Black Belt

The Black Belt is a martial arts belt that may improve several statistics, but has an emphasis on offensive stats. This is in contrast to the Ancient Belt or the Power Belt, which instead emphasis defensive stats.

In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, it gives +5 Attack and Strength and +3 Defense and +2 Constitution. It is greater for every statistic than the Red Scarf, which has +2 Defense and +1 for the rest of the same statistics. It is somewhat weaker overall than its defensive counterpart, the Ancient Belt, which gives +7 Defense, +5 Constitution, +1 Attack, +1 Strength, in addition to +1 Luck.

In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, it gives +5 Strength and +2 Defense, while the Power Belt somewhat weaker, with +3 Defense and +2 Strength.