Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Xbox 360)

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Achievements

Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.

AchievementHow to unlock
Apprentice ( 5 points )Defeat 10 consecutive enemies using only magic without getting hit.
Belmont's Revenge ( 45 points )Finish the game, including the Inverted Castle, as Richter.
Bloodlines ( 10 points )Defeat Dracula in the Bloodlines stage without getting hit.
Changeling ( 10 points )Obtain the Bat, Wolf and Mist transformations.
Demon Slayer ( 10 points )Defeat Gaibon and Slorga.
Familiar ( 10 points )Collect all five familiars in the game.
Money Bags ( 25 points )Collect a bank of $100,000.
Rampage ( 5 points )Defeat 10 consecutive enemies using the standard weapons without getting hit.
Seeker ( 35 points )Explore 200.6% of the game.
Topsy Turvy ( 20 points )Unlock the Inverted Castle.
Warlock ( 15 points )Unlock/Cast all eight of Alucard's spells.
Weapon Master ( 10 points )Defeat 10 consecutive enemies using special weapons without getting hit.

Easy "Bloodlines" achievement

In the first area, hit the first lamp and get the cross. Keep hitting other lamps to get hearts. Get your heart level up to about 90 or 100 then start the fight with Dracula. He will first fire a stack of three fireballs directly at you. Before he fires, jump and throw a cross near him, then duck and hit the fireballs. They will disappear and you will not be injured. Dracula will do this attack two more times. He will then fire two large black fireballs at you. They cannot be hit with the whip and must be dodged. First duck, then jump up to avoid them both. Continue to do this until he transforms. You should still have a lot of hearts remaining. Get close to him and press Y to activate the super attack. You must be somewhat close so that the crosses actually hit him. Continue to do this until he dies.

In the first area, hit the first lamp and get the cross. Hit the brick wall directly above the cross-lamp to open a secret upper level. Upstairs, there is a lamp to the right containing a large heart. Take the large heart and go downstairs again, and repeat. Get your heart level up to about 60, then start the battle sequence with Dracula. After the dialog between Richter and Dracula, break the candles at the far left of the room. This will drop a Holy Water. Take the Holy Water and press Up + Y. This will activate Richter's "Hydro Storm" attack, which will make Richter invincible during execution. Additionally, it is extremely powerful and will kill Dracula's first form in one execution. It will kill Dracula's second form in two executions.

Easy Boss kills

To kill any Boss rather quickly, equip the throwing knives and stand some distance away. Throw the knives as quickly as possible and you should deal a considerable amount of damage each time. Note: Olrox, Shaft, and Dracula will not go down as easily and Richter Belmont is immune to them.

Easy experience

When you arrive in the Inverted Castle, make sure you have the Shield Rod and the Alucard Shield. After acquiring these two items, go directly to the Clock Tower Rooms. Here you will find Guardians. They are a high level enemy but give out a large amount of experience points. Making sure your MP is full, equip the Rod and Shield, then press X + B activate the shield's power. It is now invulnerable. Walk into the Guardians with your shield. They will die instantly. Watch your magic meter. If you run out, hide in a safe area and repeat. If you are a level 28, you will reach level 61 within twenty minutes.

Play as Other Characters and Extras

You must complete the game as Alucard with 180% or more and have a "CLEAR" Save.

Password - Effect

Alucard with Axelord armor - Enter AXEARMOR as your name.
Alucard with Lower stats and MAX Luck - Enter X-X!V''Q as your name.
Play as Richter Belmont - Enter RICHTER as your name.

Play as Richter Belmont

Save any game with the following attributes: after the final battle in the game, into the middle section of the inverted castle, after beating the final villain, and marked as "clear" (180% or greater completion). Start a new game with the name RICHTER. Richter Belmont may now be controlled when the new game begins. Richter can not change forms or use armor, weapons, items, and magic. He can perform a super jump, a blade charging move, and use secondary weapons such as the throwing dagger, axe, and holy water.

Recommended weapon

The strongest weapon is the Badelaire. The longer you play, the stronger the weapon gets. It can get stronger than Murmasa, and even the Sword Familiar.

Richter Warping Glitch

To activate this glitch, you have to be playing as Richter, and must be in the Inverted Castle Keep. Once you reach the Inverted Castle, advance to the left, until you reach the broken staircase. Using Richter's uppercut move (down, up + jump), jump up through the broken staircase. At the top, where the statues are, there will be a door to the left. Advance through the door. There will be two elevator platforms in the room. When you reach the top, take the door to the right. While going through the hallway, there will be risen platforms on the floor, and tombstones to fight through. When you reach the last risen platform on the floor, stand to the right of it, and push up. This will warp you back to the normal castle.

Save room

Use the "Walk through walls" glitch at the first area (the one with the drawbridge) and fall below the map. Go towards the drawbridge and you will fall into a hole leading to an underground cavern. There are only two ways to go; up, which leads back to the main floor, or right, which takes you to a glitched save point which does work.

Start with 99 luck

Obtain a saved game file as described in the "Play as Richter Belmont" code. Start a new game with the name X-X!VQ. Note: There are two apostrophes in the name. Game play will begin with luck set to 99.

Start with blue armor

Obtain a saved game file as described in the "Play as Richter Belmont" code. Start a new game with the name AXEARMOR. Game play will begin with the blue armor that transforms your character into the axe-wielding blue knight (Axe Lord).

Walk through walls

This trick requires two Heart Refreshes, a Duplicator, and a Library Card. Equip both of the Heart Refreshes and the Duplicator. Jump into an open doorway as if you are going to go through it. When you think you are about to go through, use one of your Heart Refreshes. While the first one is going, hold the button to activate the seconed one. When the second one is going, hold the button for first one repeatedly. You will slowly go under the ground. When you are in the floor, make sure you do not go down all the way. Just make sure you do not go too far down. When you are down far enough, you can move around freely.

Note: Do not use any transformations while underground, otherwise you will not be able to use any item and become trapped.