Guardian Skywatcher

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Guardian Skywatchers,(BotWBreath of the Wild)[1] also known as Guardians,(HWAoCHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)[2] are recurring Enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.

Characteristics

Breath of the Wild

Hyrule Compendium Entry
126  (131Master Mode) Guardian Skywatcher
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

Ancient Screw 		24.0 %

Ancient Spring 		15.0 %

Ancient Gear 		35.0 %

Ancient Shaft 		23.0 %

Ancient Core 		2.5 %

Giant Ancient Core 		0.5 %

Locations

Other Appearances

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Non-Canon Information
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Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
LanguageNames
Japan
Japanese
ガーディアン (Gādian)[3]
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Trivia

  • Guardian Skywatchers are inverted Guardian Turrets with the bolts on their half dome being replaced with propellers.[4]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Guardian Skywatcher — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
  2. ↑ Guardian — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
  3. ↑ ガーディアン — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Japanese version)
  4. ↑ Creating a Champion, Dark Horse Books, pg. 205
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