Castlevania: Belmont's Curse The Miser Clues in the Bishop's Office

Alexandru Popescu broke into each hidden room on his Map Master run, and the Castlevania Belmont’s Curse map guide follows the Miser’s gold from there to the Catacombs. The pages read best in date order, January to March, because each one moves the story a step closer to Mammon.

Where to Find The Miser Clues in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse

The Bishop’s Office opens from the door on the eastern side of the Court of Justice. Each diary page is behind a different kind of secret: a breakable wall, a wall-jump climb to the upper level, and a wall you slide straight through. The Bishop’s Office hidden areas cover all three routes.

The set is reported to have a fourth Clue, A Door Made of Flesh and Eyes, in the Circle of Greed deep in the Catacombs. The three diary pages log the moment you read them, so a single visit to the office fills three quarters of The Miser’s card in your Tarot menu.

What The Miser Clues Reveal in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse

The writer accepts a gift from a stranger and slowly loses himself to it. By February his hands shake unless he grips a coin, and by March he has killed his Deacon over a stolen “wheel” and plans to flee Paris with his gold. The office suggests the writer is the bishop himself, and the Bishop’s Office lore note on the lower wall adds to that picture.

Each page names a hiding place for his relics: the tomb, the hospital, and the catacombs. Those match the three Eyes that are reported to wait on Mammon’s altars, the Trembling Eye in the Pillaged Tombs, the Thrilling Eye in the Paris hospital, and the Oozing Eye in the Circle of Greed. All three count among the game’s 44 Relics in Belmont’s Curse, though they serve only one purpose.

How to Complete The Miser Clues and Reach Mammon

Equip all three Eyes to open the Gate of Flesh in the Catacombs, then swap them out before you step into Mammon’s Lair, since they do nothing in the fight. Mammon reportedly turns to gas for about nine seconds at a time and can’t be hit while he’s gaseous, which makes him one of the trickier optional Belmont’s Curse bosses.

Bring Blood Spikes from Carmilla. Its bleed is reported to last about eight seconds, so casting it before Mammon turns to gas keeps the damage ticking while he’s untouchable. The Blood Spikes spell is the reason to save this fight until after the Library, and the gas phase reportedly shortens to six seconds once he’s hurt.

Do You Need Mammon for the True Ending in Castlevania Belmont’s Curse?

Reportedly, yes. Mammon’s reward chest contains the Ferryman’s Obol, and returning it to the Ferryman is said to give you Freezing Path, The Whisperer’s spell, and one of the four Arcana the true ending asks for. The Ferryman’s Obol keepsake is the bridge between this set and that card.

Read the diary pages on your first visit to the Bishop’s Office, since three of the four Miser Clues count toward Greatest Detective with no fight attached. Gather the Eyes as you explore Paris, the Cemetery, and the Catacombs, then take on Mammon once Carmilla is down and Blood Spikes is in your deck.