Bloodlines Stage 4

The Munitions Factory
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Music	Iron Blue Intention
◄ Previous stage	The Leaning Tower of Pisa
◄ Previous stage	The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Next stage ►	Versailles Palace
Next stage ►	Versailles Palace

The Munitions Factory is a location in Castlevania: Bloodlines. It is the fourth stage in the game. This stage takes place in Germany.

Overview

The stage starts outside of what appears to be a military compound surrounded by a metal fence. An old castle can be seen in the distance, adding to the atmosphere. The area quickly becomes populated by an army of soldier Skeletons. Makes sense, since Bloodlines takes place in 1917, in the middle of World War I.

The skeletons are quick and relentless, perhaps a trait they conserve from their former lives, and will use a variety of weapons and strategies to hinder the hero's progress, like chucking bones, attacking with swords and maces, or even regenerating their skeletal bodies a second time before expiring.

The path takes our hero inside the munitions factory itself, where they will have to make way through a series of conveyor belts and gigantic pistons. Later on, the layout changes to a more traditional theme, filled with giant gears and chains like those from the ancient clock towers the vampire hunters of yore had to traverse. Not losing the tradition, Skeletons, Medusa's Heads, and Flame Skulls will be constantly spawning in order to prevent our heroes from moving forward.

In the next room, our heroes will have to do battle with the artificial human being himself: Frankenstein, which acts as the level's miniboss. He attacks by swirling and lashing a big chain in a whip-like manner, followed by punching the ground and unleashing powerful electric spark that travels across the floor.

The next section has some gigantic, although slow spinning-blades, and also introduces one of the most bizarre enemies ever seen in a Castlevania game: the Flying Beetle Rollers.

Back outside the factory and it's already evening, complete with a blood-red sky. The hero must jump and make way over a few moving platforms while fending off Mace Skeletons and Vampire Bats until they finally reach the final area of this level.

A myriad of cogs and gears suddenly start swirling all across the room, converging on a single spot and forming what appears to be a gigantic humanoid being: the Gear Steamer. This rather bizarre "creature" uses a vast repertoire of attacks, endowed by the versatility given by all the detachable parts that conform its body. It performs a variety of jumps, makes flying and ground passes, or even hurls small cogs from its body. The sphere encased at its center is its weak spot, and perhaps the creature itself using magnetic or telekinetic energies to control the gears. Each time it is struck, the monster will reduce its size a little until it becomes a tiny version of its former self. Don't start chanting victory, though, as it will grow back to normal size when near dead, in a last attempt to win the battle.

Enemy Data

Enemy Data: The Munitions Factory
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location	Notes
	Skeleton [Helmet]  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory	Abil: Bone Throw
	Barrel Skeleton  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Mace Skeleton [Helmet]  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Mace Skeleton [Gold]  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Skeleton Whip Sword [Helmet]  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Skeleton Whip Sword [Gold]  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Medusa's Head  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			2. Atlantis Shrine, 3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, 4. The Munitions Factory, 6. The Castle Proserpina
	Flaming Skull  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			1. Ruins of the Castle Dracula, 2. Atlantis Shrine, 4. The Munitions Factory
	Skeleton Whip Sword [With Shield]  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			1. Ruins of the Castle Dracula, 4. The Munitions Factory
	Skeleton Whip Sword [With Helmet and Shield]  [alt] - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Flying Beetle Roller  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
	Small Gear Creature  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
Miniboss
	Frankenstein  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory
Boss
	Gear Steamer  - Bloodlines				[ edit ]
	'			4. The Munitions Factory

Trivia

• The castle in the background at the level's beginning and end resembles Katz Castle in Germany.
• The European and Japanese instruction booklets give the stage a subtitle: "The Metal Works".