A Wight 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: Portrait of Ruin
- Note: This enemy should not be confused with the Ghoul King, who appears only in Ghoul-infested areas.
A Wight is a more powerful version of the common zombie. In order to bring out a Wight, the player must kill many zombies in the same area. This is most easily done in the large, zombie-infested areas of City of Haze, but it's important to note that not all zombie rooms will respawn them. After slaying a bunch of zombies, what looks like a zombie that leaves a blue wake will appear. This blue tinted zombie is a Wight. They are stronger and much faster than an average zombie but can still be killed relatively easy. When burned, like regular zombies, they turn into a skeleton. Once killed, the room will no longer spawn zombies.
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.
Enemy Data
| Enemy Data: Wight | |||||
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Statistics | Items | Location | Notes |
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| The light manipulating the corpse is the true body. | Weak: Holy Level: 34 HP: 280 Exp: 210 |
Drop: Dark Shield, Skull Shield |
Soul Prison |
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| ' | Strong: Darkness HP: 110 Exp: 4 Atk: 235 Def: 87 |
Common Drop: Silk Robe (1.5%) Rare Drop: Mind High (0.15%) |
Underground Warehouse, Underground Gallery |
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| A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand. | Strong: Dark Weak: Light Level: 35 HP: 228 Exp: 139 |
Steal: $100 |
Eneomaos Machine Tower, Aiolon Ruins |
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| A perversion of a Vassago. Attacks by swinging the two spiked maces hanging from each hand. | Strong: Dark Weak: Light Level: 36 HP: 234 Exp: 148 |
Steal: $100 |
Infinite Corridor |
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| A powerful undead being, born from a rotting zombie. | Strong: Dark Weak: Slash, Fire, Holy HP: 44 Exp: 30 Skill Pt: 4 |
Drop: Poncho, Penters Natural |
City of Haze |
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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"). Since then, other fantasy writers, RPGs and video games have imitated Tolkien's version to varying extents.