Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Total Gameplay FAQ

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Total Gameplay FAQ
v3.2 (05/15/2001) by ChrisMog2 ([email protected])
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Table of Contents
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I. Drop List
II. Item Effects List
III. Bonus Modes

Version History
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v3.3, 5/15/01 Forgot to include the Thief Mode code in the last version. That's
the only fix.

v3.2, 5/10/01 Details on Thief Mode. Probably the final release until the domestic
version.

v3.1, 5/6/01 Found out what card the Imp drops (thanks tax!) Also added Durability
Bracelet to Item Effects and more details on the Shooter Mode.

v3.0, 5/5/01 Added Bonus Modes section, added Bear Ring to Item Effects, changed
name of FAQ.

v2.0, 5/4/01 Added Item Effects section.

v1.1, 5/1/01 Corrected Sage's equipment and a few minor errors.

v1.0, 4/30/01 Initial release.

Section I - Drop List
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This is a translation of the item guide at
http://www.harukaze.net/~dracula/akou/circle/mon.htm, using my own basic
knowledge of Japanese and the (quite pitiful) elingo translation as guidelines.

Items in parentheses are those I'm skeptical about the translation of, but at
least they aren't nonsensical. And as much as I hate it, some of the names are
nearly impossible to figure out, so "translator's license" is in brackets with the
original name outside them. (Only if I can't figure it out AT ALL)

Monster Name Item 1 Item 2
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Dark Armor Platinum Plate Double Grip
Catoblepas Heart Hi-Up Military Uniform
Legion Cure Curse Hi-Potion
Heat Shade Flashy Dress Card - Jupiter
Frozen Shade Magic Glove Star Bracelet
aruraune [Venus Weed] Magical Robe X-Potion
Demon Lord Potion (Titan's Bracelet)
Dullahan Platinum Plate Card - Thunderbird
Siren Mind Hi-Up Card - Griffon
Evil Pillar Steel Plate Toy Ring
Minotaur Delicious Meat Card - Golem
Devil Hi-Potion Mirror Plate
Wind Armor Potion Hi-Potion
Nightmare Mind Up Needle Plate
Imp Card - Salamander Delicious Meat
Forest Armor Chain Plate Rainbow Robe
Poison Armor Cure Poison Rainbow Robe
Wind Demon Mind Hi-Up Sage's Bracelet
Slime Cure Poison Card - Venus
Skeleton Soldier Leather Plate Bronze Plate
Electric Skeleton Card - Golem Leather Plate
Skeleton Bomber Card - Salamander Potion
Skeleton Potion Leather Plate
Spear-throwing Skeleton Leather Plate Cotton Robe
Skeleton Knight Leather Plate Bronze Plate
Boomerang Skeleton Flashy Dress Miracle Wrist
Ghoul Prisoner's Clothes Heart Hi-Up
Gorgon Heart Up Meat
Beast Demon Arm Guard Cursed Ring
Flame Demon Potion Chain Plate
Frankenstein Military Uniform Ninja Suit
Devil Tower Potion Wristband
Spirit Wristband Mind Up
Mudman Clothing Mind Up
Gremlin Wristband Mind Up
Mummy Clothing Heart Up
Coffin Clothing Heart Up
Hopper Clothing Gauntlet
Trick Candle Card - Pluto Heart Mega-Up
Axe Armor Card - Mandragora Leather Plate
Poison Worm Cure Poison Magic Glove
Fleaflicker Man Clothing Arm Guard
Clinging Man Prisoner's Clothes Miracle Wrist
Will-O-Wisp Wristband Mind Up
Zombie Clothing Potion
Flame Armor Bronze Plate Heart X-Up
Brain Float Leather Plate Mind Up
Earth Demon Magic Glove Card - Serpent
Bat Wristband Heart Up
Stone Armor Hard Ring Card - Cockatrice
Zombie Thief Prisoner's Clothes Lucky Ring
Bone Head Heart Up Card - Mercury
Hyena Potion Ebony Clothes
War Jaguar Gold Plate Ninja Suit
Bloody Sword Arm Guard Card - Mars
Marionette Cure Curse Mind Hi-Up
War Bear Cotton Robe Power Ring
War Panther Wristband Card - Thunderbird
Thunder Demon Magic Glove Card - Manticore
Gargoyle Prisoner's Clothes Heart Hi-Up
Myconid Potion Mind Hi-Up
Death Mantis Card - Cockatrice Hard Ring
Specter Mind Up Mind Hi-Up
Killer Bee Cure Poison Ebony Clothes
Man Eater Heart Up Card - Diana
Harpy Flashy Dress Star Bracelet
Hippogriff Meat Heart X-Up
Hunter Fox Potion Meat
Wight Silk Robe Mind Hi-Up
Archdemon Cursed Ring Card - Apollo
King Moth Cure Poison Heart X-Up
Thunder Armor Gold Plate Steel Plate
Poltergeist Mind Hi-Up Cursed Ring
Bone Tower Heart Up Heart Hi-Up
Holy Armor Card - Serpent Platinum Plate
Succubus Card - Manticore Intelligence Ring
Lilith Mind X-Up Sage's Robe
Grizzly Delicious Meat Power Ring
Golem Steel Plate Ebony Clothes
Dryad Heart Hi-Up Heart Mega-Up
Skeleton Athlete Clothing Card - Griffon
Mimic Candle Heart Up Gambler's Bracelet
Evil Hand Prisoner's Clothes Intelligence Ring
Lizardman Card - Mandragora Chain Plate
Ice Demon Rainbow Robe Diamond Plate
Witch Mind Up Magical Robe
Spearfish Heart Up Heart X-Up
Fish-head Chain Plate Mind X-Up
abyondaruge [Shock Crawler] Potion Delicious Meat
Merman Gauntlet Meat
Ice Armor Steel Plate Card - Neptune
Arachne Heart Hi-Up Heart Mega-Up
Fallen Angel Card - Saturn Heart X-Up
War Horse Meat Durability Bracelet
War Wolf Gauntlet Meat
Fox Archer Cotton Robe Silk Robe
Earth Armor Gauntlet Gold Plate
Scary Candle Heart X-Up Card - Uranus
Medusa Head Wristband Hard Ring
ririmu [Morrigan (hehe)] Mind Hi-Up Dark Plate
Ectoplasm Wristband Mind Up
Skeleton Medalist Toy Ring Bear Ring
White Armor Card - Unicorn Hi-Potion
Devil Armor Card - Black Dog Hi-Potion

Section II - Item Effects List
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These are listed in the order that they are organized in my game, and are all
done by personal experience. If an item you have is not on here, email me with
the EXACT position of the item in your list and its statistical bonuses.

Equipment Name STR DEF INT LCK Special Conditions
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Leather Plate 0 +30 0 0
Bronze Plate 0 +50 0 0
Gold Plate 0 +80 0 0
Chain Plate 0 +100 0 0
Steel Plate 0 +120 0 0
Platinum Plate 0 +150 0 0
Diamond Plate 0 +210 0 0
Mirror Plate 0 +300 0 0
Needle Plate +10 +400 0 0
Dark Plate -10 +550 -10 -10
Shining Plate +10 +500 +10 +10 Found at end of Battle Arena
Cotton Robe 0 +25 +100 0
Silk Robe 0 +40 +140 0
Rainbow Robe 0 +140 +250 +15
Magical Robe 0 +200 +300 0
Sage's Robe 0 +250 +500 0
Clothing 0 +20 0 0
Prisoner's Clothes +5 +20 0 0
Flashy Dress +10 +40 0 0
Ebony Clothes +20 +60 +10 0
Ninja Suit +30 +80 0 0
Military Uniform +50 +120 0 +10
Double Grip +75 +75 +75 +75 Must equip two for stat increase
Star Bracelet (right) +25 0 +25 0 Different bonuses for each arm
(left) 0 +25 0 +25
Power Ring +50 -10 -10 0
Hard Ring -10 +50 0 -10
Intelligence Ring -10 0 +50 -10
Lucky Ring 0 -10 -10 +50
Cursed Ring +30 +30 0 -100
Titan's Bracelet +100 -25 -25 -25
Durability Bracelet -25 +100 -25 -25
Sage's Bracelet -25 -25 +100 -25
Gambler's Bracelet -25 -25 -25 +100
Wristband +5 0 0 0
Gauntlet +15 0 0 0
Arm Guard 0 +10 0 0
Magic Glove 0 0 +10 0
Miracle Wrist 0 0 0 +10
Toy Ring 0 0 0 0 Item description reads: "A
completely useless ring."
Bear Ring -100 -100 -100 -100 Use Pluto+Black Dog to turn into
a rocket shooting bear. (But save
before you use it, you take 9999
damage if you get hit!)

Item Name Effects
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Potion Restores 20 HP
Meat Restores 50 HP
Delicious Meat Restores 100 HP
Hi-Potion Restores 250 HP
X-Potion Restores full HP
Cure Poison Obvious.
Cure Curse See above.
Mind Up Restores 30% MP
Mind Hi-Up Restores 50% MP
Mind X-Up Restores full MP
Heart Up Restores 10 Hearts
Heart Hi-Up Restores 25 Hearts
Heart X-Up Restores 50 Hearts
Heart Mega-Up Restores 100 Hearts

NOTE: If a card has "activated" by its name, you must press L as normal to
power the DSS, and then use a pad rotation from down to up (half circle),
pressing the B button as you hit Up. Those of you inept at fighter games, worry
not, it's very easy to perform and allows you quite a bit of time.

Card Name Basic Effects
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Mercury Whip modifier.
Venus Statistical modifier.
Jupiter Defensive barriers.
Mars New weapons (my favorite).
Diana "Magic" whip projectiles.
Apollo "Magic" explosives/thrown weapons (activated)
Neptune Elemental absorb.
Saturn Familiars.
Uranus Summon spells! (activated)
Pluto Very useful abilities (+Salamander is activated)

Salamander Fire elemental/strength.
Serpent Ice elemental/defense.
Mandragora Nature elemental/luck and healing.
Golem Earth elemental/defense.
Cockatrice Stone elemental/defense.
Manticore Poison elemental/subweapon aid.
Griffon Wind elemental/speed/intelligence.
Thunderbird Lightning elemental/melee (strength and defense).
Unicorn Holy elemental/healing and defense.
Black Dog Darkness elemental/strength and magical damage.

Section III - Bonus Modes
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A statistical and gameplay analysis of each of the game modes. You receive a
password to access each one after beating the game, but you can't access them
until they appear on the "Data Select" screen.

Vampire Killer Mode
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Basic mode. You start the game using this one.
Strength: 100 start +10 per level
Defense: 100 start +10 per level
Intelligence: 100 start +10 per level
Luck: 100 start +10 per level
HP: 100 start +10 per level
MP: 100 start +10 per level
Hearts: 50 start +2 per level
Items note: Can and must find everything.

Magician Mode (name your character "Fireball")
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First unlocked mode. Physically weaker, but great magical capacity.
Strength: 71 start +7 per level
Defense: 50 start +5 per level
Intelligence: 400 start +40 per level
Luck: 100 start +10 per level
HP: 50 start +5 per level
MP: 400 start +40 per level
Hearts: 50 start +2 per level
Items note: Start with all 20 cards.

Fighter Mode (name your character "Gradius")
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Second unlocked mode. Best physical strength, no use for magic.
(This is basically classic Castlevania, for you purists!)
Strength: 141 start +14 per level
Defense: 200 start +20 per level
Intelligence: 50 start +5 per level
Luck: 100 start +10 per level
HP: 200 start +20 per level
MP: 50 start +5 per level
Hearts: 50 start +2 per level
Items note: No DSS effects, thus you cannot find cards.

Shooter Mode (name your character "Crossbow")
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Third unlocked mode. Weak with normal weapons; subweapons do massively increased
damage, and consume half as many hearts.
Strength: 71 start +7 per level
Defense: 50 start +5 per level
Intelligence: 100 start +10 per level
Luck: 100 start +10 per level
HP: 50 start +5 per level
MP: 100 start +10 per level
Hearts: 250 start +5 per level
Items note: Cards are available as well as a new subweapon, homing daggers.
(Simply find the dagger subweapon twice and they will become homing)

Thief Mode (name your character "Dagger")
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Fourth and possibly final mode. Very weak stats, except insane amounts of Luck.
Strength: 71 start +7 per level
Defense: 50 start +5 per level
Intelligence: 100 start +10 per level
Luck: 1600 start +160 per level
HP: 50 start +5 per level
MP: 50 start +5 per level
Hearts: 50 start +2 per level
Items note: You'll be able to find everything quicker than you ever have
before...

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Copyright 2001 [email protected], you may distribute (either print or electronic)
WITHOUT modification. If you want to make corrections, let me know and I will
make them myself.