A One-Up (or 1UP and many other variants of this stylization) is a rare item found in classic Castlevania games. It grants the player an extra life.
Description[]
One-Ups are generally categorized as hidden items that require certain actions taken by the player to appear. These usually involve destroying a specific breakable wall to find it in item form, inside of secret rooms, destroying certain candles, or can also be gained by reaching a certain amount of score points. Picking up money bags or coins, acquiring certain valuable items, killing enemies, killing many enemies with just one use of a sub-weapon (triggering the score multiplier), or being awarded bonus points at the end of a level for the amount of time remaining on the timer, or by the amount of HP or Hearts left, are ways to increase a player's score.
Satisfying certain requirements particular to some games will also award the player with an extra life. Some examples include:
- In Castlevania: The Adventure, refraining from hitting the first candle in the game will make one of the candles prior to the second rope to contain a 1Up.
- In Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, and its two remakes, Castlevania: Dracula X and Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, the player will receive an extra life if they finish a stage with a full HP bar (note that it's not enough just managing to not get hit by the area boss with an already non-full HP bar).
Item Data[]
Item Data: One-Up | ||||||||
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Image | Name - Game Type - Users Description |
Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
Gives you an extra life to play with. | ||||||||
This gives you a bonus life (a big plus!). | ||||||||
Adds a bonus life | ||||||||
Gives you an extra life. | ||||||||
(RoB/DXC) |
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Increases the number of remaining lives by 1. | Drop: Great Armor (Stage 2') |
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(RoB/DXC) |
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The number of remaining lives increases by one. | Drop: Great Armor (Stage 2') |
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Adds one player life. | ||||||||
Increases the number of lives remaining by one. | ||||||||
Increases your remaining lives by 1. | ||||||||
Notes[]
- While playing as Maria Renard in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, the player can pick up a similar item, although having the form of Richter Belmont, called the "Richter Doll".