Meat

Meat
Pork Chop from the Akumajō Dracula Perfect guide
Japanese name(s)	肉 Niku 肉片 Nikuhen
Alternate name(s)	Pork Chop, Leg of Werewolf, Beef Jerky, Mutton Chop, Food
Type(s)	Food
Description	Partially revives lost power.
User(s)	Most characters
Statmodifier(s)	Varies per size and game
Specialeffect(s)	Restores a determined amount of HP (usually upon pickup)
Found at	Usually hidden behind breakable walls
Buy price(s)	Varies per size and game
Lore	Original Castlevania lore
Game(s)	Most games (see list below)

Meat, also called Pork Chop, Leg of Werewolf, Beef Jerky, Mutton Chop, or simply Food in some games, is a food item usually hidden in breakable blocks which can restore the player's health. Some games have large and small varieties of meat, which would restore different amounts of health.

Game specific information

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

See: Tasty Meat

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Meat is the highest health-restoring food type in Symphony of the Night. There are a couple of other items that give as much HP as meat, though, including the Sushi (+100) and the Saturn-exclusive Delicious Meal (+75).

Castlevania Legends

Meat also appears in Castlevania Legends, which restores half of the player's health.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The New York Steak is a requirement for completing Wind's "Build Your Strength 2" quest. It can be found by breaking a ledge in the room before confronting The Creature or as a drop from a Gorgon. It restores HP +1,000, which makes it the best HP-restoring type of meat in the game.

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

In Harmony of Despair there are two kinds of meat. Small meats are common and give 29 HP (Meat Strip) or reduce HP by that amount (Rotten Meat). Large meats (Boneless Ham, Roast Beef, Tasty Meat) are three star items that give 100 more HP, and also give a CON and/or STR boost. Most other food items that contain some meat in them also increase CON or STR.

Item Data

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Item Data: Meat
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
Bovid-like meats
	Mutton Chop (Meat) - Bloodlines   Item - John Morris, Eric Lecarde				[edit]
	Restores half of your life.			Common Drop: Hanged Man
	Pot Roast (Delicious Meat) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Castlevania pot roast [use]		HP +50	Find: Castle Keep, Clock Tower, Entrance, Outer Wall, Reverse Caverns, Reverse Clock Tower, Underground Caverns (...) Drop: Flail Guard
	Sirloin (Beef) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Sirloin steak [use]		HP +100	Find: Castle Keep Drop: Lossoth, Minotaur
	Roast Beef - Castlevania 64   HP Restoration Item (Meat) - Reinhardt, Carrie				[edit]
	Restores most of your HP.			Buy: 3,000 Gold
	Roast Beef - Legacy of Darkness   Recovery Item (Meat) - any				[edit]
	Restores 80% of HP.			Buy: 3,000 Gold
	Meat (jpn) - Circle of the Moon   Recovery Item (Food) - Nathan				[edit]
	Recover 50 HP.		HP +50	Drop: Gorgon, Fox Hunter, Hipogriff, Merman, Werewolf, Were-Horse
	Spiced Meat (Tasty Meat) - Circle of the Moon   Recovery Item (Food) - Nathan				[edit]
	Recover 100 HP.		HP +100	Drop: Abiondarg, Imp, Grizzly, Minotaur
	Tasty Meat (jpn) - Aria of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	Restores 290 HP.		HP +290 Sell: $200	Find: Underground Reservoir Rare Drop: Killer Fish, Needles, Red Minotaur
	Tasty Meat (Delicious Meat) - Dawn of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	Restores 290 HP.		HP +290 Sell: $200	Find: Condemned Tower Rare Drop: Gorgon
	Beef Jerky (Meat) - Portrait of Ruin   Item, (Food/Meat) - Jonathan, Charlotte				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP.		HP +29	Find: Entrance
	New York Steak (Thick Steak) - Portrait of Ruin   Item (Food/Meat) - Jonathan, Charlotte				[edit]
	A juicy, mouth-watering steak.		HP +1,000 Sell: $1,250	Find: Dark Academy Drop: Gorgon
	Meat (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item (Food/Meat) - Shanoa				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP. Yummy!		HP +29 Sell: 72G	Buy: 290G Find: Monastery, Wygol Villager, Ruvas Forest, Wygol Village (Jacob's shop) Drop: Merman, Armored Beast
	Thick Steak (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item (Food/Meat) - Shanoa				[edit]
	A High-quality cut of choice meat.		HP +1,000 Sell: 1,250G	Buy: 5,000G Find: Wygol Village (reward from Aeon, Jacob's shop) Conditions: Complete "Can't Cook Without Ingredients" quest.
	Schnitzel (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item (Food) - Shanoa				[edit]
	A thin Viennese cutlet.		HP +230	Find: Mystery Manor
	Tasty Meat (jpn) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat) - any				[edit]
	Restores 129 HP.		HP +129, STR +5 Sell: $360	Rarity: *** Find: Chapter 6 (Hard)
	Sirloin - Encore of the Night   Item (Food/Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Well done		HP + 30% Sell: 1S 80C	Find: Royal Chapel, Castle Keep Drop: Malachi, Dark Octopus, Frozen Shade, Armor Lord, Flame Demon
	Roast Beef (jpn) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat) - any				[edit]
	Cooked with Incredible precision; only a hint of pink remains.		HP +129, STR +3, CON +3 Sell: $320	Rarity: *** Find: Chapter 6 (Hard)
Galliforme-like meats
	Turkey (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Roast turkey [use]		HP +80	Find: Abandoned Pit to the Catacomb, Castle Keep, Entrance Drop: Flea Rider
	Meat - Legends   Normal Item - Sonia				[edit]
	Restores half of your life gauge.
	Roast Chicken - Castlevania 64   HP Restoration Item (Meat) - Reinhardt, Carrie				[edit]
	Restores a little HP.			Buy: 2,500 Gold
	Roast Chicken - Legacy of Darkness   Recovery Item (Meat) - any				[edit]
	Restores 50% of HP.			Buy: 2,500 Gold
	Drumstick - Harmony of Dissonance   Food - Juste Belmont				[edit]
	Restores some HP.		HP +100	Find: Throughout castle (all)
	Turkey - Harmony of Dissonance   Food - Juste Belmont				[edit]
	Restores a large amount of HP.		HP +200	Find: Throughout castle (all) Rare Drop: Owl Common Drop: Poison Lizard, Master Lizard
	Small Meat - Lament of Innocence   Recovery Item - Leon Belmont				[edit]
	A little piece of meat on a bone. Recovers HP.		HP +29 Sell: $90	Drop: Fishman, Merman
	Big Meat - Lament of Innocence   Recovery Item - Leon Belmont				[edit]
	A big piece of meat. Recovers HPs.		HP +290 Sell: $700	Drop: Lizard Man
	Meat - Curse of Darkness   Pick-Up - any				[edit]
			HP +29	Find: Candelabras Drop: Various enemies (Trevor Mode only)
	Large Meat - Curse of Darkness   Pick-Up - any				[edit]
			HP +290	Find: Candelabras Drop: Various enemies (Trevor Mode only)
	Chicken Leg - Order of Shadows   Item (Food) - Desmond Belmont				[edit]
	Restores 5% of Desmond's total health.		HP + 5%
	Half Chicken - Order of Shadows   Item (Food) - Desmond Belmont				[edit]
	Restores 25% of Desmond's total health.		HP + 25%
	Turkey - Encore of the Night   Item (Food/Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Feeds a small family		HP +120 Sell: 2S 40C	Drop: Malachi, Dark Octopus, Frozen Shade, Sniper of Goth, Frozen Half, Cloaked Knight, Winged Guard
Porcine-like meats
	Pork Chop (Meat) - Castlevania   Weapon (Item) - Simon Belmont				[edit]
	Power: Partially revives lost power; Comment: Appears with secret Whip stroke
	Leg of Werewolf (Meat) - Dracula's Curse   Item - any				[edit]
	Capture these and restore slices of your Life Gauge.
	Small Pork Chop - Super Castlevania IV   Item - Simon Belmont				[edit]
	Partially revives lost power
	Large Pork Chop - Super Castlevania IV   Item - Simon Belmont				[edit]
	Revives more lost power
	Meat (jpn) - Belmont's Revenge   Item - Christopher Belmont				[edit]
	Meat - Chronicles   Item - Simon Belmont				[edit]
	Restores your health.
	Food - Dracula X   Normal Item - Richter				[edit]
	Restores some of the player's life. Food is hidden inside wall, etc.
	Meat Strip (Meat) - Aria of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP.		HP +29 Sell: $145	Rare Drop: Minotaur Common Drop: Gorgon
	Meat Strip (Meat) - Dawn of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP.		HP +29 Sell: $145	Rare Drop: Catoblepas Common Drop: Needles
	Tasty Meat (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin   Item, (Food/Meat) - Jonathan, Charlotte				[edit]
	Restores 290 HP.		HP +290 Sell: $250	Find: Tower of Death Drop: Catoblepas
	Tasty Meat (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item (Food/Meat) - Shanoa				[edit]
	Restores 290 HP. Delicious!		HP +290	Find: Somnus Reef, Dracula's Castle
	Eisbein (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item (Food) - Shanoa				[edit]
	Ham it up with this salted pork shank.		HP +350	Find: Forsaken Cloister
	Meat - Adventure ReBirth   Item - Christopher Belmont				[edit]
	Meat Strip (Meat) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat) - any				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP.		HP +29, STR +3 Sell: $75	Rarity: * Find: Chapter 3 Drop: Minotaur (5.30%)
	Boneless Ham (jpn) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat) - any				[edit]
	A real ham for a real hungry person. It weighs a ton.		HP +129, CON +5 Sell: $320	Rarity: *** Find: Chapter 5, 6 (all Hard)
	R. Strip Meat (Legendary Meat) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat) - any				[edit]
	Restores 86 HP.		HP +86, STR +5, CON +5, LCK +5 Sell: $75	Find: Chapter 10
Rotten meats
	Rotten Meat (jpn) - Aria of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	A slab of rotting beef.		HP -200 Sell: (cannot be sold)	Common Drop: Zombie Soldier, Flesh Golem	Effect: HP +200 if Flesh Golem soul is equipped
	Rotten Meat (jpn) - Dawn of Sorrow   Food - Soma				[edit]
	A slab of rotting beef.		HP -200 Sell: $0	Common Drop: Ghoul	Effect: HP +200 if Ghoul soul is equipped
	Rotten Meat (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin   Item (Food/Meat) - Jonathan, Charlotte				[edit]
	A slab of rotting, fetid beef. It smells terrible.		HP -200 Sell: $1	Drop: Zombie
	Rotten Meat (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia   Item - Shanoa				[edit]
	Your ticket to a brand new echelon of stomach problems.		HP -200 Sell: 1G	Drop: Zombie
	Rotten Meat (jpn) - Harmony of Despair   Item (Food - Meat/Bad Food) - any				[edit]
	A slab of rotting beef.		HP -29 Sell: $7	Rarity: *

Gallery

Artworks

Pork Chop from the Akumajō Dracula Perfect strategy guide

Simon eating a Pork Chop, from the Akumajō Dracula Perfect strategy guide

Leg of Werewolf from the American Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse instruction booklet

Meat from the Japanese Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge instruction booklet

Small Pork Chop from the Japanese Super Castlevania IV instruction booklet

Large Pork Chop from the Japanese Super Castlevania IV instruction booklet

Meat from the American Castlevania: Chronicles instruction booklet

Pot Roast from the Japanese Castlevania: Rondo of Blood instruction booklet

Richter eating a Pot Roast

Mutton Chop from the Japanese Castlevania: Bloodlines instruction booklet

Large Meat and Meat in a doodle from Curse of Darkness Original Soundtrack

Screenshots

Meat from Curse of Darkness

Large Meat from Curse of Darkness

Trivia

• Despite being referred to in some manuals as "Pork Chop", the sprite is often perceived as, or mistaken for, a roasted chicken or drumstick.
• In most metroidvania games, Meat restores 29 HP. This references the word niku, or "meat" in Japanese. Likewise, the numbers "2 9" can also be read as niku in Japan.
• 
  In the episode "For Love" of the Castlevania animated series, during the fight between Dracula and Alucard, a meat dish can barely be seen hidden inside a piece of a broken wall; this is surely a funny nod to the fact that meat is often hidden in walls in most games of the series.
  • This little Easter Egg was actually part of a small contest held when the second season was released, where the first viewers to find it would receive a poster of the show.
• This type of food item is humorously known among the gaming community as "Wall Chicken", with the term becoming so popular that it's now part of gaming culture worldwide and being frequently referenced among diverse forms of entertainment media. Part of the humor comes from the fact that:
  • It would be absurd that someone would store food inside of a building's structure or that it was used as a construction material.
  • It could remain in an edible state after a long period of time.
  • Even if this was the case, it would be all dirty and not advisable to be consumed in that state.
• In the game Dust: An Elysian Tail, there's a health-recovering item called "Mysterious Wall Chicken", which as its name implies, is obtained by breaking certain walls in a nod to how similar items are often found in the Castlevania series hidden behind breakable walls.