|---------------------------| | | | Castlevania: | | Circle of the Moon | | | | Monster Encyclopedia | | FAQ | | | | Version 1.1 | | | | By: Hylianhero | | hylianhero16@hotmail.com | |---------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) Updates 3) Boss Encyclopedia 4) Monster Encyclopedia 5) Castle Areas 6) Credits 7) Disclaimer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to my Monster Encyclopedia FAQ for Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Although the game is not the best graphically stunning game out there, the gameplay is top notch. One reason for the high gameplay is the many monsters in this game. They will keep you hunting for items, cards, experience, and even themselves for a long time. I made this FAQ to help many people with questions, such as "What items does (insert monster here) drop?" and "How much experience does (insert monster here) give?" After much research, and a lot of time(hey, I'm still on VampireKiller Mode) I've decided to make an FAQ to help people out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Updates ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/3/01-Submitted Version 1.2, with Castle areas done. 6/23/01-Finished Version 1.1 of this FAQ. Hopefully, not too many more versions are needed, since this one covers pretty much everything except detailed Castle Areas descriptions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Boss Encyclopedia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Every once in a while, you'll run into a boss. They're much bigger and stronger than usual enemies, but the experience and rewards are also much bigger. Here's a list of each boss's name, location, Hit Points, and Experience Given. Name Location Hit Points Experience | | | Cerberus | Catacomb | 600 | 500 Necromancer | Audience Room | 500 | 2,500 Iron Golem | Machine Tower | 1,000 | 8,000 Adramelech | Chapel Tower | 1,800 | 16,000 Twin Dragons| Undergroud Gallery | 1,400 Each | 15,000 Each Death |Underground Warehouse| 1,760 | 60,000 Camilla |Underground Waterway | 1,500 | 80,000 Hugh Baldwin| Observation Tower | 2,800 | 120,000 Dracula 1 | Ceremonial Room | 1,200 | 150,000 Dracula 2 | Ceremonial Room | 3,000 | N/A ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Monster Encyclopedia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, the "meat" of this FAQ. I have compiled a list of many facts about every single monster in the game. If I missed anything or something is incorrect, or there's an error, please email me about it, and I'll fix it and add you in the credits. Name Exp. Spc. Castle Area Items Dropped Card Dropped Abiondarg 88 Underground Waterway Potion, Spicy Meat N/A Alraune 2,500 Observation Tower Magic Robe, Potion Ex N/A Arachne 1,300 Catacomb Heart Hi, Heart Mega N/A Arch Demon 1,000 N/A Cursed Ring Apollo Axe Armor 31 N/A Leather Armor Mandragora Bat 4 Catacomb Heart, Wrist Band N/A Beast Demon 260 N/A Arm Guard, Cursed Ring N/A Brain Float 10 N/A Mind Fix, Leather Armor N/A Bloody Sword 200 Chapel Tower Arm Guard Mars Bone Head 7 N/A Heart Mercury Bone Tower 160 N/A Heart, Heart Hi N/A Catoblepas 1,800 Observation Tower Heart Hi, Soldier Fatigues N/A Clinking Man 21 N/A Prison Garb, Miracle Armband N/A Coffin 3 Catacomb Heart, Cotton Clothes N/A Dark Armor 3,300 Observation Tower Platinum Armor, Double Grips N/A Death Mantis 400 Underground Gallery Hard Ring Cockatrice Demon Lord 1,950 Observation Tower Potion, Strength Armband N/A Devil 10,000 Observation Tower Potion Hi, Mirror Armor N/A Devil Armor 14,600 Battle Arena Potion Hi Black Dog Devil Tower 17 Audience Room Potion, Wrist Band N/A Dryad 300 Underground Warehouse Heart Hi, Heart Mega N/A Dullahan 2,200 Observation Tower Platinum Armor Thunderbird Earth Armor 240 Machine Tower Gauntlet, Gold Armor N/A Earth Demon 25 Catacomb Magic Gauntlet Serpent Ectoplasm 2 Audience Room Mind Fix, Wrist Band N/A Elc. Skeleton 30 N/A Leather Armor Golem Evil Hand 63 N/A Intelligence Ring, Prison Garb N/A Evil Pillar 480 Observation Tower Steel Armor N/A Fallen Angel 6,000 Battle Arena(Outside) Heart Ex Saturn Fishhead 486 Underground Waterway Mind Ex, Chain Mail N/A Flame Armor 280 N/A Heart Ex, Bronze Armor N/A Flame Demon 600 Eternal Corridor Potion, Chain Mail N/A Fleaman 29 N/A Chain Mail, Rainbow Robe N/A Forest Armor 1,280 N/A Chain Mail, Rainbow Robe N/A Fox Archer 53 Machine Tower Cotton Robe, Silk Robe N/A Fox Hunter 272 N/A Potion, Meat N/A Franken 2,100 Eternal Corridor Ninja Garb, Soldier Fatigues N/A Frozen Shade 1,200 N/A Magic Gauntlet, Star Bracelet N/A Gargoyle 3 N/A Heart Hi, Prison Garb N/A Ghoul 3 N/A Heart Hi, Prison Garb N/A Golem 1,400 Undeground Warehouse Steel Armor, Night Suit N/A Gorgon 219 N/A Heart, Meat N/A Gremlin 2 Catacomb Mind Fix, Wrist Band N/A Grizzly 960 N/A Spicy Meat, Strength Ring N/A Harpy 271 Underground Gallery Stylish Suit, Star Bracelet N/A Heat Shade 136 N/A Stylish Suit Jupiter Hippogriff 740 N/A Meat, Heart Ex N/A Holy Armor 1,700 Underground Warehouse Platinum Armor Serpent Hopper 8 Catacomb Cotton Clothes, Gauntlet N/A Hyena 105 N/A Potion, Night Suit N/A Ice Armor 1,500 Underground Waterway Steel Armor Neptune Ice Demon 4,200 Underground Waterway Diamond Armor, Rainbow Robe N/A Imp 103 N/A Spicy Meat Salamander Legion 1,590 N/A Cure Curse, Potion Hi N/A Lilim 8,000 Machine Tower Mind Hi, Dark Armor N/A Lilith 20,000 Underground Warehouse Mind Ex, Sage Robe N/A Lizard Man 800 N/A Chain Mail Mandragora Myconid 25 Underground Gallery Potion, Mind Hi N/A Man Eater 700 Underground Gallery Heart Diana Marionette 130 Chapel Tower Cure Curse, Mind Hi N/A Medusa Head 2 Machine Tower Wrist Band, Hard Ring N/A Merman 10 Underground Waterway Meat, Gauntlet N/A Mimic Candle 6,600 Audience Room Heart, Gambler Armband N/A Minotaur 2,000 Observation Tower Spicy Meat Golem Mudman 2 Catacomb Mind Fix, Cotton Clothes N/A Mummy 3 Catacomb Heart, Cotton Clothes N/A Nightmare 2,000 Outer Wall Mind Fix, Needle Armor N/A Poison Armor 820 N/A Antidote, Rainbow Robe N/A Poison Worm 1(!!!!!) Catacomb Antidote, Magic Gauntlet N/A Poltergist 510 Underground Warehouse Mind Hi, Cursed Ring N/A Scary Candle 900 Iron Golem Boss Room Heart Ex Uranus Siren 880 N/A Mind Hi Griffon Skeleton 4 N/A Potion, Leather Armor N/A Skeleton Ath. 25 Audience Room Cotton Clothes Griffon Skeleton Bomber 4 N/A Potion Salamander Skeleton Bmrg. 112 N/A Miracle Armband, Stylish Suit N/A Skeleton Knight 39 N/A Leather Armor, Bronze Armor N/A Skltn Medalist 1,500 Pit at Beginning of Game Toy Ring, Bear Ring N/A Skeleton Sldr. 16 N/A Leather Armor, Bronze Armor N/A Skeleton Spear 6 N/A Leather Armor, Cotton Robe N/A Slime 11 N/A Antidote Venus Spearfish 280 Underground Waterway Heart, Heart Ex N/A Specter 3 Underground Gallery Mind Fix, Mind Hi N/A Spirit 1 Catacomb Mind Fix, Wrist Band N/A Stone Armor 222 N/A Hard Ring Cockatrice Succubus 710 N/A Intelligence Ring Manticore Thunder Armor 800 N/A Gold Armor, Steel Armor N/A Thunder Demon 450 N/A Magic Gauntlet Manticore Trick Candle 1,400 Cerberus Boss Room Heart Mega Pluto Were-Bear 227 Chapel Tower Cotton Robe, Strength Ring N/A Were-Horse 1,970 Machine Tower Area Meat, Defensive Armband N/A Were-Jaguar 760 N/A Gold Armor, Ninja Garb N/A Were-Panther 270 Chapel Tower Wrist Band Thunderbird Were-Wolf 140 Machine Tower Area Meat, Gauntlet N/A White Armor 7,000 Battle Arena Potion Hi Unicorn Wight 4 N/A Silk Robe, Mind Hi N/A Will O'Wisp 9 N/A Mind Fix, Wrist Band N/A Wind Armor 1,800 N/A Potion, Potion Hi N/A Wind Demon 3,600 Audience Room Mind Hi, Sage Armband N/A Witch 600 N/A Mind Fix, Magic Robe N/A Zombie 2 N/A Potion, Cotton Clothes N/A Zombie Thief 58 Catacomb Prison Garb, Luck Ring N/A Geez! That was a long list to type. One side note: Completing the whole Battle Arena will earn you a whopping 315,722 experience points and the "Shinning" armor(game typo). Hope you appreciate the list... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Castle Areas ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Traveling through the entire castle of Dracula will be very tedious, and you'll pass a lot of areas along the way. This section will give you an idea of what you're up for in each area. Some are connceted to others, so don't get the idea they're all spread out. You'll be returning to many of them a lot, but the area name won't appear like they did the first time you entered the area. Catacomb-The first area of the game, the monsters here are very weak-but so are you. Mostly made up Skeletons, Bone Heads, Poison Worms, and Gremlins, you should be able to level up quickly. Watch out for the Earth Demons, though. Abyss Stairway-A long, vertical hallway, mostly made up of ledges and Bone Heads. Climb to the top-there's no where else to go. Audience Room-The "main" part of the castle. It connects to many other areas. You'll find yourself returning here a lot. Outer Wall-Not really too big of a area, but it is littered with Devil Towers and and Axe Armors. Be on your toes with electric skeletons-they can take a big chunk out of your HP if you're not at a high enough level. Machine Tower-Use gears and your instincts to survive Fox Hunters, Heat Shades, and Medusa Heads. Good luck stay on the moving platforms and dodging attacks at the same time. Eternal Corridor-A very long, horizontal hallway littered with the strongest enemies you have seen yet. This area marks the halfway point of the game-that's not many save areas ahead, and the enemies are going to get much tougher. Chapel Tower-A large, verticle tower. Easily one of the biggest areas of the game. There's only 3 save points here-and hundreds of enemies. Be cautious. Underground Gallery-Be prepared for poison fun! Stock up on antidotes and charge through the first of 3 underground areas. Underground Warehouse-You'll have to solve many box puzzles in this area. The good news is that once you've solved them, they stay solved-permantly. Watch out for those beam-shooting Holy Armors! Underground Waterway-The last and perhaps hardest of the Underground areas. Make sure you have the cleansing item from Death to easily travel through this area. You'll be going up against water and ice creatures here-if you get frostbite, thaw out quickly! Observation Tower-Packed with incredibly strong monsters and only one save point, the Observation Tower is the hardest area of the game. Not only is it huge, but around every corner is a powerful demon. Enter at your own risk. Ceremonial Room-The place where you're final showdown with Dracula takes place. Defeat him and save your Master! Battle Arena-This area is hell. No magic, and you can't heal or take a break in the 17 rooms. However, your efforts will be rewarded with the Shining Armor, the game's best armor, if you can brave the entire arena. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Konami, for making this in-depth game. Nintendo, for making a system that competes with the original PlayStation. CJayC, for running GameFAQs and posting this FAQ. Tips and Tricks, No. 77 for confirming and correcting my information on a lot of monsters. Gash and DaGame007 for support on making this FAQ. Me, for writing this FAQ. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Disclaimer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ is copyright 2001 Hylianhero. All rights rserved. This FAQ cannot be reformed or rewritten. You msut ask permission before taking anything from this FAQ. You may link directly to this FAQ after receiving permission. All characters are registered trademarks of Konami, Copyright 2001. Thanks for reading this energy-draining FAQ!(In more ways then one for me)!