Entrance (Symphony of the Night)

For the general environment, see Castle Entrances.

Entrance
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
First encounter with Death
Enemies	Enemy Data
Boss(es)	Gaibon and Slogra
Dialogue	Dialogue page
◄ Previous stage	Final Stage: Bloodlines
◄ Previous stage	Final Stage: Bloodlines
Next stage ►	Alchemy Laboratory Marble Gallery Underground Caverns
Next stage ►	Alchemy Laboratory Marble Gallery Underground Caverns

The Entrance (城入り口, Shiro Iriguchi^?, lit. "Castle Entrance") is the first stage in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and is entered as the hero crosses the draw bridge in the opening sequence. It leads into the Alchemy Laboratory. Its counterpart in the Reverse Castle is the Reverse Entrance. The theme music of this area is Dracula's Castle.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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Item Data

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Item Data: Castle Entrance
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
Items Found
	Pot Roast (Delicious Meat) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Castlevania pot roast [use]		HP +50	Find: Entrance (hidden) (...) (all) Drop: Flail Guard
	Turkey (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Roast turkey [use]		HP +80	Find: Entrance (hidden) (...) (all) Drop: Flea Rider
	Heart Vessel [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Item (standard) - any				[edit]
	Increases the player's maximum heart capacity.		Max Hearts +5	Find: Entrance (hidden) (...) (all)	Effect: Increases Max Hearts (Alucard-only); restores 30 Hearts (Richter and Maria-only)
	Cube of Zoe (Materialize Cube) [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Relic (Cube) - Alucard				[edit]
	Causes items to materialize			Find: Entrance	Effect: Causes pick-up items, such as Hearts, to drop from candles
	Axe - Symphony of the Night   Sub-Weapon - Alucard, Richter, Maria (Saturn only)				[edit]
	Travels in an arc, ideal for defeating overhead foes. (...)	Attrib: Holy/Cut Consume: 4 Hearts (Alucard/Maria), 1 (Richter)	ATT +10 (Alucard); ATT +50 (Richter); ATT +20 (Maria)	Find: Entrance (requires Cube of Zoe) (...) (all) Drop: Axe Knight	Effect: Arc Throw (Alucard/Richter); Triple Axe (Maria) Special: Item Crash (Spiral Axe, Richter only; Cost: 10 Hearts; ATT +50, Attrib: Holy/Cut)
	Stopwatch [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Sub-Weapon - Alucard, Richter, Maria (Saturn only)				[edit]
	Freezes time for all on-screen enemies. Some foes are immune. (...)	Consume: 20 Hearts (Alucard), 10 (Richter/Maria)		Find: Entrance (requires Cube of Zoe) (...) (all)	Effect: Time Stop Special: Item Crash for longer duration (Richter only; Cost: 20 Hearts; ATT +15, Attrib: Thunder/Hit)
	Shield Potion (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Medicine (Stat Potion) - Alucard				[edit]
	Temporarily raises DEF [use]		DEF +20	Find: Entrance (accessible from Marble Gallery) (all) Drop: Skeleton	Effect: DEF +20 for 68 seconds
	Life Vessel [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Item (standard) - any				[edit]
	Increases the player's maximum HP (life) capacity.		Maximum HP +5 (Alucard); maximum HP +10 (Richter and Maria)	Find: Entrance (accessible from Marble Gallery) (...) (all) Drop: Most bosses	Effect: Restores all life and increases Max HP
	Heart Vessel [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Item (standard) - any				[edit]
	Increases the player's maximum heart capacity.		Max Hearts +5	Find: Entrance (accessible from teleporter from Outer Wall) (all)	Effect: Increases Max Hearts (Alucard-only); restores 30 Hearts (Richter and Maria-only)
	Life Vessel [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Item (standard) - any				[edit]
	Increases the player's maximum HP (life) capacity.		Maximum HP +5 (Alucard); maximum HP +10 (Richter and Maria)	Find: Entrance (accessible from Underground Caverns) (all) Drop: Most bosses	Effect: Restores all life and increases Max HP
	Jewel Sword (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Short Sword - Alucard				[edit]
	Transforms enemies into jewels Turn enemies into jewels	Attrib: Cut	ATT +15	Find: Entrance Drop: Discus Lord	Effect: Horizontal Slash; sometimes changes killed enemies to jewels; in Saturn version, stats increase when jewels are equipped Special: ↓↘→ + [Attack]: Coin Throw – swing creates a random number of $1 coins (1-8)
Items Dropped
	Cloth Tunic (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Body (Clothes) - Alucard				[edit]
	Simple cloth tunic		DEF +1	Drop: Bloody Zombie, Zombie
	Gold Plate (Gold Chest) - Symphony of the Night   Body (Body Armor) - Alucard				[edit]
	Gold breastplate		DEF +8	Find: Clock Tower Drop: Blade, Gurkha, Hammer
	Potion (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Medicine (Health Potion) - Alucard				[edit]
	Restores some HP [use]		HP +50	Buy: $800 Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Bat, Corpseweed, Will O' Wisp (Saturn-only) First Obtained: (May start with)
	Monster Vial 1 (Capsule Monster 1) - Symphony of the Night   Projectile - Alucard				[edit]
	Summons merman ally [use]	Attrib: Hit	ATT +40 (listed), ATT +0 (actual)	Find: Starts with (Saturn only) Drop: Merman	Effect: Summon Merman (3 Fireballs) (despite its listed ATT value, often its actual damage output is equal to Alucard's unarmed ATT, possibly due to a bug, although it occasionally unbugs for a while)
	Monster Vial 2 (Capsule Monster 2) - Symphony of the Night   Projectile - Alucard				[edit]
	Summons bat ally [use]	Attrib: Hit	ATT +25 (listed), ATT +0 (actual)	Drop: Bat	Effect: Summon Bat (despite its listed ATT value, often its actual damage output is equal to Alucard's unarmed ATT, possibly due to a bug, although it occasionally unbugs for a while)
	Zircon (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Other (Jewel/Ring) - Alucard				[edit]
	Sparkling ring [salable]		ATT + 1 (with Jewel Sword - Saturn only) Sell: $150	Find: Underground Caverns, Royal Chapel, Outer Wall, Reverse Keep, Reverse Caverns, Anti-Chapel, Reverse Entrance, Reverse Colosseum Drop: Merman, Blue Raven Create: Jewel Sword
	Medal (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Other (Brooch) - Alucard				[edit]
	DEF+1 ATT+1		DEF +1, ATT +1	Buy: $3,000 Drop: Owl Knight
	Basilard (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Short Sword (Dagger) - Alucard				[edit]
	Basic short sword Common dagger	Attrib: Cut	ATT +1	Find: Alchemy Laboratory Drop: Bloody Zombie	Effect: Overhand Stab Special: ←→ + [Attack] for Horizontal Knife Slash (ATT +5)
	Combat Knife (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Short Sword (Dagger) - Alucard				[edit]
	Flat combat dagger A stealthy flattened dagger	Attrib: Cut	ATT +24	Find: Abandoned Pit to the Catacomb Drop: Gurkha	Effect: Overhand Stab (can be followed up with a Horizontal Knife Slash with another normal attack) Special: ←→ + [Attack] for Horizontal Knife Slash (ATT +15)
	Cutlass (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Sword - Alucard				[edit]
	Sword of the English Navy Royal Navy cutlass	Attrib: Cut	ATT +7	Find: Royal Chapel Drop: Sword Lord, Corner Guard, Owl Knight
	Hunter Sword (Jagdplaute) - Symphony of the Night   Sword - Alucard				[edit]
	Ivory handled hunting sword An elegantly crafted sword used by nobles for hunting	Attrib: Cut	ATT +20, DEF -1	Drop: Blade
	Short Sword (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Short Sword - Alucard				[edit]
	Common short sword Short sword	Attrib: Cut	ATT +2	Drop: Bone Scimitar (first one destroyed always drops)	Effect: Horizontal Slash
	Red Rust (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   2 Handed Weapon (Katana) - Alucard				[edit]
	Rusty red sword [2 hand]	Attrib: Curse/Cut	ATT -2	Find: Automatically dropped by second Bone Scimitar encountered Drop: Bone Scimitar	Effect: Very slow swing (no diagonal attack); occasionally "jams" (Alucard fails to attack, as if Cursed); may inflict Curse status

Gallery

Screenshots

• First Encounter with Death (PlayStation version)
• Dracula X Chronicles version
• Entrance to the Underground Garden as seen in the Sega Saturn version

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Maps

• The forest before the Entrance

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Related Stages

• Alchemy Laboratory - The next stage for Alucard.
• Marble Gallery - Connected area (initially accessible from Marble Gallery)
• Outer Wall - Connected area via the teleporter (initially accessible from the Outer Wall). Other areas later become accessible through teleporter as their teleporters are found.
• Underground Caverns - Connected area first accessible from the Underground Caverns.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (LCD)

The Entrance is the first stage of the LCD version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Zombies and Medusa Heads are fought here. Defeating the boss Medusa will give Alucard a Sword to replace his Dagger.

Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night

The Castle Entrance in Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night includes some enemies from the original Castle Entrance and from its reverse version, the Reverse Entrance.