The BFG is therefore actually more useful against the Seekers than against the Guardian itself.Īfter killing the beast, the Soul Cube is released.Ī somewhat modified version of the Guardian appears as the final boss of The Lost Mission mini-expansion campaign included with the BFG Edition. For those seeking a quick end, a single, well-placed shot from the BFG can destroy all of the Seekers at once, rendering the Guardian vulnerable much quicker.

It is also possible (although difficult) to kill the monster using 2 charged BFG shots. This should kill the beast in 4 rounds (3 if you aim well). Kill the seekers with the plasma gun or the rocket launcher, and when the glowing energy orb appears, unload your chaingun or rockets into it. The Guardian is relatively easy to kill if you can manage to avoid the energy spheres. As you fight the Guardian, the Soul Cube will inform you of this weakness.

Shooting this orb is the only way to kill the Guardian. Killing the three Seekers forces the Guardian to generate more, revealing its vulnerable spot: a glowing orb of energy in an opening of the Guardian's back. However, this weakness will only show itself for 5 seconds. This blue sphere reveals a glowing energy orb in the Guardian's back this orb is the beast's only weakness. When all the Seekers are dead, the Guardian stops and forms a blue sphere above its head, which generates more Seekers. The only way to harm and kill this goliath is to take out its Seekers. The Guardian's tough hide renders it invulnerable to all forms of weapons fire. Its primary attacks consist of punching with its large fists and pounding the ground, which emits large spheres of energy that burst from the Guardian in all 8 directions.

Its refuge is a large area of Hell that is filled with large pillars of rock and slabs of demon flesh can be seen strewn on some of them. The designers commented in the Making of Doom 3 book that the Guardian was created with the idea of a pre-human Hell during the prehistoric age, and it was something that dinosaurs feared. The Guardian looks vaguely like a crocodile, but with a taller and broader jaw, and larger and more muscular arms ending in large round fists shaped like Morning Stars that appear to contain cracks full of lava, muscular legs with hooves, a hunched upper body, a very long tail that ends with a spiked mace similarly to its arms, an armored back with traces of lava, and a head that has stereotypical demonic horns.

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