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"You too shall be my puppets!"

— Puppet Master, Harmony of Despair

For the Lords of Shadow boss, see Puppet Master (Lords of Shadow).

The Puppet Master is a boss in the Castlevania series. He is the cursed king of dolls and master of manipulating dimensions.

Description

The Puppet Master appears as a traditional marionette with four appendages, namely arms, as well as a demonic head, all hanging down from strings on the ceiling. He only has two attacks, one of which is not considered to be an attack by itself, although that doesn't mean it isn't any less dangerous.

Appearances

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

The Puppet Master is the first boss of the Demon Guest House, likely being the fourth boss the player will fight in the game.

His first attack consists of him opening his mouth to summon a few floating French Dolls that must be destroyed. Even though they yield no experience whatsoever, as well as not dropping any items, they may overwhelm Soma if too many of them are allowed to populate the room.

His second attack must be dealt with as quick as possible. A puppet is summoned in one of his hands, and there are four iron maiden torture chambers lying around the room. If the puppet is placed in one of these iron maidens, he automatically switches Soma's place with the puppet inside the device and this slams shut, dealing almost death damage. However, the puppet can be destroyed. On "Normal" mode, it takes two hits to destroy it, and on "Hard" mode, it takes four. The hand moves very slowly, however, so the player should be able to destroy the puppet easily. One useful tactic when replaying the game is using Death's soul, Death Scythe, which will make short work of the dolls and the demonic play toy as well.

The soul he gives up upon defeat is a Bullet Soul which grants Soma the Substitute Puppet ability. While it isn't an attack itself, it allows Soma to throw out a puppet and switch places with it. This is helpful in unlocking the Subterranean Hell and Condemned Tower areas. However, the Bat Company soul proves to be much more effective later on in the game, as it allows him to fit through the same holes he can throw puppets into. This puppet-throwing ability was later used by the Old Axe Armor, an unlockable character in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

No.	Name	JPN	HP	MP	ATK
107	Puppet Master	パペットマスター Papettomasutā	3,000	3,000	38

Tolerance	Weakness
Time Stop (unaffected)	Fire

Location	Common Drop	Rare Drop	Soul	EXP
Demon Guest House	-	-	Substitute Puppet	3,000

Description	"The cursed king of dolls. It controls dolls and the dimensions."

Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku

The Puppet Master was brought back along with Legion by the remnants of Graham's cult during a partial eclipse. He populated an imitation of the castle from Graham Jones' time with puppet copies of monsters such as Gaibon, Slogra, harpies and others. He was ultimately defeated by Julius Belmont.

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

The Puppet Master reappears in Harmony of Despair as the boss of the second chapter. He appears in the trailer, taunting: "You, too, shall be my puppet!". He later appears in a castle resembling the Demon Guest House. He has no new attacks, but the pink marionettes he summons will curse players if they make contact. He will also pull himself throughout the area after taking enough damage, not being restricted to his own room. If he's within reach of an iron maiden, he will create a puppet in his hand. The player must strike the doll three times in "Normal" mode, and five in "Hard" mode. Failure to do so before he throws the puppet into the iron maiden results in teleporting a player to that location, and they suffer heavy damage in the process that also ignores the character's Defense. This attack is upgraded in Hard Mode to instantly kill players, unless they equip a suit of Ancient Armor beforehand. His theme is "Into the Dark Night".

Strategy

Due to the Puppet Master's constant swarm of cursing dolls, magic based characters like Charlotte or Shanoa are of unwise use, since a single touch of the dolls will deplete their MP to 0, rendering them weak until they can regain a substantial amount to strike back. Characters like Soma and Alucard will have an easier time, but some reliance of skills on the former and good weapons on the latter, can provide only a decent foot ground to fight.

Instead, whip-reliant characters, like Jonathan or Richter, are more recommended for a much safer and reliable time. This is largely because their spinning whip technique (by holding down the attack button and pressing in any direction) will provide a much needed and effective shield against the swarming dolls that come from multiple heights. Furthermore, this technique can be put to great effect to cancel the Puppet Master's voodoo attack, as it can quickly destroy the doll on his hands (provided a reasonable distance is between both), which is especially true in higher difficulties, where more hits are needed to stop him. Due to these advantages, they also have the best time of any kind of character in spamming their skills, since they have little fear of being cursed.

The only downside is that the whip's strength is dependent on the level of sub-weaponry they are carrying, and thus can require some grinding to put a good fight; but by the time he is faced, the player should have enough power to face the still basic opponent, or have a more developed skill/level set for the harder difficulties.

The Puppet Master also moves across the stage after a certain amount of time, in which the player must pursue to avoid getting harmed by his voodoo attack on the iron maidens distributed around the map. As the player progresses through the stage, they will encounter several iron maidens with nearby wooden boxes which can be pushed in front of them to limit the mobility of the Puppet Master. They are near the center-right, center-left, and near the top of the map respectively. Of special care is a tower of Bone Pillars at the middle of the stage which can provide a much needed shortcut back to the center of the map, and thus is recommended to keep alive as one can stand on them without sustaining damage. Destroying them will make pursuit much more difficult and almost guarantee death.

Overall, the Puppet Master is tricky and irritating, rather than powerful, and thus should be handled with patience rather than brutality.

No.	Name	JPN	HP	MP
47	Puppet Master	パペットマスター Papettomasutā	???	???

Tolerance	Weakness
-	Strike, Fire, Holy

Chapter	Drop	Bind	Soul
Chapter 2 - Lord of Unseen Strings	Holbein Dagger (Normal - Alucard only), Muramasa (Hard - Alucard and Soma only), Thief Ring (Hard), Healing Mail (Hard - Jonathan, Shanoa, Julius, Richter and Getsu Fuma only)	-	Puppet (Bullet Soul - 0.30%)

Description	"The cursed king of dolls and master of manipulating dimensions."

Battle quotes

"I need only to put this puppet, right inside here."
"Take this!"

Item Data

Item Data: Puppet Master
Image	Name - Game Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Puppet Master - Substitute Puppet - Dawn of Sorrow Bullet Soul - Soma				[edit]
	Throw a puppet and switch places with it.	Consume: 5 MP		Rarity: Always get the soul. Drop: Puppet Master
	Holbein Dagger (Swift Tantou) - Harmony of Despair Dagger - Alucard				[edit]
	Enables a swift slashing attack.	Attrib: Slash #hands: 1	ATK +8 Sell: $2,500	Rarity: * Drop: Puppet Master** (Normal)	Effect: Swift Slash that can be done while walking
	Muramasa (jpn) - Harmony of Despair Katana - Soma/Alucard				[edit]
	Sword with a macabre reputation.	Attrib: Slash, Darkness, Curse #hands: 1	ATK +52 Sell: (cannot be sold)	Rarity: *** Drop: Puppet Master** (Hard), Ryukotsuki (Normal)	Effect: Curse Special: ↓↘→ + [Attack] for Critical Art (15 MP)
	Thief Ring (Rare Ring) - Harmony of Despair Accessory (Ring) - any				[edit]
	Ring that increases your chance of finding rare items.		LCK +10 Sell: (cannot be sold)	Rarity: ** Drop: Puppet Master** (Hard) and Ryukotsuki (Normal)
	Healing Mail (jpn) - Harmony of Despair Chest (Body Armor) - Jonathan, Julius, Richter, Shanoa				[edit]
	Armor that heals HP as the wearer walks.		DEF +12 Sell: $9,750	Rarity: *** Drop: Puppet Master** (Hard), Ryukotsuki (Normal)
	Puppet Master - Harmony of Despair Bullet Soul - Soma				[edit]
	Throw a puppet and switch places with it.	Consume: 10 MP		Rarity: Steal: Puppet Master** (0.3%)	Effect: Puppet

Gallery

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Characters
Protagonists
Soma Cruz • Mina Hakuba • Julius Belmont • Yoko Belnades • Genya Arikado (Alucard) • Hammer
Antagonists
Celia Fortner • Dario Bossi • Dmitrii Blinov • Soma Cruz (Julius Mode)
Bosses
Flying Armor • Balore • Malphas • Puppet Master • Rahab • Gergoth • Zephyr • Bat Company Paranoia • Aguni • Abaddon • Death • Menace
Areas
The Lost Village • Wizardry Lab • Garden of Madness • The Dark Chapel • Demon Guest House • Condemned Tower Cursed Clock Tower • Subterranean Hell • Silenced Ruins • The Pinnacle • Mine of Judgment • The Abyss
Music
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow & Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Original Soundtrack
Guides
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - The Official Strategy Guide Konami Akumajō Dracula: Sōgetsu no Jūjika Official Guide
Archives
Bestiary • Inventory • Julius Mode • Voice Translations

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Playable characters
Soma Cruz • Alucard • Jonathan Morris • Shanoa • Charlotte Aulin Julius Belmont • Yoko Belnades • Richter Belmont • Maria Renard • Simon Belmont • Getsu Fuma
Bosses
Starting bosses
Gergoth • Puppet Master • Menace • Brauner • Death • Dracula
Downloadable bosses
Astarte • Legion • Beelzebub • R. Phantom Bat • R. Queen Medusa • R. Mummy Man • R. The Creature • R. Grim Reaper • R. The Count • Decapiclops • Oxocutioner • Chimyriad • Ryukotsuki
Chapters
Starting Chapters
Ch1. Caught in the Cradle of Decay • Ch2. Lord of Unseen Strings • Ch3. The End of Chaos Ch4. Esquisse of Violence • Ch5. Song of the Unslakable Blade • Ch6. Come, Sweet Hour of Death
Downloadable Chapters
Ch7. Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire • Ch8. The One Who Is Many • Ch9. Lord of Flies Ch10. Origins • Ch11. The Legend of Fuma
Music
Drone • Hymnus • Corpse's Gate • Purple Eyes • Phantom of Fear • Tanz mit einem Clown • Crimson Blood • Ein Weltherrscher • Tractus • Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack
Archives
Bestiary • Inventory • Achievements/Trophies

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+''[[Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow|Dawn of Sorrow]]''<br />
+''[[Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku|Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku]]'' (novel)<br />
+''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair|Harmony of Despair]]''
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+{{Q|You too shall be my puppets!|Puppet Master, ''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair|Harmony of Despair]]''}}
 {{For|the [[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow|Lords of Shadow]] boss|Puppet Master (Lords of Shadow)}}
+The '''Puppet Master''' is a [[:category:Bosses|boss]] in the ''[[Castlevania (series)|Castlevania]]'' series. He is the cursed king of [[:category:Dolls|dolls]] and master of manipulating dimensions.
-{{Q|You too shall be my puppets!|The Puppet Master in ''Harmony of Despair''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second chapter intro}}
-The '''Puppet Master''' appears in ''[[Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'' as the first boss of the [[Demon Guest House]], more or less the fourth boss the player will fight in the game. He appears as a traditional marionette with four appendages, namely arms, as well as a demonic head, all hanging down from strings on the ceiling. He only has two attacks, one of which isn't considered to be an attack on itself but can still be considered dangerous.
+==Description==
+The Puppet Master appears as a traditional marionette with four appendages, namely arms, as well as a demonic head, all hanging down from strings on the ceiling. He only has two attacks, one of which is not considered to be an attack by itself, although that doesn't mean it isn't any less dangerous.
 ==Appearances==
 ===''[[Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]''===
+The Puppet Master is the first boss of the [[Demon Guest House]], likely being the fourth boss the player will fight in the game.
-The first attack consists of him opening his mouth to summon a couple of floating [[French Doll]]s that must be destroyed. Although they have no experience value whatsoever, as well as not dropping anything, they may overwhelm [[Soma Cruz/Dawn of Sorrow|Soma]] if too many of them are allowed to fill up the room.
+His first attack consists of him opening his mouth to summon a few floating [[French Doll]]s that must be destroyed. Even though they yield no [[experience]] whatsoever, as well as not dropping any items, they may overwhelm [[Soma Cruz|Soma]] if too many of them are allowed to populate the room.
-His second attack must be dealt with as quick as possible. A doll is summoned in one of his hands, and there are four iron maiden torture chambers lying around the room. If the doll is placed in one of these iron maidens, he automatically switches Soma's place with the doll inside the device, and he takes almost death damage. However, the doll can be destroyed. On "Normal" mode, it takes two hits to destroy it, and on "Hard" mode, it takes four. The hand moves pretty slowly, however, so the player should be able to destroy the doll easily. One useful tactic when replaying the game is using Death's soul, which will make short work of the dolls and the demonic play toy as well.
+His second attack must be dealt with as quick as possible. A [[puppet]] is summoned in one of his hands, and there are four iron maiden torture chambers lying around the room. If the puppet is placed in one of these iron maidens, he automatically switches Soma's place with the puppet inside the device and this slams shut, dealing almost death damage. However, the puppet can be destroyed. On "[[Normal Mode|Normal]]" mode, it takes two hits to destroy it, and on "[[Hard Mode|Hard]]" mode, it takes four. The hand moves very slowly, however, so the player should be able to destroy the puppet easily. One useful tactic when replaying the game is using [[Death]]'s soul, [[Deathscythe|Death Scythe]], which will make short work of the dolls and the demonic play toy as well.
-The soul he gives up upon defeat is a [[Bullet Soul|bullet soul]] which grants Soma the [[Puppet|Substitute Puppet]] ability. While it isn't an attack itself, it allows Soma to throw out a puppet and switch places with it. This is helpful in unlocking the [[Subterranean Hell]] and [[Condemned Tower]] areas. However, the [[Bat Company]] soul proves to be much more effective later on in the game, as it allows him to fit through the same holes he can throw puppets into. This puppet throwing ability was later used by the unlockable character, [[Old Axe Armor]], in ''[[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin]]''.
+The soul he gives up upon defeat is a [[Bullet Soul]] which grants Soma the [[Puppet|Substitute Puppet]] ability. While it isn't an attack itself, it allows Soma to throw out a puppet and switch places with it. This is helpful in unlocking the [[Subterranean Hell]] and [[Condemned Tower]] areas. However, the [[Bat Company]] soul proves to be much more effective later on in the game, as it allows him to fit through the same holes he can throw puppets into. This puppet-throwing ability was later used by the [[Old Axe Armor]], an unlockable character in ''[[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin]]''.
 {{Enemy Stats/Dawn of Sorrow
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 |ATK         = 38
 |Tolerance   = [[Time Stop]] (unaffected)
-|Weakness    = [[Fire|Fire]]
+|Weakness    = [[Fire]]
 |Location    = [[Demon Guest House]]
 |Common Drop = -
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 |Description = The cursed king of dolls. It controls dolls and the dimensions.
 }}
+===''[[Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku]]''===
+The Puppet Master was brought back along with [[Legion]] by the remnants of [[Graham's Cult|Graham's cult]] during a partial [[Solar Eclipse|eclipse]]. He populated an imitation of the castle from [[Graham Jones]]' time with puppet copies of monsters such as [[Gaibon]], [[Slogra]], [[Harpy|harpies]] and others. He was ultimately defeated by [[Julius Belmont]].
 ===''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair]]''===
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 ====Strategy====
-Due to the Puppet Master's constant swarm of [[French Doll|cursing dolls]], magic based characters like [[Charlotte Aulin/Harmony of Despair|Charlotte]] or [[Shanoa/Harmony of Despair|Shanoa]] are of unwise use, since a single touch of the dolls will deplete their [[Mind Points|MP]] to 0, rendering them weak until they can regain a substantial amount to strike back. Characters like [[Soma Cruz/Harmony of Despair|Soma]] and [[Alucard/Harmony of Despair|Alucard]] will have an easier time, but some reliance of skills on the former and good weapons on the latter, can provide only a decent foot ground to fight.
+Due to the Puppet Master's constant swarm of [[French Doll|cursing dolls]], magic based characters like [[Charlotte Aulin/Harmony of Despair|Charlotte]] or [[Shanoa/Harmony of Despair|Shanoa]] are of unwise use, since a single touch of the dolls will deplete their [[Mind Points|MP]] to 0, rendering them weak until they can regain a substantial amount to strike back. Characters like [[Soma Cruz|Soma]] and [[Alucard/Harmony of Despair|Alucard]] will have an easier time, but some reliance of skills on the former and good weapons on the latter, can provide only a decent foot ground to fight.
 Instead, whip-reliant characters, like [[Jonathan Morris/Harmony of Despair|Jonathan]] or [[Richter Belmont/Harmony of Despair|Richter]], are more recommended for a much safer and reliable time. This is largely because their spinning whip technique (by holding down the attack button and pressing in any direction) will provide a much needed and effective shield against the swarming dolls that come from multiple heights. Furthermore, this technique can be put to great effect to cancel the Puppet Master's voodoo attack, as it can quickly destroy the doll on his hands (provided a reasonable distance is between both), which is especially true in higher difficulties, where more hits are needed to stop him. Due to these advantages, they also have the best time of any kind of character in spamming their skills, since they have little fear of being [[Curse|cursed]].
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 The Puppet Master also moves across the stage after a certain amount of time, in which the player must pursue to avoid getting harmed by his voodoo attack on the iron maidens distributed around the map. As the player progresses through the stage, they will encounter several iron maidens with nearby wooden boxes which can be pushed in front of them to limit the mobility of the Puppet Master. They are near the center-right, center-left, and near the top of the map respectively. Of special care is a tower of [[Bone Pillar]]s at the middle of the stage which can provide a much needed shortcut back to the center of the map, and thus is recommended to keep alive as one can stand on them without sustaining damage. Destroying them will make pursuit much more difficult and almost guarantee death.
-Overall, the Puppet Master is tricky and irritating, rather than powerful, and thus should be handled with patience rather than brutality.{{Enemy Stats/Harmony of Despair
+Overall, the Puppet Master is tricky and irritating, rather than powerful, and thus should be handled with patience rather than brutality.
+{{Enemy Stats/Harmony of Despair
 |Image       = [[File:Puppetmaster.gif|150px]]
 |No.         = 47
 |Name        = Puppet Master
 |JPN         = パペットマスター ''Papettomasutā''
-|HP          = -
+|HP          = ???
-|MP          = -
+|MP          = ???
-|EXP         = -
 |Tolerance   = -
 |Weakness    = [[Strike]], [[Fire]], [[Holy]]
-|Chapter     = [[Lord of Unseen Strings|Chapter 2: Lord of Unseen Strings]]
+|Chapter     = Chapter 2 - [[Harmony of Despair Stage 2|Lord of Unseen Strings]]
-|Drop        = [[Holbein Dagger]] (Normal - [[Alucard/Harmony of Despair|Alucard]] only), [[Muramasa]] (Hard - [[Alucard/Harmony of Despair|Alucard]] and [[Soma Cruz/Harmony of Despair|Soma]] only), [[Thief Ring]] (Hard only), [[Healing Mail]] (Hard - [[Jonathan Morris/Harmony of Despair|Jonathan]], [[Shanoa/Harmony of Despair|Shanoa]], [[Julius Belmont/Harmony of Despair|Julius]], [[Richter Belmont/Harmony of Despair|Richter]] and [[Getsu Fuma]] only)
+|Drop        = [[Holbein Dagger]] (Normal - [[Alucard]] only), [[Muramasa]] (Hard - [[Alucard]] and [[Soma Cruz|Soma]] only), [[Rare Ring|Thief Ring]] (Hard), [[Healing Mail]] (Hard - [[Jonathan Morris|Jonathan]], [[Shanoa]], [[Julius Belmont|Julius]], [[Richter Belmont|Richter]] and [[Getsu Fuma]] only)
-|Soul        = [[Puppet]] ([[Bullet Soul]] - 0.30%)
+|Bind        = -
+|Soul        = [[Puppet]]<br />([[Bullet Soul]] - 0.30%)
 |Description = The cursed king of dolls and master of manipulating dimensions.
 }}
-==Battle Quotes==
+==Battle quotes==
-*''"I need only to put this puppet, right inside here".''
+*''"I need only to put this puppet, right inside here."''
 *''"Take this!"''
-==Soul Data==
+==Item Data==
 {{Item Table Begin|Puppet Master}}
+{{Dawn of Sorrow Item Data/Bullet Souls|Puppet Master}}
-{{Item Table Row
+{{Harmony of Despair Item Data/Daggers|Holbein Dagger}}
-|name         = [[Puppet Master]] - [[Puppet|Substitute Puppet]]
+{{Harmony of Despair Item Data/Katanas|Muramasa}}
-|index_name   = Substitute Puppet
+{{Harmony of Despair Item Data/Accessories|Thief Ring}}
-|alt_name     =
+{{Harmony of Despair Item Data/Chest|Healing Mail}}
-|non_us       =
-|alt_japan    =
-|image        =
-|game         = [[Dawn of Sorrow Inventory|Dawn of Sorrow]]
-|no           = 107
-|type         = [[Bullet Soul]]
-|user         = [[Soma Cruz/Dawn of Sorrow|Soma]]
-|description  = Throw a puppet and switch places with it.
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-|hands        =
-|attrib       =
-|effect       = The player throws a puppet forward and switches places with it when it lands.
-|special      =
-|limit        =
-|consume      =
-|find         = [[Demon Guest House]]
-|find_details =
-|find_local   =
-|guard        =
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-|drop         = [[Puppet Master]]
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-|buy          =
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-}}
 {{Harmony of Despair Item Data/Bullet Souls|Puppet Master}}
 {{Item Table End}}
+==Gallery==
-<!-- Interwiki Links -->
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
-[[es:Amo Marionetas]]
+Puppet Master - 01.jpg|'''Puppet Master''' from ''[[Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow|Dawn of Sorrow]]''
+DoS 1koma 11.jpg|'''Puppet Master''' in the official [[Official Koma Comic Strips#Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow|Koma comic strips]]
+</gallery>
 {{DOS}}
 {{CHD}}
+[[es:Amo Marionetas]]
 [[Category:Mechanical Bosses]]
 [[Category:Dawn of Sorrow Bosses]]
 [[Category:Harmony of Despair Bosses]]
+[[Category:Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku Characters]]
+[[Category:Original Castlevania lore]]