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Gibdo

GamesUndeadShambles1968 to 1999

The mummy-like undead of The Legend of Zelda, present since the first game. In the 3D games it behaves exactly like the ReDead, and fire shows that the two are the same creature under the bandages.1

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
1986
The Legend of Zelda (release year from general knowledge, not from the sources consulted)
Source work
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Nintendo
Made in
Japan
What causes it
Never explained
Mummified men; no cause is given on the sources consulted.
How it moves
Shambles
Slow but hard to knock back.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • fire, which burns away the bandages

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1986

The Legend of Zelda (release year from general knowledge, not from the sources consulted)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Bandaged like a mummy1

2

In some games its gaze or scream paralyses the player1

3

Burning the wrappings reveals a ReDead or a skeleton underneath1

4

In Majora's Mask the character Pamela's father is shown transformed into one1

5

In Tears of the Kingdom they emerge from hives in the Gerudo Desert1

Could you outrun it?

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

Gibdo about 3 km/h
You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Gibdo - Zelda Wiki

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