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Guardian Collector
You collected all tiers of one Guardian in Shadow Lords mode!
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How to unlock the Guardian Collector achievement in Killer Instinct - Definitive Guide
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Update January 2020: As Chucklestyle mentions in the comments:
To unlock this achievement, you need to collect one common, one rare, one epic and one killer guardian of the same type (that is, one of each color for either Vampire Bat, Fractured Ward, Ram, Snake or Exemplar).
Common guardians are green, Rares are blue, Epics are purple, and Killers are Gold.
You get guardians from packs you buy from Kan-Ra at the Emporium with in-game currency (astral gems) or real money (KI Gold). You have to buy packs until you get all 4 colors for the same guardian, which means you will get duplicates before having one of each color. The achievement pops when you open the pack with the color guardian you were missing.
After patch 3.6 (https://www.ultra-combo.com/3-6-patch-notes/) you can hold 5 guardians of the same type at the same time. That is enough for this achievement, but since you'll probably get some duplicates before getting all 4 colors for the same type of guardian, you might need to destroy any excess guardians you get. So, let's say you have one Killer Ram, three Epic Rams and one Common Ram. You will need to destroy (transmute) any excess Rams you get (you get astral energy in exchange) until you get the blue one (Rare Ram) you need. So in this situation, make sure you destroy one of the Epic Rams (unless you get a Rare Ram, since the achievement pops when you open the pack, you'll then be free to transmute any Ram that you want).
The most efficient way to go around this is to buy first the Killer pack, which gives you one guaranteed Killer guardian, then move on to the Epic pack and purchase those until you get the Epic tier for the guardian whose Killer tier you already have, then move on to Rare packs until you get the Rare tier of your guardian, and then move on to the Common packs (if you still need to buy any guardian packs).
Fractured Ward is not the best choice of guardian to collect all tiers for, as I believe you can get those only when the special Forerunner packs are on sale. So if your only Killer guardian is the Fractured Ward, it's best to purchase a Killer pack and get a different one to work with.
This seems to have changed a bit since anyone's looked at this guide. Guardians are now available "a la carte" with a Crimson rotating each week and the others rotating daily, and you can see which one you'll get with no rng involved. Advise saving up for the crimson, especially if it's a good one like snake or ward, and then checking in daily to fill in the gaps. I believe the prices are 500 green 1000 blue 2500 purple 7500 gold 8000 crimson. Just waiting on that purple snake to show up...
Note: After Patch 3.6 there's now 5 different tiers/colors for each guardian - a crimson red tier has been added and you need it to unlock the achievement (thanks Velodyne for the info). There was a pack available for a limited time in the Emporium for an Exclusive Crimson Bat (it cost 10k in Astral gems). The offer is no longer available, but might be back in the future, so it might be worth it to keep an eye on it just in case (thanks LL26xRoyst for the info)To unlock this achievement, you need to collect one common, one rare, one epic and one killer guardian of the same type (that is, one of each color for either Vampire Bat, Fractured Ward, Ram, Snake or Exemplar).
Common guardians are green, Rares are blue, Epics are purple, and Killers are Gold.
You get guardians from packs you buy from Kan-Ra at the Emporium with in-game currency (astral gems) or real money (KI Gold). You have to buy packs until you get all 4 colors for the same guardian, which means you will get duplicates before having one of each color. The achievement pops when you open the pack with the color guardian you were missing.
After patch 3.6 (https://www.ultra-combo.com/3-6-patch-notes/) you can hold 5 guardians of the same type at the same time. That is enough for this achievement, but since you'll probably get some duplicates before getting all 4 colors for the same type of guardian, you might need to destroy any excess guardians you get. So, let's say you have one Killer Ram, three Epic Rams and one Common Ram. You will need to destroy (transmute) any excess Rams you get (you get astral energy in exchange) until you get the blue one (Rare Ram) you need. So in this situation, make sure you destroy one of the Epic Rams (unless you get a Rare Ram, since the achievement pops when you open the pack, you'll then be free to transmute any Ram that you want).
The most efficient way to go around this is to buy first the Killer pack, which gives you one guaranteed Killer guardian, then move on to the Epic pack and purchase those until you get the Epic tier for the guardian whose Killer tier you already have, then move on to Rare packs until you get the Rare tier of your guardian, and then move on to the Common packs (if you still need to buy any guardian packs).
Fractured Ward is not the best choice of guardian to collect all tiers for, as I believe you can get those only when the special Forerunner packs are on sale. So if your only Killer guardian is the Fractured Ward, it's best to purchase a Killer pack and get a different one to work with.
58 Comments
Bought season 3 and was given a bunch of KI gold. Bought a bunch of packs and now have complete sets for 3 guardians and no achievement. :(
Also, you can have more than 4 total copies of a given guardian as I've got 6 Rams of varying rarity.
Tried using them in battle - still no unlock. Its not DU or 100%, just locked.
Also, you can have more than 4 total copies of a given guardian as I've got 6 Rams of varying rarity.
Tried using them in battle - still no unlock. Its not DU or 100%, just locked.
By planting42 on 25 Dec 2016 23:37
There was an update 2 or 3 days ago that increased the number of guardians you can have of each type from 4 to 5 (as per Patch Notes https://www.ultra-combo.com/3-6-patch-notes/ Not sure how you got to hold 6). My achievement unlocked as soon as I got my blue Ram, even before destroying the green one I had to get rid of, so maybe it's now buggy after the update? The other guardian-related achievement is buggy and sometimes unlocks only after you buy a new pack after meeting the requirements, so maybe try that? (although, if you have all colors for more than one guardian type, you've probably already done that). I'll see if I can find out more about this & I'll update with any info I can find.
By Runner eGirl on 26 Dec 2016 01:44
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This guide was translated automatically.
It is necessary to collect 4 different types of one type of guard at the same time:
1) Normal (green)
2) Rare (blue)
3) Epic (purple)
4) Killer (gold)
5) Ally (red)
They appear in quests or can be purchased in the store. Guardians are also transferred when a new game is created.
1) Normal (green)
2) Rare (blue)
3) Epic (purple)
4) Killer (gold)
5) Ally (red)
They appear in quests or can be purchased in the store. Guardians are also transferred when a new game is created.
RetroDron
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This guide was translated automatically.
You must have all 5 rarities of one of the 10 guards.
Guardians are bought at the Market. Their rotation changes every day for all rarities except Scarlet (they change once a week).
They can be purchased either for KI Gold (you can get it by purchasing it for real money or by collecting a reward for daily login approximately once every 3 days) or for Astral Gems (obtained for daily activities and as a reward for completing tasks on the map).
Guardian prices:
1) Normal (250 KI / 500 AC)
2) Rare (400 KI / 1000 AC)
3) Epic (550 KI / 2500 AC)
4) Killer (1000 KI / 7500 AC)
5) Scarlet (900 KI / 8000 AC)
Guardians are bought at the Market. Their rotation changes every day for all rarities except Scarlet (they change once a week).
They can be purchased either for KI Gold (you can get it by purchasing it for real money or by collecting a reward for daily login approximately once every 3 days) or for Astral Gems (obtained for daily activities and as a reward for completing tasks on the map).
Guardian prices:
1) Normal (250 KI / 500 AC)
2) Rare (400 KI / 1000 AC)
3) Epic (550 KI / 2500 AC)
4) Killer (1000 KI / 7500 AC)
5) Scarlet (900 KI / 8000 AC)
