Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video does NOT contain spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom!
Timestamps:
00:00 intro
00:45 Big Guardians
01:18 Regular Monsters
01:30 Guardian Scout
02:06 Minibosses
02:33 Lynels
02:54 Loot
03:04 Wild Animals
03:21 Fish
03:46 Shop Items
03:55 Blupee
04:24 Pebblit & Chuchu
04:28 Dragons
04:44 Insects
04:51 Fairies
05:05 Bees
05:18 Keese
05:32 Stals
05:50 Weapons
06:02 Stalnox
06:11 Stalhorse
06:23 Domesticated Animals
06:34 Wolf Link
06:46 Korok
06:52 NPC
06:57 Yiga
07:07 Korok Jar/Acorn
07:14 Korok Balloon
07:27 Three Trees / Fruit
07:55 Mushroom
08:12 Vegetables
08:42 Safflina
08:56 Pumpkin
09:09 Shrine
09:18 Sheikah Sensor+
09:28 Barrels / Crates / Signposts
09:52 Raft
10:20 MCZ
10:35 Bomb
10:57 Dark Beast Ganon
11:16 Summary
This video does NOT contain spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom!
Timestamps:
00:00 intro
00:45 Big Guardians
01:18 Regular Monsters
01:30 Guardian Scout
02:06 Minibosses
02:33 Lynels
02:54 Loot
03:04 Wild Animals
03:21 Fish
03:46 Shop Items
03:55 Blupee
04:24 Pebblit & Chuchu
04:28 Dragons
04:44 Insects
04:51 Fairies
05:05 Bees
05:18 Keese
05:32 Stals
05:50 Weapons
06:02 Stalnox
06:11 Stalhorse
06:23 Domesticated Animals
06:34 Wolf Link
06:46 Korok
06:52 NPC
06:57 Yiga
07:07 Korok Jar/Acorn
07:14 Korok Balloon
07:27 Three Trees / Fruit
07:55 Mushroom
08:12 Vegetables
08:42 Safflina
08:56 Pumpkin
09:09 Shrine
09:18 Sheikah Sensor+
09:28 Barrels / Crates / Signposts
09:52 Raft
10:20 MCZ
10:35 Bomb
10:57 Dark Beast Ganon
11:16 Summary
![You can (rarely) get normal-sized Ancient Cores by flipping over dead Guardians [TLoZ: BotW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JTOHx4B_VTo/mqdefault.jpg "You can (rarely) get normal-sized Ancient Cores by flipping over dead Guardians [TLoZ: BotW]
These are the loot tables: https://github.com/MrCheeze/botw-tools/blob/master/all_drops.txt - that stuff determines what enemies drop under certain circumstances.
If you SEARCH a dead Guardian, you have these drops:
RuinGuardian - x1
* 52.0% - Ancient Screw
* 25.0% - Ancient Spring
* 15.0% - Ancient Gear
* 8.0% - Ancient Shaft
Translation: You get ONE item and it will never be a core.
If you FLIP a dead Guardian, youll have these drops:
FldObj_RuinGuardian_A_Dynamic
Normal - x2-4
* 22.0% - Ancient Gear
* 35.0% - Ancient Screw
* 26.0% - Ancient Spring
* 15.0% - Ancient Shaft
* 2.0% - Ancient Core
Translation: You get 2-4 items and each of them has a 2% chance to be a normal-sized Ancient Core. Its random and rare, but it does happen - even if you havent left the Great Plateau yet.
Please note that you can not flip over ALL dead Guardians in the game. Most are stuck in the ground and wont move, and you cant flip the ones that still shoot laser beams - but if you find a dead one sitting on the ground, you can flip it over with either Cryonis (if there is water beneath it) or by pushing something heavy against it using Magnesis (like a treasure chest or a Boulder Breaker). You can also topple them by stasis-launching something heavy against them, but it can be tricky to hit the correct spot for that.
Some dead Guardians in Akkala are also sitting in shallow holes that only fill with water during rain and thunderstorms. If you dont have a convenient Boulder Breaker on you ATM, just wait for rainfall and use Cryonis then. (...and since were talking about Akkala, waiting for the next rainfall never takes long)
PS: savescumming works, so if youre super adamant about obtaining a core this way, just save in front of the Guardian, topple it over, and if it didnt drop a core, reload and try again. It will work eventually.")
