Guardian

For the enemies known as "Guardians" in Skyward Sword, see Guardian (Skyward Sword).

Template:Enemy Guardians are enemies in Breath of the Wild.

Characteristics and Weaknesses

Guardians are ancient machines with a cephalopodic design based on Octoroks. They are powerful enemies, with high health, high resistance, and a laser beam attack that deals six Hearts of damage. If a target is too close to them, they will attempt to distance themselves in order to fire their lasers; otherwise they will relentlessly pursue said target until they lose track of it. When defeated, they may drop any combination of Ancient Gears, Ancient Screws, Ancient Shafts and Ancient Springs. Smaller variants of Guardians can be found within Shrines of Trials, while deactivated Guardians can be found in various locations around Hyrule.

While Guardians are formidable opponents, they have a few weaknesses. A Guardian's eye is their weak spot; shooting an arrow at it causes extra damage and interrupts the charging of their laser. While sufficiently strong weapons can deal a fair bit of damage to Guardians, they are especially weak to Ancient equipment, which deals much more damage to them. The Master Sword is another excellent weapon against them. Cutting their legs off is another good strategy, as it will temporarily stun the Guardian; however, it can also backfire if Link isn't quick to cut off the remaining legs, as the Guardian will actively and frantically escape Link's range as soon as they recover, making it much harder to land subsequent hits.

Crippled Guardians appear in many places around Hyrule, like the Eastern Abbey, though they remain dormant until Link approaches. Due to their damaged condition, they are unable to mobilize themselves and instead rotate their head section and search for targets to lock on to before firing a laser from their eye.

Etymology

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	EnglishUK	Guardian
	Japanese	ガーディアン (Gādian)
	Dutch	Wachter	Guardian
	Russian	Страж (Strazh)

Gallery

• BotW Link Fighting Guardian.png

  Link in combat with a smaller Guardian in Breath of the Wild

• BotW Small Guardian Model.png

  Small Guardian in Breath of the Wild

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  Rusty Guardian attacking Link from Breath of the Wild

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  Damaged Guardians inside the Temple of Time from Breath of the Wild

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  A destroyed Guardian

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  Zelda defending Link from a Guardian

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  A Guardian statue from the E3 2016 Breath of the Wild booth

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  Statues of Link and a Guardian fighting from the E3 2016 Breath of the Wild booth

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  Guardian in early development in 2014 Breath of the Wild trailer

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  Attacking the Guardian in the 2014 Breath of the Wild trailer

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  Concept art of a Guardian Breath of the Wild

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  The Breath of the Wild Guardian amiibo

See Also

• Guardian (Skyward Sword)
• Octorok
• Beamos