Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Boss Guide

Alexandru Popescu fought his way through each of these for Map Master, and the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse 100% completion guide links every area they guard. Two of the six aren’t fights you’re meant to win: your first meeting with Death is scripted to end in defeat, and the Isaac at the castle drawbridge is only an illusion.

Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Bosses in Order

The first five bosses come in a fixed order: The Fallen, then Medusa in the cemetery, Joan of Arc on the Prison Tower, Death in the Catacombs, and Isaac at the castle gates. After that you can take Talos at the top of the Clock Tower or Carmilla in the Library first, and each win opens the next stretch of the map.

Several bosses come back stronger. Death returns in Notre-Dame and gives Soul Harvest when you beat him there, and the real Isaac waits in the Heart of the Clock once you can reach it. Dracula is the last fight of the main story, and the Arcana spells each boss unlocks explain what you take away from every win.

How to Beat The Fallen and Medusa

Keep your distance from The Fallen and hit his spinning cross when it comes at you, which interrupts it before it can land. Beating him gives you The Fallen Arcana, the Holy Cross spell, and the Arcane Whip, and his fight also finishes a Clue trail, as the Fallen Clue locations before the fight show.

Turn Rose away when Medusa charges her gaze, since facing away avoids both the damage and the petrification. Drop down to dodge her tail and use the boulder as cover when rocks fall. She gives you The Prophetess Arcana, Petrifying Gaze, and one of the three Catacombs keys, and the Holy Innocents’ Cemetery map of the Serpents’ Lair shows the way in.

How to Beat Joan of Arc, The Warrior

Stay mobile and don’t swing into Joan’s sword combos. Wait for each string to end, punish the opening, and use the grapple points to get clear when the roof fills with flames, as the Prison Tower map of the rooftop arena shows. Her flames spread across more of the roof as the fight goes on, so don’t let her pin you in a corner.

Beating Joan gives you The Warrior Arcana, the Infernal Pyre spell, Holy Light, and the last of the three keys to the Catacombs. You’ll face her again in Notre-Dame’s trial of Courage for the true ending, where she hits harder, and that rematch only opens with Infernal Pyre equipped.

Can You Beat Death? The Belmont’s Curse Boss Fights You Can’t Win Yet

Your first fight with Death can’t be won, so don’t burn potions trying. Dodge his scythe combos and energy waves until the story takes over at the Altar of Bones, deep in the Catacombs of Paris map below the city. The real victory comes later in Notre-Dame, where beating him gives you The Shadow Arcana and Soul Harvest.

The Isaac at the castle drawbridge is an illusion that gives no Arcana. Jump over his green waves and hit him from behind after each teleport, and the Main Hall map of the castle drawbridge places the bridge he guards. The real Isaac, and The Zealot Arcana, wait in the Heart of the Clock much later.

How to Beat Carmilla and Talos in Dracula’s Castle

Deal with Carmilla’s summoned skulls first, then attack when she resurfaces, and slip through the gaps between her blood pillars. The Library map of the Observatory fight shows the climb to her, and beating her gives you The Occultist Arcana, Blood Spikes, Aerial Rush, and the paintbrush that leads to Brauner.

Talos guards the top of the Clock Tower, so take out his blue shield drones first, since his core is only exposed once they’re gone. Drop behind cover during his fire and mine attacks, and the win gives you The Builder Arcana, Fist of Talos, and Smash. Brauner, in the Main Hall, isn’t a fight at all: Smash breaks his sculpture and hands you The Artist.

Optional Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Bosses and the True Ending

Three optional bosses are there purely for their rewards. Mammon waits behind the Gate of Flesh in the Catacombs, which only opens once you have three Eye relics, and the Relic locations for the three Eyes show where to find them. The Succubus hides in the Hall of Mirrors, and Arthur only appears in Notre-Dame with Fist of Talos equipped.

The true ending needs three of the optional fights: the Joan rematch, Saint Louis at the Scales of Justice, and Rose’s Doppelganger, who gives you Absolution. Saint Louis isn’t a normal fight either, since you balance the scales with your own health and mana, so collect the Brave Heart Fragments for more health and their Wise counterparts for mana before you try it.

How Many Bosses Are in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse?

Expect around 18 boss encounters against 14 different opponents, once you count the rematches and the special encounters. Eleven of them are required for the normal ending, from The Fallen to Dracula, which leaves seven that only unlock extra Arcana or the true ending.

No boss locks you out for good, and a fight you lose sends you back to your last Mirror of Life with the boss waiting for another try. If a boss door won’t open, you’re usually missing a key or an ability, and the keys and items that open boss doors list what each one needs.