Boss of Dawn Vale
Heart Guardian
It is the first of the Adventure's five bosses, and the one that teaches you to fight. It waits in Dawn Vale, at the end of the game's first loop: track, dig, upgrade your gear, gather the pieces for the rite.
- Power35
- DropsGuardian's Core
- ContinentDawn Vale
- Opens the PortalYes
Who it is
It is the first of the Adventure's five bosses, and the one that teaches you to fight. It waits in Dawn Vale, at the end of the game's first loop: track, dig, upgrade your gear, gather the pieces for the rite.
That is where the game changes hands. Everything before it was rolls — you go out, you come back, you see what you got. The duel is the first thing you decide yourself, button by button. Its power is 35, and that number does not say how hard it hits: it says how many hearts you walk in with.





Hunter's Mark
War Horn
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Mist Horn


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Breeze Echo
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