Ruin

Dragon Quest monster Ruin

Japanese Romaji First appearance Dragon Quest VIII

Ruin is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest VIII, it is the crumbling remnants of a castle, reanimated and taking the shape of a monster with a large right arm.

Characteristics

Ruin is composed of the many broken segments taken from a fortress of some kind, notably towers, pillars, and walls. These pieces are crudely held together, some staying aloft from the body, to take the shape of a bulky upper-body with a head and a right arm. A left arm appears to be present but is incomplete.

Massive and powerful, but also slow, Ruin acted as a boss in its first appearance and maintains the power of that position in its later appearance in the series.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII

#285 - Ruin
HP MP Experience Gold 3800 0 2480 0 Attack Defense Speed 513 120 100
Dropped Item	Orichalcum
Locations	Black Citadel
Family	???
Bestiary #	285
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	The ruin of the Black Citadel itself, risen to defend its master Rhapthorne from Hero and the party!

Ruin is the last obstacle the party must overcome before they are able to escape the crumbling Black Citadel after defeating the recently resurrected Rhapthorne. While gigantic and capable of delivering powerful physical blows, Ruin is very much lacking in versatility and will either hit one character per round or miss them on account of its arm falling apart. It will only pose a threat to players that are low-leveled and/or short on supplies and magic power after having to overcome several other obstacles while trying to escape.

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Ruin appears as a rank X member of the Materialist family and can be obtained by synthesizing a Mumboh-Jumboe with a Gold Golem. A Ruin is also present in the final round of the rank X tourney on Xeroph Isle.

Gallery

• Material-ruin.jpg

  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

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