Ruins are the only place where you can find ancient tablets (you can also buy them from some blacksmiths). These tablets are a resource used to upgrade your ship. To get all the upgrades you don't have to loot every ruin, because there are much more tablets than you need.
Ruins
Locations on World Map
1
Altar of Poseidon
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
2Altar of the Cyclops
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
3Anavatos Ruin
1 x Kill Captain
21 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
4Ancient Sanctuary of Zeus
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
5Apollo Temple
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
6Asine Ruins
Related quests: A Heart for a Head
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
3 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
7Burned Temple of Apollo
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
8Burned Temple of Hera
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
9Club of Herakles
1 x Kill Captain
4 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
10Deathbed of Ariadne
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
11Diakofti Ruins
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
12Dyspontion Ruins
Related quests: The Curse of Fame
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
3 x Loot Treasure
13Grave of Tereus
1 x Loot Treasure
Reward: +4 Ancient Tablets
14Kephisos's Sanctuary Ruins
1 x Kill Captain
4 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
15Lost Minoan Shrine
2 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
16Lost Shrine of Poseidon
Related quests: Revenge of the Wolf
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
17Mycenae
Related quests: Moving On
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
5 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
3 x Loot Treasure
18Mycenaean Ruins
2 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
19Odysseus's Palace
Related quests: Penelope's Shroud
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
Quest Item: Penelope's Shroud
20Origins of the Karyatids
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
21Palace of Aphareus
1 x Kill Captain
4 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
22Palace of Hippomedon
3 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
23Phaistos Theater
Related quests: Full Circle
1 x Kill Captain
4 x Kill Cultist Guards
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
24Pillar of Dionysos
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
25Prometheus and the Birth of Humankind
3 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Table
2 x Loot Treasure
26Ruined Sanctuary
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
27Ruined Sanctuary of Ajax
Related quests: Prince of Persia
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
28Ruined Temple of Apollo
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
29Ruined Temple of Apollo
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
30Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos
1 x Find Ancient Table
1 x Loot Treasure
31Ruined Temple of Zeus
Related quests: Bloody Libation
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
32Ruins of Helike
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
33Seaside Altar
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
34Snake Temple
Related quests: Snake in the Grass
1 x Kill Captain
7 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
35Solitude Tower
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
36Spring of Piera
Related quests: The Hedonistic Method
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
37Temple of Athena Itonia
Related quests: Lyre Lyre
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
2 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
38Temple of Kybele
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
39Temple of the Golden-Bowed Goddess
1 x Kill Lead Huntress
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
40Temple Ruins
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
41Tomb of Tityos
1 x Kill Captain
4 x Kill Cultist Guard
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
42Tower of Askre
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Find Ainigmata Ostraka
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
2 x Loot Treasure
43Xerxes's Sacrifice of the Nine
1 x Kill Clan Chief
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
44Zakros
Related quests: No More Bull
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
2 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
3 x Loot Treasure
45Zeus Ephesos
1 x Kill Bandit Leader
1 x Free Captive
1 x Find Ancient Tablet
1 x Loot Treasure
