This is really old tech. Nothing new about it. But... it's presented phenomenally. 👏 👏 👏 I stayed for the entire video even though I knew about the glitch. Lol
One of the best videos regarding glitches and game mechanics I've seen in a good while: * Well explained. * Well edited. * And doesn't waste the watcher's time with random ramblings.
Its not stretched, SOTN is widescreen by default. It puts black bars in-game on the top and bottom of the 4:3 output. I zoomed in the footage to cut the bars out, but the aspect ratio was not changed.
Ancient SOTN sage here: Just wanted to add a trick in the Library when using the wolf jump, mist, down kick combo. You do NOT have to wait until the bat if you cant pull this off, when i was young i figured out you can switch between Mist, Wolf, and Alucard over and over again while holding the direction you want to travel. You will gain about a pixel or two of distance each time so long as you dont turn into the same thing in a row, you have to stagger wolf and mist with alucard between them. It lets you infinitely fly early on, just slowly. Nobody mentions this, i assume because its not a modern Speedrun strat, and never made it onto the popular rumormill. Its useful in a couple places besides the library obviously, but it cant do long distance easily due to mana concerns
There's also a glitch at the start of the Alucard part that allows you to slide back past the drawbridge. You'll fall into a little room under the first flagstone. I haven't done it in years, however, and lack details on it anymore. I am happy to have been able to add at least two tips on GameFAQs for SOTN; the shield for Dracula and the Chessagrimm, IIRC.
Yup, you either backdash or duck and slide, I can't remember. In the original playstation version you would fall below the drawbridge and you could go right one screen into a cave. It was an unfinished area so you'd get stuck there. Of course, these are memories from the 90's, could be skewed after this much time. There's also a shield rod glitch that teleports you through walls.
@@neogalfordyou can also do it with the heart refresh and duplicator to fall below the floor and slide under the stone to a glitched save room. Was supposed to be an additional area but was cut. It was added to the Saturn version.
I know like actual serious tricks in this game, theres a way to get the dog and trick jump across the clock tower area, get into and through the clock tower and then farm muramasa way before the castles flipped. I have a file with this done on it and am powering it up down by the mermen.
@@_Tizoc_ There used to be a partial tutorial on here years ago, u gotta make these specific jumps, but then u gotta get thru the clocktower underleveled as hell escape that get to the dudes who drop it farm and survive all that and go back to a savepoint, i have this done on a legit file lmfao. Its doable, then u bring it down to the mermen ad farm blood and get it strong. For me it took maybe, an hour of trying ? it didnt take that long but i could see someone taking long, it all depends, and theres no like quick saving atleast for me did this on my ps2 with a memory card and still got the file, im jus leveling the sword up lol. When i show people the file who play they get confused.
Really, full of surprises! I really wish the producers would have a little consideration for the fans and release a new remastered version of all Castlevanias for consoles and PC! There are a lot of good games stuck on old platforms that are not backwards compatible!
Although I admitedly already knew all of these because I'm a sotn nerd myself, the video was reeeeeally well presented, and really well explained, with easy to understand inputs, terms and graphical queues. This might've inspired some casuals to learn more about the game, even if it's not to actually "speedrun" it. I myself don't actually speedrun it, but these techniques come really handy after you beat the game several times like me, but can't stay away from the game XD. Great work!!
Always appreciate the effort you put in, I can tell it’s a lot harder to show your own footage. Much more effort than just reading a glitches list off a wiki. Keep up the great work.
Fun story. The glitch where you can skip the Death scene in the PSP Dracula X Chronicles version is way easier than the one shown here haha. All you have to do is enter and in the very microsecond you are in, backdash ASAP and then re-enter the room and BAM! Alucard inventory still intact lol EDIT: You also don't have to unequip the stuff either haha. Just backdash out of the room and inventory is still intact hahaha
Yep. That's right. However, the so called "money glitch" (use Google) don't work in the PSP/PS3/PS4/PS5 versions. You will not be able to buy the $500.000 Duplicator (search Google) easily. You'll have to do some money farming, if possible. 😉
Last summer I had covid, and whilst I was in quarantine, I found out I had this game downloaded on my old PS3. Spent my entire time out of work playing this beautiful masterpiece that came out like 25 years ago. This video was very informative and I enjoyed watching it.
I actually never knew the Shield Rod/Alucard Shield combo was unintended, I always assumed it was intended that it dealt ridiculous damage if things came in contact with you.
There is a second version of the infinite money glitch, and it's fairly easy to pull off. It also can be done even if you've previously spoken to the Librarian. You'll need the following; Sword Card, Max 50mp or more, and of course a jewel to sell. The Sword Card is hidden in Olrox's Chambers. Go to the Librarian's room and get as close to him as you can before triggering the shop menu. Have the Sword Card active, then do the command for the spell "Sword Brothers". [ D DR R UR U (hold a second) D+Attack ]. As the spell executes and the sword yells "Gather Brother Soul Blades" while spinning and making afterimages, enter the shop. You can test if it worked by opening your sub-screen while in the shop. If you can, it worked. The rest of the glitch is exactly the same as if you used the Fairy. EDIT: One more thing, it can be done on your first playthough, though sadly the Duplicator won't be available for purchase.
Yeah but you only get it in endgame. The Chakra is where it's really at cuz you can get it relatively early in the first castle from the discus lord in the catacombs.
This game means so much to me and my siblings and seeing this kind of content for our gem is the best. Thanks for putting this well edited and great video together. Easily one of the best videos I have watched on RUclips.
Pretty good explanation for the beginner. Very clear and detailed. I’m sure you may know, but more glitches and ways to beat the game have been demonstrated by DragonBlitz, the foremost speed runner of the game, using both 360 and PSX versions. Some glitches you could cover next time (that DragonBlitz always does) are RSL Death Skip via Neutron Bomb/Level Up, Summon Spirit/Level Up, and Heart Refresh; zipping through the floor of the Long Library and use Wing Smash chain to exit the LL, or even the potion invincibility to pass through the spikes to get to Maria for the Silver Ring (used in 200.6% speedruns). Just in case you have more advanced players watch your video 😊
This video has been popping up in my feed for a few weeks. It's 6:00am and I've been up all night but had to watch it this time. Castlevania: SotN is my favorite game of all time. I have every iteration of the game you mentioned in the video and was about fifteen years old when it was released. I bought it for the original PlayStation with money I earned mowing grass. I think I also purchased Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy VII around that same timeframe. What a time for gaming man. For me, SotN is the best all around gameplay/soundtrack combination and I know what kind of bold statement that is with the likes of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Mega Man, Mario, Sonic, all the other Castlevania games and many more. I had no idea about some of these glitches and this has prompted me to start a new playthrough ASAP. I've always known of the luck code and not getting hit in the first battle as Richter. I can't wait to keep Alucard's gear! Thanks so much. What an amazing video for my favorite game.
Clicked on this expecting to get the "map completion" and other well-known glitches and instead got an exhaustive way to exploit and cheat the entire game. How have I played this game countless times for literally 25 years and NEVER heard of any of this?? lol Thanks for an amazing video!
For clarification, for those who arent Street Fighter fans, @22:55, this direction conbination is in one sweeping/sliding motion and should only take a fraction of a second, so practice and do it quickly.
Kudos to you for the format of this video, I love retro game (SOTN is one of my favorites) and watching all this glitches was very entertaining, I think your explanations were on point and really descriptive for what was happening. The Reverse Shift Line + Wing Smash for the Relic Skip was amazing
Here's another glitch for you to reach 201.1% of progress (A few save rooms that were discarded from the game, but they didn't deleted them, and I see no much people know about them) [Make sure to copy this in another part to not lose it when you click the time tag :) ] BIBLE INCOMIIIIIIING Requires Basically the Relic Skip (22:05) items and knowledge: -Minimum 2 Heart Refreshes (One in each hand) -Duplicator -Library card Now do: - Go to the beginning of the map in the entrance, the very first room where we start the game. - Calculate the same way of the video the part where the camera start following Alucard in the entrance of the next room, and walk a one or two steps away of the room (The camera should move just a little, not necesary to be just a pixel). You must be looking in the opposite direction of the door - Now Backward dash one time and inmediately after pressing that button, press any of the heart refresh you have equiped. It will pause the movement with the animation, but you will still be moving after it. -While the animation is on, activate the other hand Heart refresh, It won't summon inmediately, but once the first is over, you will see how you go back one or two frames, and it will activate the next animation. And while that animation is on, activate the other one, and so until you see the camera doesn't move anymore, but you can do it a few more times to be sure. -After that, let the backward dash animation finish, If you did it correctly, make another backward dash, and instead of going to the next room, you should be falling inside the ground. -Once you managed to do that, convert to bat, make sure to be on the bottom, and right there, fly to the next room. -This will make you go between the two rooms multiple times (Basically this will happen there 23:47), you try to press Left so you should appear again below of the ground in the first room -But now, you will press Left and you will be able to move very slow like this 23:43 -And voilá, after flying a little, you will be in what seems like a glitched save room. You can save there, there's no problem, is just a visual giltch. The next room is just a little cave that goes up, and when you reach the top, you will be under the initial spot where you start the game, where there's a stoned Trapdoor that opens automatically when you touch it, and you will be back in the normal map So, you might be wondering: "what is the library card for?". It's for the inverted castle version, since thar trapdoor is totally sealed, once you enter, you can't exit other way than that. And the process is almost the same with a little one difference I'll explain: -Same process of the Backward dash & ♥Refresh, but in the buttom of the screen (The roof) -Once you make sure it worked, go back up (as a bat or however) just before entering the room and do a backward dash in the opposite direction, you should fall inside the wall instead of going to the next room. -Now transform to bat, go up over the top of the screen (Your wings should be slightly seen), and go to the opposite room, the game will make this hell again 23:47. And press Right to end in the first room again, but over the top this time. -Now the difficult part :). Go to the right, but you must stop in a very specific point. You will be seeing a little of your wings over the top of the screen, the ground, and right under it, some (I think It's called) shrubberies (I don't speak eng, srry!), two bigs, and a lot of small ones, the first big near of the castle beginning, next to a lot of smalls, and then the other big one. You will fly right before reaching the second big one. (A little further could cause to fail, and even further you will just see the room, but won't enter, you will be pushed back) -Once in the place, Wing Smash a few times (I think 2 or 3 are enough) and you will appear inside the room, but it's reversed, so you will be falling, so after the wing smash you will be transform automatically back to Alucard, so transform again to bat, and that's all, you will be able to fly around that reversed cave and the save room (That again, will look glitched, but you can save ther just for the merit) -Finally, and as I said, you will be trapped there because the exit is blocked by lines of code XD. So use the library card to go back safe to the normal castle Aaaaaand that's all, thanks for your patience ^_^
Wow...I have played and beaten Castlevania Symphony of The Night many, many times. I have had my copy of Symphony of The Night since 1998 and I have many other versions of it as well. I knew about the Death skip and while I have done it before...I just can't bring myself to really use it. Every time I start a new game I just want to enjoy the combat and exploration but these other glitches are very interesting indeed. I will be trying them tonight on my original PSX copy while I play on a PS3 to ensure everything works. As far as the Richter battle skip, wouldn't it be easier to fly over the block as the bat? Have you tried this before? You know what...I bet the bat form is to big vertically and probably clips the invisible block. I may try with the bat and see if I can trigger the battle skip tonight. This video was absolutely fantastic! You have just taught this old dog some new tricks and I can't wait to try them. I'll still playthrough in a semi-normal fashion but I'm going to try all kinds of wall skippery while I'm at it. ;)
A day when I poop is an absolutely amazing day !! Oh, you don't believe me ? How do you feel when you hold it in too long ?? ..... Yeah, that's what I thought.
My brother and I played a Japanese copy when we were kids (without us knowing any Japanese naturally), so we didn't know anything about there being an inverted castle and a true ending; we just got to the bad ending where Richter dies. So, one time we thought "what would happend if we used the item that teleports you to the library right when Richter was defeated and dying?". We did that, got back to Richter, and the inverted castle section began. We were absolutely shocked to discover a second part of the game. I don't know if that glitch would work nowadays in a legitimate copy, but I've been wondering ever since.
Fantastic video! It's a little bit of a bummer that the Sword Brothers OOB glitch wasn't touched on, because that was the very first glitch I ever learned as a kid and it's still my favorite to this day!
I remember I used to exploit the mist into wolf transformation to reach higher places but never occurred to do the drop kick without thinking it was an exploit at that time haha, great video
This game just dripped with style, and will forever stand as one of the pillars against any argument claiming that 3D is inherently superior to 2D; to say nothing of the incredible gameplay! Watching your great video about all the glitches I never knew about as a kid has been a joy, kudos!
I read this comment before getting that far into the video, so if I hadn't already played these games you would have been the one to casually spoil the twist :p
Man.. I can't even begin to think about how many hours were needed to figure this stuff out. Very cool. Have to say though... SOTN is a God tier game! Spent many the months trying to beat it, and roaming around aimlessly. haha The good old days of no internet!
The game don't take long to finish,the map is not that big(its very stange that you were wondering aimlessly)..on a causal play,it generally takes 7-10hiurs to complete both castles.
Love the explanation more than the glitches, and how you put the exciting song right after you finally get in the save room. The coders and developers should check your channel often.
To be fair, i already knew about the Death Glitch because it allows Alucard to keep all of his gear, making the game easier. The reason why this exploit can only work in Luck Mode is because all other stats are at the lowest level while the luck stat is at max level. Not to mention that if you over level up, your defense will be too high, the warg wolf will be unable to launch you past the cutscene. Based on my many playthroughs, the safest level to still do the exploit is at level 6. Any higher, and you won't be able to do the Death Skip. Also in case anyone was wondering, yes, you can still do it in the Dracula X Chronicles port of SOTN on PSP. All other glitches are possible.
Cool, I’ve heard about some of these glitches. However, I’ve never seen a concise guide on how to perform them. Some of these glitches I have never heard of. Good stuff.
Some ppl need to understand that when you like a game so much and already played it alot you try to do unimaginable things, and this crazy stuff keeps you engaged so you only really feel acomplished after you do it all, for me that is the real nature of gaming.
I bought this the moment it release on PS1, what a masterpiece. The weird part is when I got home the disk inside the case said Castlevaina, but it was some sort of pc cd rom. I took it back and exchanged it for a real ps1 game. To this day I wish I would have figured out what the hell it was, but I was just a kid and didn't think to keep it.
Dude, when you started showing the Luck code at the start I thought "no big deal, pretty sure I know every single glich in this video". But at the end, you earned a new subscriber.
I love this game, because I imagine that Alucard's character/abilities are from a completely different game. He is so OP in SoTN, it's like having the Quake-guy with the rocket/rail all that and playing in Halo.... you'd be a complete unstoppable wrecking machine....like Alucard in SoTN
So I just remembered i have Castlevania Requiem still on my PS4 so i just tried the glitches and so far the luck mode and death skip still work. I haven't tried the other ones yet but I'm glad i saw this video and decided to try them. Thanks Phobia!!
Mist form is so complicated and confusing, I'm not sure I'll ever understand what it's for 😔 If only the game would ever tell me where it could pass... perhaps over and over... with an incessant pop-up...
3:25 not sure if he mentions it down the line but time is also a factor in your starting stats for Alucard. The best possible stats to get, requires no damage & complete Richter's part in under a minute. This is not possible on your 1st playthrough as you cannot skip the cutscene with Dracula. Only possible on replays. While it may seem near impossible to pull off, it has been done before by players. A YT search can show how it is done.
To further elaborate, using either subweapon (cross/holy water) gets you basically the same stats, except MP: Holy water - 80HP / 25 MP / 60 HEARTS / 13 STR / 12 CON / 13 INT / 12 LCK Holy Cross - 80 HP / 30 MP / 60 HEARTS / 13 STR / 12 CON / 12 INT / 12 LCK If you use no subweapon and defeat Dracula without being hit however: 85 HP/55 MP/14 STR/13 CON/13 INT/17 LCK These are the stats if you can pull off a no damage/under a min win.
Wait WHAT, are you telling me Alucard's Shield + Shield Rod being busted was a glitch all along? Holy shit. Since the Crissaegrim exists, I thought it was another extremely powerful effect for you to have fun with.
First part of the game glitches are cool. Knew about "Death Skip". But the entirety of the game can easily be made simple as all hell, if a completed game in the memory card is required. If you have a completed game, 2 Paranthropus (Golden Giant Skeletons) will appear in a lower mid-right room. If there is a completed game file, they will drop "The Ring of Varda". If you can get two of those rings, you gain the following per ring: Str & Int+30, Atk+40, Luck+5, Def+12, Con+10
I have never known that box before the castle top for ending check ! It is amazing to see such old classic still has cool followups like this! (I am not a TAS/speedrun guy)
If you beat the first battle when play as richter in less than 1 minute you start with power of sire, there is a clip early in the begging of the game to an underground area that was only in the saturn version, you can also get on the outside of the castle but using sword brother spell and wingsmash to the right of the chapel, 214% is possible
Awesome glitches Phobia, tragically I lost my copy of this awesome game many years ago, however it was a blast to play, truly a privilege to have, thanks for the memories!
I just did the Relic Skip with just one Wing Smash. I turned into bat as you said, but I hold up for less than a second to "unstuck" myself from the ceiling and recover normal bat speed still out of bounds. Then I used Wing Smash only once while holding up left. When Alucard was forced into human form again I was between the two rooms. Kept holding up left until I got dropped into the save room. I wish I had recorded it, but I assure you it worked.
Technically you only need to be in a Wing Smash while transitioning into the Save Room. The problem is that you have no idea where the transition is from the room below, so its simpler to just Wing Smash the entire length. You're not wrong though.
@@PhobiaSoft Upon further testing I found out that doing the Wing Smash right above the clock left to the golden clock in the center of the room is 100% consistent. (Also found out that the "unstucking" I mentioned earlier was an accidental Wing Smash lol)
They need to Remake Symphony of the Night and Aria of Sorrow for modern consoles (still 2D of course, but maybe 2.5D) and combine them into one game called *Castlevania:Symphony of Sorrow.*
The “keep Alucard Gear” glitch is even easier on the Requiem collection because it lets you literally backdash out of the cutscene with Death, and while the game flags the cutscene as played, you get to keep all your stuff!
Question, while explaining the save room skip, you where hit in bat form by a guardian. You took no damage and an image of a hit human form alucard flew out... What causes this?
I remembered playing this when I was young. I didn't know where to find the bat , double jump and other stuff but I managed to finish the game. I only had wolf and mist form and I used that to reach the other side of the collapse staircase, where Richter is waiting. I switched back and forth from mist to wolf and gradually move left while in the air. However, the ending felt forced and unsatisfying. Years later, I picked up the game again but didn't finish it. I'm now considering playing it again for the fun of it and to see what other secrets and locations I can discover.
"What is a glitch? A miserable little pile of exploits!"
Happy Halloween, let me know if you want to see more Castlevania in the future 🧛
i just want more "you" in the future
I would love to see Aria of Sorrow next
yes more vania content! lets show konami that SH isnt their only ip and we dont want nft
Hell yeah let's see some AOS next.
Greatest statement ever!
Take my sub :)
This man just decided to wake up one day and teach all of us how to casually speedrun SotN. Literal pro gamer move
Ahaha this is one of the reasons I love Sotn. The Glitches are almost a part of the gameplay. Infinitely replayable.
This is really old tech. Nothing new about it. But... it's presented phenomenally. 👏 👏 👏 I stayed for the entire video even though I knew about the glitch. Lol
no, videos like this requires specific planning and tons of replays, almost like a project.
*Pro gamers beat games for real. They don't cheat.*
@ColbyePresents yeah no, that just isn't true
I'm surprised no one is talking about how Phobia created a whole set and costume just for the end of the video, and it's badass!
Great indeed, though I'm a bit disappointed that he didn't throw the cup in the last second. :-)
no, that's just his gaming chair
@@MiCkEBIOS I thought about it, I just didn't wanna clean up sticky cranberry juice from the floor 😂
@@PhobiaSoft What is a cranberry stain? A sticky little pool of fructose! But enough talk! Have a juice!
@@sokkyu golden 🤣🤣👌
One of the best videos regarding glitches and game mechanics I've seen in a good while:
* Well explained.
* Well edited.
* And doesn't waste the watcher's time with random ramblings.
* I agree
indeed
hell yeah
ok but why is the screen stretched?
Its not stretched, SOTN is widescreen by default. It puts black bars in-game on the top and bottom of the 4:3 output. I zoomed in the footage to cut the bars out, but the aspect ratio was not changed.
Ancient SOTN sage here:
Just wanted to add a trick in the Library when using the wolf jump, mist, down kick combo.
You do NOT have to wait until the bat if you cant pull this off, when i was young i figured out you can switch between Mist, Wolf, and Alucard over and over again while holding the direction you want to travel. You will gain about a pixel or two of distance each time so long as you dont turn into the same thing in a row, you have to stagger wolf and mist with alucard between them.
It lets you infinitely fly early on, just slowly.
Nobody mentions this, i assume because its not a modern Speedrun strat, and never made it onto the popular rumormill. Its useful in a couple places besides the library obviously, but it cant do long distance easily due to mana concerns
It's largely impractical, which is why it's not mentioned. Sure, it's possible, but there's other easier and more practical techniques.
I love how the way this video is edited in a way its like a story that goes full circle. It's so satisfying!
There's also a glitch at the start of the Alucard part that allows you to slide back past the drawbridge. You'll fall into a little room under the first flagstone. I haven't done it in years, however, and lack details on it anymore. I am happy to have been able to add at least two tips on GameFAQs for SOTN; the shield for Dracula and the Chessagrimm, IIRC.
Yup, you either backdash or duck and slide, I can't remember. In the original playstation version you would fall below the drawbridge and you could go right one screen into a cave. It was an unfinished area so you'd get stuck there. Of course, these are memories from the 90's, could be skewed after this much time. There's also a shield rod glitch that teleports you through walls.
@@neogalfordyou can also do it with the heart refresh and duplicator to fall below the floor and slide under the stone to a glitched save room. Was supposed to be an additional area but was cut. It was added to the Saturn version.
I know like actual serious tricks in this game, theres a way to get the dog and trick jump across the clock tower area, get into and through the clock tower and then farm muramasa way before the castles flipped. I have a file with this done on it and am powering it up down by the mermen.
@@profo4544how long will that take?
@@_Tizoc_ There used to be a partial tutorial on here years ago, u gotta make these specific jumps, but then u gotta get thru the clocktower underleveled as hell escape that get to the dudes who drop it farm and survive all that and go back to a savepoint, i have this done on a legit file lmfao. Its doable, then u bring it down to the mermen ad farm blood and get it strong. For me it took maybe, an hour of trying ? it didnt take that long but i could see someone taking long, it all depends, and theres no like quick saving atleast for me did this on my ps2 with a memory card and still got the file, im jus leveling the sword up lol. When i show people the file who play they get confused.
I never knew the shield rod and Alucard shield magic effect was so powerful. Been playing this game since the 90s and still go back to this day! 🦇
Me too
Mablung Sword will work too.
The most glorious game ever. 🏆
Really, full of surprises! I really wish the producers would have a little consideration for the fans and release a new remastered version of all Castlevanias for consoles and PC! There are a lot of good games stuck on old platforms that are not backwards compatible!
@@hackjuniordf agreed!
This was such a well written, well made video and it deserves all the attentions, great work sir
Although I admitedly already knew all of these because I'm a sotn nerd myself, the video was reeeeeally well presented, and really well explained, with easy to understand inputs, terms and graphical queues. This might've inspired some casuals to learn more about the game, even if it's not to actually "speedrun" it. I myself don't actually speedrun it, but these techniques come really handy after you beat the game several times like me, but can't stay away from the game XD. Great work!!
Always appreciate the effort you put in, I can tell it’s a lot harder to show your own footage. Much more effort than just reading a glitches list off a wiki. Keep up the great work.
I for one know Phobia's pipeline would be MUCH faster if there were a "glitches list off a wiki" he could pull from for research 😉
Fun story.
The glitch where you can skip the Death scene in the PSP Dracula X Chronicles version is way easier than the one shown here haha.
All you have to do is enter and in the very microsecond you are in, backdash ASAP and then re-enter the room and BAM! Alucard inventory still intact lol
EDIT: You also don't have to unequip the stuff either haha. Just backdash out of the room and inventory is still intact hahaha
yep just tried it. emulating Dracula X chronicles psp on my phone. It totally works. thx.
You don't even need to backdash. Just press left immediately after you enter.
Yep. That's right. However, the so called "money glitch" (use Google) don't work in the PSP/PS3/PS4/PS5 versions. You will not be able to buy the $500.000 Duplicator (search Google) easily. You'll have to do some money farming, if possible. 😉
Holy crap that advert of mario drinking the milk unlocked memories of watching that as a young kid I had forgot all about
Right??
The amount of passion and replay that was needed to learn all these is incredible.
This game keeps on fascinating gamers over 2 decades after its release. What a masterpiece! Thanks for the vid. :)
Finished this game a million times, and I feel so dumb for not knowing about these exploits :/
Last summer I had covid, and whilst I was in quarantine, I found out I had this game downloaded on my old PS3. Spent my entire time out of work playing this beautiful masterpiece that came out like 25 years ago.
This video was very informative and I enjoyed watching it.
I actually never knew the Shield Rod/Alucard Shield combo was unintended, I always assumed it was intended that it dealt ridiculous damage if things came in contact with you.
Them "updating" the voice acting was so sad
Yuri Lowenthal as Alucard isn’t one of the best choices.
Stop having an opinion 😠
@@ethanpease5936you're right, it's the worst.
Gay asf. Why I have an original ps1 with an original copy.
There is a second version of the infinite money glitch, and it's fairly easy to pull off. It also can be done even if you've previously spoken to the Librarian.
You'll need the following; Sword Card, Max 50mp or more, and of course a jewel to sell. The Sword Card is hidden in Olrox's Chambers.
Go to the Librarian's room and get as close to him as you can before triggering the shop menu. Have the Sword Card active, then do the command for the spell "Sword Brothers". [ D DR R UR U (hold a second) D+Attack ]. As the spell executes and the sword yells "Gather Brother Soul Blades" while spinning and making afterimages, enter the shop. You can test if it worked by opening your sub-screen while in the shop. If you can, it worked.
The rest of the glitch is exactly the same as if you used the Fairy.
EDIT: One more thing, it can be done on your first playthough, though sadly the Duplicator won't be available for purchase.
Insanely well put together walkthrough, man. I had no idea there were so many glitches/exploits!
Of course let us not forget Crissagrim, the biggest non-exploit exploit in existence.
I never found that weapon during the time I had the game, truly unfortunate!
Yeah but you only get it in endgame. The Chakra is where it's really at cuz you can get it relatively early in the first castle from the discus lord in the catacombs.
This game means so much to me and my siblings and seeing this kind of content for our gem is the best. Thanks for putting this well edited and great video together. Easily one of the best videos I have watched on RUclips.
The infinite money glitch can also be done with the sword familiar, but of course you do get that later in the game.
The sword brothers glitches could basically be their own video, since it branches into map glitches and such too.
Pretty good explanation for the beginner. Very clear and detailed.
I’m sure you may know, but more glitches and ways to beat the game have been demonstrated by DragonBlitz, the foremost speed runner of the game, using both 360 and PSX versions.
Some glitches you could cover next time (that DragonBlitz always does) are RSL Death Skip via Neutron Bomb/Level Up, Summon Spirit/Level Up, and Heart Refresh; zipping through the floor of the Long Library and use Wing Smash chain to exit the LL, or even the potion invincibility to pass through the spikes to get to Maria for the Silver Ring (used in 200.6% speedruns). Just in case you have more advanced players watch your video 😊
DragonBlitz left a comment here and I felt a little star-struck 😅
This video has been popping up in my feed for a few weeks. It's 6:00am and I've been up all night but had to watch it this time. Castlevania: SotN is my favorite game of all time. I have every iteration of the game you mentioned in the video and was about fifteen years old when it was released. I bought it for the original PlayStation with money I earned mowing grass. I think I also purchased Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy VII around that same timeframe. What a time for gaming man. For me, SotN is the best all around gameplay/soundtrack combination and I know what kind of bold statement that is with the likes of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Mega Man, Mario, Sonic, all the other Castlevania games and many more. I had no idea about some of these glitches and this has prompted me to start a new playthrough ASAP. I've always known of the luck code and not getting hit in the first battle as Richter. I can't wait to keep Alucard's gear! Thanks so much. What an amazing video for my favorite game.
Appreciate you mate, I'm happy you clicked!!
This is what the Internet was made for, freaking love finding these gems of videos
Clicked on this expecting to get the "map completion" and other well-known glitches and instead got an exhaustive way to exploit and cheat the entire game. How have I played this game countless times for literally 25 years and NEVER heard of any of this?? lol Thanks for an amazing video!
"I am the Dark Priest called Shaft" Me: "You're damned right!!!!"........lmfao :P
Your Richter skip is SO much easier than the other one I've seen and tried for forever. Cool video!
The best game, the best story, the best ost of MY LIFE!
26:08 just like Soma in the castle's throne on Aria of Sorrow. I can hear that unforgettable scene's music!
For clarification, for those who arent Street Fighter fans, @22:55, this direction conbination is in one sweeping/sliding motion and should only take a fraction of a second, so practice and do it quickly.
One of my all time favorite games. A timeless classic.
Kudos to you for the format of this video, I love retro game (SOTN is one of my favorites) and watching all this glitches was very entertaining, I think your explanations were on point and really descriptive for what was happening. The Reverse Shift Line + Wing Smash for the Relic Skip was amazing
Great Vid :)
Was about to make a suggestion for you to do a reaction of this vid in one of your muramasa runs. 😅
Thanks Blitz!! Your videos were a big help in conducting research for this game, happy to have given some entertainment back!
amazing, i'm always thinking (after those videos) who take the time to discover such glitches
if someone ever asks me "what is foreshadowing" I will simply give him the link to this video
very well put together. nice explanations, I feel like I could do it myself after a few attempts at each. you sir, got my like
Here's another glitch for you to reach 201.1% of progress (A few save rooms that were discarded from the game, but they didn't deleted them, and I see no much people know about them)
[Make sure to copy this in another part to not lose it when you click the time tag :) ]
BIBLE INCOMIIIIIIING
Requires Basically the Relic Skip (22:05) items and knowledge:
-Minimum 2 Heart Refreshes (One in each hand)
-Duplicator
-Library card
Now do:
- Go to the beginning of the map in the entrance, the very first room where we start the game.
- Calculate the same way of the video the part where the camera start following Alucard in the entrance of the next room, and walk a one or two steps away of the room (The camera should move just a little, not necesary to be just a pixel). You must be looking in the opposite direction of the door
- Now Backward dash one time and inmediately after pressing that button, press any of the heart refresh you have equiped. It will pause the movement with the animation, but you will still be moving after it.
-While the animation is on, activate the other hand Heart refresh, It won't summon inmediately, but once the first is over, you will see how you go back one or two frames, and it will activate the next animation. And while that animation is on, activate the other one, and so until you see the camera doesn't move anymore, but you can do it a few more times to be sure.
-After that, let the backward dash animation finish, If you did it correctly, make another backward dash, and instead of going to the next room, you should be falling inside the ground.
-Once you managed to do that, convert to bat, make sure to be on the bottom, and right there, fly to the next room.
-This will make you go between the two rooms multiple times (Basically this will happen there 23:47), you try to press Left so you should appear again below of the ground in the first room
-But now, you will press Left and you will be able to move very slow like this 23:43
-And voilá, after flying a little, you will be in what seems like a glitched save room. You can save there, there's no problem, is just a visual giltch. The next room is just a little cave that goes up, and when you reach the top, you will be under the initial spot where you start the game, where there's a stoned Trapdoor that opens automatically when you touch it, and you will be back in the normal map
So, you might be wondering: "what is the library card for?". It's for the inverted castle version, since thar trapdoor is totally sealed, once you enter, you can't exit other way than that. And the process is almost the same with a little one difference I'll explain:
-Same process of the Backward dash & ♥Refresh, but in the buttom of the screen (The roof)
-Once you make sure it worked, go back up (as a bat or however) just before entering the room and do a backward dash in the opposite direction, you should fall inside the wall instead of going to the next room.
-Now transform to bat, go up over the top of the screen (Your wings should be slightly seen), and go to the opposite room, the game will make this hell again 23:47. And press Right to end in the first room again, but over the top this time.
-Now the difficult part :). Go to the right, but you must stop in a very specific point. You will be seeing a little of your wings over the top of the screen, the ground, and right under it, some (I think It's called) shrubberies (I don't speak eng, srry!), two bigs, and a lot of small ones, the first big near of the castle beginning, next to a lot of smalls, and then the other big one. You will fly right before reaching the second big one. (A little further could cause to fail, and even further you will just see the room, but won't enter, you will be pushed back)
-Once in the place, Wing Smash a few times (I think 2 or 3 are enough) and you will appear inside the room, but it's reversed, so you will be falling, so after the wing smash you will be transform automatically back to Alucard, so transform again to bat, and that's all, you will be able to fly around that reversed cave and the save room (That again, will look glitched, but you can save ther just for the merit)
-Finally, and as I said, you will be trapped there because the exit is blocked by lines of code XD. So use the library card to go back safe to the normal castle
Aaaaaand that's all, thanks for your patience ^_^
Literally looked up glitches to play faster, and he showed me how to speedrun it without even looking up speedrun routes. What a legend
Till this day this game still has me in aww. It just one of those classics you keep coming back to!
Thanks for vid!
Wow...I have played and beaten Castlevania Symphony of The Night many, many times. I have had my copy of Symphony of The Night since 1998 and I have many other versions of it as well. I knew about the Death skip and while I have done it before...I just can't bring myself to really use it. Every time I start a new game I just want to enjoy the combat and exploration but these other glitches are very interesting indeed. I will be trying them tonight on my original PSX copy while I play on a PS3 to ensure everything works.
As far as the Richter battle skip, wouldn't it be easier to fly over the block as the bat? Have you tried this before? You know what...I bet the bat form is to big vertically and probably clips the invisible block. I may try with the bat and see if I can trigger the battle skip tonight. This video was absolutely fantastic! You have just taught this old dog some new tricks and I can't wait to try them. I'll still playthrough in a semi-normal fashion but I'm going to try all kinds of wall skippery while I'm at it. ;)
A day when Phobia uploads is a good day
A day when I poop is an absolutely amazing day !! Oh, you don't believe me ? How do you feel when you hold it in too long ?? .....
Yeah, that's what I thought.
My brother and I played a Japanese copy when we were kids (without us knowing any Japanese naturally), so we didn't know anything about there being an inverted castle and a true ending; we just got to the bad ending where Richter dies. So, one time we thought "what would happend if we used the item that teleports you to the library right when Richter was defeated and dying?". We did that, got back to Richter, and the inverted castle section began. We were absolutely shocked to discover a second part of the game. I don't know if that glitch would work nowadays in a legitimate copy, but I've been wondering ever since.
Everything about this video is so well done and informative. Thank you for keeping it so concise yet engaging!
26:11 = "I have witnessed....PERFECTION"
~Meatvalley or something, maybe, probably
Fantastic video! It's a little bit of a bummer that the Sword Brothers OOB glitch wasn't touched on, because that was the very first glitch I ever learned as a kid and it's still my favorite to this day!
Yes this was an old glitch i have tried and confirmed myself that made me able to go beyond 200% on my save file
I remember I used to exploit the mist into wolf transformation to reach higher places but never occurred to do the drop kick without thinking it was an exploit at that time haha, great video
Hands down the greatest game of that console generation
Absolutely. My fave videogame ever.
This game just dripped with style, and will forever stand as one of the pillars against any argument claiming that 3D is inherently superior to 2D; to say nothing of the incredible gameplay! Watching your great video about all the glitches I never knew about as a kid has been a joy, kudos!
Years later I'm still learning something new in this game
man this video is so great that the details is so well, keep it up bro
I can't believe you would just casually spoil that Arikado is Alucard! It's one of, if not THE biggest twists in gaming!!!
😈
25 years late
@@RhizometricReality It's only been 19 years! Don't make me older than I am :,(
I read this comment before getting that far into the video, so if I hadn't already played these games you would have been the one to casually spoil the twist :p
@@gabbagoo9774 release date, March 20, 1997.
March 20th 1997 was 25 years, 7 months and 16 days ago
Great vid on glitches, easy to understand as well.
Man.. I can't even begin to think about how many hours were needed to figure this stuff out. Very cool. Have to say though... SOTN is a God tier game! Spent many the months trying to beat it, and roaming around aimlessly. haha The good old days of no internet!
oh man i can still remember the struggle to reach max level. the grind is real. also trying to get crissaegrim.
The game don't take long to finish,the map is not that big(its very stange that you were wondering aimlessly)..on a causal play,it generally takes 7-10hiurs to complete both castles.
Love the explanation more than the glitches, and how you put the exciting song right after you finally get in the save room.
The coders and developers should check your channel often.
thanks for Amazing video
To be fair, i already knew about the Death Glitch because it allows Alucard to keep all of his gear, making the game easier. The reason why this exploit can only work in Luck Mode is because all other stats are at the lowest level while the luck stat is at max level. Not to mention that if you over level up, your defense will be too high, the warg wolf will be unable to launch you past the cutscene. Based on my many playthroughs, the safest level to still do the exploit is at level 6. Any higher, and you won't be able to do the Death Skip.
Also in case anyone was wondering, yes, you can still do it in the Dracula X Chronicles port of SOTN on PSP. All other glitches are possible.
Great video Phobia looking forward to more.
The luck name 'glitch' can also be used in Rondo of Blood, it opens up every level, letting you skip right to Dracula
Simply AMAZING! Great video!
Cool, I’ve heard about some of these glitches. However, I’ve never seen a concise guide on how to perform them. Some of these glitches I have never heard of. Good stuff.
Fantastic job!!!!
I couldn’t stop watching!
Mind was blown!
Some ppl need to understand that when you like a game so much and already played it alot you try to do unimaginable things, and this crazy stuff keeps you engaged so you only really feel acomplished after you do it all, for me that is the real nature of gaming.
I hope Castlevania gets rebooted for PS5 / XBOX / Ect...
This is the best explanation of SOTN glitches I've ever seen. Thank you.
CASTLEVANIAAA
I like how this is laid out like a playthrough. Most glitch videos just jump from glitch to glitch with not much of an order to them
I bought this the moment it release on PS1, what a masterpiece. The weird part is when I got home the disk inside the case said Castlevaina, but it was some sort of pc cd rom. I took it back and exchanged it for a real ps1 game. To this day I wish I would have figured out what the hell it was, but I was just a kid and didn't think to keep it.
Dude, when you started showing the Luck code at the start I thought "no big deal, pretty sure I know every single glich in this video". But at the end, you earned a new subscriber.
Earned a sub from me; this is amazing
I love this game, because I imagine that Alucard's character/abilities are from a completely different game. He is so OP in SoTN, it's like having the Quake-guy with the rocket/rail all that and playing in Halo.... you'd be a complete unstoppable wrecking machine....like Alucard in SoTN
Alucard isn't Soma. He's Arikado.
No, WE are Soma when we meet him again :P
@@PhobiaSoft Ha! I had to listen to it again to realize it had that meaning too. English is a funny language. My apologies
@@Op_Intrude-N313 Its all good! I was actually a little worried that it might be misinterpreted that way, but it was too late to change it 😅
@@PhobiaSoft Tbh it is confusing. I thought you were implying he's Soma as well, until I read this comment. I'd just cut the "as Soma" part out.
So I just remembered i have Castlevania Requiem still on my PS4 so i just tried the glitches and so far the luck mode and death skip still work. I haven't tried the other ones yet but I'm glad i saw this video and decided to try them. Thanks Phobia!!
New Phobia video got me like 🥵
and also, how the heck does mist can pass?
Mist form is so complicated and confusing, I'm not sure I'll ever understand what it's for 😔 If only the game would ever tell me where it could pass... perhaps over and over... with an incessant pop-up...
3:25 not sure if he mentions it down the line but time is also a factor in your starting stats for Alucard.
The best possible stats to get, requires no damage & complete Richter's part in under a minute. This is not possible on your 1st playthrough as you cannot skip the cutscene with Dracula. Only possible on replays.
While it may seem near impossible to pull off, it has been done before by players. A YT search can show how it is done.
To further elaborate, using either subweapon (cross/holy water) gets you basically the same stats, except MP:
Holy water - 80HP / 25 MP / 60 HEARTS / 13 STR / 12 CON / 13 INT / 12 LCK
Holy Cross - 80 HP / 30 MP / 60 HEARTS / 13 STR / 12 CON / 12 INT / 12 LCK
If you use no subweapon and defeat Dracula without being hit however:
85 HP/55 MP/14 STR/13 CON/13 INT/17 LCK
These are the stats if you can pull off a no damage/under a min win.
More phobia content? Yes please
This video deserves more likes and views! Awesome video man! Thanks
elden ring when????
When you make it. So hurry up.
Elden Ring just got a new patch this week, so covering it is still really difficult, but I'm looking into it
@@drago28 w h a t ?
Such a great video bro loved it
Dude that's crazy, I had no idea it actually matters how well you do in the prologue fight against Dracula as richter
Wait WHAT, are you telling me Alucard's Shield + Shield Rod being busted was a glitch all along? Holy shit. Since the Crissaegrim exists, I thought it was another extremely powerful effect for you to have fun with.
First part of the game glitches are cool. Knew about "Death Skip". But the entirety of the game can easily be made simple as all hell, if a completed game in the memory card is required.
If you have a completed game, 2 Paranthropus (Golden Giant Skeletons) will appear in a lower mid-right room. If there is a completed game file, they will drop "The Ring of Varda". If you can get two of those rings, you gain the following per ring:
Str & Int+30,
Atk+40,
Luck+5,
Def+12,
Con+10
i did the leap stone skip too but wolf + dive kick and jump to platform.
also with clock too with timing.
I have never known that box before the castle top for ending check ! It is amazing to see such old classic still has cool followups like this! (I am not a TAS/speedrun guy)
If you beat the first battle when play as richter in less than 1 minute you start with power of sire, there is a clip early in the begging of the game to an underground area that was only in the saturn version, you can also get on the outside of the castle but using sword brother spell and wingsmash to the right of the chapel, 214% is possible
HOOOH! PHOBIA UPLOADED!
This was such a well made video. One of my favorite bands is called Phobia and I also love Castlevania so RUclips suggested it
Awesome glitches Phobia, tragically I lost my copy of this awesome game many years ago, however it was a blast to play, truly a privilege to have, thanks for the memories!
I refer to this video all the time, thanks so much for making it so easy to follow
This game is a work of art and now is expensive to own, the strategy guides are crazy stupid expensive but are highly valued and sought after.
I still have my original , black label copy. Haven't played for an age. I think I'll have to revisit this game now.
SOTN music always gets me so nostalgic. What a fantastic game
I just did the Relic Skip with just one Wing Smash. I turned into bat as you said, but I hold up for less than a second to "unstuck" myself from the ceiling and recover normal bat speed still out of bounds. Then I used Wing Smash only once while holding up left. When Alucard was forced into human form again I was between the two rooms. Kept holding up left until I got dropped into the save room. I wish I had recorded it, but I assure you it worked.
Technically you only need to be in a Wing Smash while transitioning into the Save Room. The problem is that you have no idea where the transition is from the room below, so its simpler to just Wing Smash the entire length. You're not wrong though.
@@PhobiaSoft Upon further testing I found out that doing the Wing Smash right above the clock left to the golden clock in the center of the room is 100% consistent.
(Also found out that the "unstucking" I mentioned earlier was an accidental Wing Smash lol)
When I first jump into the wolf I always blocked on the wall, I can't even passed through death. Pls give me some tip
They need to Remake Symphony of the Night and Aria of Sorrow for modern consoles (still 2D of course, but maybe 2.5D) and combine them into one game called *Castlevania:Symphony of Sorrow.*
The “keep Alucard Gear” glitch is even easier on the Requiem collection because it lets you literally backdash out of the cutscene with Death, and while the game flags the cutscene as played, you get to keep all your stuff!
Question, while explaining the save room skip, you where hit in bat form by a guardian. You took no damage and an image of a hit human form alucard flew out... What causes this?
The Talisman! It goes in an accessory slot and has a chance to negate damage on getting hit. Good eye!
I remembered playing this when I was young. I didn't know where to find the bat , double jump and other stuff but I managed to finish the game. I only had wolf and mist form and I used that to reach the other side of the collapse staircase, where Richter is waiting. I switched back and forth from mist to wolf and gradually move left while in the air.
However, the ending felt forced and unsatisfying. Years later, I picked up the game again but didn't finish it. I'm now considering playing it again for the fun of it and to see what other secrets and locations I can discover.
I didn’t know this was on Xbox. I’ve got shopping to do this weekend on my Xbox now. Thanks.
"It couldn't care less about the lore" very precise Netflix castlevania closeup 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂