Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items: Difference between revisions

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.

These work just like [[#Potions|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 minuets 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.

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|potions]] or even [[#Mind Restores|mind restores]]. Save them for use during boss fights instead of just to save time by not running around smashing candles.

[[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Getting Started#Status|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 [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Secrets#Curing poison|exploitable glitch]] that can cure poison without using an item.

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.

Relics are usually found by defeating [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses|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|power-ups]] in previous areas that were originally inaccessible. All of the relics are required, except for the {{CotMitem|type=Items|name=Cleansing}} and {{CotMitem|type=Items|name=Heavy Ring}}.

|Press the Special Move button ''while moving''. Can be used to damage enemies as well.

|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.