Guardian Skywatcher

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Guardian Skywatchers,(BotW)[1] also known as Guardians,(HWAoC)[2] are recurring Enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.

Characteristics

Breath of the Wild

Hyrule Compendium Entry
126 (131) Guardian Skywatcher
BotW Hyrule Compendium Guardian Skywatcher.png
Description
The Sheikah of ancient Hyrule developed this as a weapon to combat Ganon. This flying model is an improvement over the walking type, capable of either attacking or surveying from the air. Destroying the propeller will ground it.
Common Locations
Hyrule Field
Akkala Highlands
Recoverable Materials
Ancient Screw Ancient Spring Ancient Gear Ancient Shaft Ancient Core Giant Ancient Core

Guardian Skywatchers are a flying type of Guardian. They scan their environment with a red searchlight, and will begin charging their laser upon locating Link. Many Guardian Skywatchers patrol around Hyrule Castle. In all locations, they're corrupted by the Malice of Calamity Ganon. However, three uncorrupted Guardian Skywatchers appear in The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack, as part of the Main Quest "EX Champion Mipha's Song". Another two can also be found within the Final Trial.

Link must use aerial tactics to defeat Guardian Skywatchers, either by getting close with the Paraglider, or shooting Arrows. They fly with the use of propellers, which can be damaged to ground them. When firing their lasers, they will sometimes fire in rapid succession if their health is low enough and Link has not moved too far from when they fired their last laser. These rapid lasers will stop if Link gets hit too far from their last firing point, if Link is no longer within their range, or at a random stopping point.

If Link hits a Guardian Skywatcher in its eye using a Bow, it will temporarily be stunned. Sometimes when doing this, the Guardian Skywatcher will retract its head in order to mess up Link's aim. If Link is aiming at its eye while it has already retracted, its head may extend. Using Stasis + on a charging up Guardian Skywatcher will stun them afterwards, even if not hit during Stasis. On death, Guardian Skywatchers lose their propellers and fall to the ground before exploding. Guardian Skywatchers may be immobilized by shooting at its propellers with a Bow. All three propellers must be destroyed before the Guardian Skywatcher falls to the ground.

In Master Mode, Guardian Skywatchers will sometimes take slightly longer in their charge-up phase before firing their laser, in order to throw off Link's timing.

Drops

Drops of Guardian Skywatcher
Normal

Guardian Skywatcher can drop between 8 and 12 of:

Drop Table
Item Percentage
BotW Ancient Screw Icon.png
Ancient Screw
24.0 %
BotW Ancient Spring Icon.png
Ancient Spring
15.0 %
BotW Ancient Gear Icon.png
Ancient Gear
35.0 %
BotW Ancient Shaft Icon.png
Ancient Shaft
23.0 %
BotW Ancient Core Icon.png
Ancient Core
2.5 %
BotW Giant Ancient Core Icon.png
Giant Ancient Core
0.5 %

Locations

Other Appearances

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity



Nomenclature

ZW Nomenclature Asset.png Names in Other Regions ZW Nomenclature Asset 2.png
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
  • ガーディアン(飛行型(ひこうがた)) (Gādian (Hikō-Gata)) (BotW)[5]
  • ガーディアン (Gādian) (HWAoC)[4]
  • Guardian (Flying Type)
  •  
The Republic of ChinaThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of ChinaThe Macao Special Administrative Region of China
ChineseTR
守護者(飛行型) (Shǒuhùzhě (Fēixíng Xíng)) (BotW) 
The People's Republic of China
ChineseSI
守护者(飞行型) (Shǒuhùzhě (Fēixíng Xíng)) (BotW) 
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch
Vliegende Wachter (BotW)[7] 
Canada
FrenchCA
Gardien volant (BotW) 
The French Republic
FrenchEU
Gardien volant (BotW)[6] 
The Federal Republic of Germany
German
Wächter (Flieger) (BotW)[9] 
The Italian Republic
Italian
Guardiano volante (BotW)[3] 
The Republic of Korea
Korean
가디언(비행형) (Gadieon(Bihaenghyeong)) (BotW) 
The Russian Federation
Russian
Летучий страж (Letuchiy strazh) (BotW)[8] 
Latin America
SpanishLA
Guardián volador (BotW)[10] 
The Kingdom of Spain
SpanishEU
Guardián volador (BotW) 
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Trivia

  • Guardian Skywatchers are inverted Guardian Turrets with the bolts on their half dome being replaced with propellers.[11]

See Also

References

  1. "Guardian Skywatcher" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  2. "Guardian" — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
  3. "126 Guardiano volante" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  4. "ガーディアン" — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Japanese localization)
  5. "126 ガーディアン(飛行型)" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  6. "126 Gardien volant" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  7. "126 Vliegende Wachter" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  8. "126 Летучий страж" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  9. "126 Wächter (Flieger)" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  10. "126 Guardián volador" — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  11. Creating a Champion, Dark Horse Books, pg. 205