The Reverse Castle (also known as the Inverted Castle) is an upside down version of Dracula's Castle which appears in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night if Alucard frees Richter Belmont from Shaft's dark spell instead of defeating him, a quest which requires finding a number of hidden items in the normal castle. It is a vertically flipped version of the normal castle map, with different color schemes, area names, music, items, enemies and bosses.
Overview[]
The new castle has its own map, which begins with the square at the bottom of the Reverse Keep, and exploring it can expand the map coverage beyond 100%. It has Teleport Rooms just like the normal castle, but these are not connected to the original castle's teleport rooms. Unlike the normal castle, if only a single such room is discovered, using it will just warp Alucard to the room he was already in, there is no "free" second room.
Many of the usable objects in the castle, such as the elevator (and its activation switch) and the telescope in the Outer Wall and the confessional in the Royal Chapel, are either absent or impossible to activate. Most routes that are sealed in the normal castle start out open, although breakable walls are still present and have their own rewards.
Within the Reverse Castle, in a nod to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Alucard must find the five body parts of Dracula (which function as Relics) in order to access the Reverse Castle Center, defeat Shaft in battle, before ultimately challenging the Vampire Lord and obtain one of the possible good endings.
The player can travel to and from the Reverse Castle using the chamber at the top of Castle Keep originally used to enter it and its reverse equivalent. Using a Library Card in the Reverse Castle will also warp Alucard to the normal castle's Long Library, although there's no way to do the opposite.
Areas[]
The Reverse Castle is comprised of the following areas, all of which are twisted versions of their respective normal castle's counterparts (areas are arranged in a semi-clockwise order, starting by the Reverse Keep at the bottom of the map):
- Reverse Keep
- Reverse Clock Tower
- Reverse Outer Wall
- Forbidden Library
- Black Marble Gallery
- Cave
- Floating Catacombs
- Reverse Caverns
- Reverse Entrance
- Necromancy Laboratory
- Anti-Chapel
- Reverse Colosseum
- Death Wing's Lair
- Reverse Castle Center
Boss Data[]
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Statistics | Items | Location | Notes |
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| Giant vampire bat. | Level: 35 HP: 600 Exp: 1,200 |
Guard: Ring of Vlad |
Reverse Clock Tower |
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| Ancient Egyptian mummy. | Strong: Stone, Poison, Curse (all immune), Dark (absorb) Weak: Holy, Fire Level: 40 HP: 1,200 Exp: 2,500 |
Guard: Rib of Vlad |
Death Wing's Lair |
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| Snake-headed demoness with gaze of stone. | Strong: Hit (resist), Stone (absorb) Level: 40 HP: 1,100 Exp: 2,500 |
Guard: Heart of Vlad |
Anti-Chapel |
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| Made from the body parts of powerful warriors. | Strong: Thunder (immune) Level: 40 HP: 1,100 Exp: 2,500 |
Guard: Tooth of Vlad |
Reverse Outer Wall |
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| Extremely loyal to Count Dracula. (...) | Strong: Dark (absorb) Weak: Holy Level: 66/66 HP: 888/1,200 Exp: 4,444/1,000 |
Guard: Eye of Vlad |
Cave (Alucard only) |
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| Shape-shifting demon. | Level: 40 HP: 777 Exp: 2,001 |
Guard: Life Vessel |
Reverse Caverns |
Weapons: Short Sword, Terminus Est, Stone Sword, Dagger (Dagger Throw), Rebound Stone Abil: Bat Form (Wing Smash), Mist Form, Gravity Boots, Leap Stone | |
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| Zombie disguised as Ralph Belmont to deceive Alucard. (...) | Level: 41 HP: 1,200 Exp: 1,000 |
Guard: Life Vessel |
Reverse Colosseum |
Weapons: Morning Star, Bone Cross, Dagger (Dagger Throw), Holy Water | |
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| Zombie disguised as Grant Danasty to deceive Alucard. (...) | Level: 41 HP: 800 Exp: 1,200 |
Reverse Colosseum |
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| Zombie disguised as Sypha Belnades to deceive Alucard. (...) | Level: 42 HP: 1,000 Exp: 1,500 |
Reverse Colosseum |
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| Lord of the flies, Beelzebub. He's been very worried about his hair loss... (...) | Strong: Dark (absorb) Weak: Holy Level: 44 HP: 2,000 Exp: 4,444 |
Guard: Life Vessel |
Necromancy Laboratory |
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| A demon coveting the throne of king of the Demon World in a 10,000 year plane. (...) | Level: 50 HP: 12,000 Exp: 9,999 |
Guard: Life Vessel, Gas Cloud |
Floating Catacombs |
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| Final Bosses | |||||
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| Dark Priest of Dracula. | Strong: Poison (immune) Level: 88 HP: 1,300 Exp: n/a |
Reverse Castle Center |
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| Lord of Wallachia. Father of Alucard. | Strong: Fire, Thunder (both resist), Poison (immune), Dark (absorb) Level: 98 HP: 9,999 Exp: n/a |
Reverse Castle Center (Alucard only) |
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Gallery[]
Maps[]
Interactive map[]
Trivia[]
- In the normal castle, the status screen's tint color is dark on the top and lighter on the bottom. But in the reverse castle, this is reversed (brighter on the top and darker on the bottom).
- This is further shown at the Castle Keeps' portals, where the normal castle portal displays in the background a female within lighting reaching for a male above her who is within darkness. This image is reversed in the Reverse Castle Keep portal, which displays the dark side of the image underneath the now above female within light.
- After freeing Richter in the normal castle, Alucard will automatically enter the portal to be transported to the Reverse Castle. However, since the portal room is comprised of two map squares arranged vertically, this leaves the upper square unexplored. So, if the player aims to have a complete map rate, they'll have to teleport back to the normal castle at least once and jump to uncover the upper square.
External links[]
- Castlevania Crypt - Source of the map.