Ankohl Ruins

The Ankohl Ruins are the ruins of an ancient tower on the coast of southern Angara just east of Champa. The tower was built by an ancient people called the Ankohl, who were masters of the art of forging items from metal and the ancestors of the currents people of Champa. The ruins contain a piece of the Trident, and in Golden Sun: The Lost Age Felix, Jenna, Sheba, Piers and Kraden journey there to obtain this piece. The other two Trident pieces are in the Shrine of the Sea God in Indra and Tundaria Tower in Tundaria respectively. The ruins have an architectural style reminiscent of the structures of ancient cultures of South East Asia, such as the 12th century temple of Angkor Wat in real-world Cambodia. It is possible the name of the ruins was somewhat based on the aforementioned temple.

Walkthrough
The main thing that makes Ankohl Ruins such an annoying dungeon is the fact that it is very easy to get lost. There are doors here, there, and everywhere and as many lead to important dead-ends as ones that lead in circles.

Anyway, the tree blocks the entrance, so go through the hole in the wall to the left. Enter the building. There is only empty chests behind the ivy on the left and right here; this is where Briggs and his men bagged the gems and stuff that made Champa wealthy. Anyway, head on up to the door at the top (it's concealed behind the middle patch of ivy - just Whirlwind it away). Before you go any further set Sand to a Psynergy Shortcut (but remember to keep Move as the other).

The next room has 7 large face statues. The centre of each of them can be pulled out with Move. From the left, pull out the middle of number 2, and grab 210 coins from the chest. Do the same with number 7 and grab the Crystal Powder. Go into number 6, and use Whirlwind to blow the ivy out of the way. Go through and Move the pillar into its slot, then go into statue 1 and use Sand to reach a Nut. Woo.

Go in the door under statue 1. The door behind the far-left ivy doesn't lead anywhere for the mean time, so go down and up the stairs at the bottom left. Go around and use the sand path to reach the Thanatos Mace in the chest in the blocked-off area. Equip it to Sheba if he current weapon is less powerful. Now go back to the corner of the sand path and go up to the door. Go all the way up to the piece of the face statue, and shove it so it completes the face. The mouth will open and fill a channel with sand. Retreat to the beginning.

Head back up to the statue room, and go through the door below statue 1 again. Go left here and use Whirlwind on the ivy to remove it, then head up the stairs. Go up to the door. The sand acts as a bridge and a path now - you can cross to the chest to get some Power Bread, then go under the wall using Sand and climb the vines to reach some stairs.

Head down and through the door to the right. Follow the path all the way up and Move the pillar into its slot. Return to the previous room via the way you just went, then go out the top-left door. Use Sand to reach a Vial. Now, head directly down from the door you just used, and follow the path to get 365 coins from the chest.

Return to where you moved the pillar earlier (through the right-hand door in this room), and instead of going left to the enclosure, go right and through the door. You'll emerge in a room filled with sand and a tall statue. When you step on the button, the room slowly begins to fill with sand. You need to reach the button when the sand has risen enough, before it gets covered. The button lowers a column in front of the door so you can leave. If the sand covers up the button, leave via the door you came through, then re-enter and try again. When you've dropped the column, go through the new door.

At the end of the long path, use the groove to slide down. You'll be in a large area with another face that needs completing, but sadly you can't reach the other piece of the face yet. Shove the piece on this side into its respective place, then shove the pillar into the slot, and go out the top door. Neither the stairs, nor the door behind the ivy lead anywhere yet, so go as far right as you can and move the pillar into the slot.

Go back to the room with the incomplete face and go down the vines below the pillar you moved. Go through the door down here, and follow the path. Use Sand to get under the barrier, and go through the door.

Recognize this place? It's the statue room! You'll be standing out of the face of number 4. Now, you want to go right and through the door underneath number 7. Follow the path around to the stairs (using Sand on the way). The chest behind the ivy at the top of the room contains a Muni Robe, perfect for Jenna, so equip it. Go around and down through the next door. Climb down the vines and head all the way up to a gap you can hop across near the incomplete statue. Climb up the vines and head up the stairs.

In here, head up to the sand. You moved the pillar before, so now you can get past. Use Sand and get around the blocks, then use Whirlwind on the nearby ivy to get a chest containing a Slyph Feather. Now go right and to the door at the bottom.

You'll be in another rising sand room - do the same as before so you can lower the column and exit the room to the left. The first ivy on the path has a Potion behind it, but carry on left to the stairs. At the end of the long path you can push the other piece of the incomplete statue in the long channel into its place, making the statue's eyes turn green. Retreat again, and go back to the statue room (make sure you don't actually exit Ankohl Ruins onto the world map). Go back through the door under number 7.

Follow the long path back to the channel, but don't climb down the vines. It is imperative that you have Sand set to a Psynergy Shortcut now - not only does it speed up getting through Ankohl Ruins, but you need to be able to use it quickly in this next section. When you're ready, go down into the channel and attempt to towards the statue. It'll start coming down - you need to reach the patch of sand before it does and use Sand so it passes over the top of you. If it doesn't, you'll need to exit the room and return to try again. Once it's gone past, use the sand underneath the wall, and climb up the vines to the stairs. Keep going up. Hop across the platforms and use Move on the pillar to get it into its slot to open a shortcut. Go down the next set of stairs.

The other missing piece of the earlier incomplete statue is here - trapped inside an inclosure. If you look closely, there are six differently-coloured blocks forming the Reveal symbol. Use Reveal, and then Move to push the block down the secret hole. Go down the stairs, and push the final piece of the face into its slot, and the staute will form a sand waterfall. Now, you need to Retreat again. Go back to the statue room, and go back through statue number 4. Use Sand to get under the barrier and return to the bottom of this room. Use Sand and slowly ascend the sand waterfall. At the top, get off to the right and use the vines to climb around to the stairs. Go up them.

Follow the path around to another sand waterfall. Climb to the top of this one using Sand, and climb up the long vine to the right. Finally, you are atop Ankohl Ruins, and the final piece of the trident is yours for the taking. Grab the Left Prong, and use Retreat for the final time.