Castelvania "sotn"

#1 01-06-2002, 08:34 AM

Hi everyone!
My name is guido and i'm a new member!!
I know that i'm requiring help for and old old game,
but i bought it 2 years ago and i started it playing only
few days ago!
I'm looking for help concerning how to get the bat form
and double jump, at the moment i found the following
areas: marble gallery / alchemy lab / clock tower / outer wall/
caverns / royal chapel and actually i've reached 30%
The problem is that there are many areas where the flight
is needed and i don't know how to do it!
Is there someone who can help me?
thanks
guido

PunkBuddy · #2 01-06-2002, 09:37 AM

First you need to get double jump. *To get it, go up through the Royal Chapel into the towers and go right. *Eventually you'll come across a Griffon (boss battle); from there you'll be close. *Go right a few more screens and you should come across a tall room with two elevators and a door. *Go through the door to activate another Warp Room, and go back and go up an elevator. *Go left out of the room and you should come to a big open air room. *Go all the way left (you'll hit a big arbitrary wall) and you should see the Double Jump Relic. *To get the bat form, you have to go back to the Clock Room, use double jump to get up into the left section (the one that opens every other minute) and go into the Colloseum. *Eventually in there you'll find a Form of Mist (among other nice things). *Once you get that head to the Library, and go to the section that leads to the Librarian. *If you look you'll see that there's another ledge with a Corpseweed that you couldn't reach before. *It'll be a little tricky, but you can double jump there now. *Explore it thoroughly and you'll get the Form of Bat.

#3 01-07-2002, 09:38 AM

uau!! many thanks this will be very helpful for me,
if iwill need help again i will send another message!
thanks again
guido

#4 01-08-2002, 06:41 AM

hi punk buddy!! it's still me i finally obtained bat and mist
and now i can play better!!
at the moment i have to beat 2 bosses: richter and orlok,
but i edon't know if i am equiped with the right weapons
as at the moment i'm using damascus sword and holy rod,
do you know which the best weapons are and maybe where
i can find them!
thanks for your help
guido

PunkBuddy · #5 01-08-2002, 10:15 AM

Well, best weapons are a matter of opinion. *The two you have should do you nicely until you get to the upside down castle. *When you get there (or if you're already are) you need to search around for a rare item called the Ring of Arcana (I don't know where it is, but you'll get it eventually). *Once you get that, equip it and go to the Library (again, in the upside down castle). *There's an enemy floating around called a Schmoo. *If you kill it enough you'll get a weapon called a Crissaegrim. *It's the best weapon in the game, no argument.

After that, you need to find an enemy called the Paranthropus (large skeleton carrying a club) and kill them until you get two Rings of Varda. *Lastly, there's an enemy that's about twice as tall as Alucard and spews out a flame attack (there are only two of them and I think they're just called Fire Demons); *if you kill it enough you'll get the second best weapon in the game, the Marsil.

There are a lot of other useful weapons; the Shield Rod is fun, if you get two the Heaven Swords have an interesting effect, and the Alucard Sword has a nice effect. *Still, the Crissaegrim and the Marsil are the two best.

In the first castle just stick with what you have until you can either buy better or find a new one. *Don't forget to explore everything. Get a 100% map coverage in every room and keep the Fairy on to help find hidden areas.

#6 01-09-2002, 07:14 AM

hi!1
Many thanks for your help!! but i think now i have
another problem, yesterday i've beaten a strong boss
called "ORLOX" and then i've beaten "RICHTER" and now
the game is over, i know of course that this is a false
ending but at the moment i don't know which areas
are missing, i will keep your suggestions concerning
the weapons but at the moment i'm a little bit confused,
this is a strange game i think!
Do you know what shoulda do now?
many thanks again for your help
guido

#7 01-09-2002, 03:04 PM

[SIZE=2]I think I know what happened there,hazard.Equip the Holy Glasses-this will reveal an orb that is actually controlling Richter.That is what you should be attacking,not Richter himself.

You get the glasses from Maria in the room below the giant clock in Marble Gallery-this opens after you have and equip the gold and silver rings.These are found in the room at the end of the spiked hallway in the Royal Chapel area (you'll have to get the Spike Breaker Armor to make it) and after defeating the Succubus,whose room you find on the right hand side near the top of the long drop in Groundwater Vein.When you get to this spot use your bat transformation to easily reach it.

I'd advise starting from your last save and do a good bit more exploring! :thumbsup: [/SIZE]

#8 01-10-2002, 02:03 PM

hi london!!
many thanks to you too for your help!
I realized just today that i've alreqady beaten succubus
and therefore i own the gold ring but i still *have problems
with the silver ring as ican't find it.
i saw that you were talkin' about the royal chapel,
correct me if i'm wrong, as i start climbing the bell tower,
as reach the first bell on the left there is a cooridor, that
must be crossed by using the bat form as the floor and
the ceiling are covered with "stings" that may damage
alucard, and along this corridor there are 2 doors the first
one can be overpassed by using the mist form but the
second one is a blue door a i can't open it with the bat
form!
maybe to walk in this corridor i need to find the armor you
were talkin' about but where is it?
i have another question but how much does this game lasts??
i mean what happens exaclty after beating "richter" with
the gold and the silver ring?
many many thanks for your help!
hazard

#9 01-10-2002, 02:44 PM

[SIZE=2]Yep,that's the hallway I spoke of-you get the Silver ring at the end of it after a small talk with Maria.

To get the Spike Breaker Armor needed to get through here head to The Catacombs.Head down to Groundwater Vein-you will recall a wooden bridge blocking a passage below.Head left and you will see a skeleton ape carring an explosive barrel.Lead him to the bridge and make him throw it at you to blast the bridge.This will take you to Abandoned Pit,with the entrance to The Catacombs very close at hand.

You'll eventually find a room in The Catacombs that is completely dark.The path to the armor is lined with spikes-easiest way through is to transform into the bat and use the sonar to help guide you along.

Once you have both rings head to the big clock in Marble Gallery and equip both the gold and silver ring.This will open a passageway where you again find Maria (she does travel fast doesn't she?).She will give you the Holy Glasses which will let you see the orb controlling Richter when you fight him.Once you do destroy this orb there is another castle ready and waiting-with some much tougher enemies if you're not properly equipped and levelled-up.Good luck! :thumbsup: [/SIZE]

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