This article is about the level in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and related games called Castle Keep. For article about such areas in general, see Castle Keeps.

Castlevania: Symphony of the NightEdit

GeographyEdit

The Castle Keep is the seventh stage that you need to go to in order to get the first ending in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It is first entered from the left side of the map from the Royal Chapel. The Leap Stone can be obtained from here, which will give you the Double Jump ability that will allow you to enter many other areas of the castle and gain additional items. Its theme music is Heavenly Doorway.

In order to reach the top of the keep, where a battle with Richter whose defeat will allow you to get the first ending of the game, you will need the Soul of Bat, which can be obtained in the Long Library using your double jump ability. Unfortunately, the Soul of Bat is behind a grate that requires a Form of Mist, so you will need to get that first by using the double jump ability in the Marble Gallery to enter Olrox's Quarters, which will lead to the Colosseum, which is where you can find the Form of Mist. This will allow you to defeat Richter and finish the game, but it is not the true ending.

In order to continue the game and get the real ending, you will first need to fight Richter with the Holy Glasses and avoid killing him. In order to get the Holy Glasses, you will first need to obtain the Gold Ring and Silver Ring and wear them in the Room of Clocks in the Marble Gallery. The Gold Ring can be found in the Underground Caverns once you have the Form of Bat. The Silver Ring can be found in the Royal Chapel once you have the Spike Breaker Armor, which can obtained in the Catacombs once you have the Echo of Bat, which can be obtained in Olrox's Quarters once you have the Form of Bat.

Defeating Richter without killing him leads to the Reverse Keep of the Inverted Castle.

Enemy DataEdit

Enemy Data: Castle Keep
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	30. Axe Knight [Lv. 9]  (Axe Armor)			[ edit ]
	Symphony of the Night
	Well armored axe knight.	Level: 9 HP: 42 Exp: 50	Drop: Axe, Axelord Shield	Castle Keep, Colosseum, Outer Wall
	56. Flea Rider  (Semler)			[ edit ]
	Symphony of the Night
	Flea Man riding on specially trained war-goose.	Level: 13 HP: 17 Exp: 50	Drop: Turkey, Ham and Eggs	Castle Keep
Boss
	140. Richter Belmont			[ edit ]
	Symphony of the Night
	Master Vampire hunter.	Strong: Holy, Stone (immune) Weak: Dark Level: 48 HP: 400 Exp: n/a		Castle Keep (Alucard-only)

Item DataEdit

Hover mouse over the "(...)" in the Found column for more details on how to find an item in the Castle Keep.

Item Data: Castle Keep
Image	Name - Game Description	Type / Users	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Rebound Stone [alt] - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Ricochets off of the floor and walls, hurting any foes it passes through.(...)	Sub-Weapon Alucard, Richter, Maria (Saturn only)	Attrib: Holy / Hit Consume: #Hearts: 2 (Alucard), 1 (Richter / Maria)	ATK +8	Find: Castle Keep (...)	Effect: Thrown diagonally downwards and ricochets Special: Item Crash (Richter, 10 Hearts)
	Tyrfing (Tyrfingr) - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Cursed dark sword	Sword Alucard	Attrib: Cut, Dark	ATK -30	Find: Castle Keep (...)	Effect: If total ATT is 0 or less passes through enemies; Piercing (enemies must be immune to dark and cut to not take full damage)
	Leap Stone (Flight Stone) - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Wearer can do double jump	Relic (Necklace) Alucard			Find: Castle Keep (...)	Sequence: [Jump], [Jump] for Double Jump, followed by ↓ + [Jump] for Jump Kick
	Turquoise (jpn) - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Fairly Valuable Ring	Other (Salable Jewel/Ring) Alucard		ATK + 6 (with Jewel Sword - Saturn only) Sell: $1500	Find: Castle Keep (requires Leap Stone) (...) (all) Drop: Fire Warg, Paranthropus, Yorick Create: Jewel Sword
	Turkey (jpn) - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Roast turkey [use]	Food (Meat) Alucard		HP +80	Find: Castle Keep (hidden, requires Leap Stone) (...) (all) Drop: Flea Rider

Related AreasEdit

• Royal Chapel - Previous stage for Alucard
• Entrance, Outer Wall - Areas initially connected to by Teleporter. Other areas will become connected as their teleporters are found.
• Marble Gallery, Underground Caverns, Long Library, Outer Wall, Royal Chapel, Clock Tower - Areas that can be explored further once the Leap Stone has been acquired.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (LCD)Edit

The Castle Keep is the fourth and final stage of the LCD version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. All enemies from previous stages swarm from all sides. Dracula is at the end of this stage and can be defeated with the Cross special weapon.

Enemy Data: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (LCD)
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	Zombie
	Symphony of the Night LCD
	'			1. Entrance, 2. Royal Chapel, 3. Catacombs, 4. Castle Keep
	Medusa Head
	Symphony of the Night LCD
	'			1. Entrance, 2. Royal Chapel, 3. Catacombs, 4. Castle Keep
	Bat
	Symphony of the Night LCD
	'			2. Royal Chapel, 3. Catacombs, 4. Castle Keep
	Salem Witch  [alt]
	Symphony of the Night LCD
	'			3. Catacombs, 4. Castle Keep
	Dracula
	Symphony of the Night LCD
	'			4. Castle Keep

Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the NightEdit

The Castle Keep in Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night includes some enemies from the original Castle Entrance and from its inverted version, the Reverse Castle Keep. It is also host to a Werewolf enemy and a Cerberus boss, whose original stages, the Colosseum and Abandoned Mine, do not exist in this game.