Barinade serves as the boss of Lord Jabu-Jabu’s Belly in Ocarina of Time Remake. It is a huge jellyfish that poses some challenges due to its guards in the form of small jellyfish. Nevertheless, fighting Barinade is easy after learning how to use the Boomerang and sword in time. Here’s how to defeat Barinade and collect the third and final Spiritual Stone.
How To Defeat Barinade
Having navigated Lord Jabu-Jabu’s Belly, you are now ready to acquire the third and last Spiritual Stone. But there is yet one more challenge ahead of you – the battle with an electrifying jellyfish boss, Barinade, at the end of the dungeon.
In order to initiate the battle, you should sever the three tentacles that hold Barinade to the ceiling of the room. You can do it with the help of ZL targeting and Boomerang – throw it at each tentacle.
In the first stage of the fight, Barinade will summon several jellyfish that are covered with protective bubbles and will be circling around you. Stay away from them, as they have defensive bubbles around them that make it hard to deal damage to them. Wait until they pop and use your Boomerang to hit them.
You may not get them all with one blow of your Boomerang, but keep on circling around the arena looking for other opportunities. Don’t approach them when they have defensive bubbles still around them. Use your Boomerang until you dispose of all of them, thus proceeding to the next stage.
Second Phase
The Barinade will now reveal its core and become more aggressive. Start making sure to move around the arena since it will be spinning, and it would be best to stay away from its attacks. As soon as it stops spinning, try to throw your Boomerang at its core in order to stun it.
This will also make the jellyfish that surround Barinade vulnerable, so you should use your Boomerang and eliminate them as well. Doing so will make it easier for you to find some openings to throw your Boomerang at its core and stun the boss.
Once you kill all of the jellyfish that surround it, the Barinade will start to attack with electrical lasers inside the arena. You will have to dodge this attack and wait for an opening. As soon as you see one, try to stun Barinade by throwing your Boomerang at its core.
As soon as Barinade is stunned, rush towards its core and attack it with your sword. Make sure you get a few hits in before it recovers. From here, simply repeat the process. Stun Barinade with your Boomerang and follow up with sword attacks whenever you get an opening. Keep doing this, and Barinade will eventually go down.
