Do Blupees drop more money if you do more damage to them?

At the beginning of the game, whenever I saw a Blupee and shot it with my Bokoblin bow, I recall that it would drop a couple of low-value rupees (green and blue, mostly). Now that I've played for a bit, I'm using a Savage Lynel Bow that does 40 damage per arrow - nearly 4 times the damage of my beginner bows. I've also noticed that the Rupee drops from the Blupees seem higher - now I get blues, reds, and even purples sometimes.

Does a higher damage bow make the Blupees drop more Rupees, or is this just confirmation bias on my part? Or perhaps they simply drop more Rupees as the game progresses?

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Based on what I can find, it seems like the amounts the Blupees drop is random, but has a lot of variance. Thus, the amount of damage you would deal to them is not a factor in how much they drop.

From IGN:

These are officially known as Blupees, and hitting one with an arrow will cause it to drop quite a few Rupees. The amounts vary wildly, but you could come away with 100 or more with just one shot.

Additionally, from this article:

The amount of rupees that blupees leave behind varies, but you can expect between 20 - 100 rupees, with occasional exceptions.

Lastly, from Twinfinite:

The amount of rupees that Blupees leave behind them is random, but you can almost always expect at least 100 rupees from our experiences with them.

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