All Ancient Ruins Locations

Discover all Ancient Ruins locations in Visions of Mana. Learn how to open them, the enemies you'll face, and the powerful weapons you can obtain within.

Ancient Ruins in Visions of Mana are special locations that contain locked treasure chests. To open these chests, you must first defeat high-leveled enemies in the surrounding area. Defeating these enemies extinguishes a nearby torch, which in turn lights one of the torches by the locked door, allowing access. Inside each ruin, you'll face another set of enemies, including a Nemesis, before you can claim your reward.

All enemies within the ruins are above level 50. The Nemesis is typically a stronger variant of other enemies found in the ruins, often possessing unique attacks.

List of Ancient Ruins

Ancient Ruins are found in areas situated between towns and dungeons. Here is a list of their locations, the enemies you'll encounter, and the unique weapon you can obtain:

• Charred Passage — Enemies: Hobgoblin, Ma Goblin, Brutal Guri. Weapon: Mortal Twiliance (Val)
• Aery Passage — Enemies: Molebear, Howler, Bolt Urus. Weapon: Mystic Revelunge (Careena)
• Lefeya Drifts — Enemies: Evil Sword, Dainslaif, Machine Golem, Jointed Tikkle. Weapon: Mystic Ragevise (Careena)
• Fallow Steppe — Enemies: Dark Knight, Copper Knight, Manipulated Bruiser. Weapon: Ethereal Shiftcane (Morley)
• Pritta Ridge — Enemies: Succube, Harpy, Beelancer, Astral Thrace. Weapon: Spirit Acriscythe (Palamena)
• Ahrvet’s Pasture — Enemies: Lullabud, Bumpkin, Mushboom, Custodial Truffle. Weapon: Spirit Treadstep (Palamena)
• Khaswia Moors — Enemies: Fierce Face, Wormwood, Imp, Bulette, Sand Stinger, Clay Gorg, Magic User Ambrose. Weapon: Arboreal Paraquell (Julei)
• Zawhak Desert — Enemies: Lime Slime, Blue Ooze, Red Drop, Extant Miasopia. Weapon: Arboreal Blossomer (Julei)

Note that most ruins have a single round of enemies to open the final area, with the exception of Zawhak Desert. Typically, you'll face two rounds of enemies before extinguishing the torch, and the Nemesis fight is a single round.

Extant Miasopia Battle Guide

The Extant Miasopia, found in Zawhak Desert, is a notable exception in terms of Nemesis difficulty. This cloud-type enemy is immune to all physical attacks. To damage it, you must use magic, as it is weak to fire and immune to water (other elements deal normal damage). Alternatively, Val can use his Flame Saber skill (learned from the Rune Knight class) to augment your weapons for melee damage.

Extant Miasopia's attacks can inflict Frozen. It is recommended to have Null Freeze equipped or purchase Resist Freeze+ from Niccolo's shop to mitigate this status effect, though Resist Freeze+ only offers 60% protection.