Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Hidden Areas and Breakable Walls

Castlevania Belmont’s Curse has 76 Hidden Areas across nine of our maps, from the streets of Paris to the Library in Dracula’s Castle. Most open in one of three ways: you break a cracked wall, slide through a false one, or launch through a ceiling from a Luminous Anchor. The Catacombs lead the count with 21, so the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Catacombs of Paris map of the Charnel Galleries is the best place to start looking.

Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Hidden Area guide location screenshot


Alexandru Popescu found each of these rooms for Map Master, and the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse 100% map connects them to every other collectible in the game. Hidden Areas are where much of the loot waits, from Heart Fragments to XP Statues, so a thorough run checks every suspicious wall.


How to Find Hidden Areas in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse


About 30 of the 76 are behind a breakable wall. Look for a cracked panel and hit it a few times until it crumbles. A wall next to an XP Statue or a drop point platform is a common giveaway, as in the Charnel Galleries, the Chamber of Whispers, and the Morgue.


Another 15 open when you slide through or under a wall, usually a low gap at the edge of a room, like the corners of the Catacomb Entrance or the stairs in the Fountain of the Innocents. Slide into any wall that looks slightly out of place, since these false walls often show no crack at all.


Belmont’s Curse Hidden Areas That Need Anchors, Star Jumps, or Holy Light


Many castle secrets are overhead. Swing from a Luminous Anchor or dash from a Luminous Anchor Portrait and you’ll pass through the ceiling, which is how the Ballrooms and Abandoned Workshop secrets open up. The Main Hall map of the Entrance Corridor leads to another reached the same way. Large Star Jump points do the same job in the Rhetoric Shelves and across the Library map of the Curiosity Cabinet.


Two secrets need a specific tool. The Sewer Reservoir room opens only once you have the Arcane Whip from The Fallen, and the De Rais Necropolis room needs Holy Light to pass a Granite Wall. One Curiosity Cabinet secret is behind a locked door in the ceiling, so check the keys that open locked doors if it won’t budge.


Hidden Area Locations by Region in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse


Paris Streets has 10 and Holy Innocents’ Cemetery has 8, while the Prison Tower, the Bishop’s Office, the Morgue, and the Seer’s Hovel add eight more between them. The Fountain of the Innocents alone has three slide-through walls, so the Holy Innocents’ Cemetery map of the Fountain of the Innocents is a good place to train your eye. The Paris Streets map of the Sewer Reservoir leads you to the whip-only room.


Underground, the Blood Pits have five of the Catacombs’ 21, more than any other Sub-Area on our maps. Dracula’s Castle adds 29, with 18 in the Library and 11 in the Main Hall. The Curiosity Cabinet’s four make it the busiest room in the Library, and two of them are up in the ceiling.


What’s Inside Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Hidden Areas


Hidden Areas usually reward you with a pickup rather than a shortcut. Four of the Brave Heart Fragments tucked behind secret walls are in them, in the Blood Pits, the Armoury, the Poetry Shelves, and the Library Foyer. The Wise Heart Fragments that raise Rose’s magic turn up in secret rooms too.


Expect food and XP Statues hidden in side rooms as well, plus the Skill Books behind cracked walls that raise Rose’s stats, one of them reported in the Abandoned Sewers. The Collapsed Path of Orpheus has a Hidden Area just east of the Catacombs Ferryman’s Wharf, a quick check every time you arrive by boat.


Do Hidden Areas Count Toward 100% in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse?


Yes, Hidden Areas count toward the Progress percentage on the System tab, the figure behind the Perfectionist Hunter trophy for 100% completion. That makes all 76 part of a full clear, with the upgrades inside as a bonus on top. One secret has a trophy of its own, Always the Same Roof, for a hidden ceiling space in the Master’s Quarters.


The Gloomstone is reported to alert Rose to nearby secrets, so add it from the relics that help you spot secrets once you reach the Master’s Quarters. The team adds new finds raised in the Belmont’s Curse community Discord, so post any wall that crumbles where our maps show nothing.

Name Details
Prison Tower Hidden Area #2Paris Streets

Found above an XP Statue on the eastern side of the Prison Tower Sub-Area. To reveal the hidden area, you must swing on the nearby Luminous Anchor a few times.

Upper Tower Hidden AreaParis Streets

Found behind a breakable wall on the top level of the Upper Tower Sub-Area. You can reach it after using the Luminous Anchor and the Falling Platform toward the bottom, then wall-jumping quickly past the spike traps, and finally using the Luminous Anchor above the spikes. Destroy the wall to reveal the hidden area.

Stairs to the Tower Roof Hidden AreaPrison Tower

Found after sliding through the wall between two Granite Walls in the Stairs to the Tower Roof.

Roof of the Tower Hidden AreaPrison Tower

Found behind a breakable wall between two drop-point platforms in the Roof of the Tower Sub-Area. Attack the wall to reveal the hidden area.

Catacomb Entrance Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found above a drop point platform on the western side of the Catacomb Entrance Sub-Area. Jump on the walls and go through the ceiling to reach the hidden area.

Catacomb Entrance Hidden Area #2Catacombs of Paris

Found in the southwestern corner of the Catacomb Entrance Sub-Area. Slide through the wall to reach the hidden area.

Quarry Elevator Hidden AreaCatacombs of Paris

Found by sliding through the wall to the right after entering the Quarry Elevator Sub-Area by dropping from above.

Charnel Galleries Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found behind a breakable wall on the top level of the Charnel Galleries Sub-Area. Destroy the wall to reveal the hidden area behind it.

Charnel Galleries Hidden Area #2Catacombs of Paris

Found past the XP Statue in the bottom right corner of the Charnel Galleries. Destroy the wall to reveal the hidden area behind it.

Reliquary Hidden AreaNotre-Dame

Found behind the breakable wall on the lower level of the Reliquary Sub-Area. Destroy the wall to reveal the area behind it.

Chamber of Whispers Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found next to a drop point platform in the Chamber of Whispers Sub-Area. Destroy the wall to reveal the area behind it.

Crossroads of the Dead Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found behind a breakable wall on the western side of the Crossroads of the Dead. Attack the wall to reveal the area behind it.

Gallery of Teeth Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found next to the cross in the Gallery of Teeth. Destroy the wall to reveal the area behind it.

Gallery of Teeth Hidden Area #2Catacombs of Paris

Found behind a breakable wall in the Gallery of Teeth. Break the wall to reveal the area behind it. You can also reach the area from the nearby drop point.

Crossroads of the Dead Hidden Area #2Catacombs of Paris

Found next to a drop point and a transition door on the eastern side of the Crossroads of the Dead Sub-Area.

Chamber of Whispers Hidden Area #2Catacombs of Paris

Found behind the breakable wall next to the XP Statue on the lower level of the Chamber of Whispers. Break the wall to reveal the area behind it.

De Rais Necropolis Hidden AreaCatacombs of Paris

Found behind the Granite Wall on the eastern side of the De Rais Necropolis Sub-Area. Use the Holy Light to pass through the Granite Wall and reach the hidden area.

Jaws of Limbo Hidden AreaCatacombs of Paris

Found up the stairs in the Jaws of Limbo main room. Break the wall to reveal the hidden area.

Throat of Hell Hidden Area #1Catacombs of Paris

Found in the Throat of Hell Sub-Area after swinging from the nearby Luminous Anchor a couple of times.

Apse Hidden AreaNotre-Dame

Found on the western side of the Apse Sub-Area. Slide through the wall to reach the hidden area.

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