Guardian (Legends of Runeterra)

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 was 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
Poro	Common	Default	None	Personality: Joyful Loves: You Poros are found all over Runeterra, but they mostly want to be found next to you.

Store Guardians[]

Store Guardians are permanently available in the store.

Name	Rarity	Cost	Collection	Description
Astra	Common	590	Targon	Personality: Gentle Hobby: Floriculture Where Astra flies, the night blooms.
Baley	Common	590	Freljord	Personality: Innocent Hobby: Staring contest The most adorable omen of death you'll ever see.
Basilisk	Common	590	Noxus	Personality: Feisty Hobby: Biting Once you start the belly rubs, it's dangerous to stop.
Chip	Common	590	Targon	Personality: Grounded Best Friend: 7Malphite The most popular companion for legends with allergies.
Cosmo	Common	590	Targon	Personality: Loyal Hobby: Chasing stars Who's the best Celestial? You are! Yes, you are!
Dragonling	Common	590	Ionia	Personality: Calm Origin: Ionian rivers A smooth surface hides a swift current.
Ellie	Common	590	Targon	Personality: Clumsy Best friend: 1Zoe Can we address the magical floating elephant in the room?
Festive Faeling	Common	590	Demacia	Personality: Precious Loves: Pumpkin Pie Get festive with faeling and friends at the harvest festival!
Friendly Faeling	Common	590	Demacia	Personality: Affable Loves: Treats This faeling is friend, not food.
Gloomtooth	Common	590	Shadow Isles	Personality: Dopey Hobby: Chariot Racing Most sharks don't breathe air. This shark doesn't breathe at all.
Gromp Jr.	Common	590	Summoner's Rift	Personality: Jittery Hobby: Inflation It hop while you bop.
Infernal Drake	Rare	740	Demacia	Personality: Firey Favorite food: Barbecue If magma could fly. And had an attitude.
Infernal Gloomtooth	Common	590	Infernal	Personality: Impulsive Hobby: Swimming through hoops of fire Found in volcanic pools, this free-spirited creature loves a good adventure.
Infernal Silverwing	Common	590	Infernal	Personality: Hot-headed Eats: Flaming worms Don't get him too fired up, if you value your things.
Lunar Beast	Common	740	Lunar Squad	Personality: Rascally Dislikes: Loud noises Appears once a year to wreak delightful havoc on mortals.
Minion	Common	590	Summoner's Rift	Personality: Giddy Hobby: Coin collecting With you all the way to the last hit.
Powder Monkey	Common	590	Bilgewater	Personality: Cheeky Hobby: Hot Potato Hanging out with this one is a blast.
Ruined Gentleman Basilisk	Common	590	Ruination	Personality: Sophisticated Prefers: The finer thing in death Distinguished AND Dangerous? Get yourself a guardian who can do both.
Scaled Snapper	Common	590	Ionia	Personality: Timid Diet: Herbivore There's so much world out there! Snappers go when they're ready.
Silverwing	Common	590	Demacia	Personality: Earnest Likes: Courage Those chirps are cheers for you. And justice. Always for justice.
T-Hex	Common	590	Piltover	Personality: Eager Trait: Rechargeable ACTIVATING OPPONENT EXTINCTION PROTOCOL
Umpa	Common	590	Freljord	Personality: Frosty Likes: Eating snowflakes Adominable, adorable - depends on the mood.
Urf	Rare	740	Urf	Personality: Extra Favorite food: Pancakes Carpe spatula! Keep an eye out for flying fish... Urf has special visual effects when you tap or rub him.
Von Yipp	Common	590	Piltover	Personality: Devious Hobby: Unregulated experimentation Unrivaled genius in Zaun. Beloved companion in Piltover.
Worldbreaker Chip	Common	590	Worldbreaker	Personality: Solid Loves: Rocking out Chip was supposeed to shatter the world, but he took a nap instead.

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
Blue Minion	Common	Bundle Exclusive	Summoner's Rift	Personality: Envious Hobby: Cosplay Best friends can come from either side of the battlefield.
Chrono-Chip	Common	Bundle Exclusive	Shurima	Personality: Punctual Enjoys: Countdowns Careful. If he wags his tail too hard, he could send us back to the Great Darkin War.
Firecracker T-Hex	Common	Bundle Exclusive	Lunar Squad	Personality: Bombastic Hobby: Setting off fireworks INITIALIZING HAPPY NEW YEAR PROTOCOL.
Nightshade Dragonling	Rare	Bundle Exclusive	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Mysterious Attracts: Burning passion Thse who fear their darkness will never move past it.
Nyandroid Von Yipp	Rare	Bundle Exclusive	Zaun	Personality: Supervillain Evolution: Glorious Science isn't about why—it's about why not.
Rainbow Ellie	Common	Bundle Exclusive with 0	Limited	Personality: Supportive Loves: Everyone, just the way they are Showing your true colors is always worth celebrating!
Rainbow Monkey	Common	Bundle Exclusive with 0	Limited	Personality: Joyous Loves: Having fun with loved ones Celebrate love with an explosion of color!
Rainbow Poro	Common	Bundle Exclusive with 0	Limited	Personality: Accepting Loves: Love Rainbow Poros are known for having the biggest hearts and brightest colors in all of Runeterra.
Snow Day Umpa	Common	Bundle Exclusive	Snow Day	Personality: Festive Favorite food: Peppermint snowcones Also hold the records for most gingerbread eaten in one sitting.
Surfrider Fen	Common	Bundle Exclusive	Pool Party	Personality: Mellow Hobby: Vibing Early tales of mermaid sightings were later attributed to manatees, but... we have other theories.

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
Ascended Cosmo	Rare	Reward	Shurima	Personality: Awe-inspiring Enjoys: Being the bestest boy. More worshippers means more treats.
Corrupted Stella	Common	Reward	Corrupted	Personality: Feisty Likes: Mischief-making Leads travelers astray with its deceptively cute smile.
Cosmic Construct T-Hex	Common	Reward	Dark Horizon	Personality: Astute Hobby: Calculating possible futures ENABLING ENIGMATIC DEITY PROTOCOL
Cosmic Genius Von Yipp	Common	Reward	Dark Horizon	Personality: Mercurial Loves: Long naps near suns Don't even get the professor started on String Theory.
Dark Star Drake	Rare	Reward	Dark Horizon	Personality: Insatiable Favorite Food: Star systems He once got the Dark Emissary's autograph.
Dark Star Von Yipp	Common	Reward	Dark Horizon	Personality: Beguiling Loves: Batting planets out of orbit Don't let his cute widdle paws distract you from the promise of Armageddon in his eyes.
Dark Storm	Rare	Reward	Battle Boss	Personality: Stealthy Skill: Spying Stealth mode, activate.
Detective Pup	Rare	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Inquisitive Hobby: Reading detective novels There's no crime he can't sniff out.
Elderwood Stella	Common	Reward	Bandle City	Personality: Mystical Lives: Underneath the bramblefoot tree Quiet, or you'll scare it away!
Festival Bloomtooth	Common	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Simple-minded Hobby: Flower arrangement Pink sharks are a rare sight in ether realm.
Fen	Rare	Reward	Shurima	Personality: Clever Hobby: Sand surfing The desert holds many wonders, and Fen may just be the cutest of them all.
Festival Kitt	Rare	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Spirited Attracts: Playful temptation Playtime with spirits? What could go wrong.
Gunner Pup	Rare	Reward	Bandle City	Personality: Dogged Loves: The smell of gunpowder Beware of the dog.
Hector	Common	Reward	Arcade	Personality: Gallant Loves: Polishing his armor He'll catch up to Hecarim, just you wait!
Hextech Beast	Common	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Fierce Eats: Scraps of Metals Nothing gets past the mechanical guard beast.
Hextech Dragonling	Common	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Debonair Hobby: Modeling The very model of elegance.
Hextech Drake	Rare	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Robotic Loves: Getting new upgrades Your piercest defender... until the battery runs out.
Hextech Minion	Common	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Straightforward Hobby: Running in a straight line Doing the same routine every game... I mean, everyday.
Hextech Poro	Common	Reward	Arcane	Personality: Breathless Hobby: Relaxing in the furnace One poppin hot poro, fresh from the smithy!
Ina	Common	Reward	Star Guardian	Personality: Devoted Loves: Drinking Boba There's no hurdle too high for 5Kai'Sa's faithful familiar.
Infernal Poro	Common	Reward	Infernal	Personality: Warm-hearted Hobby: Juggling fire Who needs furnace when you've got this little critter?
Kitt	Common	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Enchanting Likes: Admiration Some chase their entire lives to only ever catch a glimpse.
Lil' Rhaast	Rare	Reward	Corrupted	Personality: Devious Likes: Manipulating 5Kayn Try not to listen when he whispers in your mind.
Minionaut	Common	Reward	Dark Horizon	Personality: Spacey Loves: Moonwalking That's one small step for minions…
Moonstruck Poro	Common	Reward	Limited	Personality: Welcoming Loves: Being first Moonstruck poros are only found by those on a journey before dawn.
Nightshade Gromp	Common	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Poisonous Hobby: Realm-hopping Found where only the foolish tread.
Popstar Stella	Rare	Reward	K/DA ALL OUT	Personality: Artistic Likes: Brown sugar milk tea "Feeling like I'm floating, never weighed down."
Prof. Snappington	Common	Reward	Bandle City	Personality: Easygoing Loves: Taking life at his own pace Blazing trails and eating snails.
Puffcap Pup	Common	Reward	Bandle City	Personality: Trusty Loves: Rolling in mud “Bark woof” means this pup’s reporting for duty!
Pulsefire Chip	Common	Reward	Pulsefire	Personality: Unchanging Hobby: Time-traveling back to his favorite moments with Papa The ideal companion for time travelers who need some stability.
Pulsefire Tibbers	Rare	Reward	Pulsefire	Personality: Frenzied Loves: Charging through portals Stunning you in the past, present, and future.
Queen Kitt	Common	Reward	K/DA ALL OUT	Personality: Charismatic Hobby: Stealing the show "So keep your eyes on me now..."
Rebel Monkey	Common	Reward	K/DA ALL OUT	Personality: Rebellious Hobby: Burning rubber "I'm trouble and you're wanting it."
Royal Powder Monkey	Common	Reward	Shurima	Personality: Gilded Enjoys: Gold. Lots of Gold. All that glitters belongs to the Monkey.
Ruined Urf	Rare	Reward	Ruination	Personality: Fiendish Favorite food: Burnt Pancakes Many champions will enter his arena... NONE SHALL LEAVE!
Seamstress Doll	Common	Reward	Shadow Isles	Personality: Delightful Hobby: Cross-stich There's nothing a needle and thread can't mend.
Sentinel Gloomtooth	Common	Reward	Sentinels of Light	Personality: Hopeful Wants: To prove themselves A reformed wraith of the Shadow Isles, Gloomtooth now vows to fight the very darkness they were born from.
Sentinel Hauntling	Common	Reward	Sentinels of Light	Personality: Bright Nemesis: Viego Hauntling An unfaltering light to keep the shadows at bay.
Sharpsteel Silverwing	Common	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Honorable Hobby: Polishing armor For justice—and honor.
Spirit Blossom Silverwing	Common	Reward	Spirit Blossom	Personality: Valorous Likes: Guarding the spirit realm A warrior honors both tradition and beauty.
Star Guardian Doll	Common	Reward	Star Guardian	Personality: Sparkling Loves: Watching mateorite showers Sewn on with starlit thread, that twinkle in her eye can’t be faked.
Star Guardian Drake	Rare	Reward	Star Guardian	Personality: Benevolent Radiates: Moonbeams Born from the constellations, this little creature gives off a faint glow.
Stella	Common	Reward	Targon	Personality: Cuddly Likes: Soaring A beacon of hope for weary travelers.
Storm	Rare	Reward	Arcade	Personality: Sharp Loves: Flying in a V-shaped formation. Don't underestimate her wings of steel.
Sunbeam Baley	Common	Reward	Shurima	Personality: Sunny Enjoys: Being your sunrise on a cloudy day. Dark omen of the desert, or adorable guide through the dunes? You decide!
Tibbers	Common	Reward	Noxus	Personality: Protective Eats: Honey Chili "Have you seen my bear, Tibbers?" - Annie
Viego Hauntling	Common	Reward	Ruination	Personality: Lovesick Favorite color: Black, like his heart There is no salvation from the darkness... not even darkness this cute.
Voxel Chip	Common	Reward	Arcade	Personality: Foundational Eats: Pixels Found in the Voxel Forest, this unassuming critter is Arcadia's oldest specimen.

Special Guardians[]

Special Guardians cannot be earned or purchased. They are equipped automatically and cannot be changed or removed.

Name	Rarity	Cost	Collection	Description
Mega	Legendary	Board Exclusive	Dark Horizon	Always equipped when in use Dark Emissary's Realm Board.
Mega Robo-Veigar Guardian	Legendary	Board Exclusive	Arcade	Always equipped when in use The Final Stage Board.

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 Gromp and is the infant version of the fauna from Summoner's Rift of League of Legends and 5 Spotted Toad.
- Hauntling is based off of the Little Legends of the same name, which are undead spirits in the Shadow Isles.
- Ina by Star Guardian Kai'Sa's familiar.
- Infernal Drake by 9 Kadregrin the Infernal
- Kitt and Festival Kitt by Spirit Blossom Ahri, while Queen Kitt by K/DA ALL OUT Ahri.
- 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 Poro cards such as the 1 Jubilant Poro card.
- Powder Monkey by the species of the same name, and cards such as 1 Powder Monkey, while Rebel Monkey by K/DA ALL OUT Akali.
- 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 K/DA ALL OUT Seraphine Superstar.
- 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.

Media[]

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Patch History[]

V3.14

Guardians added.
- Corrupted Stella added.
- Lil' Rhaast added.

V3.11

Guardians added.
- Seamstress Doll added.
- Star Guardian Doll added.
- Star Guardian Drake added.
- Ina added.

V3.8

Guardians added.
- Tibbers added.
- Pulsefire Chip added.
- Pulsefire Tibbers added.

V3.2

Guardians added.
- Storm added.
- Dark Storm added.
- Hector added.
- Voxel Chip added.
- Mega Robo-Veigar Guardian added.

V3.0

Guardians added.
- Worldbreaker Chip added.

V2.19

Guardians added.
- Hextech Beast added.
- Hextech Minion added.
- Detective Pup added.
- Hextech Dragonling added.
- Hextech Poro added.
- Hextech Drake added.

V2.14

Guardians added.
- Elderwood Stella added.
- Gunner Pup added.
- Prof. Snappington added.
- Puffcap Pup added.

V2.12

Guardians added.
- Ruined Urf added.
- Sentinel Gloomtooth added.
- Sentinel Hauntling added.
- Viego Hauntling added.

V2.10

Guardians added.
- Surfrider Fen added.

V2.8

Guardians added.
- Minionaut added.
- Dark Star Drake added.
- Cosmic Genius Von Yipp added.
- Dark Star Von Yipp added.
- Cosmic Construct T-Hex added.
- Rainbow Ellie added.
- Mega added.

V2.7

Guardians added.
- Chip added.
- Chrono-Chip added.

V2.6

Guardians added.
- Anniversary Poro added.

V2.5

Guardians added.
- Urf added.

V2.3

Guardians added.
- Ascended Cosmo added.
- Fen added.
- Royal Powder Monkey added.
- Sunbeam Baley added.

V2.1

Guardians added.
- Lunar Beast added.

V2.0

Guardians added.
- Ellie added.

V1.16

Guardians added.
- Nyandroid Von Yipp added.

V1.15

Guardians added.
- Umpa added.
- Snow Day Umpa added.

V1.13

Guardians added.
- Popstar Stella added.
- Queen Kitt added.
- Rebel Monkey added.
- Stella added.

V1.12

Guardians added.
- Infernal Drake added.

V1.10

Guardians added.
- Astra added.
- Blue Minion added.

V1.8

Guardians added.
- Cosmo added.

V1.7

Guardians added.
- Dragonling added.
- Nightshade Dragonling added.

V1.6

Guardians added.
- Festival Bloomtooth added.
- Festival Kitt added.
- Kitt added.
- Nightshade Gromp added.
- Sharpsteel Silverwing added.
- Spirit Blossom Silverwing added.

V1.4

Guardians added.
- Von Yipp added.

V1.2

Guardians added.
- Rainbow Poro added.

V1.0

Guardians added.
- Baley added.
- Moonstruck Poro added.
- Powder Monkey added.

V0.9.1

Guardians added.
- Minion added.
Silverwing and Gloomtooth make fewer noises while idle.
Basilisk's tail and Gromp Jr's legs no longer clip through certain boards.

V0.8.3

Guardians added.
- Basilisk added.
- Silverwing added.
- Gloomtooth added.

Open Beta

Guardians added.
- Gromp Jr. added.
- Scaled Snapper added.
- T-Hex added.
Collections tab added—unlock and manage your boards & guardians here.
Loadout functionality for boards and guardians added to all modes.

Announce Preview

Guardians added.
- Poro added.

References

↑ LoR Report - Riot Games Official Comment on Legends of Runeterra Cosmetics

Riot Store

[1] LoR Report - Riot Games Official Comment on Legends of Runeterra Cosmetics

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