- For other uses, see Magic Book (disambiguation).
The Magic Book is either an item or an enemy in the Castlevania series. They are books containing the secrets of magic, weaponry or literature.
Magic books can be used by a hero to summon some kind of magical effect, weapon or creature out of its pages, or they can also be possessed volumes that move and attack on their own.
General information[]
The first spellbooks found in the Castlevania series are those used by the Belnades family and their relatives. Sypha Belnades can use different spellbooks to perform either Fire, Ice or Thunder spells as sub-weapons in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
Self-propelled floating enemy books first appeared in Super Castlevania IV, which could "flap" their pages to hover over the ground and then make swooping attacks. The Spellbooks and Magic Tomes from Symphony of the Night come out from their shelves, move slowly toward the player and then open their pages to reveal atrocities with which to attack them.
Juste Belmont can use Spell Books to cast Spell Fusions, powering up his sub-weaponry and giving them elemental effects.
Charlotte Aulin can use them to summon different kinds of weapons or creatures as her primary means of attack.
Magic books were utilized by Barlowe in the boss fight against him in Order of Ecclesia. Similar to Sypha, his books allowed him to specifically practice Fire, Ice or Thunder spells.
Little Witch uses them as a blunt object which she can swing around as her primary weapon.
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Super Castlevania IV[]
Only present in The Unliving Quarters during the long stairs-descent. They "flap" their pages to fly over the ground and make swooping attacks on Simon.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night[]
There are two types of magic books, both present in the Long Library. When destroyed, both types turn themselves as mysterious letters come out of their pages:
- Spellbook
Comes out of its shelf, moves slowly toward the player and opens its pages to reveal a skull with which to hit them.
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- Magic Tome
Appears only in the room where the Faerie Scroll is located. It moves quickly around the player and opens its pages to reveal and array of rusty weapons which it uses to stab them.
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Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody[]
There are two types of Magic Books in Moonlight Rhapsody, a Hand type and a Head type.
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Statistics | Items | Location | Notes |
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse[]
- Main article: Magic Book (Dracula's Curse)
Three Magic Books comprise Sypha Belnades' sub-weaponry in this game. These are:
Castlevania: Bloodlines[]
- Main article: Spell Book (Bloodlines)
Spell Books are found inside of breakable walls. Collecting it will cause one of two different effects which happen at random; either the player will get thirty Red Jewels or a third Coat of Arms power-up effect, powering up the characters' main weapon to its fourth degree.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance[]
- Main article: Spell Book (Harmony of Dissonance)
When combined with subweapons, they allow Juste to cast Spell Fusions, which are powerful spells with a variety of effects.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin[]
- Main article: Tome
Tomes are magic books used as weapons by Charlotte Aulin. While they lack physical power compared to Jonathan's weaponry, they compensate this by being an early source of elemental melee attacks and/or having extra vertical range. Besides, they are one of the fastest melee weapon classes in the game.
Castlevania Judgment[]
Sypha Belnades uses a Magic Book as a weapon alongside her Staff to perform various attacks. It can be thrown as a blunt weapon and returned to her, or its pages can summon forth magical attacks.
Castlevania: The Arcade[]
The primary weapon of the Little Witch in The Arcade is the Spell Book, which is chained to a handle. It can be waved around, damaging enemies with its edge. She can use three witchcraft spells from the book as sub-weapons, Fire, Ice and Thunder.
Drop Item Data[]
| Item Data: Spellbook | ||||||||
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Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) | Gold +1,000 |
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard) Drop: Spellbook |
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only) | |||||
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| Damages all enemies [use] | Attrib: Hit |
ATT +50 |
Find: Clock Tower, Underground Caverns Drop: Ctulhu, Diplocephalus, Spellbook, Wraith (Saturn-only) |
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| Magic Tome | ||||||||
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| Add funds to your current total. Different types contain different sums.(...) | Gold +2,000 |
Find: Lanterns (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard) Drop: Magic Tome |
Effect: Can use funds to purchase items from the Master Librarian (Alucard-only) | |||||
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Light cavalry sword Cavalry sword
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Attrib: Cut |
ATT +9 |
Buy: $1,500 Drop: Armor Lord, Magic Tome |
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Item Data[]
- Main article: Magic Book/Item Data
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