The Glossary is an in-game compendium of information about characters, enemies, and guardians, accessible from the title screen or via the Ruins Encyclopedia application. Entries are sorted by field, with an extra page for Main Characters.
The Glossary normally begins blank; to fill it out, you must collect ROMs (or chips) for each entry. ROMs are small items that look like retro game cartridges, each with a specific color and label that indicates rarity. Most enemies will drop their corresponding ROM when slain the first time, and most NPCs and will give you their ROM after talking to them the first time. However, rarer ROMs for sub-bosses, guardians, and other special characters are scattered and hidden throughout the ruins, some requiring you to pick them up using the Hand Scanner.
ROMs will not appear (either in-world or as drops) until you obtain the Ruins Encyclopedia app from Fobos. The app does not need to be loaded to continue seeing and obtaining ROMs.
The following icons represent the rarity of ROMs.
N (Normal) | R (Rare) | SR (Super Rare) | UR (Ultra Rare) |
List of ROMs[ | ]
The following is a complete list of Glossary ROMs, sorted by the categories in which they appear in-game, their rarity, and how they can be obtained. The glossary entries themselves can be found on their respective pages.
- Drop indicates that the ROM will drop when the corresponding enemy is defeated
- Talk indicates that you will automatically receive the ROM upon exiting an NPC or shop room for the first time.
Roots of Yggdrasil[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Path to Annwfn (C-5) - Top middle of screen, break wall | ||
7 |
Anterior Chamber (E-5) - Break wall | ||
8 |
Yggdrasil Gate (C-4) - Lower-left wall | ||
9 |
Drop | ||
10 |
Sigyn |
Talk - Vampire's Room (B-3) | |
11 |
Vili |
Talk - Yggdrasil Gate (E-4) | |
12 |
Ve |
Talk - Golden Rock (E-6) | |
13 |
Talk - Path to Annwfn (C-5) | ||
14 |
Trickster |
Shrine of the Frost Giants (B-4) - Jump into the wall above the door and scan behind the eye |
Annwfn[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Drop | ||
8 |
Kaliya |
Serpent King Watchtower (D-1) - Lower Left | |
9 |
Ixtab |
Bifrost (D-5) - Behind Skull in the water lower right | |
10 |
Bifrost (B-5) - Destroy wall top Right | ||
11 |
Kujata Room (F-2) - Destroy wall lower left | ||
12 |
Frey |
Fairy Watch Tower (C-2) - Break wall Lower Left | |
13 |
Talk - Shrine Maidens Room (D-4) | ||
14 |
Talk - Mantra Watchtower (D-1) |
Immortal Battlefield[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Cetus |
Pit of the Dead (G-1) - Underwater lower left side | |
7 |
Pit to Heaven (B-6) - Break the wall on the right hand side of screen, double jump | ||
8 |
Buried Fortress - Fall down the right side from above, clay suit (missing room) | ||
9 |
Kubera |
Talk - Wind Altar (B-2) | |
10 |
Soma |
Talk - Corridor of Wind (F-2) | |
11 |
Yama |
Talk - Sealed Aquaduct (E-6) | |
12 |
Alviss |
Talk - Buried Fortress (G-7) - Stop time to talk | |
13 |
Indra |
Altar - Enter through the left Altar Gate, on a platform (requires dino statue) | |
14 |
Talk - Sea Ring (E-1) | ||
15 |
Talk - Pit of Light (G-6) | ||
16 |
Talk - Hot Springs - Pit of Light (G-4) |
Icefire Treetop[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Jotun |
Surtr's Room (C-2) - Scan the foot of the left statue | |
6 |
Harp Corridor (B-1) - Break ground on the left side | ||
7 |
Fire Treetop (C-5) - Scan the Skeleton in the poison magma bottom center | ||
8 |
Great Bird Nest (E-2) - Scan left side of Hot Spring | ||
9 |
Sinmara |
Talk - Surtr's Anterior Chamber (C-3) | |
10 |
Modgud |
Talk - Great Bird Nest (E-1) | |
11 |
Inanna |
Talk - Gjallarbru (F-3) | |
12 |
Talk - Harp Corridor (A-1)Verify | ||
13 |
Mino the Bomb Guy |
Talk - Treetop Anterior Chamber (C-4)Verify | |
14 |
Talk - Hot Spring - Great Bird Nest (E-2) |
Divine Fortress[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Odin's Corridor (D-5) - Break the lower right wall | ||
7 |
Hermod |
Talk - Odin's Corridor (D-4) | |
8 |
Brokkr |
Talk - Vanir Seal (A-3) | |
9 |
Eitri |
Talk - Vanir Seal (A-3) | |
10 |
Tyr |
Talk - Origin Altar (E-4) | |
11 |
Thor |
Talk - Room of Generations (C-2) | |
12 |
Talk - Sanctum Path - (B-5) |
Shrine of the Frost Giants[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Path of Snow (E-4) - Right side of the snow bank | ||
7 |
Macha |
Weapon Altar (B-5) - In the snow, crouch under the ledge on the bottom right | |
8 |
Nemain |
Titanomachy Mounument (D-5) - Inside the broken pillar bottom left | |
9 |
Badhbh Cath |
Titanomachy Mounument (D-4) - Inside the block in the centre top | |
10 |
Shrine of the Frost Giants Room after Tezcatlipoca visable under block | ||
11 |
Sea Altar (C-2) - Drop down inside pillar on the far right | ||
12 |
Altar of Birth (D-7) - Break Wall above the spikes in the middle of the room, requires power of fire | ||
13 |
Gerd |
Talk Path of Snow (E-4) | |
14 |
Thrymr |
Talk - Titanomachy Mounument (D-5) | |
15 |
Mnemosyne's Remains |
Talk - Record of the Giants (B-4) | |
16 |
Talk - Valley of Bergelmir (A-5) | ||
17 |
Talk - Anterior Chamber (C-4) |
Gate of the Dead[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Room of Dark Night (D-6) - Break Wall in the Centre of the room | ||
6 |
Amen |
Talk - Corridor of Sorrow (B-2) | |
7 |
Nekhbet |
Talk - Dark Star Lord's Footprint (A-4) | |
8 |
Isis |
Talk - Mother Goddess's Room (D-4) | |
9 |
Horus |
Talk - Room of the Sun (E-5) | |
10 |
Neftis |
Talk - Room of Dark Night (D-6) | |
11 |
Thoth |
Talk - Room of Knowledge (B-5) (do it as early as possible) | |
12 |
Talk - Pit of Sorcery (B-3) |
Takamagahara Shrine[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop (Investigate dead-ends to make this enemy appear i.e. Right down corner of D4, breakable wall) | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Raijin & Fujin |
Awagigahara (E-3) - Behind Dragon lower left | |
8 |
Execution Room (E-6) - Break top left wall from below with flares | ||
9 |
Wall of Seals (D-4) - Break the wall bottom right | ||
10 |
Kami-musubi |
Talk - Wall of Seals (D-1) | |
11 |
Izanagi |
Talk - Spirit Palace (C-3) | |
12 |
Shitateruhime |
Talk - Amano-iwato (D-7) | |
13 |
Amenotokotachi |
Talk - Corridor of Pillars (D-6) | |
14 |
Talk - Dragon Path (C-4) |
Heaven's Labyrinth[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Arachne |
Arachne's Room (D-5) - Behind face on the top left | |
5 |
Scylla |
Scylla's Room (B-5) - Break the wall lower left | |
6 |
Glasya-Labolas |
Anterior Chamber of Chaos (C-2) - Top right | |
7 |
Spiral Mural (E-3) - Drop down far right from Griffin's Room (E-2) above, scan spikes | ||
8 |
Hermes |
Talk - Hero's Room (C-5) | |
9 |
Eros |
Talk - Monster's Jaw (A-3) | |
10 |
Orpheus |
Talk - Monster's Room (A-2) | |
11 |
Baphomet |
Talk - Temple of Chaos (B-1) | |
12 |
Talk - Monster's Jaw (A-3) |
Valhalla[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Vucub Caquix |
Vanir Gate (A-2) - Break right wall just above spikes | |
8 |
Jalandhara |
Jalandhara's Room (B-4) - Scan chip just right of top center | |
9 |
Anterior Chamber of Cataclysm (D-3) - Behind Pot top right | ||
10 |
Hoenir |
Talk - Wall of Spears (A-3) | |
11 |
Brihaspathi |
Talk - Anterior Chamber of Cataclysm (D-3) | |
12 |
Pushan |
Talk - Fire Altar (C-1) | |
13 |
Bhaga |
Talk - Jalandhara's Room (A-4) | |
14 |
Talk - Warrior's Aqueduct (D-4) |
Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum[ | ]
1 |
Anunnaki |
Nibiru - Scan chip upper right of upper right room | |
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop. Formerly unobtainable: see Known Issues | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Heaven and Earth Room (B-6) - Break wall behind spikes lower left | ||
6 |
Corridor of Stars (B-2) - Break wall lower left | ||
7 |
Celestial Body Room (C-4) - Break wall middle right, double jump | ||
8 |
Heaven and Earth Room - (C-6) - In door after boss dead | ||
9 |
Set |
Talk - Ra-Atum's Room (B-5) | |
10 |
Amunet |
Talk - Altar of Atum (B-3) | |
11 |
Nun |
Talk - Corridor of Stars (B-2) | |
12 |
Ra |
(Room?) Left behind in empty room after defeating Aten-Ra[Verify] | |
13 |
Talk - Corridor of Stars (C-2) | ||
14 |
Talk - Heaven and Earth Room (B-6) | ||
15 |
Drop |
Ancient Chaos[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Annunaki Stone Hut (D-7) - In magma lower right | ||
6 |
Goddess Altar (A-6) - Break the wall at the top right between the eyes | ||
7 |
Ziggurat of Destiny (D-3) - Break the wall at the top left of screen | ||
8 |
Pangu |
Talk - Slave Room (C-5) | |
9 |
Shennong |
Talk - Huma Gate (A-4) | |
10 |
Zhuanxu |
Talk - Ziggurat of Destiny - (D-5) | |
11 |
Talk - Path of Inferno (C-6) | ||
12 |
Talk - Annunaki Stone Hut (D-7) |
Hall of Malice[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Sphinx |
Sphinx's Room (D-2) - Scan Sphynx statue | |
5 |
Delphyne's Room (C-3) - Scan Delphyne statue | ||
6 |
Lernaean Hydra |
Hydra's Room (B-3) - Scan Hydra statue | |
7 |
Nemean Lion |
Nemean Lion's Room (B-4) - Scan Nemean Lion statue | |
8 |
Hydra's Room (B-3) - Break block in the upper left of room | ||
9 |
Ladon |
Drop (Field awakened) | |
10 |
Chimera's Room (D-4) - Scan Chimera statue | ||
11 |
Bia's Room (E-4) - Scan Phaia statue | ||
12 |
Karkinos |
Angel Seal (G-4) - Scan the base of the spiraling light | |
13 |
Orthrus |
Orthus' Room (D-5) - Jump into the wall on the upper right side and scan (Field awakened) | |
14 |
Anterior Chamber (E-5) - Scan the spikes on the lower left side of the room (Field awakened) | ||
15 |
Heaven's Labyrinth - Typhon's Room (C-4) - Scan Typhon after collecting dissonance | ||
16 |
Eurytus |
Talk - Chapel of Silence (E-2) | |
17 |
Porphyrion |
Talk - Nemean Lion's Room (B-4) - break blocks upper right corner PLEASE VERIFY; EITHER TALK OR COLLECT?? | |
18 |
Alcyoneus |
Talk Ladon's Room (F-3) - (Field awakened) | |
19 |
Talk - Angel Seal (G-4) |
Eternal Prison[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Doom - Fallandaforad (C-4) - Break block under door | ||
8 |
Doom - Doppelganger's Room (C-3) - Scan door in the upper right | ||
9 |
Doom -Elijudnir (A-3) - Scan chip upper right corner | ||
10 |
Ereshkigal |
Talk - Gloom - Titan's Gravestone (F-2) | |
11 |
Hades |
Talk - Gloom - Gnipahellir (B-5) | |
12 |
Charon |
Gloom - River Styx (D-3) - Lower left corner, jump | |
13 |
Eurydice |
Talk - Gloom - Naraku (D-5) - Talk to Statue | |
14 |
Izanami |
Talk - Gloom - Ne-no-Katasukuni (C-7) | |
15 |
Sakit |
Gloom - Sakit's Prison (F-3) - On the ground between 2 vases after liquor | |
16 |
Neti |
Talk - Doom - Gatekeeprs's Room (D-4) | |
17 |
Anubis |
Talk - Doom - Duat Room (E-5) | |
18 |
Osiris |
Talk - Doom - Duat Room (E-5) | |
19 |
Talk - Gloom - Naraku (D-6) |
Spiral Hell[ | ]
1 |
Urd |
Icefire Treetop - Niflheim (E-4) - DURING ESCAPE | |
2 |
Verdandi |
Roots of Yggdrasil - Goddess Seal (F-2) - DURING ESCAPE | |
3 |
Skuld |
Spiral Hell - Drop - Flying statue fight immediately above the checkpoint door room | |
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Drop | ||
8 |
Drop | ||
9 |
Drop | ||
10 |
DURING ESCAPE ONLY, 4 rooms above the holy grail tablet, lying on the ground in the middle of the room |
Main Characters[ | ]
1 |
Eternal Prison - Gloom - No-no-Katasukuni (C-7) - Scan the left side of the top of the pillar next to the door | ||
2 |
Takamagahara Shrine - Takemikazuchi's Antechamber (B-1) - Scan chip in the left side of the magma pool. In 1.4.4.2 and newer, if the Corridor of Blood is closed off you can still get it by using a grenade from inside the glass tube in Ancient Chaos (C-2) and that way still be able to reach the Soul Gate. Only the very middle-bottom part of the tube reacts to the explosion. | ||
3 |
Village of Departure - Scan the chip above the hot spring | ||
4 |
Gate of Guidance (D-2) - double jump up the top right ladder and move right through the wall | ||
5 |
Mausoleum of the Giants - Shaft to the Heavens (C-3) - Behind the pot, double jump | ||
6 |
Gate of Guidance - Room of Courage (E-2) - Far Right | ||
7 |
Giltoriyo |
Inferno Cavern - Echidna's Chamber (B-1) - next to spikes near the center | |
8 |
Gate of Illusion - Children's Room (C-1) | ||
9 |
Samaranta |
Gate of Guidance - Door to Eden - Lower Left | |
10 |
Valhalla - Jalandhara's Room (A-4) - Throw a Caltrop or Earth Spear at the floor switch. The glossary is in the water | ||
11 |
Talk - Village of Departure | ||
12 |
Talk - Village of Departure | ||
13 |
Talk - Gate of Guidance - Pit of the Holy Grail (B-4). Can become unobtainable, see Known Issues | ||
14 |
Freya |
Endless Corridor - Scan rubble in lower right of middle room | |
15 |
Divine Fortress - Origin Altar (E-4) - Break wall in lower left quadrant | ||
16 |
Shrine of the Frost Giants - Valley of Bergelmir (A-4) - Break the wall at the bottom of the snow on the left side | ||
17 |
Gate of the Dead - Pit of Sorcery (B-3) - Bottom of spike pit top right | ||
18 |
Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum - Altar of Atum - Scan feet of statue on the right wall | ||
19 |
(DLC)Gyonin King |
Tower of Oannes - First tower - To the left of the checkpoint before the second bossfight | |
20 |
(DLC)Nijimasu |
Annwfn - Kujata's Room (F-2) - Pick up the fish | |
21 |
(DLC)Sanma |
Icefire Treetop - Ice Treetop (F-4) - Pick up the fish | |
22 |
(DLC)Sawara |
Valhalla - Warrior's Aqueduct (D-4) - Pick up the fish | |
23 |
(DLC)Nodoguro |
Ancient Chaos - Path of Inferno (C-6) - Pick up the fish |
Tower of Oasses[ | ]
1 |
Drop | ||
2 |
Drop | ||
3 |
Drop | ||
4 |
Drop | ||
5 |
Drop | ||
6 |
Drop | ||
7 |
Drop |
Known Issues[ | ]
In the initial release, Main Characters #19 and Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum #3 (Basilisk) were unobtainable. As a result, the corresponding Encyclopedia Completionist achievement was also unobtainable. The Basilisk ROM was patched in a later release. DLC glossaries are not required for the Encyclopedia Completionist achievement.
Before version 1.7.7.2 Main Character entry # 13 Hiner could become unobtainable on a given savefile if you visited his shop before acquiring the Ruins Encyclopedia.