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As you get further intoValkyrie Profile: Lenneth, you’ll be surprised at the sheer variety of dungeons that the game thrusts you into. The puzzles are varied, there are tons of different monster types to get to know, and there are plenty of opportunities to flex the skills you’ve been accruing.
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Arkdain Ruins is one of the dungeons available no matter which difficulty mode you choose, and many players will visit it more than once - if you’re on Hard mode, you might end up heading therethreetimes for differing reasons. Here’s the rundown.
Arkdain Ruins Overview
Arkdain Ruins doesn’t provide much challenge in the way of enemies - none of them have a large amount of health or anything. The problem is that the majority of the chests in this dungeon have those enemiesinsidethem - once you open a chest with a monster inside, there is no way to avoid them, and they will always get the jump on you.
7,000
None
980
Not terribly hard to beat, but can be quite defensive and annoying. Break them easily with spells. Can use Equipment Break, so be careful.
6,000
Poison
1,400
Uses Icicle Edge, which can pack a punch. Very fragile though, so they shouldn’t last long.
6,800
770
Will counter if attacked without being interrupted or guard broken, and deals a lot of damage. Not the biggest threat here, but not something you can ignore easily.
The Back Wing
Enter the ruinsby heading to the right. On this first screen, you’ll find a few enemies, ladders, and a single chest.When you open this chest, you’ll be attacked by a monster- this is your introduction to the gimmick of this dungeon. Defeat the monster - a Brackish Muck - and you’ll be able to pick up aRaptor’s Claw.
Take theexit just to the right. The chest on the next screen contains another Brackish Muck and theSap Powerspell. One screen to the right, you’ll find a chest with no monster and theStun Magicskill. To therearis a tall room with a ladder. At the bottom of the ladder is a chest containing a Brackish Muck and aRanseur.Climb the ladder(or hop on the convenient cube) andenter the room to the left.
The enemy over the gap is hiding a chest behind it, so go deal with it. The chest contains anEther Scepter, one of the strongest Staves in the game.
If you hadn’t already picked one up, or if yours broke after using a PWS with it,equip it to your sorcerer now- try toavoid using PWSattackswith it, as it’s more useful as a reliable stat stick.
Drop down to the bottomof the room, being careful to not get slammed by the floating cubes, and open the chest there to fight a Brackish Muck and get aSap Guardskill book.
Take the exit just to the leftof the chest to find yet another chest. This one contains theDarkskill book.
The Dark book can be transmutated into the Reverie skill book while Valkyrie has the Creation Jewel equipped, and the Reverie skill is far more useful.
The Front Wing
Return to the first screen from the entrance- the one with the single chest in it and theexit to the front. Take that exit now.
Hop over the gap and open the monster chest to get someNightshade, and then use crystals to platform to theledge above the exitback to the rear.Jump up to the rightand head to the next room. Here, there are two chests containing aResist Magicskill book and anEye of Heaven.
Headtwo screens to the right- the second door to the right is on the ground. On this next screen,use crystals in the wall and the floating cubes to reach the very top. The chest here contains aStun Check.Hop over the gapto reach afork in the path- first head into therear roomfor aVegetable Seed, anEstoc, and theDarkness Arrowskill.
Head back to the fork andtake the right exit this time. Dropdown to the ground, take theleft exit, and thenclimb the laddersto find three more chests containing anEther Scepter,Lapis Lazuli, andResist Damageskill book.
The Final Wing
It’s time tobacktracka bit.Retrace your stepsuntil you reach theroom with the three floating cubes. Drop to thebottom of the roomand take therear exit, then progress until you can take aright exit.
The door closes behind you in this room- to get out, you’ll have tobeat every enemy inside- the ones walking around, anyway, the ones in the chests here don’t need to be defeated. Speaking of, the chests in this room contain aQuartz Gem, theSap Powerspell, and aSavory. Headback one screento continue.
You’ll need to do some trickyplatforming with crystalsto reach the upper level of this room. Ignore the ladder on the right, we can use crystal platforms to do this.
The image above demonstrates what this process should look like.
Headleft from the save pointand drop to the ground to get aSap Guardspell book, and then use a ladder of crystal platforms above the entrance to reach the top of the room and a chest containing aDaemon Slayer. The chest has a gas trap, so stay crouched to avoid it.
Go back to the save point and save. Heading to the right will have you confronting the boss of this dungeon, so prepare accordingly.
How To Beat The Raver Lords
There are, in fact,three separate bossesfor you to take down in this fight.
16,000
14,000
The Raver Lords' attacks are decently good at inflicting thefaintstatus, so be prepared for that. Since their attacks are multi-hit, havingRDM-increasing equipmentwill help out too.
Sap Powerwill help against the physical attacks you’ll be sustaining in this fight, sotry to get that off on at least two of the Raver Lordsat the start of the battle - it’ll help your survivability immensely. After that, your sorcerer can break out themulti-target spells.Lightning Bolt and Poison Bloware great options.
Trying to attack the Raver Lords without an unlockable hit will be difficult - they’reextremely good at blocking. Having aCrack Ring(transmutated from Base Metal) equipped will help greatly if you need it. Overall, this really shouldn’t be a troublesome battle, as long as you’re able to reduce their numbers quickly.
Arkdain Ruins Artifacts
The ruins havethree artifactsto grab once you beat the Raver Lords.
Star Guard
Gauntlets that let you counter attacks with holy light, and also reduced holy damage taken.
AdecentStaff that pales in comparison to the Ether Scepter.
Robe of Bryttain
An incredibly powerful set of Robes that also protects against holy damage.
Before leaving,hop over the crystal using your own crystalsas platformsand open the chest on the other side. It contains aMighty Check, a decoration that protects the wearer against all abnormal status ailments and also holy damage.
Recruiting Grey And Lyseria
There are two characters who are recruited from Arkdain Ruins,Grey and Lyseria.
Once you’ve been instructed to recruit Lyseria,head to Arkdain Ruins and make your way to the boss room- Lyseria is the woman trapped inside the giant crystal. After a short cutscene, you’ll be thrust into afight against Lyseria.
Lyseria has only 12,000 HPand her defenses aren’t great, so you should be able to beat her soundly in a single round. Once the battle ends, you are unceremoniously transported back to the world map with Lyseria in your party.
While it is Odin who requests that you recruit Lyseria,it is not necessary to transfer her to Valhalla.
