Manipura

Manipura
Location	Junkyard
Subarea(s)	Maribel Base

Manipura is a location in the Junkyard in Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner. It is the base of the Maribel tribe.

Gameplay

The Maribel base is visited twice throughout the story. Its main mechanic is its many numbered gates, which can only be unlocked from one side.

During the first visit, a forced battle near the entrance against two Pretas and a Ghoul teaches the player about Hunt skills and Fear. The party is ambushed multiple times throughout the dungeon, including two waves of Yaka followed by a Gyu-ki towards the end of the dungeon. The boss of this visit is Bat's Atma, Camazotz.

During the second visit, Gale joins the party, and they are lured to where Bat was previously fought, during which all enemies will run away if they get an action. Once there, they must fight Camazotz again. Afterwards, Heat leaves the party until they return to Muladhara and every gate will be locked, forcing the party to take an alternative path to the entrance, where they are confronted by an Atavaka.

Encounters

1st Visit

Name	Race	Level	Notes
Empusa	Beast	6
Cockatrice	Dragon	8
Blob	Fiend	12
Preta	Demon	3
Yaka	Demon	13
Nozuchi	Dragon	10
Macha	Aerial	12
Ikusa	Demon	17	In the chest in the room southeast of the Field Hunt.

2nd Visit

Name	Race	Level	Notes
Valkyrie	Evil	20
Succubus	Fiend	19
Turdak	Demon	23
Kelpie	Beast	21
Onkot	Fiend	20
Tarrasque	Dragon	16
Nekomata	Beast	15

Items

Item	Location
Revival Gem	In the easternmost entrance.
Dis-Poison ×3	In the first area's 1F, next to gate #5.
Error Cell	In the westernmost room from the first area.
Active Cell	Down the western ladder of the rooftop near gate #2.
Brave Ration	In the room north of the corridor northeast of gate #2.
Frigid Shot	On the overpass above gate 02, after a forced fight against a Cockatrice.
Dis-Ache ×3	In the room north of the corridor northwest of gate #2.
Active Cell	In an alleyway south of gate #2.
Chakra Drop ×2	South of the gate #3 switch.
Devil Cell	In the room east of the Field Hunt.
Odd Morsel	In the northwestern room of the corridor north of gate #3.
Revival Gem	Same as above.
Chakra Pot	North of gate #4.
Dis-Poison ×3	Where Camazotz is fought.
Dis-Stun ×2	Directly north of gate #6.
Code Cell	In the corridor west of gate #6, in the room near the yellow wall.
Dis-Curse ×3	Near the top of the ladder to the rooftop north of gate #6.
Quantum Cell	On the rooftop south of gate #7.
Great Chakra	1F, behind the blue wall.
Power Noise	In the room north of the yellow wall.
Wild Card	2F, in the room behind the blue wall.
Quick Noise	2F, at the end of the hallway behind the blue wall.
Soma Drop	2F, behind the yellow wall.

Game Appearances

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

After the summoning of the tribe leaders at the Karma Temple, the Embryon devise a plan to defeat the other tribes in order to ascend to Nirvana, in which they ally themselves with the Maribel. To test them, Jinana makes the Embryon fight through their base, including defeating her lieutenant, Bat, who is spared. This act convinces Jinana of the Embryon's intentions and she accepts the alliance.

After the attempted assault on the Solids by the Embryon-Maribel alliance, Jinana succumbs to her hunger and is betrayed by Bat, transforming into Usas and attempting to kill the Embryon, but she is killed instead. In pursuit of Bat, the Embryon return to Manipura, but are trapped inside as a diversion by the Solids, forcing them to fight their way out.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マニプラ Manipura