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===General advice===

===General advice===

There are five pillars on this level and three of them are randomly selected to be the targets at the start of the level. This makes ten combinations (trust me), but only one of them is optimal... leading to a whole lot of restarting until the pillars are right.

There are five pillars on this level and three of them are randomly selected to be the targets at the start of the level. This makes ten combinations, but only one of them is optimal... leading to a whole lot of restarting until the pillars are right.

Ordinarily one would climb the other side of the ravine, use the [[IR Scanner]] to locate a weak section of wall, blast through it and reach the bridge that way. However, a bug in the level landscape means you can just hug the right wall as you go off the end of the ravine and warp up to where the bridge is. The "blow down the wall" objective doesn't seem particularly worried about this... UNLESS you use up all your [[Devastator]] ammo. If you run out of grenade rounds, ''even if you're already past the weak wall'', the game ''assumes'' that you will not be able to get past that wall, and automatically fails that objective. So you must keep at least one grenade round in reserve no matter what.

Ordinarily one would climb the other side of the ravine, use the [[IR Scanner]] to locate a weak section of wall, blast through it and reach the bridge that way. However, a bug in the level landscape means you can just hug the right wall as you go off the end of the ravine and warp up to where the bridge is. The "blow down the wall" objective doesn't seem particularly worried about this... UNLESS you use up all your [[Devastator]] ammo. If you run out of grenade rounds, ''even if you're already past the weak wall'', the game ''assumes'' that you will not be able to get past that wall, and automatically fails that objective. So you must keep at least one grenade round in reserve no matter what.

Aim towards the very base of the shrine behind the King (you presumably know how to kill it by this point, right?) and fire. With an accurate set of shots using the [[Magnum]]-like Callisto shells, it's possible to make every bullet hit both of the bottom two prongs and remove them both simultaneously. What a time-saver! It's not too critical if you don't pull this off but it does save a good couple of seconds. The rest, as they say, is history. As soon as the King gets back up transfer your target onto him and wear him down again, hopefully before he has time to attack. If he summons another Skedar at this point you're in trouble - you don't have time to fight it off, but they'll still attack you. You'll just have to cope... and hope. Similarly, if you are unlucky he may cloak so he can attack you, in which case you can forget getting a decent time because it'll waste about 10 seconds. He may also fire rockets at you which is not quite as bad but still undesirable. Ideally he should not be able to attack you at all. Rinse and repeat the shooting pattern until he is finally dead.

Aim towards the very base of the shrine behind the King (you presumably know how to kill it by this point, right?) and fire. With an accurate set of shots using the [[Magnum]]-like Callisto shells, it's possible to make every bullet hit both of the bottom two prongs and remove them both simultaneously. What a time-saver! It's not too critical if you don't pull this off but it does save a good couple of seconds. The rest, as they say, is history. As soon as the King gets back up transfer your target onto him and wear him down again, hopefully before he has time to attack. If he summons another Skedar at this point you're in trouble - you don't have time to fight it off, but they'll still attack you. You'll just have to cope... and hope. Similarly, if you are unlucky he may cloak so he can attack you, in which case you can forget getting a decent time because it'll waste about 10 seconds. He may also fire rockets at you which is not quite as bad but still undesirable. Ideally he should not be able to attack you at all. Rinse and repeat the shooting pattern until he is finally dead.

* '''World Record Video''': [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5825782767171470962 Sim Threat - Ruins - A - 1:08]  ([http://www.thengamer.com/PD/17-Skedar/Sim%20Threat%20-%20Ruins%20-%20A%20-%20108.wmv Download!])

* '''World Record Video''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Y0ruDtS6k Big Bossman - Ruins Agent 1:05]

== Special Agent ==

== Special Agent ==

* '''World Record Video''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfpnqTNJz0U Big Bossman - Ruins SA 1:21]

 

* '''World Record Video''': [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3977485657914766426 JugadorJ3 - Ruins - SA - 1:26]  ([http://www.thengamer.com/PD/17-Skedar/JugadorJ3%20-%20Ruins%20-%20SA%20-%20126.wmv Download!])

== Perfect Agent ==

== Perfect Agent ==

You don't actually have to take out the Skedar "army" unless you're playing on [[PA]].

You don't actually have to take out the Skedar "army" unless you're playing on [[PA]].

* '''World Record Video''': [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5467946217763979451 Your Eliteness - Ruins - PA - 1:36] ([http://www.thengamer.com/PD/17-Skedar/Your%20Eliteness%20-%20Skedar%20Ruins%20-%20PA%20-%20136.wmv Download!])

* '''World Record Video''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PULNkbnlJQ Big Bossman - Ruins PA 1:29]

 

 

* '''Fastest Time Available by Video''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqVVKlUL1qY Big Bossman - Ruins LTK 1:32]

 

 

* '''World Record Video''': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkQtIoAn8w Flickerform - Ruins DLTK 4:40]

== External Links ==

== External Links ==

* [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/stage17.htm Skedar World Rankings]

* [http://rankings.the-elite.net/perfect-dark/stage/skedar-ruins Skedar Ruins World Rankings]

* [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/17-Skedar/ Skedar Videos]

* [http://rankings.the-elite.net/perfect-dark/ltk/stage/skedar-ruins Skedar Ruins LTK Rankings]

* [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/17-Skedar/ Skedar Ruins Videos]

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