1,000 Blades

Not to be confused with 100 Swords or Million Edges.

1,000 Blades
1,000 Blades Dual Crush from Portrait of Ruin.

1,000 Blades (also called Thousand Dagger or Thousand Edge) is a powerful attack involving the throwing of many daggers extremely fast. It first appeared as an Item Crash for Richter Belmont for the Dagger sub-weapon.

Characteristics

This ability was introduced in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as one of Richter Belmont's Item Crushes. Richter is able to perform this move in most other games he has appeared in as well, like Dracula X, Symphony of the Night and The Dracula X Chronicles.

It could later be performed by Nathan Graves in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon with the Knife sub-weapon, when the Pluto + Salamander cards combination is in effect. Juste Belmont can perform the move too in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance by combining the Dagger with the Wind Book.

1,000 Blades first appeared as a Dual Crush in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, where it can be performed by Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin. Jonathan is able to launch fifty blades at enemies thanks to Charlotte's magic. This is the only Dual Crush spell that can be canceled when taking damage from enemies. In Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, it became this pair's signature Dual Crush, as no other character can perform a similar move which requires the use of two characters.

In Castlevania Judgment, Grant Danasty is able to perform this attack as one of his Expansion moves.

In certain games, like Rondo of Blood and Harmony of Dissonance, it is possible to change the direction the player character is facing mid-crash –left or right– to attack both enemies in front and behind.

Item Data

Item Data: 1,000 Blades
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Knife [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Sub-Weapon - Alucard, Richter, Maria (Saturn only)				[edit]
	Weak but quick, it flies in a straight path when thrown. (...)	Attrib: Holy/Cut Consume: 1 Heart (Alucard/Richter), 4 (Maria)	ATT +5 (Alucard); ATT +20 (Richter); ATT +10 (Maria)	Find: Containers (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)	Effect: Knife Throw (Alucard/Richter); Triple Dagger (rapid succession, Maria) Special: Item Crash (1,000 Blades, Richter only; Cost: 10 Hearts; ATT +20, Attrib: Holy/Cut)
	Knife - Circle of the Moon   Normal Item (Sub-Weapon) - Nathan				[edit]
	A knife is thrown at high speeds.	Consume: 1 Heart	45% STR/ 141% STR (Shooter Mode)	Find: Catacomb (5), Abyss Stairway (2), Audience Room (4), Outer Wall (1), Machine Tower (4), Eternal Corridor (1), Chapel Tower (3), Underground Gallery (5), Triumph Hallway (1), Underground Warehouse (3), Observation Tower (2), Battle Arena (1)	Effect: Knife Throw Special: DSS Combos Pluto + Salamander = 1,000 Blades item crush (20 Hearts), Pluto + Serpent = Double Knife (spread) Evolve: Homing Knife (Collect second Knife - Shooter Mode only, 126% STR)
	Thousand Daggers (jpn) - Harmony of Dissonance   Spell Fusion - Juste				[edit]
	Disperses a stream of knives. A single hit doesn't pack much of a punch but their sheer numbers can cause massive damage.	Attrib: Wind Consume: 40 MP	ATK = 25% NUM = 1	Create: Dagger + Wind Book	Special: Can switch directions left or right mid-attack.
	1,000 Blades (Thousand Edge) - Portrait of Ruin   Dual Crush - Jonathan, Charlotte				[edit]
	Attack with a hail of knives.	Attrib: Slash Consume: 80 MP		Find: Sandy Grave (...)	Effect: Charlotte grants Jonathan the necessary speed to rapidly throw daggers forward. Can be interrupted.
	Knife + Knife = Union Culter (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Glyph Union (Knife) - Shanoa				[edit]
		Attrib: Slash Consume: 30 Hearts	ATK = 3×30		Effect: 1,000 Blades attack. Notes: Culter is Latin for "Knife".
	Thousand Edges (jpn) - Judgment   Move (Charge Attack) - Grant				[edit]
	(A continuous Dagger stream attack)				Sequence: Charge Special for four seconds twice, then while still holding it: Normal Attack (can be performed while moving or jumping)
	1,000 Blades (Thousand Edge) - Harmony of Despair   Dual Crush - Jonathan + Charlotte				[edit]
		Attrib: Pierce Consume: 60 MP		Find: (innate)	Effect: Charlotte powers up Jonathan, who throws a flurry of blades (throws towards Charlotte's side).

Enemy Data

Enemy Data: Enemies with 1,000 Blades
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location	Notes
	136. Fake Trevor (Ralph Fake) - Portrait of Ruin				[ edit ]
	A zombie disguised as Trevor Belmont.	Strong: Whip, Holy Weak: Slash HP: 3,800 Exp: 3,000 Skill Pt: 60	Drop: Curry	Nest of Evil	Weapons: Morning Star, Bone Cross, Dagger (Dagger Throw, 1,000 Blades), Holy Water

Gallery

Screenshots

1,000 Blades location in Portrait of Ruin.

Animations

Dagger Item Crash from Dracula X.

Knife Item Crash from Symphony of the Night.

Knife Item Crash from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.

Pluto + Salamander + Dagger from Circle of the Moon.

Dagger + Wind Book from Harmony of Dissonance.

1,000 Blades Dual Crush from Portrait of Ruin.

Knife Item Crash from The Dracula X Chronicles.

Union Culter Glyph Union from Order of Ecclesia.

Thousand Edge from Judgment.

1,000 Blades Dual Crush from Harmony of Despair.

Trivia

• In Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Portable Ops Plus, the character Gene, when using his Bowie knives, sometimes throws multiple knives in a manner similar to 1,000 Blades.
• Owing to the usual assortment of references to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga/anime series found in Castlevania, 1,000 Blades is possibly a reference to the ability "Scared, are we?" used by Dio Brando during the climax of Stardust Crusaders, with Dio throwing 27 daggers at Jotaro Kujo.

See also

• Blade Serpent - Another attack involving a large multitude of knives.
• Million Edges - Another attack involving a large multitude of knives.