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Lunar Ruins (月の遺跡, Tsuki no Iseki^?) is a bonus dungeon in Final Fantasy IV Advance and Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection. It is located at the Stone Face on the Red Moon, a subtle reference to the "face" found on Mars. It is unlocked by defeating Zeromus.

The mobile phone version of Final Fantasy IV has an all new "EX Dungeon," which is a remake of the Lunar Ruins.

The Stone Face is the new location of Golbez's second Challenge Dungeon in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

LayoutEdit

The Lunar Ruins' floors are randomized, and players will rarely experience the same pattern of floors twice. However, there are a few particular patterns.

There are ten sets of floors of which the sequence of the sets of floors is fixed. In each set, there are five normal floors and a a sixth gate floor, which contains a save point and a door to each game character challenge (except the tenth set, which leads to Zeromus EG). When traveling in Lunar Ruins, in each set first four floors are chosen randomly from the five normal floors, and the fifth floor is the gate floor.

There are two villages that sell rare items and equipment at prices in upwards of 100,000 gil. By this time the player should be able to afford such prices, as enemies are likely leaving over 20,000 gil a battle.

Shrines with Sylphs are occasionally found, and the Sylph will heal the party, as well as give them a Megalixir.

There is a floor where an old man gives the player a quiz to determine what Job class they would be. Depending upon the player's results, he will give the player a unique gift, such as a Golden Apple and a Silver Apple for someone who gets classified as a Monk.

Challenge floors appear where the player must conquer a certain challenge to win. In one, the player must memorize a code and find and hit the buttons in the order given; in another, they must find and kill a "Platinum Toad" for a man.

"Floors of Remembrance" mirrors the floors of previous dungeons the player has visited, and they can encounter enemies from that dungeon in addition to new enemies. Any chests that existed in the original dungeon will be present, but the items they contain will be different - some also have chests added where previously there were none.

There is one floor entirely of Flan monsters resistant to physical attacks, and another of monsters resistant to magic. NPCs will appear when the player enters these floors to tell them about this.

There are floors where mini-bosses or special enemies appear on the map, and the party must navigate through them to proceed.

Finally, near the bottom of the shrine the player may find a floor containing the Brachioraidos, the hardest boss in the game. A man at the entrance to the floor warns the player not to face it. It drops the strongest shield in the game, the Hero's Shield, which can be acquired nowhere else.

TrialsEdit

The only floors which the player is guaranteed to find are the Trials. The Trials are unlocked for each character once they defeat Zeromus, testing the player in multiple ways, and end with battles against Lunar versions of the summons. After defeating one of the Lunar Summons, the player gains a Grimoire for that summon, and is able to summon the Lunar Summon in battle once.

After completing a trial, the player gets either an ultimate weapon or accessory for the character whose trial is completed. To redo a trial, the player must first use the Grimoire gained from defeating the Lunar Summons in their respective trials.

Yang's TrialEdit

Yang's trial is one of strength; the party must defeat many monks working in teams of eight - Soldier Monks, Super Monks, and Drillmasters. After defeating all the monks the party fights Lunar Titan. After its defeat, Yang gets the Discipline Armband, which turns his Power command into Deadly, which charges and then triples the damage.

Edward's TrialEdit

Edward winds up in an illusion of Damcyan Castle's ruins, covered in ice and snow. The party is attacked by a Specter. It cannot be killed through normal means, but Edward uses the Requiem Harp to Sing and instead of the usual effect, he plays a Requiem, thus giving the tortured soul eternal rest. All the Specters (blue flames) throughout the ruins must be killed and Edward must use Sing while equipped with the Requiem Harp to lay it to rest. The party eventually finds an underground waterway and reaches a room where a fight with Lunar Shiva ensues. After her defeat, Edward gets the Harmonious Ring, which changes his Sing ability into Chant, casting Protect and Shell on the party.

Rydia's TrialEdit

Rydia enters a cave filled with mist. She turns back into a child, and Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, and Shiva abandon her. The party must find them and defeat them to regain them. After defeating them the mist dissipates, and the party fights Lunar Mist Dragon. After defeating it, the player gets the Mist Ring, which improves Rydia's Mist Dragon summon and grants the party the Blink status.

Cecil's TrialEdit

Cecil enters a castle and is addressed by an unknown voice, who tests his abilities to do good deeds as a paladin. Cecil progresses through several rooms where he must prove himself as a true paladin by doing good deeds, such as by not taking treasures from others, fulfilling requests properly, and so forth. Cecil meets the king of the castle who gives him a sword based on the trial's success. If he does everything right, Cecil gets his ultimate weapon, the Lightbringer. If he fails even one test, he gets a weaker weapon, and gets a useless Throw item for Edge if he fails all of them. The player fights Lunar Odin regardless of which weapon they received.

Rosa's TrialEdit

Rosa enters a town that is promptly destroyed. She must heal the injured townsfolk, fourteen in all, although some are just Metamorpha in disguise. After healing as many as possible before the time runs out, the party fights Lunar Asura. After her defeat, if Rosa healed all fourteen people, she gets the White Ring, which turns her Pray command into Miracle.

Edge's TrialEdit

Edge winds up in a labyrinthine castle. He finds his way to the king and compliments the castle, but is dropped into another portion. He must find his way back to the king through a series of hidden passages, pitfalls, traps, switches, and so forth. The Palace Guards drop Keys if defeated, needed for doors. After the ordeals, the player fights Lunar Ifrit. Edge gets the Hanzo Gloves, which turns his Steal command into Plunder, increasing the chances of a successful steal, as well attacking at the same time.

Kain's TrialEdit

Kain enters the town of Baron where there have been several murders by a lance-wielding assailant. Kain investigates, and after Rosa is kidnapped, he is suspected as the culprit and is arrested. Kain clears his name, but does not feel content, and during the night, he sees Cecil walk into the Devil's Road house. Kain follows him and is warped to a strange mirror room where Rosa is bound and Cecil is unconscious on the floor.

In the mirror, he sees the dark reflection of himself, which is tempting him to kill Cecil. Kain can elect to do this, but the trial will end. Kain refuses, and must engage in simple combat with a Shadow version of himself, which transforms into Lunar Bahamut. After his defeat, he gets Abel's Lance, his ultimate weapon, which sometimes casts Tornado when he attacks, even if the enemy is immune to it, as well as the Dragoon Gloves, which allow him to Double Jump and increase his power.

Cid's TrialEdit

Cid appears on an island, near his airship. A person on the airship asks him to fly him to a destination before the timer reaches a certain limit. At the destination, another person arrives and wants to be flown to another destination in a lesser time limit. After a while, Lunar Ramuh is angered about Cid flying all over his skies and attacks. After his defeat, Cid gets the Fiery Hammer, his ultimate weapon, which casts Flare at random when he attacks.

Palom and Porom's TrialEdit

Both Palom and Porom must be in the party to perform this trial. Palom and Porom must work as a team, inflicting various status ailments on themselves to infiltrate a series of hidden passages. Switches in one passage typically open doors in the others, forcing them to work together and the player to switch control between the two frequently. Once they reach the end of the passages, the player fights Lunar Leviathan, and Palom and Porom get the accessories Twin Stars, which enable them to cast stronger spells, including Double-Meteor, with the Twin command.

The Final TrialEdit

After the characters' trials, the last floor of the ruins contains the superboss Zeromus EG. They can choose not to fight him and can simply warp out of the ruins. Fighting Zeromus EG earns no rewards except for his Bestiary entry.

ShopsEdit

Village of the Moon 1Edit

**Inn**
1050 gil/night

**Items**
Item	Price
Hi-Potion	150
Phoenix Down	100
Remedy	5000
Dry Ether	10,000
Cottage	500
Bestiary	980
Gysahl Whistle	20,000

**Armor**
Armor	Price
Aegis Shield	20,000
Light Robe	30,000
Gold Hairpin	20,000

**Weapons**
Weapon	Price
Shuriken	20,000
Fuma Shuriken	50,000
Yoichi Arrows	140

Village of the Moon 2Edit

**Inn**
1050 gil/night

**Items**
Item	Price
Hi-Potion	150
Phoenix Down	100
Remedy	5000
Dry Ether	50,000
Elixir	100,000
Cottage	500
Bestiary	980
Gysahl Whistle	20,000
Megalixir	650,000

**Weapons**
Weapon	Price
Shuriken	20,000
Fuma Shuriken	50,000
Rising Sun	410,000
Assassin Dagger	420,000
Gigant Axe	480,000
Tiger Fang	450,000
Perseus Arrows	20,000

**Armor**
Armor	Price
Assassin Vest	530,000
Battle Gear	500,000
Maximillian	520,000
Chocobo Suit	550,000
Tabby Suit	560,000

Enemy FormationsEdit

The enemy formations in the ruins varies greatly from floor to floor, and combines enemies met throughout the game with new enemies found only in the ruins. On some floors the enemies appear on the map and can be seen and avoided.

Caverns (Lunar)Edit

Waterfall RoomEdit

Cave of SummonsEdit

Gargoyle, King Bomb, Skeleton x2
Bloodbones, Palace Guard
King Bomb, Gray Bomb, Bomb x2
Chaotic Knight
Palace Guard, Goblin Prince, Cockatrice x2
King Bomb, Lamia Queen, Spirit

Floor of Attack-Resistant MonstersEdit

Black Flan x2, Red Mousse x2, Golden Flan
Dust Mousse, Golden Flan, Yellow Jelly x3
Dust Mousse, Golden Flan, White Mousse x3
Dust Mousse, White Mousse x2, Purple Bavarois x2
White Mousse x2, Red Mousse x2, Golden Flan x2
Dust Mousse x2, Black Flan x2, Purple Bavarois x2
Dust Mousse x3, Golden Flan x3
Flan Princess x8

Floors of RemembranceEdit

Lunar Path

Underground Waterway (South)

Fiend Dragon, Alligator
Sahagin Prince, Killer Fish, King Bomb x2
Sahagin Prince x2, Gigantoad, Red Mousse

Underground Waterway (North)

Sylvan Cave

Giant of Babil

Mt. Ordeals

King Bomb, Gargoyle, Skeleton x2
Bloodbones, Palace Guard
King Bomb, Palace Guard
Palace Guard, Goblin Prince, Cockatrice x2
King Bomb, Gray Bomb, Bomb x2

Cave of Eblan

Tower of Zot

Bomb Floor

TreasuresEdit

Yang Type 1Edit

Yang Type 2Edit

Yang Type 3Edit

Yang Type 4Edit

Dry Ether x2
X-Potion