The Dead Warrior is an enemy in the Castlevania series. They are bloodthirsty undead knights whose spirits still lust for battle and seek to fight for all eternity.
In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, they are referred to as the horse-riding ghosts of dead samurai warriors and wield a naginata instead, which they swing around as they approach the enemy.
Description[]
The Dead Warrior is an enemy based off of the original designs of Dullahan. He appears as an armored zombie wielding a polearm (usually a naginata) who rides atop the front half of an undead, rotting horse. He attacks by running into the player, or by jumping if they attempt to jump over it first. Their pattern is limited to only run back and forth on a determined area, and they usually appear in areas where other enemies abound, serving them as a sort of protection.
The Nightmare is a similar enemy which is generally presented just as a lone horse, but which follows a similar attack pattern. In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, there is a variant which comes with a mounted knight which further resembles the Dead Warrior, although in that version the horse has its complete body and its origin is more spirit-like instead of being a zombie.
Enemy Data[]
| Enemy Data: Dead Warrior | |||||
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Statistics | Items | Location | Notes |
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| Bloodthirsty undead knight who eternally seeks combat. | Weak: Holy Level: 19 HP: 161 Exp: 100 |
Drop: Estoc, Claymore |
Colosseum, Olrox's Quarters, Reverse Clock Tower |
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| The horse-riding ghost of a dead samurai warrior. | Strong: Darkness Weak: Holy HP: 110 MP: 100 Exp: 100 Atk: 33 Def: 30 |
Rare Drop: Samurai Armor Soul: Quick Parry |
Floating Garden |
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| A dead knight that seeks to fight for all eternity. | Strong: Dark Weak: Piercing, Slashing, Fire, Holy, Curse, Stone HP: 120 MP: 100 Exp: 188 Atk: 60 Timestop: Affected |
Common Drop: Rice Ball (6%) Rare Drop: Partizan (4%) Soul: Quick Bullet (1.56%) |
The Pinnacle |
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| A dead knight whose spirit still lusts for battle. | Strong: Dark Weak: Slash, Fire, Holy, Curse, Stone HP: 210 Exp: 193 Skill Pt: 6 |
Drop: Samurai Plate |
Dark Academy, 13th Street, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil |
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| A dead knight whose spirit still lusts for battle. | Strong: Strike Weak: Slash, Pierce, Petrify, Holy, Curse, Poison |
Drop: Partisan (5.30%) Soul: Yellow (2.30%) |
Chapter 5, Chapter 9 |
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| A deceased knight who still craves battle. His quick charges poses a threat, but his half-bodied warhorse is rather unsteady. | |||||
Item Data[]
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| Scotch two-handed sword | Attrib: Cut |
ATT +26 |
Find: Underground Caverns Drop: Valhalla Knight |
Effect: Slow swing Special: ←→ + [Attack] for Dash Thrust (ATT +44 for 5 MP) (can be used in midair) | ||||
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| German thrust sword [2 hand] | Attrib: Cut |
ATT +39 |
Find: Olrox's Quarters Drop: Valhalla Knight |
Effect: Always Dash Thrusts | ||||
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| Red body armor used by samurai warriors. | DEF +20, STR +3 (...) Sell: $1,500 |
Find: Dance Hall (hidden) Drop: Dead Warrior |
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| Deflect normal attacks by pressing UP + B. | Drop: Dead Warrior |
Effect: Allows interruption of normal attack with a bullet soul. (Is able to cancel normal attacks by using a bullet type.) | ||||||
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| A long pole tipped with a broad blade | Attrib: Piercing Consume: 60 MP (Special Attack) |
ATK +32 Sell: $3,200 |
Buy: $6,400 Find: Yoko's shop, Hammer's shop Drop: Dead Warrior Create: Spear + Armor Knight Soul |
Effect: Pierce Special: Triple Pierce Evolve: + Axe Armor Soul >> Halberd | ||||
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| Simple, but tasty. | HP +290 Sell: $50 |
Common Drop: Dead Warrior |
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| Use Bullet typed souls while executing standard attacks. | Rarity: *** Drop: Dead Warrior |
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| Traditional body armor worn by samurai warriors. | DEF +35, CON +10, MND +10 Sell: $7,000 |
Drop: Dead Warrior |
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| A polearm fitted with a broad blade. | Attrib: Pierce #hands: 2 |
ATK +12 Sell: $1,000 |
Rarity: ** |
Special: ↓↘→ + [Attack] for stronger hit (15 MP) | ||||
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| Raise LCK | LCK +1 |
Rarity: *** Steal: Dead Warrior (2.3%) |
Effect: LCK Boost | |||||
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Trivia[]
- The Dullahan enemy from Castlevania: Circle of the Moon shares an almost identical design and fighting pattern as the Dead Warrior, being a knight riding on the front half of a horse, rather than the headless knights appearing in other games. His physical appearance, however, has more in common with that of the original Headless Horseman novel character, not having a head, wielding a sword and wearing a black cape.
- Likewise, the Nightmare enemies from both Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia attack in the very same way, this time being ghost horses that may or may not be ridden by a knight.