Royal Guard's Series

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"Royal Guard's Gear" redirects here. For the Side Quest, see "The Royal Guard's Gear."

The Royal Guard's Series, are Items in Breath of the Wild.[1][note 1]

Location and Uses

The Royal Guard's Series is a set of equipment made for the Royal Guards, and can be found at Hyrule Castle. The Series is built similarly to the Royal Gear, but instead features hints of Sheikah design with black metals and highlights of deep red. It has the highest attack power of all the equipment used by the Soldiers of Hyrule Kingdom.[2]

The Royal Guard's Series was designed and forged by the Sheikah with Ancient Technology in preparation of the foretold second Great Calamity.[3][4][5][6][7] The Items attempted to emulate the power of the Master Sword, resulting in the high power that each item in the Series boasts.[3] However, flaws in the designs of these Weapons left the Royal Guard's Series faulted with low durability, which makes them impractical for serious combat.[3][4][5][6][7]

Within Hyrule Castle are two of every Item in the Royal Guard's Series, which reappear after each Blood Moon. Surrounding Hyrule Castle is one of each Item inside Treasure Chests, but they do not respawn.

Parcy, a Hylian traveler who resides at the Riverside Stable, often snuck her way into Hyrule Castle in search of the Royal Guard's Series.[8] However, she was unable to find any of the Items in the Series.[9] If Link speaks to her, she will task him with "The Royal Guard's Gear" Side Quest.[10] As part of this Quest, Link is asked to infiltrate Hyrule Castle and retrieve any item within the Royal Guard's Series to show to Parcy. If Link succeeds, she will reward him with a Gold Rupee, completing the Quest.[11][12][13] At any point after this, Link can trade one of these Items with Parcy in exchange for a Gem.[14][15][16][17] After receiving one of every piece of the Royal Guard's Series, she will consistently offer one Ruby per Item.

Following the second Great Calamity, the Royal Guard's Series was succeeded by the Ancient Soldier Gear.

List of Equipment

Item Strength Durability Description
BotW Royal Guard's Sword Icon.png
Royal Guard's Sword
48 14 A Sheikah-made replica of the sword that seals the darkness. It was made with ancient technology to oppose the Great Calamity, but its low durability made it inefficient.
BotW Royal Guard's Claymore Icon.png
Royal Guard's Claymore
72 15 The Sheikah used the very essence of ancient technology to forge this greatsword. It was designed to oppose the Calamity, but its low durability made it impractical in battle.
BotW Royal Guard's Spear Icon.png
Royal Guard's Spear
32 15 This Sheikah-made spear was created using ancient technology to combat the Calamity. Its attack power is very high, but a critical design flaw left it with poor durability.
BotW Royal Guard's Bow Icon.png
Royal Guard's Bow
50 20 This prototype Sheikah-made bow was designed to fight the Great Calamity. Made with ancient technology, it boasts a high rate of fire and firepower but has low durability.
BotW Royal Guard's Shield Icon.png
Royal Guard's Shield
70 14 This shield was forged using ancient Sheikah technology. It boasts extremely high stopping power, but its structural weakness made its low durability impractical for combat.

Nomenclature

TMC Forest Minish Artwork.png Names in Other Regions TMC Jabber Nut Sprite.png
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese 近衛シリーズ (Konoe Shirīzu)
近衛の装備 (Konoe no Sōbi)
Imperial Guard Series
Imperial Guard Equipment

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Notes

  1. Royal Guard's Series was referred to as the Royal Guard's Gear in Creating a Champion.[2] However, as this contradicts the name given in-game, it is not considered Canon.

References

  1. "Though Hyrule Castle was destroyed 100 years ago, somewhere inside it still sleeps rare equipment from those days. It is famed among collectors as the royal guard's series. Parcy, a traveler at the stable, wants nothing more than to see one of them.

    However, the castle is a dangerous place nowadays, and ordinary folk risk their lives getting close...
    " — The Royal Guard's Gear (Breath of the Wild)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Creating a Champion, Dark Horse Books, pg. 168
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Royal Guard's Sword
    A Sheikah-made replica of the sword that seals the darkness. It was made with ancient technology to oppose the Great Calamity, but its low durability made it inefficient.
    " — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Royal Guard's Claymore
    The Sheikah used the very essence of ancient technology to forge this greatsword. It was designed to oppose the Calamity, but its low durability made it impractical in battle.
    " — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Royal Guard's Spear
    This Sheikah-made spear was created using ancient technology to combat the Calamity. Its attack power is very high, but a critical design flaw left it with poor durability.
    " — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Royal Guard's Bow
    This prototype Sheikah-made bow was designed to fight the Great Calamity. Made with ancient technology, it boasts a high rate of fire and firepower but has low durability.
    " — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Royal Guard's Shield
    This shield was forged using ancient Sheikah technology. It boasts extremely high stopping power, but its structural weakness made its low durability impractical for combat.
    " — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
  8. "Have you gone to the giant castle north of here? That's Hyrule Castle. It's said to have fallen to ruin over a hundred years ago. I used to sneak in there to salvage ancient treasures, but it's too dangerous to go in there now. These days it's surrounded by an eerie mist and savage machine-like creatures." — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  9. "Back when it was safer, I went in looking for this ultra-rare equipment that once belonged to the royal guard. It's legendary among collectors, but I was never able to find any..." — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  10. "Though Hyrule Castle was destroyed 100 years ago, somewhere inside it still sleeps rare equipment from those days. It is famed among collectors as the royal guard's series. Parcy, a traveler at the stable, wants nothing more than to see one of them.

    However, the castle is a dangerous place nowadays, and ordinary folk risk their lives getting close...
    " — Adventure Log (Breath of the Wild)
  11. "This is...incredible." — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  12. "Thank you. You have shown me something truly spectacular. I need to go out and find one of these myself." — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  13. "Here's a token of my appreciation." — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  14. "Will you trade it for a topaz?" — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  15. "Will you trade it for a sapphire?" — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  16. "Will you trade it for a ruby?" — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)
  17. "Will you trade it for a diamond?" — Parcy (Breath of the Wild)