The Nest of Evil is a secret painting found in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. This hidden area can be opened only by having an exploration rate of 888% or more. After fulfilling this requirement, you may select the "Nest of Evil" training mission from Wind's list of subquests.

The area is located in a small hole situated in the entrance room of the castle which beforehand had not existed.

The Nest of Evil's environment greatly resembles both a coliseum and a black market fighting arena. This hidden (and optional) area of the game acts much like the coliseums found in other Castlevania titles in which you head through a series of rooms and do battle with increasingly tougher groups of monsters. After every third challenge comes an encounter with a semi-boss of sorts who is a guest appearance from the previous DS Castlevania title: Dawn of Sorrow.

Contents 1 Map 2 Bestiary 3 Lair Masters 4 Challenges 4.1 Round 1 4.2 Round 2 4.3 Round 3 4.4 Round 4 4.5 Round 5 4.6 Round 6 5 Treasures 6 Room Count 7 Design flaw

MapEdit

BestiaryEdit

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin-

Enemy Data: Nest of Evil
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	96. Dead Warrior  (Dead Trooper)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A dead knight whose spirit still lusts for battle.	Strong: Dark Weak: Piercing, Fire, Holy, Curse, Petrify HP: 210 Exp: 193 Skill Pt: 6	Drop: Samurai Plate	Dark Academy, 13th Street, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	113. Quetzalcoatl			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A reincarnation of the ancient snake god.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 128 Exp: 228 Skill Pt: 9		Forgotten City, Nest of Evil
	123. Demon			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An inhabitant of hell, set free by dark magic.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 666 Exp: 666 Skill Pt: 16	Drop: Super Tonic	13th Street, Nest of Evil
	124. Bone Ark  (High Mobility Bone Pillar)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A mobile Bone Pillar. Considered an innovative breakthrough.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 500 Exp: 354 Skill Pt: 15		Nest of Evil
	102. Lightkeeper  (Bifrons)			[ edit ]
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	A demon who lights magical torches on graves.	Strong: Fire Weak: Whip, Piercing, Ice, Poison HP: 220 Exp: 250 Skill Pt: 8		Forgotten City, Dark Academy, 13th Street, Nest of Evil
	109. Mothman			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	Half moth, half man--he sprinkles poisonous dust wherever he goes.	Weak: Fire, Petrify HP: 80 Exp: 125 Skill Pt: 7		13th Street, Nest of Evil
	108. Minotaur			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man.	Strong: Blunt Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 354 Exp: 414 Skill Pt: 10	Drop: Bullova, Hercules Ring	Dark Academy, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	83. Final Guard			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An elite warrior chosen to guard key areas in the castle.	Strong: Blunt, Whip, Piercing, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Dark, Holy, Poison, Curse, Petrify HP: 50 Exp: 500 Skill Pt: 15	Drop: Defensive Form, Final Sword	Master's Keep,13th Street Dark Academy, Nest of Evil
	94. Jack O' Bones  (Throw Master)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A skeleton who specializes in throwing attacks.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 100 Exp: 114 Skill Pt: 5	Drop: Spoiled Milk, Adrenaline Gear	Forgotten City, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	89. Buster Armor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An armored warrior who specializes in long-range attacks.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 288 Exp: 330 Skill Pt: 9	Drop: Gold Plate	13th Street, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	112. Dragonfly			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An insect that spits burning liquid.	Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 40 Exp: 115 Skill Pt: 5		Dark Academy, Nest of Evil
	81. Heavy Armor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An armored zombie warrior with great strength; he swings a steel ball.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 299 Exp: 310 Skill Pt: 8	Drop: Wrecking Ball, Heavy Armor	Dark Academy, 13th Street, Nest of Evil
	86. Ruler's Sword  (Ruler Sword)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A sword controlled by an evil will. Causes poltergeist phenomena.	Weak: Lightning, Holy HP: 300 Exp: 400 Skill Pt: 13	Drop: Jagdplaute, Dragon Slayer	Master's Keep, Dark Academy, Nest of Evil
	66. Dogether			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A magical being created by a forbidden spell.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 144 Exp: 157 Skill Pt: 4	Drop: Monocle, Stone Circle	Forest of Doom, Nest of Evil
	73. Skeleton Blaze  (Skeleton Blades)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An elite skeleton warrior armed with two swords.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 180 Exp: 193 Skill Pt: 4	Drop: Katar, Slick Boots	13th Street, Nest of Evil
	128. Cave Troll  (Chupacabra)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A blood-sucking beast that extracts the entrails of cows with its tongue.	Strong: Blunt Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 320 Exp: 414 Skill Pt: 21	Drop: Jamon Iberico, Peking Duck	Nest of Evil
	90. Armored Fleaman			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A little Fleaman armed with an axe and protected by armor.	HP: 80 Exp: 125 Skill Pt: 4	Drop: Bhuj, Berserker	Forgotten City, Nest of Evil
	106. Guillotiner  (Guillotine Devil)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A demon who has executed countless victims in its bloody guillotine.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 213 Exp: 223 Skill Pt: 6		Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	121. Iron Golem			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A golem imbued with a powerful magic spell.	Strong: Blunt, Whip, Piercing, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Dark, Holy, Poison, Curse, Petrify HP: 999 Exp: 500 Skill Pt: 20	Drop: Platinum Leggings, Platinum Plate	Nest of Evil
	118. Lesser Demon			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A demon who wields powerful magic.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 166 Exp: 199 Skill Pt: 7	Drop: Skull Ring	Dark Academy, Forgotten City, Nest of Evil
	125. Skeleton Farmer			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A skeleton with a green thumb. Even hell could use a plant here and there.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 439 Exp: 590 Skill Pt: 18	Drop: Rice Ball	Nest of Evil
	126. Alastor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A sword possessed by the souls of slain warriors, driven by revenge.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 512 Exp: 512 Skill Pt: 25	Drop: Damascus Sword	Nest of Evil
	117. Demon Head			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An ancient devil that only has a face and six wings.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 199 Exp: 266 Skill Pt: 11	Drop: Rotten Durian	Dark Academy, Forgotten City, Nest of Evil
	111. Yorick  (Soccer Boy)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A skeleton that ceaselessly chases its own skull.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 110 Exp: 151 Skill Pt: 6	Drop: Spade	Forgotten City, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	127. Gold Skeleton			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A skeleton made of a hard, unknown material similar to gold.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 255 Exp: 255 Skill Pt: 18	Drop: Gold Ring	Nest of Evil
	122. DoubleAxe Armor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An elite Axe Armor warrior who wields two axes with deadly precision.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 191 Exp: 287 Skill Pt: 14	Drop: Berserker Mail, Super Potion	Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	129. Amducias			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A demon in the form of a unicorn. One of the best musicians in hell.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 1999 Exp: 1280 Skill Pt: 33	Drop: Thor's Bellow, Record 4	Nest of Evil
	100. Vice Beetle			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An insect with crushingly powerful jaws. Crawls on the ceiling.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 30 Exp: 64 Skill Pt: 3		Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	149. The Creature  (Franken)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	An artificial being created by a mad scientist.	Strong: Lightning Weak: Whip, Piercing HP: 4000 Exp: 5000 Skill Pt: 60		Dark Academy, Nest of Evil
	107. Nyx			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	The master of night.	Strong: Holy Weak: Whip, Piercing, Petrify HP: 160 Exp: 206 Skill Pt: 6	Drop: Heart, Princess Coat	13th Street, Nest of Evil
	114. Ripper			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A fiend who takes great pleasure in slaughtering people with knives.	Weak: Whip, Piercing, Curse, Petrify HP: 80 Exp: 127 Skill Pt: 2	Drop: Porkpie Hat, Spicy Shrimp	13th Street, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	120. Vapula			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A demon with a lion's body and a griffon's wings.	Strong: Dark Weak: Fire, Holy HP: 420 Exp: 396 Skill Pt: 12	Drop: Hex	Dark Academy, 13th Street, Nest of Evil
	91. Amalaric Sniper			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A fallen angel who is now a fearsome archer.	Strong: Holy Weak: Whip, Piercing, Dark HP: 179 Exp: 218 Skill Pt: 8	Drop: Pudding, Blessed Ankh	13th Street, Nest of Evil
	92. Old Axe Armor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A veteran zombie warrior wearing antique armor.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 145 Exp: 156 Skill Pt: 0	Drop: Voulge, Ancient Armor	Dark Academy, Forgotten City, 13th Street, Burnt Paradise, Nest of Evil
	75. Wyvern			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A winged beast related to dragons.	Strong: Blunt Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire, Petrify HP: 293 Exp: 229 Skill Pt: 5		Master's Keep,Nest of Evil
	82. Malphas			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A black demon that is accompanied by crows.	Weak: Fire, Light HP: 666 Exp: 573 Skill Pt: 12		Dark Academy, 13th Street, Nest of Evil

The following monsters are exclusive only to this area in Portrait of Ruin:

Enemy Data: Nest of Evil
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	121. Iron Golem			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A golem imbued with a powerful magic spell.	Strong: Blunt, Whip, Piercing, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Dark, Holy, Poison, Curse, Petrify HP: 999 Exp: 500 Skill Pt: 20	Drop: Platinum Leggings, Platinum Plate	Nest of Evil
	124. Bone Ark  (High Mobility Bone Pillar)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A mobile Bone Pillar. Considered an innovative breakthrough.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 500 Exp: 354 Skill Pt: 15		Nest of Evil
	125. Skeleton Farmer			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A skeleton with a green thumb. Even hell could use a plant here and there.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 439 Exp: 590 Skill Pt: 18	Drop: Rice Ball	Nest of Evil
	126. Alastor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A sword possessed by the souls of slain warriors, driven by revenge.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 512 Exp: 512 Skill Pt: 25	Drop: Damascus Sword	Nest of Evil
	127. Gold Skeleton			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A skeleton made of a hard, unknown material similar to gold.	Strong: Dark Weak: Blunt, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 255 Exp: 255 Skill Pt: 18	Drop: Gold Ring	Nest of Evil
	128. Cave Troll  (Chupacabra)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A blood-sucking beast that extracts the entrails of cows with its tongue.	Strong: Blunt Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 320 Exp: 414 Skill Pt: 21	Drop: Jamon Iberico, Peking Duck	Nest of Evil
	129. Amducias			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin (Strategy)
	A demon in the form of a unicorn. One of the best musicians in hell.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 1999 Exp: 1280 Skill Pt: 33	Drop: Thor's Bellow, Record 4	Nest of Evil

Lair MastersEdit

Enemy Data: Nest of Evil: Bosses
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	130. Balore  (Balor)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A demon whose very gaze induces terror.	Weak: Piercing HP: 3000 Exp: 2000 Skill Pt: 40		Nest of Evil
	131. Gergoth			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A once-gentle beast, warped by magic and driven mad by imprisonment.	Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 3800 Exp: 2500 Skill Pt: 50		Nest of Evil
	132. Zephyr			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A demon who has mastery over time.	Weak: Whip, Piercing, Fire HP: 3210 Exp: 3210 Skill Pt: 60		Nest of Evil
	133. Aguni  (Agni)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A primitive god of fire, captured by Dracula's magic.	Strong: Fire Weak: Ice HP: 4000 Exp: 3500 Skill Pt: 70		Nest of Evil
	134. Abaddon			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A master of pestilent locusts from the deep abyss of the underworld.	Strong: Dark Weak: Piercing, Holy HP: 5000 Exp: 4000 Skill Pt: 50	Drop: Record 3	Nest of Evil
	137. Fake Grant  (Grant Fake)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A zombie disguised as Grant DaNasty.	Weak: Piercing HP: 3800 Exp: 3000 Skill Pt: 60	Drop: Ramen Noodles	Nest of Evil
	138. Fake Sypha  (Sypha Fake)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A zombie disguised as Sypha Belnades.	Strong: Fire, Ice, Lightning Weak: Piercing HP: 3200 Exp: 3000 Skill Pt: 60	Drop: Mint Sundae	Nest of Evil
	136. Fake Trevor  (Ralph Fake)			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A zombie disguised as Trevor Belmont.	Strong: Whip, Holy Weak: Piercing HP: 3800 Exp: 3000 Skill Pt: 60	Drop: Curry	Nest of Evil
	135. Doppelganger			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A demon who assumes the form of its intended victims before killing them.	Weak: Piercing HP: 2000 Exp: 2000 Skill Pt: 99	Guard: Greatest Five	Nest of Evil

ChallengesEdit

Each arena holds a group of monsters situated in a way to make the most of their capabilities against the player. all of the following rooms can be left after 1 minute of survival. Here's a list of all monster groups (excluding boss arenas) starting with the first:

Round 1Edit

1. Dead Warrior x 2, Quetzalcoatl x 1
2. Demon x 2, Bone Ark x 1
3. Lightkeeper x 5, Mothman x 2
4. Minotaur x 4
5. Final Guard x 1, Jack O'Bones x 4

Round 2Edit

1. Buster Armor x 2, Dragonfly x 7
2. Heavy Armor x 2, Ruler's Sword x 1
3. Dogether x 2, Skeleton Blaze x 3, Cave Troll x 1
4. Armored Fleaman x 9, Guillotiner x 1
5. Iron Golem x 1

Round 3Edit

1. Lesser Demon x 3, Skeleton Farmer x 2
2. Alastor x 1
3. Yorick x 2, Demon Head x 3
4. Gold Skeleton x 5
5. DoubleAxe Armor x 5

Round 4Edit

1. Amducias x 1
2. Alastor x 2, Gold Skeleton x 3
3. Bone Ark x 3
4. Vice Beetle x 10
5. Ruler's Sword x 2

Round 5Edit

1. The Creature x 2 (This room can be left after defeating one of the creatures.)
2. Cave Troll x 9
3. Iron Golem x 1, DoubleAxe Armor x 2
4. Yorick x 9
5. Nyx x 1, Ripper x 9,

Round 6Edit

1. Vapula x 1, Amducias x 1,
2. Heavy Armor x 1, Amalaric Sniper x 2
3. Old Axe Armor x 9
4. Wyvern x 1, Cave Troll x 2
5. Malphas x 2

TreasuresEdit

Dual Crash: The Greatest Five (located within the final room following the defeat of the Doppelganger) Most of the lair masters drop items when killed.

Room CountEdit

There are 64 rooms in all.

Each division of this area houses in between "breather" halls that scale vertically between entry and exit to each division of challenges and 2 challenge arenas between each vertical hall. Every even numbered division holds 1 challenge arena with a boss arena immediately following. After the boss arena coomes another vertical passage, but with a Warp Room in the middle.

The warp rooms are always on the righthand side of the map. There are also only 2 Save Points in this area. One stationed at the beginning and one near the end, just before the Doppelganger's arena.

Design flawEdit

Since the first warp room of the nest of evil is located in an dead end, if the player enters the panel near it without activitating it, they will be trapped inside the nest of evil for eternity.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Characters
Heroes
Jonathan Morris - Charlotte Aulin - Wind - Vincent Dorin
Villains
Brauner - Stella - Loretta - Death - Dracula
Lesser Roles
Richter Belmont - Maria Renard - Old Axe Armor
Bosses
Main Game Bosses
Dullahan - Behemoth - Keremet - Astarte - Legion - Dagon The Creature - Mummy Man - Werewolf - Medusa
Nest of Evil Bosses
Balore - Gergoth - Zephyr - Aguni - Abaddon - Doppelganger Fake Trevor, Fake Sypha and Fake Grant
Areas
Castle Areas
Entrance - Great Stairway - Buried Chamber - Tower of Death - Master's Keep - Throne Room
Paintings
City of Haze - Nation of Fools - Sandy Grave - Forest of Doom 13th Street - Burnt Paradise - Forgotten City - Dark Academy - Nest of Evil
Music
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Original Soundtrack
Guides
BradyGames Portrait of Ruin Official Strategy Guide - Konami Akumajo Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth Official Guide
Archives
Bestiary - Inventory - Sisters Mode - Richter Mode - Old Axe Armor Mode

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