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The Wight is an enemy in the Castlevania series. It is a powerful undead being, born from a rotting zombie.

Origins[]

Wight is a Middle English word, from Old English wiht, and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German wiht, meaning a "creature" or "thing".

In its original usage, the word wight described a living human being. More recently, the word has been used within the fantasy genre of literature to describe undead or wraith-like creatures: corpses with a part of their decayed soul still in residence, often draining life from their victims.

Appearances[]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Saturn)[]

Appearing for the first time on the Saturn version of Symphony of the Night. The Wight resembles a zombie wearing armor and and equipped with a sword and shield. However, according to the description of the enemy, it is actually a kind of human-shaped light that controls the corpse. This one also appears when the enemy is destroyed.

Despite their ability to extend their sword on a great distance to reach the player, they are very slow to move and attack, which ultimately makes them quite easy opponents to defeat.

Saturn wight
No. Name JPN Level HP
121 Wight 34 280
Strong Immune Weak Absorb EXP
- - Holy - 210
Location Drop Guard
Soul Prison Dark Shield, Skull Shield
Description "The light manipulating the corpse is the true body."

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon[]

Wights reappear in Circle of the Moon, but in this game, they are simply recolored Zombies (as are the Ghouls), with similar behavior that they will only rise from the ground and simply move toward the player.

Cotm wight
Name JPN HP EXP
Wight ワイト Waito 110 4
ATK DEF Location
235 87 Underground Warehouse, Underground Gallery
Common Drop Rare Drop
Silk Robe (1.5%) Mind High (0.15%)
Resistance Darkness

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness[]

In Curse of Darkness, the Wight appears as a more powerful version of a Vassago. It attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand and it's one of the harder enemies to steal from, as Hector needs to Perfect Guard its spinning attack for it to open its stealing window. A successful attempt will yield $100.

COD-084
No. Name JPN HP
84 Wight Lv.35 228
Tolerance Weakness
Dark Light
Location Drop Steal EXP
Eneomaos Machine Tower, Aiolon Ruins - $100 139
Description "A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand."

COD-092
No. Name JPN HP
92 Wight Lv.36 234
Tolerance Weakness
Dark Light
Location Drop Steal EXP
Infinite Corridor - $100 148
Description "A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand."

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin[]

The Wight is a more powerful version of the common Zombie. In order to bring out a Wight, the player must remain in a room that constantly spawns zombies for a determined period of time. These rooms can be found in the City of Haze, but it's important to note that not all zombie rooms will respawn them. After fending off a bunch of zombies, what looks like a zombie that leaves a blue wake will appear; this blue tinted zombie is a Wight. They're stronger and much faster than an average zombie, but can still be killed relatively easy. When burned, just like regular zombies, they turn into a Skeleton.

A similar enemy called the Ghoul King appears later in the game and the method to make him spawn is the same, although by finding Ghoul-infested rooms instead.

Wight
No. Name JPN HP
18 Wight 44
Tolerance Weakness
Dark Slash, Fire, Holy
Location Common Drop Rare Drop EXP SP
City of Haze Poncho Penters Natural 30 4
Description "A powerful undead being, born from a rotting zombie."

Item Data[]

Item Data: Wight
Image Name - Game
  Type - Users
Description
Attributes / Consume Statistics / Sell Found Notes
Dark Shield Icon Dark Shield (jpn) - Symphony of the Night
  Shield - Alucard
[edit]
Unholy dark shield Attrib: Hit
DEF +3, ATT +10
Find: Final Stage: Bloodlines
Drop: Malachi
Effect: Projectile block and shield attack
Special: Shield Rod or Mablung Sword spell (30 MP): Meteor Attack (ATT +30, Attrib: Hit)
Skull Shield Icon Skull Shield (jpn) - Symphony of the Night
  Shield - Alucard
[edit]
Shield with Knight's crest DEF +4
Drop: Bone Ark, Yorick, Skull Lord
Effect: Projectile block
Special: Shield Rod or Mablung Sword spell (40 MP): Giant Laser Attack (ATT +100, Attrib: Hit)
Silk Robe Icon Silk Robe (jpn) - Circle of the Moon
  Body (Robe) - Nathan
[edit]
Robe made of silk DEF +40, INT +140
Drop: Fox Archer, Wight
Mind High Icon Mind High (Mind High Up) - Circle of the Moon
  Recovery Item (Mind Potion) - Nathan
[edit]
Recover 50% MP. MP +50%
Drop: Wind Demon, Specter, Siren, Poltergeist, Myconid, Marionette, Lilim, Wight
$100 - Curse of Darkness
  Pick-Up - Hector
[edit]
Gold + 100
Find: Candelabras
Steal: Cockatrice Lv.6/46, Slogra Lv.14/37/45, Phantom Sword Lv.15, Ghoul Lv.27/42/75, White Gravial Lv.27/43, Frost Demon Lv.28/38/43, Death Ripper Lv.29/40/75, Rapid Sniper Lv.31/40, Necromancer Lv.31/35, Armored Sprinter Lv.33/44, Wight Lv.35/36
Poncho PoR Icon Poncho (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin
  Body Gear (Armor) - Jonathan/Charlotte
[edit]
A simple piece of clothing; a blanket with a hole on top. DEF +7
Sell: $1,200
Find: Great Stairway
Drop: Wight
Penters Natural PoR Icon Penters Natural (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin
  Item (Food/Sweet) - Jonathan, Charlotte
[edit]
Candy that's been popular for generations. HP +25
Sell: $25
Drop: Wight

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The word wight is an Old English term that originally meant "man". In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books, undead creatures called "Barrow-wights" appear during Frodo and company's journey through the Barrow-Downs on their way to Bree (Barrows were a type of burial mound built over graves; hence, the Barrow-wights were "Grave-men").

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