Ruin

Ruin Icon of Ruin from Awakening. Dark magic. Increases the likelihood of critical hits.

Type Tome (Dark) First game Fire Emblem Awakening

Ruin (Japanese: ルイン Ruin) is a dark magic tome introduced in Fire Emblem Awakening. While of low power for its weapon level, it possesses exceptionally high crit in that game.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Other effects and notes
Awakening		C	4	--	60	50	1-2	20	1,380	2	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Other effects and notes
Heroes		2★	6	--	--	--	2	--	100 SP	--	--

Locations

Awakening

Inventory	Henry
Dropped by	Chapter 21, enemy Sorcerer*
Armory	Valm Castle Approach • Divine Dragon Grounds
Merchant (Anna)	The Searoad • The Twins' Hideout • Wyvern Valley
Merchant (SpotPass)	Raydrik • Merric • Sophia
Double Duel	Reward for defeating Henry's Spellslingers

Trivia

• Ruin is tied with Sol Katti for the position of weapon with the highest crit in Awakening; in the broader series, however, it is surpassed by Matrona and the Ashera Staff in Radiant Dawn.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Ruin	--
Japanese	ルイン	Ruin
Spanish	Ruina	Ruin
French	Ravage	Ravage
German	Verderben	Ruination
Italian	Rovina	Ruin

Gallery

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  Henry casting Ruin in Awakening.

See also

• Barb Shuriken
• Killer Axe
• Killer Bow
• Killer Lance
• Killing Edge

Red tome skills in Heroes

Basic red tome skills Bolganone • Elfire • Fenrir • Fire • Flux • Ruin Red tome skills with secondary effects Candelabra • Loyal Wreath • Rauðrblade • Rauðrowl • Rauðrraven • Rauðrwolf • Tomato Tome Regalia and personal red tome skills Aversa's Night • Book of Dreams • Brynhildr • Cymbeline • Dawn Suzu • Eternal Tome • Forblaze • Fruit of Iðunn • Gleipnir • Grima's Truth • Grimoire • Loptous • Múspell Fireposy • Naglfar • Ragnarok • Reese's Tome • Tharja's Hex • Valflame