The Ancient Guardian, also known as Idol, is a cosmic entity in Spore Hero appearing in Ancient Grounds.
Originally a statue of a bipedal creature with only four limbs that support the basic hands and feet, the player must finish its stone sculpture with parts they collected from each location, starting with the feet from Mushroom Valley, following the mouth from Moonlit Stoneway, then the eyes from Moonlit Caverns and the hands from Mushroom Grove (path is interchangeable between the two), finally the weapon from the Ancient Grounds, and optional details from anywhere in between.
The Guardian Idol has some parts that are the same as ordinary ones but with different names. For example, the Cassoworry wings are labeled as the Eaglewing wings. The parts also have slight differences from regular parts, being that all eyes are pure blue, golden facial features appear on the mouths, the keratin of the parts are replaced with crystals, and some of the permanent colors of certain parts are replaced with gold. Also, when editing the Guardian Idol, his limbs cannot be edited or removed in any way besides changing the distance of the body from the ground, scaling the hands and/or feet, and interchanging where the hands and feet are placed. The structure of the torso is also unchangeable. Also, the Guardian Idol is the only editable creature in the game without the ability to change the color of the body.
Story[]
The idol was watched over by the Sage for many years despite others' perspective that it's just a stone, knowing with time it could be built to signal the Ancient Guardian who would see it and come down from the sky.
Eventually applying every necessary part to the Idol, the Ancient Guardian then comes to life and grants access to Creature Beach. Afterward, he must given the Claw of Courage to get an organic obstacle out of his way and the Feather of Charm so he can help to gain access to the Ancient Brain. After giving him the Ancient Brain, he does a position similar to that of a creature being zapped by lightning, then gains the ability to talk, claiming that he is not the guardian from the legend and that the player's character is, stating that they are the one that came from the sky. He then creates the Spor-O-Mega and will not let them fight Zarkhator unless they equip it on their character.
After defeating Zarkhator, he can be seen wandering around in the Ancient Grounds, still editable. When talking with him, he says that the legend was not entirely false as it stated that he and the player's character are actually one. He also asks their character about what happened to their and Zarkhator's homeworld. He then says that he will be a gardener in the Ancient Grounds since his duty in the legend is done.