEL9 of 'The Legend of Zelda'.

Defeated

Significant event
Defeated
Description
Can be cleared by eliminating all child Patras and defeating the parent Patra.

Relationships

Patra Group

Patra Group: leader

Media appearances

The Legend of Zelda

Game / Supporting

February 21, 1986

Voice cast and creators

Shigeru Miyamoto

Creator name
Shigeru Miyamoto
Role
Original author

Takashi Tezuka

Creator name
Takashi Tezuka
Role
Character designer

Keiji Terui

Creator name
Keiji Terui
Role
Writer

Nintendo

Creator name
Nintendo
Role
Publisher

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