How many Guardians are in Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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I'm curious from a lore perspective – how many Guardians are there in Zelda: a Breath of the Wild, including both the destroyed Guardians, and the active ones that have been corrupted by Ganon (including the immobile ones)? It doesn't look like there's an answer on any of the wikis I've checked, nor on any of the walkthrough sites that turn up on a Google search. Does the number of Guardians in the game match the number of Guardians in the tapestry depicting the events 10000 years prior to the game?

I'm primarily interested in the main, full-sized hexapedal variety of Guardian, but if you also want to include tallies of the Guardian Scouts, fliers, and turrets, that would also be fine.

Best Answer

MrCheeze's BOTW Object Map lists the following items:

  • 46 Guardian Stalkers
  • 29 Guardian Skywatchers
  • 20 Guardian Turrets
  • 55 Decayed Guardians
  • 18 Sentries (found only around Divine Beast Vah Rudania)

Additionally, there are 3 Guardian Skywatchers and 1 Guardian Turret that are part of The Champion's Ballad DLC pack, and hence are not under the influence of Ganon.

Also, there are 367 Dead Guardians, of which 294 can be looted for ancient parts, and 47 can be flipped (for example, with Cryonis).

In particular, in the fields west of Fort Hateno (Blatchery Plain, Ash Swamp) there are 68 Dead Guardians and 2 Decayed Guardians.