Once the Shield uses 'Skyward Shield', you may attack the Guardian. It will alternate between guarding him and charging its attack.

The shield will guard the Guardian every other turn. For this reason, it is strongly recommended to not destroy it. The Garden Guardian, his shield, and his spear, are all separate with their own actions and life bars, but the Guardian himself will not take any actions unless his shield is destroyed (if this occurs, he will use Hatred Beyond Time and Annihilating Gaze). If the player has collected all Set Trinkets, the quest's trinket reward will instead be a random Very Rare trinket. Shieldbreaker Set Trinkets, being exclusive to Shieldbreaker nightmares, cannot be obtained this way. This quest allow the player to earn 2 trinkets from a Trinket Set - one is obtained from defeating the Garden Guardian itself, and another from completing the quest. It is the objective of a renewable quest called 'Defeat the Fallen Guardian', which becomes available after the defeat of the Countess. It is a giant statue made up of three enemies the Garden Guardian, the Blood Fount and the Stone Shield. The Garden Guardian is a Boss found within the Courtyard. A deep-rooted evil, a cosmic hatred beyond time for all that thrive beyond its tainted grasp.

This hateful guardian is less of a creature, and more of a simple manifestation of the corruption that's tainted the Estate as a whole, and the Courtyard in particular. So much so, that a once innocent statue of a warrior has gained unnatural life, striking down any and all trespassers into the Old Gardens, and feeding their blood to the cursed soil. Such is the strength of the Curse, and the Evil in the land, that the very ground itself is tainted and hateful. The very grounds themselves are animated by a deep-rooted evil, a cosmic hatred for all that thrive beyond its tainted grasp.

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