Skull Necklace

The Skull Necklace is a pendant that affects several stats, especially Defense, but is cursed (and thus decreases Luck). It is similar to the Skull Ring found in other games which instead emphasizes offensive statistics or other statistics evenly and also is cursed with negative luck. It is held in contrast to the Flame Necklace, which emphasizes Intelligence. In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, it gives Defense +3 and Luck -1 (the Flame Necklace is +2 DEF, +1 INT). In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, it gives +7 DEF and +2 INT and -1 LCK and notably sells for 666 Gold (akin to Satan's Ring, which sells for 66,666 Gold). This contrasts with the Flame Necklace which swaps the amount of DEF and INT and lacks the Luck penalty.