Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin

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This game is titled Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin in North America, Europe, and Australia and Akumajou Dracula: Gallery Of Labyrinth in Japan.

Cheat Codes

Alternate dialogue

Hold L and press A at the main menu. Jonathan will say "Showtime" to confirm correct code entry. This will toggle the dialogue between Japanese and English, depending on the game's original regional version.

Unlockables

Completion bonuses

Successfully complete the game with the best ending to unlock "Richter" and "Sisters" modes, Boss Rush Courses 2 and 3 at the "Boss Rush" menu, the hard difficulty setting, the "Sound Mode" option at the main menu, and the ability to replay the game by loading your cleared saved game file.

Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting to unlock a permanent +50 Luck bonus.

Hidden Vincent dialogue

Play as Charlotte and stand in front of Vincent the shopkeeper. Hold Up until he begins speaking.

Alternate credits

Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting to unlock an alternate portrait of Vincent during the ending credits.

Play as Old Axe Armor

Kill at least 1,000 Old Axe Armors and save the game after completing it. Start a new game and you can now play as an Old Axe Armor.

Richter mode

Defeat the Whip Memory and Dracula at the end of the game.

Sisters mode

Defeat the Whip Memory and Dracula at the end of the game.

Birthday cake

Set your birthday in the DS system settings to the current date. Then, go to Vincent the shopkeeper. A birthday cake that costs 3,000 will be offered for sale.

Magus Ring

Successfully complete all of Wind's quests to get the Magus Ring. It regenerates your magic points quickly.
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Boss Rush bonuses

Complete the indicated Boss Rush course under the listed time to get the corresponding bonus.

Astral Ring: Boss Rush Course 1 in 1 minute.

Illusion Fist: Boss Rush Course 2 in 5 minutes.

Invisible Cape: Boss Rush Course 1 in 3 minutes.

Record 1: Boss Rush Course 2 in 3 minutes.

Record 2: Boss Rush Course 3 in 3 minutes.

Scout Armor: Boss Rush Course 3 in 5 minutes.

Hard mode bonuses

Complete Hard mode with the indicated level cap to unlock the corresponding bonus.

Konami Man trophy and +50 Strength: Level 1 cap.

Twin Bee trophy and +50 Intelligence: Level 25 cap.

Vic Viper trophy and +50 Luck: Level 50 cap.

Hints

Defeating Legion

While fighting Legion, become Charlotte and use the Ice Needle spell. It should take two to four fully charged Ice Needle spells to take out a section. If you have the Volcano Duel Crush, use it to take out Legion from the top platform.

Defeating Dagon

The Boss in the Forest Of Doom can be difficult to defeat. Make sure you have the maximum amount of potions and tonics before you fight Dagon. Dagon has a habit of sucking up all the water. Make sure you reserve your MP for the team attack. Use the Holy Lightning skill whenever you can, then pull back your partner so your MP does not take any hits.

In the Forest of Doom, there is an easy way to defeat Dagon. First, use Jonathan only. Charlotte will only hinder you and lower your MP whenever she gets hit. Swim-jump to the surface and start dive-kicking on Dagon's head. The first kick will bounce you up and give you a second chance to kick him (repeat as necessary). You must coordinate the jumps if you are ahead of the water. Also, be careful with the buoys it drops. If you get hit and fall to the floor, use the Holy Lightning attack and jump back to the surface as soon as possible. Whenever Dagon starts sucking water, use that chance to dive-kick him as fast as you can because there is no water slowing down your kicks. By remaining above his head most of the time you will defeat him easily while suffering minimum damage.

Defeating Bosses

All the bosses, including Death and the vampire twins, like to use power hits when your cornered or stuck somewhere. Equip your characters with powerful items and weapons; your Attack, Strength, Defense, and Luck are more important when dealing with powerful enemies. For certain enemies and Bosses, control Charlotte for long range attacks while Jonathan does close range attacks.

Stat boost on Jonathan

Choose Charlotte as your playable character. Equip her with the Str, Luck, Mind, Con, Int or All Boost, then call Jonathan as your teammate. Use one of the boosts (fully charged) with Charlotte, then become Jonathan and send Charlotte out (by pressing A if your commands are set to the default). Jonathan will retain the Boost (+60), instead of having the smaller boost (+30). This is useful when Charlotte is not strong enough to kill a monster and also when looking for rare items, such as the Eye Of Decay, Medusa Whip, or Summon Medusa spell.

Defeating Doppleganger

The following trick is useful if you have already unlocked the Nest of Evil portrait. When you get to the last area there is a save point near the last room. Go back to the surface and restock on potions, high potions, tonics, and high tonics. After that, go back to Nest of Evil and go to the last save point using the teleport stones. Before saving, unequip both Jonathan and Charlotte of everything. The last Boss of this portrait is the infamous Doppleganger. The Doppleganger will take on the form of either Jonathan or Charlotte. The Doppleganger will have the same equipment, weapon, and skill of either character once you enter the room. After entering the room quickly re-equip your characters with the strongest equipment, weapon, skill, and team skill for them. You will be able to take out the Doppleganger very quickly. After the fight you will receive the last team skill on the skill list in the next room.

The easiest way to defeat the Doppelganger (in the Nest of Evil) is to not have him attack you at all. There is a glitch with one weapon that allows you to attack the Doppelganger without being hit back. Equip the Illusion Fist weapon to Jonathan (obtained after completing Boss Rush Course 2 within five minutes) and the Encyclopaedia weapon and Berserker spell to Charlotte. Do not equip any armor for either character. When the fight begins, backdash against the wall and call Charlotte to use Berserker, doubling your now-unceasing attack. If you are fighting Jonathan, he will not attack you back; if you're fighting Charlotte, switch to the Kaiser Knuckles weapon for Jonathan and you can attack Charlotte without her hitting you. This is an effective strategy, especially when you want to earn SP quickly.

Easy experience

Find a place were Bats keep respawning. Let Charlotte be your sidekick. She will automatically attack the bats while you do nothing. Have you DS on AC power and allow the game to idle like this to gain levels easily. Do this as many times as desired, but preferably near a save point.

Easy SP

Before you go through with this you must be able to access the 13th Street portrait, have the Undead Killer and quite a few tonics. Go to 13th Street and use the warp to the second warp room. Walk out the room and jump up on the platforms and into the next room. There will be three Red Axe Armors walking back and forth. Use your subweapon (Knife, Javelin, Bible etc.) and make sure it makes contact with all three Red Axe Armors. Then, equip the Undead Killer and kill the three Red Axe Armors. You will then get 12 SP for each Red Axe Armor, giving you a total of 36 SP.

Use the following trick to easily max out Jonathan's sub-weapons. When you reach the end of the Nest Of Evil and fight the Doppleganger, although it has 2,000 HP it also has 99 SP (the highest available). Before you fight it, unequip all your armor and weapons. Then, enter the room. Your enemy will have little or no defense against you. Once inside, re-equip what you need and the sub-weapon you wish to build up. Once the Doppleganger is defeated, leave the nest Of Evil and repeat. Also, if you have the Master Ring the 99 SP is doubled to 198. If you have two rings you will receive 396 SP from one enemy.

Skull Bartender

In the City of Haze in the room across from the Bakery, is a room with a Skull Bartender. Aside from just killing him, if you stand at the end of the bar for a few seconds he will mix a drink and slide it at you. The different drinks do the following.

Tall Red Glass: Curse

Tall Green Glass: Poison

Tall Blue Glass: Heals you for 999

Short Orange Glass: Petrify

Short Blue Glass: Damage (exact amount unknown). For example, you will take 150 damage on Axe Armor at level 20.

Changing skeleton

Go to the portrait that resembles a school (the one that you must complete to kill Brauner). There is a room that contains two witches (that throw "Energy Light" spells) and a skeleton in the background. Reenter the room several times to see the skeleton covered in organs. Note: This may require a few attempts.

Glitches

Hard mode game level

Start a new game with cleared saved game file (copy it first). When the game starts you will see Vincent. Turn off the game as soon as you see him. Turn the game back on, select that file. It will now appear as hard max lvl 1, 25,or 50 (depending on which one you picked). Your level on that file will be the same level as the one in which you completed the game with. You will have all your items, all of the map that was discovered, all of the quests you previously completed, and start at the same location you last saved. Note: This will not help you get the bonus item(s) that are normally unlocked by competing Hard mode. All this does is say that your file is on hard mode level 1, 25, or 50 with your previous files level.

Misspelling

In the "Equip" sub-menu, where it displays the characters' names, Charlotte's name is misspelled as "Charotte". The manual lists her name as having an "L",, spelling it as "Charlotte". Also you can clearly hear Jonathan shout "Charlotte!" during game play.

After you get the Samurai Leggings on 13th Street, on the "Equip" menu where the item names are displayed, the word "Leggings" is misspelled as "Leggngs" with the "I" missing.

After you have unlocked Richter and Sisters modes, go to a blank file to start a new game. In the "Select A Character" screen, "Richter" is misspelled as "Richiter".

There is an armor called "Platinum Leggings" that is misspelled as "Platinum Lggns".

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