According to legend, Dracula resurrects once every 100 years. In recent years, that pattern has been broken, and extreme cult members are out to break it again. Its time to tackle another treacherous castle and its many devils, taking head-on the all the dangers that Darkness has to offer.
In true Castlevania form, Dawn of Sorrow offers up a host of hazards and secrets. If you need help conquering the challenges of this daunting castle, youve come to the right place. Our complete guide to Dawn of Sorrow will take you through the adventure, and ensure that you dont miss a single secret on the way.
In this Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow strategy guide, youll find:
Basic
tips and strategy to improve your general gameplay.
Complete Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Walkthrough
, with tactics for defeating all bosses and info on obtaining all special abilities.
Enemy List
with details on enemy soul abilities and tips for harvesting their powers.
Secrets
—lots of secrets. Dawn of Sorrow is packed with hidden stuff, and we help you uncover it all.
Unlock Rare Ring
The Rare Ring is similar to the Ring of Arcana, making rare items appear a little more frequently when enemies are destroyed. Begin with the Rare Ring by leaving Aria of Sorrow in the GBA slot of your DS when you boot (and begin) a new profile on CVDOS.
Unlockable: Boss Rush
Finish the entire game with best ending (All bosses).
Unlockable: Julius Mode
First, you must equip Paranoia Soul. Then without Minas charm equipped,go into the mirror that enables you to fight Darios inner demon, Agni. After this, Julius Mode is unlocked.
Unlockable: Sound Test Mode
Finish the game with the best ending and the Sound Test Mode will become selectable in the Main Menu.
Unlockable: Hell Flame Soul
Finish Hard Mode with Soma.
Unlock Hard Difficulty And Best Ending
Clear the game with the best ending to play again on Hard Difficulty. The best ending consists of the following prerequisites: get the Paranoia soul, beat Aguni, don/equip Minas Talisman when meeting Celia, and beat Menace in the Abyss level.
Unlockable: Chaos Ring
The Chaos Ring makes your MP regenerate much more quickly. To earn it, collect 100% of enemy souls.
Unlockable: Hard Mode
You must complete the game with the good ending.
Unlockable: Deaths Robe
You must complete Boss Rush Mode in under 6 minutes.
Unlockable: Nunchakus
You must complete Boss Rush Mode under 8 minutes.
Unlockable: Potion
You must complete Boss Rush Mode with any time.
Hint: Make Dmitri Undead (Again)
When you start the battle with Dimitrii, change your Bullet soul to Skeleton and hit him with it, This will cause him to use the Skeleton soul against you, which is easy to dodge and is also weak. Now you can easily whack Dimitrii to your hearts content whilst taking minimal damage.
Hint: Blood For Profit
Equip the Mimic Soul and head to the clock tower save point. With this soul equipped, you can get hurt on the spikes to gain money, then use the save point to regain health when needed.
Hint: Iron Golem Smash
The Iron Golem is a tough enemy to take down since it usually only takes one damage per hit. Use the Mjollnjr Hammer weapon which will hit several hits instead of just one. If you cleared the game and unlocked the Boss Rush, use the Terror Bears soul item for a slightly easier attack on the Iron Golem.
Hint: Hard To Find Souls
Yeti
... Take the Waiter Skeleton Soul and go to the start of the game where Julius and Yoko were seen at. A small figure may be seen in the backdrop. If the WS soul is used, the Yeti will spring forward to attack.
Mothman
... Go to the Pinnacle area and locate a hallway with two Final Guards. Use the Rycuda soul on the spotlights generator between the two Final Guards and nab your enemy.
Flying Humanoid
... Go to the area between the Clock Tower boss and the save point. A figure may be seen in the backdrop. Using the Mandragora soul will lure out this enemy.
Hint: Special Soul Combos
By equipping certain sets of souls, you can unlock special abilities that combine the powers of each soul. These are the combinations:
Amalaric Sniper, Skull Archer
Guillotiner, Mini Devil
Fish Head, Needles
Flame Demon, Bat Company
Fleaman, Bat Company
Slogra, Gaibon
Une, Alura Une
Hint: Batting Final Guards
Final Guard enemies are a hard to kill. Use the Bat Company soul to attack them from behind. This bags you free hits while evading their attacks.
Hint: Zephyr Blindspot
The goal is to glitch the boss into hanging on the edge of the screen, doing nothing, but being vulnerable to your attacks. Equip Skeleton Ape Soul and Puppet Master Soul. Wait for the boss Zephyr at the opposite side of the room (next to a wall) to goad the boss into doing the sliding attack move. If you manage to execute the Puppet Master skill right before the boss hits your character, the boss will slide through your character (during the animation) and Zephyr will continue sliding into the wall and stuck! From there on out, you simply bash his head in with a rock. Note that if you approach too close, the boss will unstick itself and attack you once more.
Hint: Skip Boss Rush
This is basically the same method used in the rare item bug trick but for skipping the entire boss rush mode and still obtaining the item at the end of the mode.
If you are afraid of data corruption, make a copy of the game before you do this.
Make sure you have the Cinquedia weapon. Hammer will sell it to you if you dont have it. Equip Succubus bullet-type soul and Cinquedia once in boss rush mode.
Stand near the right wall of each exit to a boss room and use the Succubus attack (UP + ATTACK) and quicky cancel with special attack. Quickly attack three times and do another special attack. After that your should have teleported through the wall into the next boss room.
Repeat this over until you have passed all the bosses and reached the last room where the item awaits you and the boss rush mode ends.
Depending on how quick you have beat the boss rush mode will depend on what item you will recieve:
8 minutes or more, Potion
Under 8 min, Nunchuku
Under 7 min, Terror Bear
Under 6 min, Death Robe
Under 5 min, R.P.G. weapon
In the room with the water, just sink to the bottom right corner and perform the bug there. You can also equip the Enchant-soul: Draghignazzo to avoid being interrupted while trying to do this glitch.
Hint: Low Life Scraping
When your health is low, equip the Succubus soul. If you dont want to risk losing more health, simply use it on candle sticks. When you do this you gain health and the candles drop hearts that replenish magic.
Bug: Get Rare Weapons
Make a copy of the game to avoid screwing save file.
Choose the copied save and make sure you have the Cinquedia weapon-- Hammer sells it.
Warp to Mine of Judgement and enter the Abyss to reach the first save point.
Equip Succubus bullet-type soul and Cinquedia
Save your game here so you can redo the bug to get desired results .
Stand near the left wall and use the Succubus attack (UP + attack) and quicky cancel with special attack. Quickly attack three times and do another special attack--you should be through the wall.
Press down + jump to slide--watch your map and youll see your dot move to the right.
Move to the left side of the screen and wait for about 5 minutes.
When your dot stops moving, hold left on the d-pad to move back to the right side of the screen and continue until you re-enter the map.
Your controls will sometimes be messed up -- you can reset them to default to fix them.
Check your swords and bullet-type souls. Youll randomly get weapons you cant normally get -- alucard sword /whip -- and souls from other characters, like Belmonts abilities.
Easter Egg: Classic Castlevania Coolness
There are a few left-overs from the 8-bit Castlevania in Dawn of Sorrow. Go to the Demon Guest House and locate the room with a chair and bed. Sit in the chair and a crown (doesnt do anything) will appear.
In the Chapel, employ Hippogryph to reach the bell on the farthest left and a bell will appear. Both of these items were point bonus items in the original NES Castlevania.
Easter Egg: Konami Man
Locate the room with ceiling spikes in the Cursed Clock Tower. Use Bat Company to get on the small platform and have Soma crouch to cause the Konami Man to appear. Konami Man is a mascot known only to 8-bit Konami game fans (like Goonies II).
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