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Guardians are ancient machines created by the [[Sheikah]], originally created to aid in the battle against [[Calamity Ganon]]. Most Guardians are under the control of Calamity Ganon during the events of {{BotW|-}} and are scattered across [[Hyrule]], attacking those who approach. Guardians that are not possessed by Calamity Ganon's [[Malice]], such as those that reside within [[Ancient Shrine]]s, in the [[Trial of the Sword]], at [[Upland Zorana]], and in the [[Final Trial]], glow orange and blue instead of the pink that corrupted Guardians display. Despite not being possessed by any evil force, they will still attack Link as they were tasked by the [[Monk]]s to fight him as part of the trials that he must undergo.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= Hello everyone. I'm Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director of The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild.<br><br>Today's interesting detail is about {{Color|#55d2e4|the color of Guardians}}.<br><br>{{Color|#55d2e4|Spoilers ahead!}}<br><br><nowiki>---------------------------------------------------------------</nowiki><br><br>In The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack 2, Kass acts as the storyteller and sometimes appears near a Divine Beast to recite a ballad.<br><br>In one of the challenges in The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack 2, you will encounter a Guardian that glows a shade closer to orange instead of the common reddish color. This is actually a Guardian that hasn't been corrupted by Calamity Ganon.<br><br>If you look carefully at the small Guardians that appear in the Shrines of Trials, they also glow orange. This means that these Guardians were prepared by the Sheikah Monks for the trials, and diligently fulfill their tasks.<br><br>To help you fight Guardians, here are the materials to create one Ancient Arrow: Ancient Screw (x2) Ancient Shaft (x1), and Arrow (x1). You can receive them by starting up the game with the button below. Just make sure that you either have the game card inserted or the digital version of the game on your system.<br><br>We hope this helps! |author= Hidemaro Fujibayashi |published= December 26, 2017 |retrieved= December 28, 2017|url= |title= How to enjoy The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack 2 - Part 3. |site= |type=}}</ref>

While Guardians are formidable opponents, they have a few weaknesses. A Guardian's eye is its weak spot; shooting it with an [[Arrow]] causes extra damage and stuns the Guardian for a brief period of time. While sufficiently strong weapons can deal a fair amount of damage to a Guardian, it is especially weak to Ancient equipment, which deals much more damage to it. The [[Master Sword]], which doubles its attack power near a Guardian, is another effective weapon against it.

A Guardian Stalker has high health, high resistance and a laser beam attack that deals up to 15 [[Heart]]s of damage. If a target is too close to it, the Guardian Stalker will attempt to distance itself in order to fire its laser; otherwise it will relentlessly pursue the target until it loses track of the latter. When defeated, it may drop any combination of [[Ancient Screw]]s, [[Ancient Gear]]s, [[Ancient Spring]]s, [[Ancient Shaft]]s, [[Ancient Core]]s and [[Giant Ancient Core]]s. Link can sever the legs of a Guardian Stalker, temporarily stunning it.

A Decayed Guardian is a Guardian Stalker that have long lost its mobility. It is found buried in the ground, unable to move due to having no legs. A Decayed Guardian appears inactive until Link approaches it, when it lights up and aim its laser at him in preparation to fire.

A Guardian Scout is a smaller variant of Stalkers that can be found within Ancient Shrines and [[Divine Beast]]s. It comes in four different forms, ranging from I to IV. Depending on the form, it can be equipped with different weapons. The stronger variants found within the "Test of Strength" shrines can also use their laser to repeatedly burn the floor surrounding them, sending Link back if struck. Additionally, when near destruction, they will charge a stronger laser attack that cannot be interrupted.

A Guardian Turret does not move, but instead fire a powerful laser at Link. Upon spotting Link, a Guardian Turrent's head will begin to elevate and it will charge its laser in preparation to shoot. Several Guardian Turrets guard the entrance to the [[Sanctum]] of Hyrule Castle, where Calamity Ganon resides.

A Guardian Skywatcher is a flying type of Guardian. It scans its environment with a red searchlight and will begin charging its laser upon locating a target. Many Guardian Skywatchers patrol around Hyrule Castle and the [[Akkala Citadel Ruins]].

A Sentry is a type of flying Guardian, similar to a Guardian Skywatcher. In the "[[Divine Beast Vah Rudania (Quest)|Divine Beast Vah Rudania]]" [[Main Quest]], Vah Rudania dispatches Sentries as Link and [[Yunobo]] approach Death Mountain to hinder them as they attempt to disable Vah Rudania.<ref>{{Cite|These sentries dispatched from Divine Beast Vah Rudania are equipped with searchlights that can spot intruders.|Hyrule Compendium|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Oh... Yikes... A {{Color|BotW Blue|sentry}} is always a nuisance, no matter where it is or how many of them there are.|Yunobo|BotW}}</ref> Sentries use red searchlights along the path up Death Mountain which, should Link or Yunobo be spotted, will cause Vah Rudania to furiously unleash [[Magma Bomb]]s at them.<ref>{{Cite|If one finds you, {{Color|BotW Blue|Rudania}} will go nuts, which will cause {{Color|BotW Blue|Death Mountain}} to erupt, goro. I...always get spotted, and then {{Color|BotW Blue|magma bombs}} come raining down one after another.|Yunobo|BotW}}</ref>

{{Plural|HWAoC|Guardian}} are automatons created by the ancient {{Term|HWAoC|Shiekah|link}} civilization to combat the original {{Term|BotW|Great Calamity|link}}. 10,000 years later at the onset of the second {{Term|HWAoC|Great Calamity|link}}, the {{Plural|HWAoC|Guardians}} are are infested with {{Term|HWAoC|Calamity Ganon|link}}'s {{Term|HWAoC|Malice|link}} causing them to attack the forces of the {{Term|HWAoC|Hyrule|link}}.

*Guardian Stalkers were based on the [[Octorok]]s from {{TLoZ}}, which to people on the development team seemed huge in comparison to [[Link]], leading to the cephalopod-like design of the Guardians and the technological theme of the game.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= In creating a huge world, I went back to the first Zelda title. And I wanted to see an enemy like Octorok. Octorok to me when I was playing felt really large. That’s why the first enemy I created for the game was the Guardian. But then just creating a large octopus is kind of gross, so we decided to take the more sci-fi, technology route, and that’s where the visual for the Guardian comes from. And that decision leads into the storyline, and influenced many other elements we added to the game.|author= Matt Peckham|published= June 15, 2016|url= http://time.com/4369527/zelda-breath-wild-open-world/|title= Why Nintendo Had to Destroy Tradition to Create the New 'Zelda'|site= Time}}</ref>

File:BotW Eastern Abbey Guardian.png|A Decayed Guardian attacking Link in {{BotW|-}}

File:BotW Temple of Time Guardians.png|Inactive Guardians inside the [[Temple of Time]] in {{BotW|-}}

File:BotW Destroyed Guardian.png|A destroyed Guardian

File:BotW Zelda Defending Link.png|[[Princess Zelda]] defending Link from a Guardian

File:BotW Guardian Turret Concept Artwork.jpg|Concept art of the Guardian Turret

File:BotW E3 2016 Guardian Statue.png|A Guardian statue from the E3 2016 {{BotW|-}} booth

File:E3 2016 Link Fighting Guardian.png|Statues of Link and a Guardian fighting from the E3 2016 {{BotW|-}} booth

File:BotW Guardian Firing.png|Guardian in early development in 2014 {{BotW|-}} trailer

File:BotW Attacking a Guardian.png|Attacking the Guardian in the 2014 {{BotW|-}} trailer

File:BotW Series Guardian amiibo.png|The {{BotW|-}} Guardian [[amiibo]]

File:HWAoC Guardian Icon.png|A Guardian icon from ''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity''