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The Wight is an enemy in the Castlevania series. It is a powerful undead being, born from a rotting zombie.

Origins

Wight is a Middle English word, from Old English wiht, and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German wiht, meaning a "creature" or "thing".

In its original usage, the word wight described a living human being. More recently, the word has been used within the fantasy genre of literature to describe undead or wraith-like creatures: corpses with a part of their decayed soul still in residence, often draining life from their victims.

Appearances

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

In Curse of Darkness, the Wight appears as a more powerful version of a Vassago. It attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand and it's one of the harder enemies to steal from, as Hector needs to Perfect Guard its spinning attack for it to open its stealing window. A successful attempt will yield $100.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The Wight is a more powerful version of the common Zombie. In order to bring out a Wight, the player must kill many zombies in the same area. This is most easily done in the large, zombie-infested areas of the City of Haze, but it's important to note that not all zombie rooms will respawn them. After slaying a bunch of zombies, what looks like a zombie that leaves a blue wake will appear. This blue tinted zombie is a Wight. They are stronger and much faster than an average zombie but can still be killed relatively easy. When burned, like regular zombies, they turn into a Skeleton. Once killed, the room will no longer spawn zombies.

A similar enemy called the Ghoul King appears later in the game, and the method to make him spawn is the same, albeit by killing Ghouls instead of Zombies.

Enemy Data

Enemy Data: Wight
Image Name - Game
Description
Statistics Items Location Notes
Saturn wight 121. Wight (jpn) - Symphony of the Night (Saturn-only) [ edit ]
The light manipulating the corpse is the true body. Weak: Holy
Level: 34
HP: 280
Exp: 210
Drop: Dark Shield, Skull Shield
Soul Prison
Cotm wight Wight (jpn) - Circle of the Moon [ edit ]
' Strong: Darkness
HP: 110
Exp: 4
Atk: 235
Def: 87
Common Drop: Silk Robe (1.5%)
Rare Drop: Mind High (0.15%)
Underground Warehouse, Underground Gallery
COD-084 84. Wight Lv.35  - Curse of Darkness [ edit ]
A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand. Strong: Dark
Weak: Light
Level: 35
HP: 228
Exp: 139
Steal: $100
Eneomaos Machine Tower, Aiolon Ruins
COD-092 92. Wight Lv.36  - Curse of Darkness [ edit ]
A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand. Strong: Dark
Weak: Light
Level: 36
HP: 234
Exp: 148
Steal: $100
Infinite Corridor
Wight 18. Wight (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin [ edit ]
A powerful undead being, born from a rotting zombie. Strong: Dark
Weak: Slash, Fire, Holy
HP: 44
Exp: 30
Skill Pt: 4
Drop: Poncho, Penters Natural
City of Haze

Item Data

Item Data: Wight
Image Name - Game
  Type - Users
Description
Attributes / Consume Statistics / Sell Found Notes
Dark Shield Icon Dark Shield (jpn) - Symphony of the Night
  Shield - Alucard
[edit]
Unholy dark shield Attrib: Hit
DEF +3, ATT +10
Find: Final Stage: Bloodlines
Drop: Malachi
Effect: Projectile block and shield attack
Special: Shield Rod or Mablung Sword spell (30 MP): Meteor Attack (ATT +30, Attrib: Hit)
Skull Shield Icon Skull Shield (jpn) - Symphony of the Night
  Shield - Alucard
[edit]
Shield with Knight's crest DEF +4
Drop: Bone Ark, Yorick, Skull Lord
Effect: Projectile block
Special: Shield Rod or Mablung Sword spell (40 MP): Giant Laser Attack (ATT +100, Attrib: Hit)
Silk Robe Icon Silk Robe (jpn) - Circle of the Moon
  Body (Robe) - Nathan
[edit]
Robe made of silk DEF +40, INT +140
Drop: Fox Archer, Wight
Mind High Icon Mind High (Mind High Up) - Circle of the Moon
  Recovery Item (Mind Potion) - Nathan
[edit]
Recover 50% MP. MP +50%
Drop: Wind Demon, Specter, Siren, Poltergeist, Myconid, Marionette, Lilim, Wight
Poncho PoR Icon Poncho (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin
  Body Gear (Armor) - Jonathan/Charlotte
[edit]
A simple piece of clothing; a blanket with a hole on top. DEF +7
Sell: $1,200
Find: Great Stairway
Drop: Wight
Penters Natural PoR Icon Penters Natural (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin
  Item (Food/Sweet) - Jonathan, Charlotte
[edit]
Candy that's been popular for generations. HP +25
Sell: $25
Drop: Wight

Gallery

Trivia

  • The word wight is an Old English term that originally meant "man". In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books, undead creatures called "Barrow-wights" appear during Frodo and company's journey through the Barrow-Downs on their way to Bree (Barrows were a type of burial mound built over graves; hence, the Barrow-wights were "Grave-men"). Since then, other fantasy writers, RPGs, and video games have imitated Tolkien's version to varying extents.

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References

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