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The Forgotten Frontier

Boss encounters

The Ancient Guardian. Staged in-game portrait; story spoilers below.
The Ancient Guardian. Staged in-game portrait; story spoilers below.
The Forgotten Courtyard, seen from above its southern wall.
The Forgotten Courtyard, seen from above its southern wall.

Story spoilers follow.

Ancient Guardian: full statistics, attacks and drop table.

The Ancient Guardian waits in the Forgotten Courtyard and wakes when a hero moves inside its walls. Its attacks include a ground slam, wide sweep and committed charge.

Bait a charge into a wall or a restored Echo pillar to leave it stunned and Exposed. Use that opening, then save stamina for the next attack. Echoes help but are not required to win. Its later phase is more dangerous.

The definition starts at 1450 health and 260 poise before encounter modifiers, including difficulty and co-op scaling. Do not read these as guaranteed final fight values.

Its heart is part of restoring the Beacon. Echo mechanics · Difficulty.