Toriel/In Battle

Toriel attacks with white fireballs in various formations, but will not hurt the protagonist if they have attempted to spare her 11 times or have less than 3 HP. She may be attacked normally, and be spared by attempting to spare her 24 times, the last being successful.

Soul modes
Toriel only uses the red soul mode.

Patterns
In chronological order as much as possible;

Strategy

 * Spare her.
 * One Froggit from earlier warns the protagonist that they may have to try repeatedly to spare someone even if the "spare" text color is not yellow or pink.
 * Missing attacks have the same effect as sparing her.
 * Eventually, Toriel stops fighting and talks. The option to "Flee" disappears. If the protagonist continues to spare her, she will allow the protagonist to leave the Ruins. She asks the protagonist never to return before hugging them and walking back down the corridor.
 * If the protagonist backtracks to the beginning of the game before leaving the Ruins, she will be near the patch of golden flowers at the very start of the Ruins.
 * Kill her.
 * Another Froggit says that monsters can be spared if their HP is low enough. Toriel is not one of these monsters; attacking her when her HP is low will deal more damage than usual and kill her. Toriel goads the protagonist into attacking her which, combined with this Froggit's advice, could lead the protagonist to kill her accidentally.
 * If the protagonist kills Toriel this way, she tells the protagonist not to allow Asgore's plan (which involves taking the protagonist's SOUL) to succeed.

Trivia

 * If the protagonist spares Toriel, she can be found by the flowerbed where the protagonist initially awoke. If the protagonist backtracks to talk to her, she tells them "Do not worry about me. Someone has to take care of these flowers."
 * If the protagonist spares Toriel in Hard Mode, the Annoying Dog comments on how she should be dying even though the protagonist did not kill her.
 * In the game files, there is a battle sprite of Toriel committing suicide, which may parallel Asgore committing suicide if the protagonist killed Flowey in a previous Neutral Route and spares Asgore.
 * Toriel and Papyrus are the only characters that do not have animated battle sprites.

Ториэль/В бою Toriel/Im Kampf Toriel/En combat Toriel/W walce Toriel/戰鬥中