Pickups

Learn about Heart Pickups, Inventory Items like Garlic and Crystals, and Hint Books in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Find out where to get the White Crystal for 50 Hearts.

Heart Pickups

Heart Pickups are occasionally dropped by monsters when killed. They replenish your Hearts and grant Experience Points.

• Small Heart: Dropped by weaker monsters, usually in the daytime. Gives 2 Hearts and 1 Experience Point.
• Half Heart: Dropped by mid-strength monsters, or weaker monsters at nighttime. Adds 4 Hearts and 3 Experience Points.
• Large Heart: Dropped by higher-strength monsters. Gives 6 Hearts and 5 Experience Points.

Inventory Items

These items can be bought from traders or found by defeating bosses, offering various benefits and puzzle-solving capabilities.

• White Crystal: Bought for 50 Hearts from a trader in the Town of Jova. Equipping it reveals a hidden platform in the first room of Berkeley Mansion. It is also needed to trade for the Blue Crystal in Aljiba.
• Blue Crystal: Obtained from a trader in the Town of Aljiba by trading your White Crystal. When equipped, kneeling by Yuba Lake for 5 seconds reveals an underground entrance to Rover Mansion.
• Red Crystal: Received from a trader in the Town of Alba in exchange for the Blue Crystal. When equipped, kneeling against the west wall at Deborah's Cliff for 5 seconds summons a magic tornado to the entrance of Bodley Mansion.
• Garlic: Bought from traders for 50 Hearts for 2 cloves. Can be laid down to damage enemies. Crucially, it can be used in Camilla's Cemetery and the Graveyard to raise undead traders who sell the Silver Knife and Silk Bag. Simon can normally carry 4 cloves, but this doubles to 8 with the Silk Bag.
• The Laurel: Bought from traders for 50 Hearts for 2 Laurels. Provides approximately 10 seconds of invincibility when used. Required to cross poisonous swamps in Belasco Marsh and Joma Marsh. Simon can normally carry 4 Laurels, but this doubles to 8 with the Silk Bag.
• Silk Bag: Received from the undead trader in the Graveyard (west of the Town of Alba), raised by dropping Garlic. Doubles the maximum carrying capacity of Garlic and Laurels from 4 to 8.
• The Cross: Obtained after defeating the boss Vampira in Laruba Mansion. Along with Dracula's 5 remains, it grants entrance to Dracula's Castle.

Hint Books

These books contain cryptic clues to aid your progress. They are often found in hidden locations requiring specific actions or items to reveal.

• Hint Book 1/13: Town of Veros (Chain Whip Trader building, use Holy Water on stone block right of the bottom of the right staircase). Hint: Clear a path at Berkeley Mansion with a White Crystal.
• Hint Book 2/13: Berkeley Mansion (concealed in wall right of spike pits near the top floor; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: A symbol of evil will appear when you strike the stake.
• Hint Book 3/13: Berkeley Mansion (concealed in wall left of Oak Stake Trader; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: Destroy the curse and you'll rule Brahm's Mansion.
• Hint Book 4/13: Berkeley Mansion (concealed in wall at the right end of the passage north-west of the Remains Room; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: A flame flickers inside the ring of fire.
• Hint Book 5/13: Aljiba Woods (use Holy Water on stone block in the ground right of the entrance to Dabi's Path cave). Hint: To replenish earth, kneel by the lake with the Blue Crystal.
• Hint Book 6/13: Town of Aljiba (in the second building from the left on the bottom level; use Holy Water to destroy stone blocks in the left part of the floor at the bottom of the first staircase). Hint: An old gypsy holds a Diamond in front of Deborah Cliff.
• Hint Book 7/13: Rover Mansion (concealed in wall at the end of the passage above the Oak Stake Trader; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: Destroy the curse with Dracula's Heart.
• Hint Book 8/13: Rover Mansion (concealed in wall at the end of the passage in the top-right room; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: Garlic in the graveyard summons a stranger.
• Hint Book 9/13: Brahm Mansion (concealed in ground to the right of spike pits in the top-right area; use Holy Water to destroy blocks). Hint: Wait for a soul with a Red Crystal on Deborah Cliff.
• Hint Book 10/13: Brahm Mansion (concealed in the left wall in the top-left area; use Dracula's Eyeball to reveal location and throw Holy Water from the upper-right ledge to destroy blocks). Hint: Place the Laurels in a Silk Bag to bring them to life.
• Hint Book 11/13: Deborah Cliff (at the far left end next to the warp tornado location; use Dracula's Eyeball to reveal location). Hint: Dracula's Nail may solve the evil mystery.
• Hint Book 12/13: Bodley Mansion (concealed in wall on the upper ledge in the top-right area; use Dracula's Eyeball to reveal location, use climb stairs on the right and come back left to reach it). Hint: The curse has killed the Laurel tree.
• Hint Book 13/13: Joma Marsh (use Holy Water on the fourth raised stone block from the right to the entrance to Uta Lower Road). Hint: Dracula's evil knife blurs Camilla's vision.

Dracula's Remains

These are key items required to enter Dracula's Castle.

• The Eyeball: Obtained from the Remains Room of Brahm Mansion. When equipped, it reveals the location of hidden items concealed within blocks.