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Enemies Encountered: Stone Skull, Nova Skeleton, Paranthropus, The Creature.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Enemies Encountered: Stone Skull, Nova Skeleton, Paranthropus, The Creature.

Encounter Stone Skull, Nova Skeleton, Paranthropus, and The Creature in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Learn strategies to defeat The Creature.

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Encounter Stone Skull, Nova Skeleton, Paranthropus, and The Creature in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Learn strategies to defeat The Creature.

Enemies Encountered:

  • Stone Skull
  • Nova Skeleton
  • Paranthropus
  • The Creature (Boss)
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After exiting red doors, find a Life Max Up in a pot to the left.
  2. 2
    Explore the top portion of the Outer Wall. A Nova Skeleton is located above.
  3. 3
    Proceed right into an empty room; this room contained a secret elevator in the normal castle but does not here. You can break the wall to get a Dim Sum set.
  4. 4
    To reach the room above, go around and use the mist to pass through a steel grate.
  5. 5
    Inside this room, you will find a Shotel and Hammer items. The Shotel is a sword-like weapon that can be thrown a far distance using the input down + right + attack or down + left + attack.
  6. 6
    Leave this room and explore the rest of the area. The two rooms and a Heart Max Up are the only points of interest here. The telescope is not present above.
  7. 7
    Once these sections of map are covered, descend to the bottom portion of the Outer Wall.
  8. 8
    Return to the area where the pot with the Life Max Up was.
  9. 9
    Drop down to continue through the Outer Wall.
  10. 10
    You will find another pot containing a luck potion.
  11. 11
    In the room to the right, you will encounter several Paranthropus enemies. These enemies drop an item that can only be received after beating the game.
  12. 12
    The next room leads to a save room on the right.
  13. 13
    The room at the bottom left leads to a boss fight with The Creature.

Boss Fight: The Creature

The Creature boss fight is relatively simple. The fight begins slowly; when you approach to attack, The Creature will raise its hammer and drop it down. Be aware that the animation may appear misleading, but the hammer is swung at you.

After a few hammer attacks, The Creature will curl into a ball and roll around the entire screen twice. It can be damaged during this rolling sequence. You can jump over it and attack when it stops rolling and gets back up.

These two attack patterns will repeat until The Creature is defeated. Upon victory, you will receive the Tooth of Vlad, which increases STR by +10.

After The Creature:

  1. Leave The Creature's room and continue down the Outer Wall.
  2. Outside the boss room, find a shield potion.
  3. In the next room, jump onto the platform above and walk left. A high potion is in a pot there.
  4. Continue down the Outer Wall towards the library.
  5. You will pass Stone Skulls and a Jack O’ Bone before reaching a red door on the right, which leads to the Long Library.

Inverted Long Library:

Suggested Level: 44

Items Found: Library card, Opal, Turquoise, Neutron bomb, Badelaire, Staurolite, Resist Fire, Resist ice, Resist Stone.

Tips
  • Remember that Paranthropus enemies drop a special item only obtainable after beating the game.
  • The Shotel is a powerful ranged weapon when mastered.
  • The Creature's rolling attack can be avoided by jumping over it.

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