Ruined Abbey

Dungeon Ruined Abbey

Ruined Abbey Entrance Game Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Ruined Abbey is a town in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. It is a longer, alternative way to the Abbot's quarters.

Story

Not much is known about the history of the former Abbey other than it being abandoned due to an unspecified disease which claimed the lives of those who lived there.

Years later, Angelo points The Hero, Yangus and Jessica to the former Abbey in order to sneak into Abbot Francisco's quarters to prevent him from being harmed by Dhoulmagus.

Notable attributes

      This location contains poisonous marshes/swamps.

      This location can be reached using the Zoom spell.

Treasures

All Versions 50 Gold Coins Bronze shield Iron nails 2 Mini medals Waterweed mould

PS2 Version Map of the Ruined Abbey (See below)

Remakes 300 Gold Coins

Monsters

• Bag o' laughs
• Cannibox
• Drackyma
• Flyguy
• Metal slime
• Mummy boy
• Skeleton
• Walking corpse

Boss

• Tortured soul

Other languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Abadía en ruinas
Français	Ruines de l'abbaye
Deutsch	Abteiruine
Italiano	Rovine dell'abbazia

Map & Gallery

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  Key to the Ruined Abbey.

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  Secret entrance closed.

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  Secret entrance uncovered.

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  Cannibox encountered. (Cell phone)

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  The party coming across the Tortured soul.

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  Tortured soul fight.

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  Tortured soul defeated.

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  Tortured soul down. (Cell phone)

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  Tortured soul put to rest.

Remake

The 3DS Version gives the Tortured soul dialogue audio to accompany the text which was absent from the English PlayStation 2.