Master Librarian
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| Master Librarian | |
| GALLERY | |
| Japanese name | 図書館の主 Toshokan no Aruji (Master Librarian) |
| BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION | |
| Role | Librarian, merchant |
| Date of birth | |
| Date of death | |
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| CHARACTER INFORMATION | |
| Appearance(s) | 1797: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night |
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| Abilities | |
| VOICE ACTORS | |
| English | Dennis Falt (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX version)), Kyle Hebert (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSP version)) |
| Japanese | Masaharu Satō |
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
| Relatives | Dracula and Alucard (Masters) |
| Music theme | Master Librarian (Song) |
The Master Librarian is one of Alucard's allies in his quest to find the reason for the Castle's resurrection and his own awakening. For a price, he'll supply Alucard with weaponry, accessories, maps, and other useful articles. He is found in the library in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Though he seems to fear Dracula, he is not entirely loyal to him - perhaps since Dracula is not yet awake, he has fewer consequences to consider and is thus more willing to aid the Count's estranged son.
He is keeper of the library in Dracula's castle. He has accumulated wealth of knowledge over the centuries, and some special items as well, which he will part with-for a price.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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Buying ItemsEdit
The items that the Librarian will sell you depend on the version of the game you are playing and the progress you've made in the game. The original North American PSX (PSX NA) version and later ports based on it include many items not available in the Japanese versions or the version found in the Dracula X Chronicles. The most expensive item in any version is the Duplicator, which allows you to use any use item or weapon as many times as you want without decreasing the number you have of it. It is only available after beating the game and getting the good ending and is 500,000 G.
| Item Data: Master Librarian's Shop | ||||||||
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| Image | Name - Game Description | Type / Users | Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | ||
| Relics | ||||||||
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| Can open locked blue doors | Relic (Necklace) Alucard | Buy: $500 | ||||||
| Medicine | ||||||||
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| Restores some HP [use] | Medicine (Health Potion) Alucard | HP +50 | Buy: $800 Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Bat, Corpseweed, Will O'Wisp (Saturn-only) First Obtained: (May start with) | |||||
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| Restores about half HP [use] | Medicine (Health Potion) Alucard | HP +100 | Buy: $2000 (later) Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Flea Armor First Obtained: (May start with) | |||||
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| Restores all HP [use] | Medicine (Health Potion) Alucard | Buy: $8000 (later) Find: Floating Catacombs, Reverse Caverns, Underground Caverns | ||||||
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| Restores all MP [use] | Medicine (Mind Potion) Alucard | Buy: $4000 (later) Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Ectoplasm, Salome, Specter (Saturn-only), Will O' Wisp (Saturn-only) | ||||||
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| Cures poisoning [use] | Medicine (Cure) Alucard | Attrib: Poison | Buy: $200 Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Bone Pillar, Corpseweed, Ghost, Human Face Tree (Saturn-only), Specter (Saturn-only) | |||||
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| Removes curse [use] | Medicine (Cure) Alucard | Attrib: Curse | Buy: $200 Find: Long Library Drop: Ectoplasm | |||||
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| Unpetrify [Familiar use only] | Medicine (Cure) Alucard | Attrib: Stone | Buy: $200 Find: Marble Gallery, Reverse Entrance, Reverse Outer Wall Drop: Gorgon, Hammer, Gargoyle (Saturn-only) | |||||
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| Enchanted library card [use] | Medicine Alucard | Buy: $500 Find: Throughout castle (all) | ||||||
| Projectiles | ||||||||
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| Shoots a magic arrow [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +30 | Buy: $300 Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Bone Archer, Bone Musket, Sniper of Goth | ||||
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| Bwaka throwing knife [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +30 | Buy: $400 Find: Anti Chapel, Clock Tower, Reverse Clock Tower Drop: Spectral Sword | ||||
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| Anti-aerial weapon [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Hit | ATK +30 | Buy: $500 Find: Anti Chapel, Royal Chapel Drop: Skelerang | ||||
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| Flaming boomerang [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Fire | ATK +50 | Buy: $1000 (later) Find: Anti Chapel, Reverse Entrance Drop: Skelerang | ||||
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| Throwing spear [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +50 | Buy: $800 (later) Find: Anti Chapel Drop: Bone Halberd, Scarecrow, Spectral Sword, Spear Guard, Winged Guard | ||||
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| Japanese throwing star [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +50 | Buy: $2400 (later) Find: Throughout castle (all) Drop: Flying Zombie, Jack O'Bones | ||||
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| Powerful throwing star [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +70 | Buy: $5000 (later) Find: Catacombs Drop: Blade Master | ||||
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| Razor-sharp master star [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +90 | Buy: $8000 (later) Find: Floating Catacombs, Reverse Colosseum Drop: Ghost Dancer | ||||
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| Flaming throwing star [use] | Projectile Alucard | Attrib: Fire | ATK +100 | Buy: $15000 (later) Find: Long Library Drop: Jack O'Bones | ||||
| Swords | ||||||||
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| Light cavalry sword | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK+9 | Buy: 1500 Drop: Armor Lord, Magic Tome | ||||
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| Fine Sword Honed To Razor-Edge | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +17 | Buy: $4000 Drop: Corner Guard | ||||
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| Fire sword of Oberon | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Fire | ATK +25 | Buy: $10000 (later) Drop: Lossoth | Effect: ↓↘→ + [Attack] Fire blast (ATK 40 for 5 MP) | |||
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| Ice sword of Mim | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Ice | ATK +25 | Buy: $10000 (later) Find: Catacombs Drop: Fishhead | Effect: ↓↘→ + [Attack] Ice blast (ATK 40 for 5 MP) | |||
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| Lightning sword of Indra | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Thunder | ATK +25 | Buy: $10000 (later) | Effect: ↓↘→ + [Attack] Thunder blast (ATK 40 for 5 MP) | |||
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| The sword named Harper | Sword Alucard | Attrib: Cut | ATK +28 | Buy: $12,000 (later) | ||||
| Shields | ||||||||
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| Leather Shield - Low DEF | Shield Alucard | DEF +1 | Buy: $400 Find: Alchemy Laboratory Drop: Slinger, Stone Rose | Effect: Projectile Block Special: Shield Rod Spell (10 MP) - Defense Up (DEF +20) | ||||
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| Hard Iron Shield | Shield Alucard | DEF +2 | Buy: $3980 Drop: Winged Guard | Effect: Projectile Block Special: Shield Rod Spell (20 MP) - Giant Sword Attack | ||||
| Head Gear | ||||||||
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| Velvet Hat | Head (Hat) Alucard | DEF +1 INT +2 | Buy: $400 | |||||
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| Tanned leather hat | Head (Hat) Alucard | DEF +2 | Buy: $1000 | |||||
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| Circlet | Head (Crown / Circlet) Alucard | INT +5 | Buy: $4000 Drop: Marionette | |||||
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| Increases intelligence | Head (Crown / Tiara) Alucard | INT +12 | Buy: $12000 (later) | |||||
| Body Gear | ||||||||
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| Iron cuirass | Body (Body Armor) Alucard | DEF +4 | Buy: $1500 Drop: Flea Armor, Spear Guard | |||||
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| Steel cuirass | Body (Body Armor) Alucard | DEF +5 | Buy: $4000 | |||||
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| Diamond breastplate | Body (Body Armor) Alucard | DEF +15 | Buy: $12000 | |||||
| Cloaks | ||||||||
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| Dual-Colored Reversible Cape | Cloak Alucard | CON +3 DEF +1 | Buy: $2000 | Effect: Can choose which side to show outward in Cloak lining option in System Menu. | ||||
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| Perfect For Forest Camouflage | Cloak Alucard | CON +5 DEF +2 | Buy: $3000 | |||||
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| Select Color [System Menu] | Cloak Alucard | CON +9 DEF +4 | Buy: $30000 | Effect: Can select any color in Cloak color option in System Menu. | ||||
| Accessories | ||||||||
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| DEF+1 ATT+1 | Other (Brooch) Alucard | DEF+1 ATT+1 | Buy: $3000 Drop: Owl Knight | |||||
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| Ring With Holy Powers | Other (Ring) Alucard | STR +1 ATT +1 CON +1 INT +1 LCK +1 | Buy: $4000 | |||||
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| ATT+5 | Other (Gauntlet) Alucard | ATT +5 | Buy: $8000 (later) Drop: Paranthropus, Lion | |||||
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| Duplicates Items | Other (Brooch) Alucard | CON -10, DEF -20, INT -10, LCK -10 | Buy: $500,000 (Clear Game only) | Effect: Using items does not decrease their quantity. | ||||
| Magic Scrolls | ||||||||
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| Summons a fierce spirit. | Spell (Summon) Alucard | Attrib: Hit Consume: 5 MP | ATK +15 | Buy: $1500 Find: use or purchase Magic Scroll 1 | Sequence: ←→↑↓ + [Attack] | |||
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| Heal HP by shedding blood | Spell Alucard | Consume: 10 MP | ATK +30 | Buy: $500 Find: use or purchase Magic Scroll 2 | Sequence: ←↖↑↗→ + [Attack] | |||
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| Transport and fireball attack | Spell Alucard | Attrib: Fire Consume: 15 MP | ATK +30 | Buy: $5,000 Find: use or purchase Magic Scroll 3 | Sequence: ↑↓↘→ + [Attack]; ←/→ to move during teleport; hold ↑ for Dark Inferno variation or ↓ to cancel | |||
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| Summons four spirits | Spell (Summon) Alucard | Attrib: Hit Consume: 20 MP | ATK +15 | Buy: $8000 Find: use or purchase Magic Scroll 4 | Sequence: ↑ (hold), ↗→↘↓ + [Attack] | |||
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| Steals HP from nearby enemies | Spell Alucard | Consume: 50 MP | ATK +15 | Buy: $15000 Find: use or purchase Magic Scroll 5 | Sequence: ←→↘↓↙←→ + [Attack] | |||
| Other | ||||||||
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| Basic map of Dracula's castle | Alucard | Buy: $103 (PSX), $105 (DXC) | ||||||
Selling ItemsEdit
The master Librarian will not buy regular items, but will buy valuable jewels from Alucard. These are as follows:
- Zircon - 150 G
- Aquamarine - 800 G
- Turquoise - 1500 G
- Onyx - 3000 G
- Garnet - 5000 G
- Opal - 8000 G
- Diamond - 20000 G
Enemy ListEdit
TacticsEdit
In addition to giving the statistics of an enemy, you can purchase tactic videos on how to defeat bosses. Note that if a tactic is already purchased, once you watch it the price that the librarian will charge will be 0 Gold.
- Dracula - 200 G
- Slogra & Gaibon - 500 G
- Doppleganger 10 - 700 G
- Hippogryph - 1000 G
- Scylla - 1200 G
- Minotaurus & Werewolf - 1400 G
- Karasuman - 1800 G
- Succubus - 1800 G
- Cerberos - 2200 G
- Olrox - 2600 G
- Granfaloon - 2800 G
- Richter Belmont - 3200 G
- Darkwing Bat - 3500 G
- Akmodan - 3500 G
- Medusa - 3500 G
- The Creature - 3500 G
- Death - 4000 G
- Doppelganger 40 - 4500 G
- Fake Trevor, Fake Grant, Fake Sypha - 5000 G
- Beelzebub - 6000 G
- Galamoth - 7000 G
- Shaft - 8500 G
- Lord Dracula - 10000 G (PS Version)
- True Dracula - 10000 G (Dracula X Chronicles Version)
Sound ModeEdit
In the North American PSX version of the game, beating the game with 190% map completion will unlock Sound Test mode in the Librarian's menu. All songs from the game can be listened to here.
Japanese voice actor's free talkingEdit
In the Japanese version, voice actor's free talking can be heard instead of Sound Test.
Stealing from the LibrarianEdit
Alucard can use Gravity Boots to lift the Librarian's chair up from the room beneath where he is sitting. For doing this once he will drop a Life Vessel. After this Alucard must repeatedly use the Gravity Boots to lift the chair without hitting the Librarian against the ceiling, with Axe Lord Armor and a Ring of Arcana being the rewards. The Dracula Tunic is also available, but will not drop until Alucard has visited the Inverted Castle at least once.
While surprised and perhaps a little confused as to what has happened, the librarian will not hold this against Alucard and will go on with business as usual.
Richter and MariaEdit
The Master Librarian wants nothing to do with Richter or Maria and will only help young Master Alucard due to his past relations to him. If you encounter him with Richter or Maria, he will turn his back to you and offer you nothing. However, you can steal hearts from underneath him.
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the NightEdit
The Librarian acts as Alucard's tutor for how to play Story Mode in Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night. He can also be unlocked in Arcade Mode as a playable character by earning the Veteran Explorer Honor.
The Librarian's shop is available in any save room, with a variety of items available for purchase. Additional items are available for sale as progress is made in the game. The Librarian will buy back most items for somewhat less than their purchasing price. Jewels in this games (which increase different affinities) can only be purchased from the Librarian.
The Jewel of Open can be obtained for free by retrieving it from the Librarian's main room in the Long Library.
| Item Data: Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night | ||||||||
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| Image | Name - Game Description | Type / Users | Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | ||
| Crunchy red apple | Item (Food/Fruit) Alucard | HP +10 Sell: 15 Copper | Buy: 25 Copper Find: Starts with 8 Drop: Zombie, Merman, Skeleton, Axe Knight (Alchemy Laboratory) | |||||
| Tasty cheese | Item (Food) Alucard | HP +25 Sell: 30 Copper | Buy: 50 Copper Find: Alchemy Laboratory Drop: Zombie, Merman, Flea Man, Marionette, Axe Knight (Marble Gallery, Outer Wall), Slinger, Flying Zombie, Fishhead, Medusa Head, Bone Musket | |||||
| With sprinkles | Item (Food/Sweet) Alucard | HP +50 Sell: 2S 40C | Buy: 4 Silver Find: Underground Caverns Drop: Cave Troll, Schmoo, Salome, Imp, Balloon Pod, Flea Armor, Blade Master, Skull Lord, Harpy, Black Crow | |||||
| New York style! | Item (Food) Alucard | HP +80 | Buy: 8 Silver Find: Royal Chapel | |||||
| Mystery food ticket | Item (Food) Alucard | Sell: 6 Silver | Buy: 10 Silver | Effect: Drops a random food (items above) item block on the board. Limitations: Only usable in combat. | ||||
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| Sword of the English Navy | Main Hand (Sword) Alucard | #hands: 1 | ATK +7 Sell: 1S 80C | Buy: 3 Silver | ||||
| Ice sword of Mim | Main Hand (Sword) Alucard | Attrib: Water Affinity +3 #hands: 1 | ATK +23 | Buy: 80 Gold | Special: Veins of Ice set bonus with Ice Mail for Water Affinity +5 and DEF +4 | |||
| Thunder sword of Indra | Main Hand (Sword) Alucard | Attrib: Lightning Affinity +3 #hands: 1 | ATK +23 | Buy: 1 Gold | Special: Shocking! Set Bonus with Lightning Mail for Thunder Affinity +5 and ATK +4 | |||
| Frosty! | Chest (Armor) Alucard | Attrib: Water Affinity +2 | DEF +10 | Buy: 2 Gold | Special: Veins of Ice set bonus with Icebrand for Water Affinity +5 and DEF +4 | |||
| Avoid touching any doorknobs while wearing | Chest (Armor) Alucard | Attrib: Lightning Affinity +2 | DEF +10 | Buy: 2 Gold | Special: Shocking! Set Bonus with Thunderbrand for Thunder Affinity +5 and ATK +4 | |||
| Engraved with a goddess image | Off Hand (Shield) Alucard | Attrib: All Affi. +3 | DEF +5; Max MP +10 | Buy: 2G 50S | ||||
TriviaEdit
- His appearance is very similar to that of Leonardo da Vinci, a famous artist and scientist from the Renaissance.
- He also bears a distinct resemblance to John Wycliffe, scholar and itinerant preacher who first translated the Bible into English in 1384 (thus presaging the Reformation and the spread of education to the common man).
ReferencesEdit
- Castlevania Crypt
- Darkhugh's Den's Guide to Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight - at GameFAQs
- GameFAQs
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