Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Key Items, Levers, and Boss Keys

Castlevania Belmont’s Curse has 92 Key Items across seven of our maps, and 79 of them are levers that open iron doors, unlock drop points, or move drawbridges. The rest are the three boss keys that open the sealed Catacombs gate, a few gear mechanisms and pressure plates, and a handful of story objects. Paris Streets is where the first ones turn up, so start with the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Paris Streets map of the Prison Tower drawbridges.

Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Key Item guide location screenshot


Alexandru Popescu worked through every lever and key for Map Master, and the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse world map brings these puzzles together with every collectible they guard. Most Key Items are mandatory, so when a door or platform won’t move, a lever nearby is usually the answer.


How to Open the Catacombs Gate in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse: Three Key Items


The sealed door to the Catacombs needs three keys, and each one comes from a boss. The Fallen’s Key drops in Paris Streets, The Warrior’s Key comes from Joan on the Prison Tower roof, and The Prophetess’s Key comes from Medusa. The three gatekeeper bosses are the first three fights in the game, and the Holy Innocents’ Cemetery map of the Roman Baths covers the region’s nine levers, from the Cemetery Entrance to the Roman Baths gate.


Brauner’s Paintbrush is the other story key. It waits on a desk on the western side of the Observatory once Carmilla falls, and it lets Rose enter the Notre-Dame Painting in the Main Hall’s Gallery of Eternal Night. You’ll also need to defeat The Artist and The Builder first, so follow the Artist Clue trail before you try the painting.


Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Key Item Levers: Doors, Drop Points, and Drawbridges


Every lever does one of a few jobs. It opens a locked iron door, unlocks a drop point platform, or shifts a drawbridge or bone platform so you can climb higher. Many are on ceilings or tucked above doors, so look up whenever a path seems blocked, especially in the Prison Tower, which has seven numbered levers of its own.


Main Hall has the most Key Items of any region, with 26, so study the Main Hall map of the Forgotten Basement before you push into the castle. The Armoury’s four levers work as a set, raising and lowering stone blocks so you can climb from one to the next. The Forgotten Basement levers switch which iron doors stand open, so pull one and check the room again before moving on.


Tricky Key Item Puzzles in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse


A few puzzles run on a timer. The second Watch Tower lever opens the iron door to a Treasure Chest behind a timed iron door for only a moment, and the lower path won’t get you there, so take the platforming route from the Luminous Anchor Portrait above. The Clock Tower map of the Eastern Access Shaft has three pressure plates that move bridges, and standing still on them means getting crushed.


Others ask you to choose. The two Entrance Corridor levers decide whether the west or east drop point opens, and the Watermill Wheel lever sends Rose east when it spins clockwise and west when it turns the other way. Gear mechanisms need a couple of quick strikes in a row, and the second Fountain of the Innocents lever triggers an ambush, so be ready to fight.


Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Key Items Tied to Clues


The Hidden Lever in the Ruined Market is easy to miss. Speak to the Spirit in the upper section, drop one level, and attack the wall on the left to find it behind one of the Hidden Area locations across Paris. Pulling it opens the Well Cover on the eastern side of the market and solves the A Lever for the Well Clue.


Two Library objects count toward the Occultist Clues in the Library. The Star Charts in the top right of the Drawing Room belong to Organic Astrology, and the Star Pattern Hint on the window by the chair in the Library map of the Natural Philosophy Shelves belongs to Blood Poem. Interact with both before you leave the Library.


What Counts as a Key Item in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse?


Anything you need to move the story or the map forward counts, from the three boss keys to the five levers that work the bone platforms of the Crossroads of the Dead. Plan that room with the Catacombs of Paris map of the Crossroads of the Dead beside you. The Ferryman’s Obol from Mammon’s Lair is also reported as a keepsake, traded to the Ferryman for an Arcana.


Levers make up nearly nine in ten Key Items, while only the three boss keys and Brauner’s Paintbrush gate the story itself. If a door won’t open even after you’ve found its lever, bring it to the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse Discord channel so it can be checked.

Name Details
Prison Tower Lever #7Paris Streets

Found between a transition door and some stairs in the Prison Tower Sub-Area. Interact with the lever to move the nearby drawbridge along with the Luminous Anchor on it.

Upper Tower Lever #1Paris Streets

Found above the platform with the purple Luminous Anchor. Use the lever to move the nearby Drawbridge along with the Luminous Anchor on it.

Upper Tower Lever #2Paris Streets

Found on a drop point platform in the Upper Tower. It can be reached with the help of the Luminous Anchor underneath. Use the lever to move the nearby Drawbridge along with the Luminous Anchor on it.

Upper Tower Lever #3Paris Streets

Found under the transition door at the top of the Upper Tower. Use the lever to unlock the nearby drop point.

The Warrior's KeyPrison Tower

The Warrior's Key is one of the three keys needed to open the sealed door to the Catacombs. It is obtained after defeating The Warrior (Joan), and it is a critical item for progressing the story.

Stairs to the Tower Roof LeverPrison Tower

Found behind a Granite Wall. Use the lever to open the Iron Locked Door to the east.

Path of the Abyss LeverCatacombs of Paris

Found on the ceiling above a Granite Wall in the Path of the Abyss Sub-Area. Use the lever to open the two locked iron gates in the same area.

Charnel Galleries LeverCatacombs of Paris

Found next to a locked iron door after dropping from the platform at the top of the Charnel Galleries. Use the lever to open the door next to it.

Path of the Penitent LeverNotre-Dame

Found on the ceiling in the top right part of the Path of the Penitent Sub-Area. Use the lever to open the Iron Door to the right. To reach it, you need Double Jump.

Chamber of Whispers LeverCatacombs of Paris

Found on the wall between two drop point platforms in the Chamber of Whispers. Use the lever to unlock the drop point platform above.

Reliquary Pressure PlateNotre-Dame

Found between the spikes on the eastern side of the Reliquary Sub-Area. Stand on the Pressure Plate to open the Iron Door to the east. To reach it, you require Double Jump and Aerial Rush.

Crossroads of the Dead Lever #2Catacombs of Paris

Found next to some stairs in the Crossroads of the Dead Sub-Area. Use the lever to move the bone platforms below and above.

Crossroads of the Dead Lever #1Catacombs of Paris

Found next to some stairs in the Crossroads of the Dead Sub-Area. Use the lever to move the bone platforms below and above.

Crossroads of the Dead Lever #3Catacombs of Paris

Found next to some stairs in the Crossroads of the Dead Sub-Area. Use the lever to move the bone platforms below and above.

Crossroads of the Dead Lever #4Catacombs of Paris

Found next to a transition door and a Luminous Anchor on the western side of the Crossroads of the Dead. Use the lever to move the Drawbridge under you.

Crossroads of the Dead Lever #5Catacombs of Paris

Found on the ceiling next to a slide point in the room you can access after using another lever on the upper level. Use the lever to unlock the drop point and the bone platform above.

Jaws of Limbo Lever #2Catacombs of Paris

Found at the end of the platforming challenge in the Jaws of Limbo Sub-Area. Use the lever to open the Locked Iron Door to the right.

Jaws of Limbo Lever #1Catacombs of Paris

Found on the platform by the large skeleton head in the Jaws of Limbo main room. Use the lever to open the locked iron door below.

Quarry Elevator LeverCatacombs of Paris

Found by the elevator and the stairs in the Quarry Elevator Sub-Area. Pull the lever to unlock the Iron Door to the west.

Daedalus Crossing Pressure Plate #1Clock Tower

Found between two slide points on the western side of the Daedalus Crossing Sub-Area. Step on the pressure plate to move the metal beams to the east.

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