Editing Thwomp Ruins

{{Distinguish|Chomp Ruins|Whomp's Domino Ruins}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Thwomp Ruins
|image=[[File:MK8 Thwomp Ruins.jpg|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]''  ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Sophia|2:11.157|[[File:MK8 DKong Icon.png|32px|link=Donkey Kong]][[File:VarmintBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Varmint]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbDonkeyKongSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Sophia|2:12.125|[[File:MK8 DKong Icon.png|32px|link=Donkey Kong]][[File:StandardATVBodyMK8 DonkeyKong.png|32px|link=Standard ATV]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbDonkeyKongSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Skip|1:31.436|[[File:MK8 Bowser Icon.png|32px|link=Bowser]][[File:BadwagonBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Badwagon]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:BowserKiteMK8.png|32px|link=Bowser Kite]]}}
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Atsuko Asahi<br>[[File:MK8-Music-ThwompRuins.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU ThwompRuins Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Thwomp Ruins Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Thwomp Ruins Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}

'''Thwomp Ruins''' is the fourth and final course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course takes place in ancient ruins that are populated with [[Thwomp]]s.

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Thwomp Ruins Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
The race starts outside, and after a straightaway, turns left twice. Next, there is a right turn that leads the player into a tunnel. Inside, players can either drive up the wall on an anti-gravity path, or stay on the main path which curves right, where [[Millstone]]s begin rolling out of a raised area.  When the player exits the tunnel, they enter an open area with three routes. If the player takes the right or left turn, they can either stay on the main path where there is a [[Thwomp]], or drive up the wall. If they drive straight, they can either drive into the [[Underwater driving|water]] and go right or left, or go drive off a [[Glide Ramp]] and soar over the pool of water. In the underwater section of the course, engravings in the surrounding walls resemble Thwomp mouths. The gliding pad is only accessible when a Millstone knocks the ramp into place on the second lap. Once the paths join up, players will enter the mouth of a Thwomp, which is also the entrance to another tunnel, and an anti-gravity section begins. There is then a right turn, which leads to the tunnel exit. After this, there are three more turns, and two Thwomps, leading to where there is a gliding section and a straightaway toward the finish line.

In the E3 trailer, the anti-gravity section was a normal section and the start/finish line was not present on the path after it, while in the December 2013 trailer, the start/finish line was at the first tunnel entrance.<ref> Nintendo. (June 11, 2013). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA6CAgv6p6g Wii U - Mario Kart 8 E3 Trailer]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 16, 2020 </ref><ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QVelgoKi0qQ] ''YouTube'' Retrieved January 20, 2025 </ref>

==Shortcuts==
*If the player uses a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] in the grass between two big rocks, one can cut off the first two turns.
*The player can drive onto a fallen pillar cutting off the turn before the second glider ramp.

==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner note==
''"This is a bit of a tricky number, with the rhythm written in triplets. We use a gamelan instrumentation along with metallic effects to add an ethnic feel. The image we had in mind was of a ruined temple somewhere in Asia. We added some thudding percussion here and there to give an image of of a Thwomp shaking the ground."''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Thwomp Ruins Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8-u_DossunIseki-Ending.png|Results screen
MK8-DossunIseki-Overview.png|Start of the course, showing the entrance to the cave
ThwompRuinsMK8.png|[[Donkey Kong]], passing the finish line
Iggy-ThwompRuins-MK8.jpg|[[Iggy]] and [[Bowser]] race inside one of the course's tunnels
Thwomp Ruins MK8 Wario.png|Gliding section of Thwomp Ruins
Rosalina-ParachuteGlider-ThwompRuins-MK8.jpg|The second glider portion of the course
WiiU MarioKart8 scrn13 E3.png|An early version of Thwomp Ruins
WiiU MarioKart8 scrn18 E3.png|Donkey Kong, right before the finish line ([[List of Mario Kart 8 pre-release and unused content|pre-release]])
MK8ThwompRuins.jpg|A released screenshot revealing the name of the course
Thwomp stamp MK8.png|The [[List of Mario Kart 8 stamps|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドッスンいせき
|JpnR=Dossun Iseki
|JpnM=Thwomp Ruins
|ChiT=咚咚遺跡
|ChiTR=Dōngdōng Yíjī
|ChiTM=Thwomp Ruins
|ChiS=咚咚遗迹
|ChiSR=Dōngdōng Yíjī
|ChiSM=Thwomp Ruins
|Dut=Thwomps Tempel
|DutM=Thwomp's Temple
|FreA=Temple Ka-Bang
|FreAM=Thwomp Temple
|FreE=Temple Thwomp
|FreEM=Thwomp Temple
|Ger=Steinblock-Ruinen
|GerM=Thwomp Ruins
|Ita=Rovine di Twomp
|ItaM=Thwomp's Ruins
|Kor=쿵쿵 유적
|KorR=Kungkung Yujeok
|KorM=Thwomp Ruins
|PorA=Ruínas do Tumbo
|PorAM=Thwomp's Ruins
|PorAN=[[Nintendo Music]]
|PorE=Ruínas do Granitão
|PorEM=Thwomp's Ruins
|Rus=Руины бамсов
|RusR=Ruiny bamsov
|RusM=Thwomp Ruins
|SpaA=Ruinas Don Pisotón
|SpaAM=Thwomp Ruins
|SpaE=Ruinas Roca Picuda
|SpaEM=Thwomp Ruins
}}

==References==
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{{MK race courses}}
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[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
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