Some sub-weapons from Castlevania also made an appearance in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, along with many new ones (such as the Sacred Flame or the Diamond). Their usage remained basically the same, by pressing ↑ + [ATTACK] to use them while sometimes consuming a determined amount of Hearts. Once collected, a sub-weapon will remain in the player's inventory for the rest of the game, allowing them to choose the most adequate sub-weapon for each given situation and making it more of an issue to actually find them throughout Simon's journey.
The Holy Water in this game does not consume any Hearts at all and inflicts only minimum damage, rendering it mostly to dissolve certain walls and have access to secret areas or items. Some other sub-weapons, like Laurels or Garlic, have a limited use depending on the amount the player is carrying. These can be replenished by buying more in towns or, in the case of Laurels, by finding a Gypsy who bestows Simon with a full supply free of charge.
Sub-weapons that would normally used as weapons in real life are called Magic Weapons in the US instruction booklet (along with other weapons), while those that represent everyday items, even if they're used in a combat fashion in the game, are called Magic Items (along with other items).
Item Data[]
| Item Data: Simon's Quest Sub-Weapons (edit) | ||||||||
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Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| The dagger can be thrown to kill distant enemy creatures. | Consume: none |
Buy: 50 Hearts Find: Veros |
Effect: Dagger Throw | |||||
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| The Silver Knife can be thrown farther than the dagger. | Consume: 1 Heart |
Find: Camilla Cemetery Drop: Gypsy |
Effect: Penetrator | |||||
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| This is your strongest knife, and it has a mysterious power. | Consume: 2 Hearts |
Drop: Death |
Effect: Multi-Hit Knife Throw | |||||
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| You'll need the Oak Stake to collect Dracula's corpse at the mansions. | Buy: 50 Hearts Find: Berkeley, Bodley, Brahm's, Laruba and Rover Mansions (...) |
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| The flame weakens the creatures' evil powers. | Consume: 1 Heart |
Find: Dabi's Path (...) |
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| Holy Water disintegrates walls and floors which conceal weapons and items. | Consume: None |
Attack equal to Leather Whip |
Buy: 50 Hearts Find: Jova |
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| Toss it and see what happens. | Find: Jam Wasteland (...) |
Effect: Bounces on any surface it strikes, inflicting medium damage to enemies until it leaves the screen | ||||||
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| Place the Garlic in front of enemies, and it will weaken them significantly. | Buy: 50 Hearts (×2) Find: Aljiba |
Effect: Paralyzes and inflicts continuous minor damage to enemies Special: Summons hidden Gypsies at certain graveyards | ||||||
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| Laurel helps make you invincible against enemy attacks. You can purchase Laurel from town merchants. | Buy: 50 Hearts (×2) Find: Aljiba, Doina, Laruba Mansion (...) |
Effect: Renders the player invincible for six seconds. | ||||||
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| Hearts appear when you destroy an enemy creature. Collect them because they will increase your Experience Rating, and give you extra purchasing power. | Heart +2, E +1 |
Drop: Most enemies |
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| Hearts appear when you destroy an enemy creature. Collect them because they will increase your Experience Rating, and give you extra purchasing power. | Heart +4, E +3 |
Drop: Most enemies |
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| Hearts appear when you destroy an enemy creature. Collect them because they will increase your Experience Rating, and give you extra purchasing power. | Heart +6, E +5 |
Drop: Most enemies |
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