Guardian Turret

Guardian Turrets,^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[1] also known as Guardians,^{(AoCAge of Calamity)}^[2] are recurring Enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.

Characteristics

Breath of the Wild

127 (132Master Mode) Guardian Turret	Description The Sheikah of ancient Hyrule developed this as a weapon to combat Ganon. This stationary model was used for defending important structures. Its offensive power is on par with other Guardians, and omitting the legs kept the manufacturing costs low.
	Common Locations Hyrule Castle
Recoverable Materials Ancient Screw Ancient Spring Ancient Gear Ancient Shaft Ancient Core Giant Ancient Core

Guardian Turrets are a type of Guardian that do not move, but instead fire powerful lasers at Link. They are only found around Hyrule Castle, in the Sword Monk's Shrine, and in the Final Trial. Several Guardian Turrets guard the entrance to the Sanctum of Hyrule Castle, where Calamity Ganon resides. Most Guardian Turrets appear in their corrupted state, though one uncorrupted one can be found in Upland Zorana as part of the Main Quest "EX Champion Mipha's Song", which is exclusive to The Champions' Ballad Downloadable Content Pack. Another can be found in the Final Trial.

Upon spotting Link, their head will begin to elevate and they will charge their laser in preparation to shoot. Sometimes when firing their lasers, they will 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 not damage Link, and will stop if Link gets hit, if Link is no longer within their range, or at a random stopping point. Some Guardian Turrets can lock Link between a wall and itself during this rapid shooting phase, and trap Link there for an extended period of time. If a Guardian Turret is hit from behind, they will malfunction similarly to a Decayed Guardian and start shooting lasers in whatever direction they were facing.

If Link hits a Guardian Turret in its eye using a Bow, it will temporarily stun it. Sometimes when doing this, the Guardian Turret may retract or extend its head in order to mess up Link's aim. Using Stasis + on a charging up Guardian Turret will stun them afterwards, even if not hit during Stasis +.

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

Drops

Normal

Item	Ancient Screw
Amount	5-8
Percentage	15 %
Item	Ancient Spring
Amount	5-8
Percentage	12.5 %
Item	Ancient Gear
Amount	5-8
Percentage	50 %
Item	Ancient Shaft
Amount	5-8
Percentage	20 %
Item	Ancient Core
Amount	5-8
Percentage	2 %
Item	Giant Ancient Core
Amount	5-8
Percentage	0.5 %

Item	Amount	Percentage
Ancient Screw	5-8	15 %
Ancient Spring		12.5 %
Ancient Gear		50 %
Ancient Shaft		20 %
Ancient Core		2 %
Giant Ancient Core		0.5 %

Locations

Final Trial ^{(TCBThe Champions' Ballad Downloadable Content)}
Hyrule Castle
Sword Monk's Shrine ^{(TMTThe Master Trials Downloadable Content)}
Upland Zorana ^{(TCBThe Champions' Ballad Downloadable Content)}

Other Appearances

Age of Calamity

Non-Canon Information

The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.

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Guardians reappear in Age of Calamity. Unlike all other Guardian types, not much has changed about their attack patterns. They will only fire lasers as their attack, but these lasers have different timings than ones from other Guardians.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japan Japanese	ガーディアン（砲台型(ほうだいがた)） (Gādian (Hōdai-Gata)) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[3]	Guardian (Battery Type)
The People's Republic of China Chinese^SISimplified	守护者（炮台型） (Shǒuhùzhě (Pàotái Xíng)) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}
The Republic of ChinaThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of ChinaThe Macao Special Administrative Region of China Chinese^{TRTraditional}	守護者（砲台型） (Shǒuhùzhě (Pàotái Xíng)) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}
The Kingdom of the Netherlands Dutch	Geschut-Wachter ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[4]
Canada French^CACanadian	Gardien tourelle ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[5]
The French Republic French^EUEuropean	Gardien tourelle ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[6]
The Federal Republic of Germany German	Wächter (Geschütz) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[7] Wächter ^{(AoCAge of Calamity)}^[8]
The Italian Republic Italian	Guardiano torretta ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[9]
The Republic of Korea Korean	가디언(포대형) (Gadieon(Podaehyeong)) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}
The Russian Federation Russian	Страж-тупель (Strazh-tupelʹ) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[10]
Latin America Spanish^{LALatin American}	Guardián torreta ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[11]
The Kingdom of Spain Spanish^EUEuropean	Guardián torreta ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[12]
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.