Guardian Skywatcher

Guardian Skywatcher
Game(s)	Breath of the Wild
Habitat(s)	Akkala Tabantha Frontier Hyrule Castle Lomei Labyrinth Island Trial of the Sword
Health	1500
Attack(s)	Shooting lasers
Effective Weapon(s)	Guardian and Ancient weapons Master Sword
Spoils	Ancient Gear Ancient Screw Ancient Shaft Ancient Spring Ancient Core Giant Ancient Core

Guardian Skywatchers are enemies in Breath of the Wild.

Characteristics

Hyrule Compendium Entry

126 (131) 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. Link must use aerial tactics to defeat them, either by getting close with the Paraglider or shooting Arrows. They fly with the use of propellers, which can be damaged to take them down. 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 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 it's eye using a bow, it will temporarily stun it . Sometimes when doing this, the Guardian Skywatcher will retract it's head in order to mess up link's aim. If Link is aiming at it's eye while it has already retracted, it's head will extend.. Using Stasis + on a charging up Guardian Skywatcher will stun them afterwards, even if not hit during stasis. In Master Mode, Guardian Skywatchers will sometimes take slightly longer in their charge up phase before firing their laser to throw off link's timing.

Drops

A Guardian Skywatcher drops between 8 and 12 of:

Drop Table

Item	Percentage
Ancient Gear	35 %
Ancient Screw	24 %
Ancient Shaft	23 %
Ancient Spring	15 %
Ancient Core	2.5 %
Giant Ancient Core	0.5 %

Trivia

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

See Also

• Guardian
• Decayed Guardian
• Guardian Scout
• Guardian Turret
• Guardian Stalker
• Sentry