Dragon Zombie

Dragon Zombie
Death Dragon's artwork from Legends
Alternate name(s)	Death Dragon, Skull Dragon
Abilities	Flame Breath Poison Breath
Type(s)	Dragon, skeletal monster, zombie
Origins	European mythology
Appearances	Chronicles Circle of the Moon Legends Portrait of Ruin

The Dragon Zombie is a recurrent boss or powerful enemy in the Castlevania series. It lost its magic, but has become mindlessly violent.

Description

The Dragon Zombie are the reanimated remains of a dragon. The Death Dragon from Castlevania Legends was slain by Count Dracula and left to guard his castle. The various Dragon Zombies' remains throughout the Castlevania games appear in varying amounts of decay, being full of flesh in Legends and Circle of the Moon, but more skeleton-like in Chronicles and Portrait of Ruin.

Appearances

Castlevania Chronicles

The boss of the second level. Simon passes the dragon's remains while trekking through the Underground Aqueduct. It returns at the end to attack while Simon is stuck on a small raft. The dragon remains hovering on the right side of the screen, attacking in two ways: either it will tip the boat with its tail, or breathe fire at Simon. It can be avoided by remaining on the left side of the raft and constantly attacking its head.

Name JPN HP EXP Skull Dragon 31 10,000 Location 2. Underground Aqueduct

Castlevania Legends

This dragon was actually killed by Dracula himself in his early years to send a message that he, as the "King of the Dragons", had arrived. Dracula granted it new life to be a part of his own army. The dragon is huge and only its front half is shown onscreen. Its fire-breathing ability is ever-present, but it chooses to spew individual flame blasts sporadically as it moves its head up and down between three possible positions to keep the player guessing while moving. Like other bosses its size, it likes to crash into things using its head to make debris fall from the ceiling to further disrupt Sonia's movements.

Name JPN HP ATK Death Dragon デス·ドラゴン - - Location 2. Inside the Castle Description This legendary monster was slain by Count Dracula himself and then was brought back as a living corpse. The dragon attacks by breathing flames.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Dragon Zombies appear as a pair of boss monsters. Both dragons lie on the floor, with their bodies in an advanced level of decay, and are so bulky they must resort to attack using only their heads. The left dragon attacks by spewing a series of loosely aimed fireballs, while the right dragon attacks with aimed balls of electricity. Both dragons have the ability to slam into the wall and cause debris to fall from the ceiling. When one dragon dies, the other will devour its companion's remains, regaining 300 HP in the process; however, doing so leaves it open for attack while feeding, allowing the player to probably deal even more damage than the health it regains. Once both are defeated, the Heavy Ring can be obtained from the next room.

Name JPN HP EXP Dragon Zombie - 1,400 15,000 ATK DEF Location 390 440 Underground Gallery Common Drop Rare Drop - - Resistance Poison

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

In this game, the Dragon Zombie is not a boss but a large, uncommon enemy. It can bite, jump forward, wail its tail at the player, and more importantly, breath a large poisonous fume that covers a large area of the room. It usually appears in areas where an almost endless horde of Mummies spawn from the ground.

One can be encountered in the Buried Chamber, another in the Sandy Grave, and yet another one also makes an appearance in Boss Rush Mode (Course 1).

No. Name JPN HP 38 Dragon Zombie 350 Tolerance Weakness Dark Slash, Fire, Holy Location Common Drop Rare Drop EXP SP Buried Chamber, Sandy Grave Gladius Zweihander 150 5 Description "A zombie dragon. It lost its magic, but has become mindlessly violent."

Item Data

Item Data: Dragon Zombie
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Ice (Water) - Legends   Soul Weapon - Sonia				[edit]
	Restores the player's entire life gauge.	Consume: 20 Hearts		Find: Stage 2 Create: Death Dragon soul
	Heavy Ring - Circle of the Moon   Magic Item - Nathan				[edit]
	Certain boxes can be pushed.			Find: Underground Gallery Guard: Dragon Zombie	Effect: Grants Nathan the ability to push certain wooden boxes.
	Gladius (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin   Weapon (Sword) - Jonathan				[edit]
	A sword used in ancient Rome.	Attrib: Slash Consume: 50 MP (Critical Art)	ATK +35, DEF +2 Sell: $1,450	Drop: Dragon Zombie, Hill Guard
	Zweihander (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin   Weapon (Great Sword) - Jonathan				[edit]
	A German two-handed sword.	Attrib: Slash Consume: 50 MP (Critical Art)	ATK +69 Sell: $2,200	Rare Drop: Dragon Zombie

Gallery

Simon fighting the Skull Dragon in Chronicles

Death Dragon from Legends

Nathan fighting the Dragon Zombies in Circle of the Moon

Trivia

• In Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, the right Dragon Zombie can be defeated even before the boss room's door has closed. As a result, by exploiting the Dual Set-Up System, Nathan can transform into a skeleton (Pluto + Black Dog) and start spamming bones. Since one hit with a big bone will likely kill the dragon and the fact that the right dragon will always be there every time Nathan enters the room, as long as the left dragon has not been killed, Nathan can gain big amounts of EXP quickly by repeating this process.
• In Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, in the first room of the Pagoda of the Misty Moon, the skeletal remains of a winged dragon appear on the floor.
• In Lords of Shadow, Gabriel Belmont fights a Titan boss near the end of the game called the Dracolich, which are the reanimated remains of a dead dragon. Interestingly enough, the original series' Dragon Zombie was said to have been slain by Dracula in his early years, while Gabriel defeated the Dracolich not long before he became Dracula himself.

Using the skeleton form exploit in Circle of the Moon

Texture of the remains at the Pagoda of the Misty Moon in Lament of Innocence

Dracolich concept art from Lords of Shadow

See also

• Dragon
• Zombie

References

• Mr. P's Castlevania Realm
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Bestiary by Darth Nemesis at GameFAQs.com
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Walkthrough and FAQ by Zach "Darko" Long at GameFAQs.com