The Skull Ring (also called the Ring of Varda in the North American versions of Symphony of the Night and Cursed Ring in Circle of the Moon) is a Gold Ring with a Skull on it in Castlevania that increases many stats greatly.

In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, it increases Attack by 10, Strength by 30 (resulting in a total effect of Attack+40), Intelligence by 30, Defense by 10, Constitution by 10 (resulting in a total defense boost of +14), and Luck by 5. It is a scaled up version of the Ring of Feanor, which increases each stat to a lesser degree without the same relative emphasis on each.

The ring is cursed in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon and later games and requires a luck sacrifice in order to gain the other stats. While it increases Strength and Defense by 30, it reduces Luck by 100. The ring increases many stats (Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, and Mind all by +6) in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, but reduces luck by 13.

The ring is similar to the Skull Necklace which appears in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, which emphasis Defense, but is also cursed with a luck penalty.

Item DataEdit

Item Data: Skull Ring
Image	Name - Game Description	Type / Users	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Ring of Varda (Skull Ring) - Symphony of the Night					[ edit ]
	Golden Ring To Rule Over All	Other (Ring) Alucard		STR +30 ATT +10 CON +10 DEF +10 INT +30 LCK +5	Drop: Paranthropus (Cleared game only)
	Cursed Ring (jpn) - Circle of the Moon					[ edit ]
	'	Arm (Ring) Nathan		STR +30, DEF +30, LCK -100	Drop: Arch Demon, Beast Demon
	Skull Ring - Harmony of Despair
	Curses its wearer.	Accessory (Ring) any	Attrib: Curse -100	DEF +6, STR +3, CON +3, INT +3, MND +3 Sell: 825	Rarity: **

TriviaEdit

• Varda is "Queen of Stars", a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien.

• In Symphony of the Night , the only way to get a Paranthropus to drop one Ring of Varda is to have one saved file marked as CLEAR. Paranthropuses will only drop Gauntlets and Turquoises otherwise.