Flare Dancer

The Flare Dancer is a miniboss that appears twice in the Fire Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Link sustains damage if he is hit directly by the Flare Dancer, or if he treads on the fire trail that is left as the miniboss circles the room.

The Flare Dancer can be easily defeated by pulling its core out of its body of fire with the Hookshot and striking it with the sword, the core of which can also be dislodged from its body by throwing bombs at it and by striking the ground nearby with the Megaton Hammer. Strangely, even though the core resembles a small head, it runs about the room with two small legs, avoiding Link, after it is dislodged from the main body. After Link strikes it a few times, it jumps back into the furnace at the center of the room and recombines with its body. Over time, the fire that encompasses the Flare Dancer will change from red to blue, and eventually, green. Repeating this process will result in a defeated Flare Dancer.

The first encounter and defeat of a Flare Dancer in the Fire Temple yields the dungeon's treasure, the Megaton Hammer.

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