Guardians are cosmetics in Legends of Runeterra that appear on the board, except lab matches. During a match, the player has a guardian displayed on the bottom right of the screen, and the opponent's in the top right, in the Guardian's nest, where the creature reacts to the events of the match and can interact with the player. Guardians can be purchased from the Collection or Store tabs, and owned ones can be viewed in the Collection tab.
Most Guardians are inspired by creatures that appear in the Runeterra Prime universe while others a creatures from the wider League of Legends intellectual property.
Development of guardians were discontinued in 2023 due to the costs exceeding return on investment.[1]
List of Guardians[]
Default Guardians[]
Default Guardians are given to every player automatically upon account creation.
Name | Rarity | Cost | Collection | Description |
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Poro |
Common | Default | None |
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Store Guardians[]
Store Guardians are permanently available in the store.
Name | Rarity | Cost | Collection | Description |
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Astra |
Common | Targon |
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Baley |
Common | Freljord |
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Basilisk |
Common | Noxus |
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Chip |
Common | Targon |
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Cosmo |
Common | Targon |
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Dragonling |
Common | Ionia |
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Ellie |
Common | Targon |
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Festive Faeling |
Common | Demacia |
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Friendly Faeling |
Common | Demacia |
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Gloomtooth |
Common | Shadow Isles |
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Gromp Jr. |
Common | Summoner's Rift |
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Infernal Drake |
Rare | Demacia |
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Infernal Gloomtooth |
Common | Infernal |
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Infernal Silverwing |
Common | Infernal |
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Lunar Beast |
Common | Lunar Squad |
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Common | Summoner's Rift |
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Powder Monkey |
Common | Bilgewater |
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Ruined Gentleman Basilisk |
Common | Ruination |
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Scaled Snapper |
Common | Ionia |
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Silverwing |
Common | Demacia |
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T-Hex |
Common | Piltover |
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Umpa |
Common | Freljord |
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Urf |
Rare | Urf |
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Von Yipp |
Common | Piltover |
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Worldbreaker Chip |
Common | Worldbreaker |
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Bundle Exclusive Guardians[]
Bundle Exclusive Guardians are available in limited-time bundles and are generally not available after the bundle has left the store.
Name | Rarity | Cost | Collection | Description |
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Blue Minion |
Common | Bundle Exclusive | Summoner's Rift |
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Chrono-Chip |
Common | Bundle Exclusive | Shurima |
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Firecracker T-Hex |
Common | Bundle Exclusive | Lunar Squad |
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Nightshade Dragonling |
Rare | Bundle Exclusive | Spirit Blossom |
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Nyandroid Von Yipp |
Rare | Bundle Exclusive | Zaun |
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Rainbow Ellie |
Common | Bundle Exclusive with | Limited |
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Rainbow Monkey |
Common | Bundle Exclusive with | Limited |
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Rainbow Poro |
Common | Bundle Exclusive with | Limited |
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Snow Day Umpa |
Common | Bundle Exclusive | Snow Day |
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Surfrider Fen |
Common | Bundle Exclusive | Pool Party |
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Event Guardians[]
Event Guardians are earned or purchased during certain events and are generally not available after the event has concluded.
Name | Rarity | Cost | Collection | Description |
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Ascended Cosmo |
Rare | Reward | Shurima |
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Corrupted Stella |
Common | Reward | Corrupted |
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Cosmic Construct T-Hex |
Common | Reward | Dark Horizon |
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Cosmic Genius Von Yipp |
Common | Reward | Dark Horizon |
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Dark Star Drake |
Rare | Reward | Dark Horizon |
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Dark Star Von Yipp |
Common | Reward | Dark Horizon |
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Dark Storm |
Rare | Reward | Battle Boss |
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Detective Pup |
Rare | Reward | Arcane |
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Elderwood Stella |
Common | Reward | Bandle City |
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Festival Bloomtooth |
Common | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Fen |
Rare | Reward | Shurima |
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Festival Kitt |
Rare | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Gunner Pup |
Rare | Reward | Bandle City |
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Hector |
Common | Reward | Arcade |
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Hextech Beast |
Common | Reward | Arcane |
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Hextech Dragonling |
Common | Reward | Arcane |
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Hextech Drake |
Rare | Reward | Arcane |
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Hextech Minion |
Common | Reward | Arcane |
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Hextech Poro |
Common | Reward | Arcane |
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Ina |
Common | Reward | Star Guardian |
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Infernal Poro |
Common | Reward | Infernal |
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Kitt |
Common | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Lil' Rhaast |
Rare | Reward | Corrupted |
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Minionaut |
Common | Reward | Dark Horizon |
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Moonstruck Poro |
Common | Reward | Limited |
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Nightshade Gromp |
Common | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Popstar Stella |
Rare | Reward | K/DA ALL OUT |
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Prof. Snappington |
Common | Reward | Bandle City |
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Puffcap Pup |
Common | Reward | Bandle City |
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Pulsefire Chip |
Common | Reward | Pulsefire |
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Pulsefire Tibbers |
Rare | Reward | Pulsefire |
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Queen Kitt |
Common | Reward | K/DA ALL OUT |
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Rebel Monkey |
Common | Reward | K/DA ALL OUT |
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Royal Powder Monkey |
Common | Reward | Shurima |
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Ruined Urf |
Rare | Reward | Ruination |
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Seamstress Doll |
Common | Reward | Shadow Isles |
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Sentinel Gloomtooth |
Common | Reward | Sentinels of Light |
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Sentinel Hauntling |
Common | Reward | Sentinels of Light |
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Sharpsteel Silverwing |
Common | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Spirit Blossom Silverwing |
Common | Reward | Spirit Blossom |
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Star Guardian Doll |
Common | Reward | Star Guardian |
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Star Guardian Drake |
Rare | Reward | Star Guardian |
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Stella |
Common | Reward | Targon |
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Storm |
Rare | Reward | Arcade |
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Sunbeam Baley |
Common | Reward | Shurima |
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Tibbers |
Common | Reward | Noxus |
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Viego Hauntling |
Common | Reward | Ruination |
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Voxel Chip |
Common | Reward | Arcade |
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Special Guardians[]
Special Guardians cannot be earned or purchased. They are equipped automatically and cannot be changed or removed.
Name | Rarity | Cost | Collection | Description |
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Mega |
Legendary | Board Exclusive | Dark Horizon | |
Mega Robo-Veigar Guardian |
Legendary | Board Exclusive | Arcade |
Trivia[]
- Internally:
- Baley is called "Baby Baley".
- Gloomtooth is called "Shark".
- Kitt is called "Spirit Fox".
- Scaled Snapper is just called "Snapper".
- Sharpsteel Silverwing is called "Samurai Silverwing".
- Spirit Blossom Silverwing is called "Sakura Silverwing".
- Queen Kitt is called "K/DA Ahri Fox".
- Rebel Monkey is called "K/DA Akali Monkey".
- Stella is called "Stellacorn".
- Fen is called "Sandfox".
- Popstar Stella is called "K/DA Seraphine Stellacorn".
- Each Guardian is inspired by an existing Legends of Runeterra card(s), or general creatures from the League of Legends universe and intellectual property:
- Astra by 3 Sparkleflies.
- Baley by the Balestriders, such as 10 She Who Wanders card.
- Basilisk by the 4 Basilisk Rider card and is the infant version of the fauna.
- Chip by the 1 Chip, while Chrono-Chip by creatures like 1 Clockling.
- Cosmo by the Celestials, such as 2 The Messenger card.
- Fen by the creature go with 2 Rock Hopper.
- Dragonling by the 2 Dragonling and 2 Eye of the Dragon cards.
- Gloomtooth by the 2 Shark Chariot card and is an infant-like version of the spirit.
- Gromp Jr. by Summoner's Rift of League of Legends and 5 Spotted Toad. and is the infant version of the fauna from
- Hauntling is based off of the Little Legends of the same name, which are undead spirits in the Shadow Isles.
- Ina by 's familiar.
- Infernal Drake by 9 Kadregrin the Infernal
- Kitt and Festival Kitt by , while Queen Kitt by .
- Minion by Red Caster Minion, and Blue Minion by Blue Caster Minion. They are the smaller cuter versions of the troops from Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss of League of Legends.
- Poro from numerous 1 Jubilant Poro card. cards such as the
- Powder Monkey by the species of the same name, and cards such as 1 Powder Monkey, while Rebel Monkey by .
- Scaled Snapper by the 3 Scaled Snapper cards and is the infant version of the fauna.
- Seamstress Doll is inspired by 4Gwen.
- Silverwing by the numerous Silverwing cards such as the 4 Silverwing Vanguard card and is the infant version of the fauna.
- Stella by the Stellacorn species, and cards such as 3 Fledgling Stellacorn, while Popstar Stella by .
- T-Hex by the 8 T-Hex card and is an infant-like version of the golem.
- Umpa and Snow Day Umpa by 1 Yeti Yearling.
- Urf is based on Urf and the Ultra Rapid Fire game mode.
- Von Yipp by the 4 Professor von Yipp cards such as 5 Accelerated Purrsuit, 1 Catastrophe, 5 Purrsuit of Perfection, 5 Subpurrsible.
- Moonstruck Poro was only given to players who pre-registered for the mobile version of Legends of Runeterra.
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Patch History[]
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- Silverwing and Gloomtooth make fewer noises while idle.
- Basilisk's tail and Gromp Jr's legs no longer clip through certain boards.
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- Collections tab added—unlock and manage your boards & guardians here.
- Loadout functionality for boards and guardians added to all modes.