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Gold is a form of currency and a statistic in the Castlevania series. It usually appears as either coins or money bags, which add to the total number of points or gold the player has. It can also be obtained by selling items.

Gold is an addition to Castlevania games that has changed over time. In the older games, prior to Symphony of the Night, bags of money could be found in candles or dropped by enemies, increasing the player's points and the chances of getting an extra life. However, in Symphony of the Night, bags of money, as well as individual coins, could be used to buy stuff from the Master Librarian. Since then, most Castlevania games have featured a merchant somewhere, such as the wandering Merchant in Harmony of Dissonance, Hammer in Dawn of Sorrow, or Jacob in Order of Ecclesia. Money can be used to buy diverse things from these merchants, such as usable items, weapons, armor, and occasionally, spells.

There are also many equipable items that make finding money easier. The Gold Ring accessory can be used to increase the rate and amount of money found (depending on the game), as does the Greed Amulet.

Game specific information

Castlevania / Castlevania Chronicles

In the original Castlevania game and Chronicles, denominations of File:Item-redbag.gif ($100), File:Item-mbag.gif ($400), File:Item-whitebag.gif ($700), and File:Item-flashbag.gif ($1,000) could be found.

Castlevania: The Adventure

"The Valuable Coin" is an item found in Castlevania: The Adventure. They can be found after destroying a candle. This is the most common item found inside of candles scattered throughout stages, and will award the player 50 points to his or her overall total.

At 10,000 points, the player will receive an extra life. Killing enemies, defeating bosses, picking up valuable items, or receiving a bonus for the amount of time remaining on the timer at the end of a level, will also award points to the player.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Coins are usually reserved for smaller increments of money, such as the gold $1 and blue $5. Enemies usually drop bags of money, with their color denoting their value, such as violet $25, orange $50 and gold $100. The higher values of money, such as the white $1,000 or the black $2,000, are much more rare and noticeably bigger in size than their smaller values. These bags are usually only found in hard to reach candles, although they will always appear at the same place, making farming those bags easier. In Symphony of the Night, there also exists a flashing treasure chest, which grants the player $5,000 when collected, but remains unused for unknown reasons as it would have likely been in a hidden room. It is fully functional, and can be added in with a cheating device by replacing a candle that holds a specific item.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow / Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

In Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow, Soma can obtain the Mimic's Enchant-type soul, which will allow him to obtain gold as he gets hit.

In Aria of Sorrow, killing an enemy which has an item drop, will have 1/128 chance of dropping gold, either $1, $10, $50 or $100, if you get neither soul nor item. Equipping the Gold Ring will raise the chance to 8 times higher, and the value into either $100, $500, $1,000 or $2,000. Breaking a candle with maxed MP will ensure Soma either $1 or $10.

Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun/Kid Dracula (GB)

In these games, coins are used to play the mini-games at the end of each level. They're dropped only by enemies (all enemies can drop coins). Each coin has a value of 1 gold. Coins are only dropped at the sole condition that Kid Dracula kills the enemy with a charged offensive attack. Bosses doesn't drop coins with the exception of Garamoth, who drops an Ebisumaru Coin (value 20 gold).

Item Data

Item Data: Gold
Image Name - Game
  Type - Users
Description
Attributes / Consume Statistics / Sell Found Notes
Red Money Bag Icon Money Bag [Red] (Dollar Bag [Red Bag]) - Castlevania
  Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont
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$100
Effect: Worth 100 points
Blue Money Bag Icon Money Bag [Blue] (Dollar Bag [Blue Bag]) - Castlevania
  Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont
[edit]
$400
Effect: Worth 400 points
White Money Bag Icon Money Bag [White] (Dollar Bag [White Bag]) - Castlevania
  Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont
[edit]
$700
Effect: Worth 700 points
Flashing Money Bag Icon Money Bag [Flashing] (Flashing Dollar Bag) - Castlevania
  Weapon (Hidden Item) - Simon Belmont
[edit]
$1,000
Effect: Worth 1,000 points
VK-Dollar Bag White Dollar Bag [White] (jpn) - Vampire Killer
  Secret Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont
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Find: Candles
VK-Dollar Bag Blue Dollar Bag [Blue] (jpn) - Vampire Killer
  Secret Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont
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Find: Candles
Coin The Valuable Coin (Coin) - Adventure
  Item - Christopher Belmont
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Increases your point wealth.
Blue Money Bag Icon Bonus Bag (jpn) - Dracula's Curse
  Item - any
[edit]
Your score will increase when you grab one of these bags. The number of points varies according to the value of the bag's contents.
Money Bag SC4 Icon Money Bag - Super Castlevania IV
  Item - Simon Belmont
[edit]
Awards you with points (amounts will appear on screen) $100, $300, $500 or $700
Find: Candle
Effect: Worth 100, 300, 500 or 700 points
Coin TA Icon Coin (jpn) - Belmont's Revenge
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
Increases you point wealth.
Money Bag CH Icon Money Bag [Red] - Chronicles
  Item - Simon Belmont
[edit]
Red bag (100 points) $100
Effect: Worth 100 points
Money Bag 2 CH Icon Money Bag [Blue] - Chronicles
  Item - Simon Belmont
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Blue bag (400 points) $400
Effect: Worth 400 points
Money Bag 3 CH Icon Money Bag [White] - Chronicles
  Item - Simon Belmont
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White bag (700 points) $700
Effect: Worth 700 points
Money Bag 4 CH Icon Money Bag [Flashing] - Chronicles
  Item - Simon Belmont
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Flashing bag (1000 points) $1000
Effect: Worth 1000 points
RoB Money BagMoney Bag 1 SOTN DXC Icon
(RoB/DXC)
Money Bag [Red] - Rondo of Blood
  Item - any
[edit]
Increases the player's score and credits.
RoB Money Bag 2Money Bag 2 SOTN DXC Icon
(RoB/DXC)
Money Bag [Purple] - Rondo of Blood
  Item - any
[edit]
Increases the player's score and credits.
RoB Money Bag 3Money Bag SOTN DXC Icon
(RoB/DXC)
Money Bag [Grey] - Rondo of Blood
  Item - any
[edit]
Increases the player's score and credits.
Moneybag-4
(RoB)
Money Bag [Flashing] - Rondo of Blood
  Item - any
[edit]
Increases the player's score and credits.
Bag of Kreutzers Bloodlines Icon Bag of Kreutzers ($ Bag) - Bloodlines
  Item - John Morris, Eric Lecarde
[edit]
Worth 100 to 2,000 points.
RoB Money Bag 2 Money Bag - Dracula X (unofficial name)
  Normal Item - Richter
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Coin SotN Icon Coin - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +1
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Create: With Jewel Sword's special attack
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 2 Money Bag [Red] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +25
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon Money Bag [Orange] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +50
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Drop: Various enemies
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 3 Money Bag [Yellow] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +100
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Drop: Zombie, Gargoyle [Lv. 35] (Saturn-only)
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 4 Money Bag [Green] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +250
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 5 Money Bag [Blue] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +400
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Drop: Ghost, Blade Soldier, Bone Archer, Gargoyle [Lv. 25] (Saturn-only)
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 6 Money Bag [Grey] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +1,000
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Drop: Spellbook
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money Bag Icon 7 Money Bag [Black] [alt] - Symphony of the Night
  Item (standard) - any
[edit]
Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) Gold +2,000
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)
Drop: Magic Tome
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only)
Money-1- Gold - Castlevania 64
  Item - Reinhardt, Carrie
[edit]
Use for buying items.
Money-1- Gold - Legacy of Darkness
  Item - any
[edit]
Used to purchase items.
Coin Icon $1 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 1
Common Drop: Bat, Tiny Slime, Fleaman, Bone Pillar
Money Bag HoD Icon $5 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 5
Rare Drop: Fleaman, Bone Pillar
Common Drop: Skeleton, Large Ghost, White Dragon, Flying Bone, Scarecrow, Bomber Armor, Balloon
Money Bag 2 HoD Icon $25 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 25
Rare Drop: Skeleton, White Dragon, Bomber Armor, Balloon, Large Ghost
Common Drop: Skeleton Blaze, Big Skeleton, Skeleton Flail, Skeleton Spear, Skeleton Ape, Big Balloon, Arabaki, Fleaman Armor
Money Bag 3 HoD Icon $100 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 100
Rare Drop: White Dragon Lv2, Gold Medusa (doublepack)
Common Drop: Disc Armor, Skeleton Mirror, Spriggan
Money Bag 4 HoD Icon $250 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 250
Common Drop: Ruler Sword Lv3, Skeleton Glass, Disc Armor Lv2, Owl, Jp Bonepillar
Money Bag 5 HoD Icon $400 - Harmony of Dissonance
  Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont
[edit]
Gold + 400
Rare Drop: Jp Bonepillar, Pike Master (doublepack)
Common Drop: Victory Armor, Clear Bone
Blue Coin Rebirth Icon Coin [Blue] - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
$100
Effect: Worth 100 points
Coin Rebirth Icon Coin [Yellow] - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
$200
Effect: Worth 200 points
Blue Money Bag Rebirth Icon Money Bag [Blue] - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
$700
Effect: Worth 700 points
Money Bag Rebirth Icon Money Bag [Yellow] - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
$400
Effect: Worth 400 points
White Money Bag Rebirth Icon Money Bag [White] - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
[edit]
$1000
Effect: Worth 1000 points
Blue Orb Rebirth Icon Blue Orb - Adventure ReBirth
  Item - Christopher Belmont
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