Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items

For protective gear, see the equipment page and for DSS cards, see the cards page.

• Note: "Common" and "Rare" refer to the enemy drop rates.

Potions & Meats

These items restore a certain number of hit points when used. Basic potions restore very little, even in the beginning of the game, so try and keep at least five on you at all time and save them for boss fights or emergencies. Later in the game, Fox Hunters and Imps are easy to find, so keep fighting them until you get a decent supply of meat.

	Item	HP Restored	Common	Rare
	Potion	20	Abiondarg, Demon Lord, Flame Demon, Fox Hunter, Hyena, Myconid, Wind Armor	Devil Tower, Skeleton, Skeleton Bomber, Zombie
	Meat	50	Hipogriff, Were-horse	Fox Hunter, Gorgon, Merman, Were-wolf
	Spicy Meat	100		Abiondarg, Grizzly, Imp, Minotaur
	Potion Hi	250	Devil, Devil Armor, White Armor	Legion, Wind Armor
	Potion Ex	100%		Alraune

Mind Restores

These work just like potions, except they restore a percentage of your MP. They are generally much harder to find than potions and meat, so use them sparingly. You may be better off standing around an empty room for a few minutes until your MP restores itself than using up an item. Brain Floats are fairly common early in the game and reappear as soon as you leave the screen (not necessarily the room), so keep killing them until you have a couple of Mind Restores. After beating Camilla, there is an easy spot for hunting Wind Demons for Mind Hi pots.

	Item	MP Restored	Common	Rare
	Mind Restore	30%	Nightmare, Specter, Witch	Brain Float, Ectoplasm, Gremlin, Mudman, Spirit, Will O'Wisp
	Mind Hi	50%	Lilim, Wind Demon	Marionette, Myconid, Poltergeist, Siren, Specter, Wight
	Mind Ex	100%	Lilith	Fishhead

Hearts

While the hearts that you find in candles (small and large) have to be used instantly, there are heart items that can be stockpiled and used at a later point. Unfortunately, they are much rarer than potions or even mind restores. Save them for use during boss fights instead of just to save time by not running around smashing candles.

Note that the Venus/Manticore combo doubles the number of hearts gained only when picking up small and large hearts — not when using one of the items.

Monsters that have a card in the drop list will drop large hearts instead after you acquire the card (or if you are in fighter mode).

	Item	Hearts Restored	Common	Rare
	Small	1	Candles
	Large	5	Candles, enemies with card drops
	Heart	10	Bone Tower, Gorgon, Man Eater, Mimic Candle, Spearfish	Bat, Bone Head, Coffin, Mummy
	Heart Hi	25	Arachne, Catoblepas, Dryad	Bone Tower, Gargoyle, Ghoul
	Heart Ex	50	Fallen Angel, Scary Candle	Flame Armor, Hipogriff, King Moth, Spearfish
	Heart Mega	100	Trick Candle	Arachne, Dryad

Status Restorers

Status effects all wear off on their own, however you can suffer a lot of damage from the effects and enemies in the mean time. These items restore you instantly, though they do not restore HP that was already lost. If you don't mind cheating a little bit, there is an exploitable glitch that can cure poison without using an item.

	Item	Aliment	Common
	Antidote	Poison	Killer Bee, King Moth, Poison Armor, Poison Worm, Slime, Poison Worm
	Cure Curse	Curse	Legion, Marionette

Power-ups

These are hidden items that permanently increase the maximum amount of HP, MP, or Heart that you have. They are used instantly by touching them. HP Pluses and MP Pluses will also fully restore your HP or MP upon contact, though a Heart Plus will not recover missing hearts.

By collecting all of these items you gain an additional 430HP, 360MP, and 216 Hearts. Depending on what mode you're playing through and what level you end the game at, power-ups can account for one third to one half of your total stats.

	Item	Gain	Total
	HP Plus	10HP	43
	MP Plus	10MP	36
	Heart Plus	6 Hearts	36

Relics

Relics are usually found by defeating area bosses and generally give you new abilities and serve to grant access to the next area of the castle. Usually, once you get a new relic you can pick up power-ups in previous areas that were originally inaccessible. All of the relics are required, except for the Cleansing and Heavy Ring .

Relics are listed in the order that you receive them. Defeating Adramelech does not earn you a relic, but opens the Underground Galley and Underground Waterway.

	Relic	Effect	Usage	Received from	Accesses
	Dash Boots	Run faster.	Double tap the left/right button and hold to start running.		Catacomb
	Double	Double Jump.	Press the jump button while in midair to jump again. You can also double jump once when using the Roc Wing or Kick Boots.	Cerberus	Audience Room
	Tackle	Smash stone blocks.	Press the Special Move button while moving. Can be used to damage enemies as well.	Necromancer	Machine Tower
	Kick Boots	Jump off a wall.	Can be used repeatedly to climb narrow vertical passages. Push against the wall and press the Special Move button while airborne to jump off the side of the wall.	Iron Golem	Chapel Tower
	Heavy Ring	Pushes wooden crates.	Just walk against the crate to move it.	Twin Dragon Zombies (Underground Galley)	Underground Warehouse
	Cleansing	Cleans the poisoned water in the Underground Waterway so you don't take damage while underwater.	To use it simply stand in the red water.	Death	Underground Waterway
	Roc Wing	Jump extremely high (over one screen height).	Hold up while pressing the Special Move button. Can be used repeatedly to gain infinite height (until you hit a ceiling anyway). Cannot be used to damage enemies.	Camilla	Observation Tower, Battle Arena
	Last Key	Opens the door to Dracula's area.	Used automatically at the locked door.	Hugh	Ceremonial Room