Ruins

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Overview

Ruins are buildings found in Glades which can be repaired, salvaged, cleansed or burnt down. There are regular Ruins and haunted Ruins.

Repairing a building grants Viceroys access to the building and all its production outputs. Workers can be assigned and it functions as a normal building.
- Unless you obtain the Blueprint for the building, a repaired ruin cannot be built again if you demolish it.
Salvaging a building will give some resources to Viceroys.
- In rare circumstances, the building's blueprint will be provided as a reward for salvaging it.
Cleansing a production building is much the same as repairing, except a cleansed building has ★★★ recipes instead of ★ and ★★ recipes.
- Cleansed farm buildings have an extra worker slot in addition to the improved recipes.
Cleansed housing has 6 slots instead of 2.
Cleansed Service buildings have a powerful additional effect.

Constructed buildings can be turned into Ruins by the Lightning Catcher Glade Event and Devastation Forest Mystery.

The Frogs Starting Ability reveals the position and identity of the nearest unrevealed Ruin, allowing for advance planning of Building availability and eliminating the randomness of certain Orders like Reconnaissance and Call of the Ruins.

Ruins map generation

Based on a sample of 1000 Dangerous Glades^[1], the chance to find a Ruin, 3 Ruins, or a haunted Ruin in a Dangerous Glade is roughly between 50 and 56%.

You will never find a Ruin in a Scarlet Orchard Glade with one of the Excavation Sites or a Sealed Forest Glade with the Ancient Seal. They seem to take up the Ruin "slot" of the Glade they generate in.

Around 5% of all Dangerous Glades will generate with 3 Ruins. Around 10% of all Ruins found will be haunted. Glades with 3 Ruins may have more than 1 haunted Ruin.

Haunted Ruins

The list of possible haunted Ruins is quite limited compared to regular Ruins, which can be most buildings in the game. Cleansing a haunted Ruin at imposes a working effect that lowers Global Resolve by 3 every 60 seconds (45 seconds at Viceroy and above). Alternatively, you can burn the Ruin down for a moderate amount of resources.

Haunted Ruins and cleansed buildings can be distinguished from their regular counterparts visually by the light blue aura they emanate. All Orders that require a specific building will accept its cleansed version.

You can find the list of all possible cleansed buildings below:

*Purified Housing has 6 Housing slots instead of the regular 2. In all other respects it is identical to regular Species Housing.

Solve Requirements for Ruins

Normal Ruins

A building destroyed by the storm. It can be rebuilt or salvaged.

Salvage		Threats: -	Rebuild
Rewards:		Threats: -	Rewards:
5 - 40 Goods 5 - 40 Goods Small chance of unlocking the building's Blueprint		-	The Ruin is replaced by a functioning building of the appropriate type
Requirements:	Options:	Solve Time:	Requirements:
10 Wood	5 Clay 5 Stone 5 Reed	1:00 (Ruined Housing) 2:00 (Ruined Service Building) 1:30 (Other Ruins)	Various building materials related to the construction cost of the appropriate building
Working Effects:			Working Effects:
-			-

Haunted Ruins

This building is haunted by evil spirits. They are protecting it because it's one of a kind. It can be rebuilt or destroyed.

Burn Down	Threats: -	Cleanse
Rewards:	Threats: -	Rewards:
5 - 40 Goods 5 - 40 Goods Small chance of unlocking the building's Blueprint	-	The Ruin is replaced by a unique building of the appropriate type (Flawless, Purified, Hallowed, or Holy version)
Options:	Solve Time:	Options:
5 Oil 5 Coal 5 Sea Marrow 8 Planks	2:20	10 Incense 10 Scrolls 10 Tea 10 Oil 10 Resin
Working Effects:		Working Effects:
-		-3 Global Resolve every 60 seconds.

This building is haunted by evil spirits. They are protecting it because it's one of a kind. It can be rebuilt or destroyed.

Burn Down	Threats: -	Cleanse
Rewards:	Threats: -	Rewards:
5 - 40 Goods 5 - 40 Goods Small chance of unlocking the building's Blueprint	-	The Ruin is replaced by a unique building of the appropriate type (Flawless, Purified, Hallowed, or Holy version)
Options:	Solve Time:	Options:
8 Oil 8 Coal 8 Sea Marrow 12 Planks	2:50	15 Incense 15 Scrolls 15 Tea 15 Oil 15 Resin
Working Effects:		Working Effects:
-		-3 Global Resolve every 60 seconds.

This building is haunted by evil spirits. They are protecting it because it's one of a kind. It can be rebuilt or destroyed.

Burn Down	Threats: -	Cleanse
Rewards:	Threats: -	Rewards:
5 - 40 Goods 5 - 40 Goods Small chance of unlocking the building's Blueprint	-	The Ruin is replaced by a unique building of the appropriate type (Flawless, Purified, Hallowed, or Holy version)
Options:	Solve Time:	Options:
10 Oil 10 Coal 10 Sea Marrow 16 Planks	3:20	20 Incense 20 Scrolls 20 Tea 20 Oil 20 Resin
Working Effects:		Working Effects:
-		-3 Global Resolve every 60 seconds.

This building is haunted by evil spirits. They are protecting it because it's one of a kind. It can be rebuilt or destroyed.

Burn Down	Threats: -	Cleanse
Rewards:	Threats: -	Rewards:
5 - 40 Goods 5 - 40 Goods Small chance of unlocking the building's Blueprint	-	The Ruin is replaced by a unique building of the appropriate type (Flawless, Purified, Hallowed, or Holy version)
Options:	Solve Time:	Options:
15 Oil 15 Coal 15 Sea Marrow 24 Planks	3:50	30 Incense 30 Scrolls 30 Tea 30 Oil 30 Resin
Working Effects:		Working Effects:
-		-3 Global Resolve every 45 seconds.

World Modifiers affecting Ruins

Main article: World Map modifiers

World modifier	Description
Abandoned Settlement	Another Viceroy tried to settle this area, but unfortunately failed... You start with a small destroyed settlement (3 Ruins) in your initial glade.
Ruins	This region was settled very frequently in the past. The chance of finding Ruins in glades is much higher.

Trivia

Small Glades can only contain ruins of Gathering Camps and Huts.
Before update 1.4, basic and species-specific Housing could be found as Ruins.
Since update 1.4, Small Warehouse can only be found as a Ruin as part of special Glades.
Before update 1.4, Flawless Brewery's Ale and Pickled Goods Recipes had an output of 15 units, and Pack of Crops - 5.