Needles

Needles is an enemy in the Castlevania series. They are giant, hard-shelled, mutant sea urchins that have been driven close to extinction from over-fishing. A questionable delicacy.

Description[]

Mechanical Water Mines were a common enemy in the first underwater stage depicted in a Castlevania game, which was in the NES parody game Kid Dracula. These water mines were later re-imagined as spiky sea urchin enemies, making their first appearance in the underwater areas of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, where they were given the name Needles.

Appearances[]

Kid Dracula[]

Water Mines are mostly stationary, although they bob up and down slightly. When attacked, they explode sending shrapnel in a radial pattern.

Name	JPN
Water Mine	水中機雷 Suichū kirai

Location
Stage 3: Water

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow[]

These enemies cannot move and for the most part they serve only as obstacles. Its soul gives Soma the ability to place similar urchin mines in midair, which will explode upon contact.

No.	Name	JPN	HP	MP	EXP
64	Needles		1	1	10

Attack	Defense	Tolerance	Weakness	Time Stop
38	0	-	-

Location	Common Drop	Rare Drop	Soul
Clock Tower, Underground Reservoir	-	Tasty Meat	Needle Mine

Description	"A giant, mutant sea urchin."

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow[]

If their behavior remains similar to their previous appearance, its soul acts however as a familiar. It allows Soma to summon three urchins which will follow him and support him wherever he goes.

No.	Name	JPN	HP	MP	ATK
51	Needles	ニードルス Nīdorusu	30	1	40

Tolerance	Weakness
-	Piercing, Fire, Electric

Location	Common Drop	Rare Drop	Soul	EXP
Subterranean Hell	Meat Strip (8%)	-	Needle Familiar (3.91%)	10

Description	"A giant sea urchin that has been driven close to extinction from over-fishing."

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia[]

They appear on the surface of the ocean in Kalidus Channel and Somnus Reef. They can also appear underwater and sometimes they may drop Salt, which is the item required to complete Aeon's "Needs More Salt" quest.

No.	Name	JPN	HP	ATK
17	Needles		10	17

Tolerance	Weakness
Ice	Flame, Thunder

Location	Drop	Glyph	EXP	AP
Kalidus Channel, Somnus Reef	Salt (3%)	-	2	1

Description	"A hard-shelled sea urchin. A questionable delicacy."

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls[]

Enemy Data: Grimoire of Souls
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location	Notes
	Needles - Grimoire of Souls				[ edit ]
	A giant sea urchin that has been driven close to extinction for over-fishing. A questionable delicacy.

Item Data[]

Item Data: Needles
Image	Name - Game Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	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
	Needles - Needle Mine - Aria of Sorrow Bullet Soul - Soma				[edit]
	Tosses mines into the air that explode at fixed intervals.	Attrib: Sword Consume: 15 MP	90 ATK	Rarity: 15 Drop: Needles
	Meat Strip (Meat) - Dawn of Sorrow Food - Soma				[edit]
	Restores 29 HP.		HP +29 Sell: $145	Common Drop: Needles Rare Drop: Catoblepas
	Needles - Needle Familiar - Dawn of Sorrow Guardian Soul - Soma				[edit]
	Summon Needles as a familiar.	Attrib: Slashing Consume: 3 MP/sec		Rarity: Drop: Needles**
	Salt (jpn) - Order of Ecclesia Item (Food) - Shanoa				[edit]
	Simple rock salt.		HP +1	Drop: Needles, Fishhead, Forneus

Needles

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