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As the translation of the Japanese name is unofficial, it may contain errors.
Ruh-Arok Temple (Japanese: ル・ピュイ神殿, る ぴゅい しんでん, Ru Pyui Shinden [lit. "Le Puy Temple"]) is a location in Lost Kingdoms that is found within the borders of the Kingdom of Wyht. It is the second-to-last level visited in the main story.
The level houses the God of Creation (or it's card form at least) while also housing the Elemental Doors which are needed to access the Sacred Beasts, powerful creatures that rule over all monsters whose attributes match their own.
Appearance
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Summary
Katia visits Ruh-Arok Temple to discover the cause behind the Black Fog plaguing Argwyll. As with many locations in the game, she finds it infested with monsters entirely of the Neutral element.
When she reaches the final and deepest part of the temple, Katia is attacked by the fearsome Black Dragon. Upon the monster's defeat, she meets the God of Creation, who warns her that it's brother the God of Destruction awoke first.
After this, Princess Katia must travel to Broch Black to confront the Enchanter and put an end to the Black Fog.
Layout
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Area Progression
Magic Barrier
In front of the starting point of Ruh-Arok Temple is the only Deck Point in the level, a Red Fairy, and a magic barrier with a pedestal on both the left and right side of it.
The magic barrier is composed of floating black and white bricks with inscriptions on them. To remove it so Katia can reach the end of the level, she needs to find both a black gem and a white gem and place one on each of the pedestals. When a gem is placed on a pedestal, the bricks of the same color as the gem will fade away. To find the gems so Katia can remove the magic barrier, she has to explore the other parts of the temple.
Gates and Switches
Two places in Ruh-Arok Temple are blocked off by a gate, but these gates will open once the switch that controls them is interacted with. One gate is on the right side of the first room of the temple, while the other is found in the room on the left side of the first room. The first of these gates that can be opened is the latter, while the last one that can be is the former.
Once a switch has been activated, a cutscene will play showing that the gate it controls is opening. Afterwards, Katia can explore more of the temple.
First Gate
The first gate is in a room with a large rectangular pit, and by a corner next to the gate is a chest containing a Steel Skeleton card. By moving in the direction Katia enters this room from, she can find the path to the switch that will open the gate. On this path is a Red Fairy, and battles in the beginning part of the path have a chance to spawn an enemy Chaos Knight. By interacting with the switch found here, a cutscene will show the first gate opening.
In the room past this gate are four pits and two hidden Red Fairies that can be found in the pits in the lower left corner and the upper right corner. The next room has a pit shaped like a bracket in the center of it and a chest that contains a Goblin Lord card. This room leads to two different areas. The way Katia faces when entering leads to a stairway with the chest containing the white gem, while the path on the left leads to another room that has two chests. One chest contains a Water Bird card, while a Ghost Armor card is in the other.
Second Gate
In the room past the one with two chests is another room that leads to two more areas. The way Katia faces as she enters leads to the next switch that will open the second gate, while the one on the right leads to a room with another Red Fairy.
Past in the room past the one with the Red Fairy is a stairway on the left that leads to the chest containing the black gem, while on the right side is the second gate. Past the second gate is the entrance to the level.
Farther in the Temple
By going past the second gate and placing both the White and Black Gems on their pedestals, Katia can finally prgress to the end of the stage. The first room past the barrier is a room with four square pits in it. Two of these, the one in the lower right and the one in the upper left, contain hidden Red Fairies. On the way to the next room are four chests before a small stairway. The two on the left bot have Ghost Armor cards inside them, while the two on the right hold a Rheebus card and a Plague Rat card.
There are three ways to go in the next room. To the left and right are small hallways that each lead to a single chest, each one containing a Demon Skeleton card, and two of the four Elemental Doors, special doors that can grant access to secret levels when conditions to open them are met. On the left are the Earth and Wood Doors, and on the right are the Fire and Water Doors. The path straight ahead will take Katia to the boss battle.
Elemental Doors (optional)
The Elemental Doors are a type of interactive object that provide access to the game's secret levels. They are a group of four doors, two of each are located at the end of the side corridors at both the east and west of the platform with the card symbol on it. Each of the doors is a different color and represents one of the four main attributes; red for Fire, blue for Water, green for Wood and brown for Earth. The Fire and Water doors are opposite each other while the Wood and Earth doors oppose each other.
The Elemental Doors unlock the four levels needed to add the cards of the Sacred Beasts to Katia's collection. The Fire Door leads to the Land of Fire, Yalwog, the Water Door to the Land of the Water, Terjon Temple, the Wood door to the Land of Trees, Hupon-Jen, and the Earth Door to the Land of Sands, the Temple of Amentankh. These levels can be accessed before facing the final boss, and the Beasts themselves can prove worthy companions in the final fight.
To pass through each Door, Katia must own at least one copy of 20 different monsters of the relevant attribute. The Doors check the individual species and not copies of the card. Not all 20 monsters need to be present to unlock each door, simply owning them is considered enough. If wanting to access all the stages before the postgame, make sure that all the Elemental Doors are opened before clearing the mission of Ruh-Arok Temple, as like all other levels once their missions have ended, this level cannot be entered again until after the credits.
The Elemental Doors are revealed to be composed of three segments that slide horizontally in different directions when opened. When the secret level beyond has been completed, and the relevant beast card obtained, there is a white glow along the bottom of the door.
Notably, when a door is opened, a voice mentions allowing "my Master" to meet with the player.
Black Dragon
When Katia moves to the north of the platform with the mural of the card in the clouds, a cutscene will play where an angry, booming voice speaks to her, then the source of the voice and the boss of Ruh-Arok Temple, the Black Dragon, will appear. Once the cutscene ends, the boss battle with the Black Dragon will be triggered. Two Steel Skeletons will fight alongside him.
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Meeting the God of Creation
After Katia wins the boss battle, a cutscene will play where the doors ahead of her open. She goes through these doors and meets the God of Creation.
After the cutscene ends, the mission of the level is cleared and the final level in the main story, Broch Black, will be unlocked.
Enemies Encountered
Normal Battles
Boss Battle
Collectibles
Cards
Cards in Chests
- Steel Skeleton - Between the entrance of the room to the right of the 1st room and the 1st gate that can be opened.
- Goblin Lord - Between the 2 small pillars in the room with the bracket shaped pit.
- Water Bird - In the 1st reachable chest in a row of 2 chests in the room to the right of the room with the bracket shaped pit.
- Ghost Armor - In the last reachable chest in a row of 2 chests in the room to the right of the room with the bracket shaped pit.
- Rheebus - In the 1st reachable chest in the right row of 2 chests before the staircase leading to the room with the card floor mural.
- Plague Rat - In the 2nd reachable chest in the right row of 2 chests before the staircase leading to the room with the card floor mural.
- Ghost Armor - In the 1st reachable chest in the left row of 2 chests before the staircase leading to the room with the card floor mural.
- Ghost Armor - In the 2nd reachable chest in the left row of 2 chests before the staircase leading to the room with the card floor mural.
- Demon Skeleton - Between the Earth and Wood doors.
- Demon Skeleton - Between the Fire and Water doors.
Hidden Cards
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Rewarded Cards
- There are no cards rewarded in this level.
Items
- A white gem - Past the stairway behind the chest containing a Goblin Lord card.
- A black gem - Past the stairway facing the gate leading to the entrance room.
Red Fairies
Ruh-Arok Temple has nine Red Fairies. The first is by the level's entrance, the second is before the first switch, the third is hidden in the lower left hole in the room past the first gate, the fourth is hidden in the upper right hole in the room past the first gate, the fifth is in the room before the second gate, the sixth is hidden in the lower right hole in the room past the magic barrier, the seventh is hidden in the upper left hole in the room past the magic barrier, and the eighth and ninth are floating above the large floor tile depicting a card in the clouds.
Level Bonus
Glitches
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Trivia
- There is a mysterious symbol in Ruh-Arok Temple that can only be found on a wall between two windows in the hallway before the first switch. What this symbol means and if it is a reference to anything is currently unknown.
- The the glowing blue magic orbs found in Ruh-Arok Temple use the same texture map as the Blue Fairies.
- To unlock all the secret stages in Ruh-Arok Temple, this level has to be explored at least five times, as once any of these levels are unlocked, it will make Katia leave the level and take her back to the World Map.
Cutscenes
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Gallery
