Mysterious Ruins

Mysterious Ruins is a Quest Domain in the Archon Quest Secret of the Scorching Desert in Chapter III: Act IV - King Deshret and the Three Magi.

Steps

1. Go south onto the elevator to open the doors to the east.
2. Rotate the three pillars to unlock the elevator.
   • Rotate the left pillar twice, then the middle pillar once, and finally the right pillar once.
3. Activate the elevator to go down.
4. Go down the stairs to the south.
   • Popup enemies at the bottom of the first staircase:
     • Floating Dendro Fungus ×4
5. Defeat the enemies for an Exquisite Chest.
   • Floating Hydro Fungus ×1
   • Floating Dendro Fungus ×1
   • Grounded Hydroshroom ×1
   • Winged Dendroshroom ×1
6. Go down the stairs and turn east into a room. A door to the east will slide open.
7. Go east, then south towards a chest, but the door to the chest will close.
8. Go west, then south, and finally east to get the Common Chest.
9. Go back to the previous room and slide open the northern door opposite the rock rubble, then go into the next room.
10. Go through the western sliding door, and then the southern sliding door.
11. Go into the western room and defeat the enemies.
    • Floating Hydro Fungus ×1
    • Floating Dendro Fungus ×1
    • Stretchy Anemo Fungus ×1
    • Stretchy Geo Fungus ×1
12. Go into a small northeastern room for a Common Chest. Return to the previous room.
13. Activate the elevator to go up.
14. Go into the western room and defeat the enemies for an Exquisite Chest.
    • Stretchy Geo Fungus ×3
    • Grounded Geoshroom ×2
15. Activate the elevator by interacting with the blue switch next to the door. The elevator will go down.
16. Activate the elevator again, and get on the elevator as it goes up to the next floor.
17. Defeat the enemies to reveal three rotating pillars to the west. The two switches on the ground will also be unlocked.
    • Grounded Hydroshroom ×2
    • Winged Dendroshroom ×2
18. Use the switches to turn off the left and right pillars when the pillars light up.
19. Activate the elevator to go to the next zone.
20. Go south until a cut scene starts.
    • There is a Precious Chest just before the exit.

Chests

• Precious Chest ×1
• Exquisite Chest ×2
• Common Chest ×2

Enemies

• Floating Hydro Fungus
• Floating Dendro Fungus
• Stretchy Anemo Fungus
• Stretchy Geo Fungus
• Grounded Hydroshroom
• Grounded Geoshroom
• Winged Dendroshroom

Soundtracks

No.	Soundtrack Name	Album	Played In
76	Nameless Days	Forest of Jnana and Vidya	A Forest of Change (Domain), Mysterious Ruins, That Day Under Irminsul, The Greater Lord's Remaining Consciousness, The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call (Domain) (Irminsul's inner region) Locations
77	Whispers of Immensity	Forest of Jnana and Vidya	A Forest of Change (Domain), Mysterious Ruins, That Day Under Irminsul, The Greater Lord's Remaining Consciousness, The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call (Domain) (Irminsul's inner region) Locations, Quests
58	Smoldering Glow	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
59	Ruins of Scorching Might	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay, Serenitea Pot
60	Now and Then	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Quests, Event Gameplay
61	Distant Retrospection	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
62	Reminiscences of Remnants	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
63	Land of Hidden Depths	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
64	Shade of Reticent Conundrums	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
65	Past Repast	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Quests, Event Gameplay
66	Crumbled Pledge	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
67	Stairway of Neterikhet	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Quests, Event Gameplay
68	Millennial Sails	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages, Fane of Panjvahe, City of the Deceased, Red Desert Threshold, Court of Desolation, Mysterious Ruins, Bygone Glories Passed, Unknown Ruins Locations, Event Gameplay
101	Wrathful Streaming Gold	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages (combat), Fane of Panjvahe (combat), City of the Deceased (combat), Red Desert Threshold (combat), Court of Desolation (combat), Mysterious Ruins (combat), Bygone Glories Passed (combat) Combat, Event Gameplay
102	Across Dimming Asterisms	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes	Altar of Mirages (combat), Fane of Panjvahe (combat), City of the Deceased (combat), Red Desert Threshold (combat), Court of Desolation (combat), Mysterious Ruins (combat), Bygone Glories Passed (combat) Combat, Quests, Event Gameplay

Video Guides

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Mysterious Ruins	—
Chinese (Simplified)	神秘的遗迹 Shénmì de Yíjì	Mysterious Ruins
Chinese (Traditional)	神秘的遺蹟 Shénmì de Yíjī
Japanese	謎の遺跡 Nazo no Iseki	Mysterious Ruins
Korean	신비한 유적 Sinbihan Yujeok	Mysterious Ruins
Spanish	Ruinas misteriosas	Mysterious Ruins
French	Ruines mystérieuses	Mysterious Ruins
Russian	Мистические руины Misticheskiye ruiny	Mystical Ruins
Thai	โบราณสถานสุดลึกลับ
Vietnamese	Di Tích Thần Bí	Mysterious Ruins
German	Mysteriöse Ruine	Mysterious Ruin
Indonesian	Mysterious Ruins	—
Portuguese	Ruínas Misteriosas
Turkish	Gizemli Harabeler
Italian	Rovine misteriose

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