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The Lower Ruins are the lower section of the Brecilian Ruins, situated in the Brecilian Forest. Many ancient elven tombs lie within these catacombs. On the World map the location is labeled The Elven Tombs; however, as soon as the Warden enters the area the local map is renamed the Lower Ruins.

Quests[]

Map-Lower Ruins Spiders

Map of the Lower Ruins; the red dots are spider locations

Nature of the Beast Nature of the Beast
The Black Vials The Black Vials
The Elven Ritual The Elven Ritual
The Mage's Treasure The Mage's Treasure
Unbound Unbound

Elven burial chamber[]

The northeastern room of the chamber is locked and can only be accessed by performing the ancient elven ritual; see The Elven Ritual questline for details.

Note: Entering this area is necessary in order to complete The Mage's Treasure questline, but not Nature of the Beast.

Hostile creatures[]

Spiders

Enemies[]

Demons
Undead
Creature-Shade

A shade resembling a human

Burial Chamber[]

Demons
Undead

Notable items[]

Ancient Elven Armor Ancient Elven Armor - source: Sarcophagus.
Ashen Gloves Ashen Gloves - source: Arcane Horror.
Master Dweomer Rune Master Dweomer Rune - source: Arcane Horror.

Companion Gifts[]

Fancy Scroll Fancy Scroll - source: Sarcophagus.
Legacy White Shear Legacy White Shear - source: Sarcophagus.

Containers[]

Burial chamber[]

Lower Ruins - burial chamber

The burial chamber

Trap room[]

Western chambers[]

Special objects[]

Codex entries[]

Codex entry: A Carved Elven Tablet Codex entry: A Carved Elven Tablet - source: Sarcophagus.
Codex entry: Ancient Elven Armor Codex entry: Ancient Elven Armor - source: Sarcophagus.
Codex entry: The Black Vials Codex entry: The Black Vials of Quametha Kagat, The Fourth Corpse Walker - source: glass phylactery.
Codex entry: Unbound Codex entry: Unbound - source: Adventurer's Corpse.
Codex entry: Uthenera Codex entry: Uthenera - source: Elven Burial Chamber.

Notes[]

  • To open all locked chests in the Lower Ruins a lockpicking score of 60 is required.
  • The previous details that the Shade is an elven mother looking for her elven child is speculation. The Shade is in fact a human in ghost form, either by error of the developers or by design. However, the ghostly figure when the Warden first enters the Lower Ruins is an elf.

See also[]

Arcane Warrior Arcane Warrior

Gallery[]

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