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Ancient Ruins of Rauh

The Ancient Ruins of Rauh are an enormous stretch of dark, octagonal pillars and arches, built by a civilization so old the ruins seem to sink into the earth itself. The western side is soaked in scarlet rot, while the eastern side is quieter but just as dangerous.

Deep inside stands the Church of the Bud, the small church tied to Romina, Saint of the Bud. In front of a giant statue of a goddess you will see Kindred of Rot and Hornsent kneeling in prayer. Expect Bloodfiends, Bloodfiend Hexers and a Curseblade perched up on a beam.

The lone Crucible Knight Devonia also waits here, near the East Site of Grace.

Sites of Grace
Rauh Ancient Ruins, East
Notable loot
Mottled Necklace +2 (top of a staircase, reached with the spiritspring)
Verdigris Discus (in front of the giant goddess statue)
Devonia’s Hammer (from Crucible Knight Devonia)
Stone-Sheathed Sword (at an Altar of Light)
Ash of War: Scattershot Throw (from a Teardrop Scarab in the lower ruins)
Revered Spirit Ash x2 (one on the central statue in the west, one from a Shadow Pothead west of the Viaduct Minor Tower grace)
Ancient Ruins Cross Message
Spider Scorpion Ashes
Spirit Calculus (from horned beasts)
Rauh Burrow
Scarlet Bud (around the Church of the Bud)
Dewgem
Spiritgrave Stone

How to get there

There is a hidden way in through the Fifth Belfry on the Scadu Altus, behind Castle Ensis, which leads to a secret part of the ruins. The Scorpion River Catacombs also lie within this area.

Lore

Long ago, before shadow covered this land, the vitality of the Crucible thrived in Rauh. The Hornsent said Crucible aspects once sprouted on a giant here, and that influence shaped the creatures living in the ruins. That is what drew Crucible Knight Devonia here on a lonely quest for the Crucible’s source.

The servants of rot came too. After Malenia abandoned them, some found a new mother when a divine element was discovered in Rauh and woven into the scarlet rot.

Bosses here

Boss

Kindred of Rot

NPCs you can meet here

NPC

Crucible Knight Devonia

Enemies

Enemy

Bloodfiend

Enemy

Bloodfiend Hexer

Enemy

Curseblade

Loot found here

Ash of War

Ash of War: Scattershot Throw

Weapon

Devonia’s Hammer

Talisman

Mottled Necklace +2

Item

Revered Spirit Ash

Nearby places

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Ruined Forge of Starfall Past

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Southern Nameless Mausoleum

Location

Bonny Gaol

Location

Scorched Ruins

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