Enemies Encountered: Slogra, Gaibon, Death, Bat, Thornweed.

Navigate the Inverted Castle's underground sections in Castlevania. Learn strategies to defeat Slogra, Gaibon, Death (in two forms), Bats, and Thornweeds, and find key items like the Alucard Sword.

Our next focus in the Inverted Castle is the underground sections of the castle, which in this case would be the highest point above ground. We will be doing the same thing here in the Inverted castle that we did in the normal castle.

Once through the red door, you will come across Slogra. Slogra is now easier to engage with since you are vastly stronger since we last met. Sadly, Slogra and up ahead Gaibon were demoted to being common enemies now. Anyways, these sections will be easy to get through. Gaibon will be in the room after with the giant dog head statue is. At the top of this room is a save, then in the dog's mouth is a doorway to go through and face the boss.

DEATH

Form One

In this boss fight, you will encounter the classic of all Castlevania villains: Death. His fighting patterns, in all honesty, is very similar to his Castlevania One days. Small scythes appear and float around, trying to hit you. You can use your weapon to clear them. In the meantime, you have to take swipes at Death whenever you get the chance. He will summon two teal-colored circles that slowly move around in conjunction with the scythes throughout the fight. These circles are additional objects to look out for and increase dodging projectiles' difficulty while attacking Death. You can remove the scythes, but you cannot remove the circles; you will have to wait them out. Also, Death will summon two bigger scythes instead of the circles. These are similar in their use.

Form Two

The second form is a bit of a disappointment. The Second form is not really any more complicated than the first. Death transforms into some creature where now he carries two one-handed scythes and will take swipes at you if you are close to him. Then if you are far away from him, he will throw the scythes at you. He can throw them relatively far. If you look at the platforms in the boss room, if he is on the edges of the room, his scythes can be thrown to the middle platform's distance. You can dodge his close attacks by running away, and you can avoid his scythe throws by using the mist or being too far for his scythes to reach you. After beating Death, you will receive the Eye of Vlad, which gives +10 to Luck.

After defeating Death, switch your familiars to the Demon familiar. He will activate the switch that is in the next room. If you are already in the room with the switch, you will have to exit and enter again. You will encounter more Slogra’s and Gaibon’s in the secret rooms. At the end, you will receive the Green Tea, Power of Sire, & Life apple items. I would hold onto the Power of Sire item until you can buy a duplicator.

Now leave the secret rooms and head back to the main room we were just in.

Now that we are back in the main room ascend to the top of this room. There are many bats up ahead but nothing serious.

In the next room, there will be a slender horizontal room. We will take the path on the right first. You will encounter some pesky Thornweeds along the way. In the end, you will get the OG sword of the game, the Alucard sword. Technically the Ice brand sword is a little stronger. However, I am biased towards the sword and love the Alucard sword. It is up to you; the Alucard Sword's special move is faster and more versatile than the Icebrands charge attack. Now that we are done here, head on over to the other side of this room to reveal the teleporter for this section of the castle.

Next, after the teleporter, we will take the path upwards. This next room is simple. It will have several thorn weeds and two Shiitake mushrooms in it. At the top right door will be a room with a Power of Sire item. Leave this room and go through the door on the top left. This will lead you to the red door leading you to the Inverted Catacombs.