Castlevania: Symphony of the Night/Items

Most of the items in this page can be found in many locations, so that the location will not be listed here. A tag of "(SS)" indicates that it is only found in Sega Saturn version.

Items dropped by enemies
Sometimes the enemies will drop hearts and money bags. If you have enabled Cube of Zoe, all candles will drop these items, too.

Power-ups
There are two items which can boost player's attributes.
 * [[File:Castlevania SotN Life Vial.gif]] The Life Vial can be found in various locations, and after beating any boss who does not carry a relic of Vlad. It gives +5 to Alucard's max HP, or +10 to Richter or Maria's HP, then it also refills user's HP to full.
 * [[File:Castlevania SotN Heart Container.gif]] The Heart Container can be found in various locations. For Alucard, it adds 5 to both max Heart and current Heart. For Richter or Maria, it gives 30 hearts but does nothing with max Heart value.

Shop items
The following items can be bought at the Long Library, however they will not show up in your inventory.
 * The price of Castle Map seems to be affected by tax rate in Japan by the time of game release.
 * Spell books will only appear at certain period if you have never used the corresponding spell. If you already input the correct command of a spell, it will be remembered in your menu, and the spell book will not be for sale.
 * Spell books 6-8 are only available in Dracula X Chronicles version.

Healing & Support items
Items: 21 in PS version and 22 in SS version.

Food
All other foods can be obtained by using a Meal Ticket. In order to use foods, equip at hand and press Attack, and mostly the food will be dropped on the ground, then pick the food up to gain healing. Items: 42 in PS version and 44 in SS version.

Attack items
Note: only 50% of the STR attribute will be applied to damage calculations if Strength is less than the Attack value in the table.
 * Throws: 15 in both PS and SS versions.
 * Bombs: 5 in both PS and SS versions.