Ruin

Ruin
Introduced in	VIII
Japanese name	暗黒の魔人
Rōmaji	Ankoku no majin
Family	Material

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. However, its left hand is finally present in X.

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 appearances.

Main game appearances

Dragon Quest VIII

#285 - Ruin Material Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	3800	0	513	120 (PS2) 180 (3DS)	100
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Orichalcum
	2480	0 G
	Note: The ruin of the Black Citadel itself, risen to defend its master Rhapthorne from the Hero and the party!
Abilities
Normal attack Misses target
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Black Citadel

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. He only gets one attack per round and has no group attacks. 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.

Dragon Quest X

# - Ruin Material Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	40000	999	970	522	50000
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Devil order Devil order shards
	22645	300 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Magic Expression Ground Shot Full Swing Paralaser Party Pooper Jishin Rebuilds
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Monster series appearances

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Ruin appears as a rank X member of the Materialist family and can be obtained by synthesizing a Mumboh-jumboe with a Gold Golem. Ruin is much smaller than his other appearances due to the improper sizing of the monsters in the game. A Ruin is also present in the final round of the rank X tourney on Xeroph Isle.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Ruin appears as a Giant monster, taking up three spaces in the party. He has been reduced to a Rank S monster.

Recipe: Mumboh-jumboe x Living statue

OR Stormsgate Citadel x Living statue

Other languages

Other languages
French	Ruine
German	Verderbnis
Spanish	Ruina
Italian	Rovina
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	Unknown

Related Bosses

• Ruin in Memoriam