Roots of Yggdrasil

**Races** | * Lokapala
 **BGM** | *In Yggdrasil*

**Roots of Yggdrasil** is the first area of Eg-Lana and the beginning of the game proper. The player will be treated to a short cutscene upon entering for the first time. Roots of Yggdrasil acts like an early-game hub with numerous gates leading to connected fields - players can expect to return here regularly.

## Gates

 (D-1)
 (G-1)
 (C-6)
 (A-1)
 (D-6)

## Treasures

### Map

* Location: (E-3)
* Place a weight on the pedestal to unlock the chest.

### Sacred Orb

* Location: (E-4)
* Step on the pressure plate to unlock the chest.

### Ankh Jewel

* Location: (B-3)
* Place a weight on the upper-left pedestal to open a path. Do not cross the path (it is lined with crushers); instead, throw shurikens from the right side to break the left wall, opening a path to the chest.

### Pyramid Crystal

* Location: (E-6)
* Hit the pillar beneath the golden rock five times with any weapon to break it, then use either the Lamp of Time or Holy Grail to avoid being crushed by the rock. Attack the destroyable part of the wall and use the Life Sigil to break the seal, unlocking the chest.
	+ Somewhere along the way, a patch was released that changes this puzzle. Warping away resets the rock, and the Lamp of Time no longer freezes the rock. You now have to strike the rock four times, then make the fifth strike in a running jump, land on the platform created by chanting Iorð (see below) and quickly strike the destroyable wall before you are crushed. The Knife is recommended for this as it's a fast weapon.
	+ Incanting Iorð in front of the Bust of Mimir will create a platform behind the pillar, but hiding beneath it will still lead to Lumisa being crushed by the rock.

### Knife

* Location: (B-2)
* Use the Origin Sigil to break the seal, then place a weight on the pedestal.

### Mantra

* Location: (D-2)
* Scan the mural with Snapshots.

### Shuriken

* Location: (C-3)
* Break the bottom-center wall from the right side, then place a weight on the pedestal that appears.

### Crystal Skull

* Location: (F-3)
* Defeat Fafnir.

## Puzzles

### Opening the Ruins

* Location: (D-4)
* Step on the pressure plate to lower the right pillar.

### Accessing Upper (E-2)

* Location: (E-2)
* Place a weight on the rightmost pedestal. The left pedestal creates a shortcut in to (D-2) in the center of the room.

### Removing the Barrier at (D-2)

* Location: (D-2)
* Place a weight on the upper-left pedestal to remove the barrier.

### Removing the Barrier at (B-2)

* Location: (B-2)
* Break the wall at the bottom-left of (B-1). Then, climb down the ladder to (B-2) and step on the pressure plate.

### Removing the Barrier at (E-5)

* Location: (E-5)
* Step on the pressure plate in this room.

### Clearing the Path to (F-1)

* Location: (F-2)
* Place a weight on the upper-right pedestal and immediately drop down to avoid being crushed.

### Opening shortcut from (E-4) to (E-5)

* Location: (E-5)
* Place a weight on the upper-right pedestal.

## Guardian

### Fafnir

* Location: (F-3)
* Attack the eyes of the three goddess statues at (B-1), (D-1), and (F-1) to open the path to the room from (F-2). Drop down to (F-3) and break the snake bust dripping poison onto the Trickster to reveal the Ankh.

## Glossary ROMs

### Fafnir

* Location: (C-4)
* Jump down, to the right, into the opening in the wall near the bottom-left of the screen. Walk through the wall to grab it.

### Ratatoskr

* Location: (C-5)
* Break the top-right wall near the spikes.

### Nidhogg

* Location: (E-5)
* Break the bottom-right wall.

## Map

**Field Navigation**
Village of Departure • **Roots of Yggdrasil** • Annwfn • Immortal Battlefield • Icefire Treetop • Divine Fortress • Shrine of the Frost Giants • Gate of the Dead • Takamagahara Shrine • Heaven's Labyrinth
Valhalla • Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum • Ancient Chaos • Hall of Malice • Corridor of Blood • Eternal Prison
Gate of Guidance • Mausoleum of the Giants • Inferno Cavern • Endless Corridor • Gate of Illusion