Ruin Guard

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Level	Mora	Character EXP	Chaos Device	Chaos Circuit	Chaos Core
1–4	85	30	1 + 5.07%	—	—
5–9	100	31	1 + 12.13%	—	—
10–14	110	33	1 + 21.00%	—	—
15–19	120	35	1 + 29.85%	—	—
20–24	135	36	1 + 38.69%	—	—
25–29	145	38	1 + 47.54%	—	—
30–34	160	40	1 + 56.41%	—	—
35–39	165	41	1 + 65.25%	—	—
40–44	175	43	1 + 74.09%	46.42%	—
45–49	180	45	1 + 82.97%	48.79%	—
50–54	185	47	1 + 91.82%	51.15%	—
55–59	195	48	2 + 0.66%	53.51%	—
60–64	200	50	2 + 9.51%	55.86%	13.97%
65–69	200	52	2 + 18.38%	58.23%	14.56%
70–74	200	53	2 + 27.22%	60.59%	15.15%
75–79	200	55	2 + 36.07%	62.95%	15.74%
80–84	200	57	2 + 44.91%	65.31%	16.33%
85–89	200	58	2 + 53.79%	67.67%	16.92%
90+	200	60	2 + 62.63%	70.03%	17.51%

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Stats[]

RES
70%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%

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Note that HP and ATK values may change in Co-Op Mode, some Quests, and certain Domains (including Spiral Abyss and Imaginarium Theater). For more details, see Enemy/Level Scaling § Other Multipliers.

Weak Point Location[]

• Weak points are not exposed when the Ruin Guard is paralyzed.

Abilities[]

Most ability names are unofficial.

Paralyzed
Media:Ruin Guard Stunned.mp4	Striking the Ruin Guard's exposed weak point twice with attacks that deal more than 80 poise damage will stun the Ruin Guard, leaving it vulnerable for a long period of time.
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Striking the Ruin Guard's exposed weak point twice with attacks that deal more than 80 poise damage will stun the Ruin Guard, leaving it vulnerable for a long period of time.
Stomp and Clap
Media:Ruin Guard Stomp Clap.mp4	Raises one of its feet and stomps the ground, dealing 62.5% ATK as Physical DMG. If a player is still within melee range after the stomp, the Ruin Guard may lean down and clap powerfully using its hands, dealing 87.5% ATK as Physical DMG in front of itself.
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Raises one of its feet and stomps the ground, dealing 62.5% ATK as Physical DMG. If a player is still within melee range after the stomp, the Ruin Guard may lean down and clap powerfully using its hands, dealing 87.5% ATK as Physical DMG in front of itself.
Punch and Jump Combo
Media:Ruin Guard Punch and Jump Combo.mp4	Bringing both fists together before performing, it will do spinning punches twice, dealing 50% ATK and 75% ATK as Physical DMG, before jumping into the air and landing onto the player's location (telegraphed by a red circle) and dealing 100% ATK as Physical DMG.
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Bringing both fists together before performing, it will do spinning punches twice, dealing 50% ATK and 75% ATK as Physical DMG, before jumping into the air and landing onto the player's location (telegraphed by a red circle) and dealing 100% ATK as Physical DMG.
Spiral Close-In
Media:Ruin Guard Beyblade.mp4	Begins to spin its upper body and further extend their arms' reach. While spinning, it will slowly march towards the player. This attack lasts for ~7 seconds and rapidly deals 75% ATK as Physical DMG to players caught in the attack.
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Begins to spin its upper body and further extend their arms' reach. While spinning, it will slowly march towards the player. This attack lasts for ~7 seconds and rapidly deals 75% ATK as Physical DMG to players caught in the attack.
Suppressive Volley
Media:Ruin Guard Missiles.mp4	Players outside of the Ruin Guard's melee range will force the Ruin Guard to quickly swivel their upper body around 180° and become stationary, exposing their core on the back with missile cannons towards the player. Shortly after, a red crosshair will appear on the Ruin Guard's target, and will then fire a swarm of Seeking Missiles (6 each). These missiles each deal 31.25% ATK as Physical DMG on hit. Although the missiles are somewhat slow, they are able to change direction almost instantly, while locked onto their target. Once the crosshair disappears, the missiles no longer pursue their target and continue moving in a straight path.
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Players outside of the Ruin Guard's melee range will force the Ruin Guard to quickly swivel their upper body around 180° and become stationary, exposing their core on the back with missile cannons towards the player. Shortly after, a red crosshair will appear on the Ruin Guard's target, and will then fire a swarm of Seeking Missiles (6 each). These missiles each deal 31.25% ATK as Physical DMG on hit. Although the missiles are somewhat slow, they are able to change direction almost instantly, while locked onto their target. Once the crosshair disappears, the missiles no longer pursue their target and continue moving in a straight path.

AI Logic[]

• An ability will only be used if all of the following conditions have been met:
  • The ability is not on cooldown
  • The target is within the range and angle required by the ability
  • The ability has the highest priority out of all that meet the previous 2 conditions
    • A lower priority number indicates a higher priority.
    • If multiple abilities share the highest priority, one will be chosen at random.

Strategy[]

Ruin Guards are either active or inactive when they appear. Inactive Ruin Guards are still hostile when the player gets close to them; these can be detected with Elemental Sight and glow white like other non-elemental enemies. If they do not glow white, these are simply scenery and are harmless.

Ruin Guards possess two weak points; their glowing eye, and a small socket at their back. When either spot is hit, the Ruin Guard will stagger briefly. If a second follow-up attack is launched quickly at the weak point, the Ruin Guard will collapse and deactivate for a short duration, allowing for damage to be stacked safely without fear of reprisal. In the event that the rear weak spot is hit, it will swivel face-front towards the player's direction.

If the first hit on their weak point is successful but the player does not follow-up with a second hit, the Ruin Guard will return to normal. Regardless if fully disabled or not, protective runes will appear on both weak points, preventing them from being disabled again until the rune fades away, but still acting as normal weak points. While any character can hit the weak spots, bow users are far better due to being able to consistently and precisely hit them. Bow users will need to perform Charged Attacks in order to cripple the Ruin Guard.

Due to the Ruin Guard's high Resistance to Physical DMG, elemental attacks are generally recommended when fighting them.

Whenever they perform their Suppressive Volley attack, there is an opening for a bow user to disable them before the missiles can be launched. If the missiles are successfully launched, one can dash out of the missiles' path when they're close to hitting.

The Spiral Close-In attack is by far the most dangerous attack, as it deals high damage to anyone caught in its range while continuously staggering them for long periods of time. Therefore, it is advisable to stay out of its range and pay attention to one's surroundings to avoid being cornered. Note that in this state, the Ruin Guard can still be stunned if its weak points are struck.

Achievements[]

There is 1 Achievement obtainable from Ruin Guard:

Achievement	Category	Description
The Bigger They Are...	Wonders of the World	Paralyze a Ruin Guard by attacking its weak point.	5

Tutorials[]

Ruin Guard

The key weak spots are where the core is exposed on the head and the back. Try to hit one of them.
The key weak spots are where the core is exposed on the head and the back. Try to hit one of them.

Descriptions[]

Trivia[]

• According to the Teyvat Travel Guide - Mondstadt, the valley in which a Ruin Guard is found (Brightcrown Canyon) is guarded by mechanisms, but the soldiers responsible for holding the pass for the King of Gales were nowhere to be found now. All the winds of time had left behind were the unintelligent Hilichurls and silent mechanical guards. There was an attempt by Alice to control the Ruin Guards with Hilichurls, but it "horrifically" failed.
• According to Dainsleif,^[1] the Ruin Guards were weapons of war codenamed by people of Khaenri'ah as "Field Tillers". These came about because "the land is not to be tilled with farming tools, but rather is to be fought for with steel and blood." After the destruction of Khaenri'ah, the Field Tillers were left without masters and went out of control, spreading to every corner of Teyvat. As many ended up in ruins and history of Khaenri'ah is virtually unknown by most, present-day people called them "Ruin Guards", believing them to be protectors of the ruins. While many have since fallen into disrepair, a few remain active but dormant, while even fewer continue to wander aimlessly across Teyvat.
• Ruin Guards sometimes go by names like Hu-41013, beginning with the prefix Hu and ending with a numeric code. This is demonstrated in certain boss fights and in the Record of Serial No. in Dragonspine.
  • Possible names for most Ruin Guards include Hu-04510, Hu-11037, Hu-11226, Hu-11307, Hu-13086, Hu-21258, Hu-23532, Hu-24601, Hu-25173, Hu-2734, Hu-36226, Hu-39091, Hu-41013, Hu-41125, Hu-41822, Hu-51789, Hu-57113, Hu-58515, Hu-61412, Hu-63321, Hu-63616, Hu-68914, Hu-71419, Hu-77514, Hu-82419, Hu-89488, Hu-91943, Hu-93439, Hu-93511, Hu-93736, Hu-95710, Hu-95912, and Hu-96988.
  • The Ruin Guard in the Thousand Winds Temple is always named GN/Hu-24601. This number is possibly a reference to Les Misérables, with Jean Valjean's prisoner number famously being the same.
  • The Record of Serial No. Ruin Guard remnants, which are simply dialogue targets rather than enemies, are named Hu-16180, Hu-21030, Hu-31122, Hu-42318, Hu-57104, GN/Hu-68513, Hu-73011, Hu-81122, and Hu-96917.
• The Ruin Guards at the Thousand Winds Temple and Nameless Island are the only two respawnable Ruin Guards with a title.

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