Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night with cheats and unlockables.
Note: This article contains spoilers relating to the story.
Unlockables
Endings
- Best: Defeat Richter while wearing the glasses Maria gave you.
- Good: Defeat the Green Specter during the battle with Richter while wearing the glasses Maria gave you. After completing both castles with a percentage below 150, defeat Dracula.
- Bad: Defeat Richter while wearing the glasses Maria gave you.
- Worst: Defeat Richter without wearing the glasses Maria gave you.
Message from Alucard and a Hidden Song:
Put the game disc into a CD Player, listen to track 2, and unlock an extra song.
Music Test
Beat the game with 190% map completion. Start a new game and you will be able to listen to all the music in the Librarian buy/sell window.
New Game with 99 Luck
Beat the game once, then start a new file and name it X-X!V”Q.
Play as Axe Lord Armor
Beat the game once, then start a new file and name it AXEARMOR.
Play as Richter Belmont
Beat the game once, then start a new file and name it RICHTER.
Start the Game with Better Stats
Defeat Dracula at the start of the game with Richter without getting any sub-weapons and without getting hit. You will start the game off with Alucard and improved stats. See side-by-side comparison.
| Original | Improved |
|---|---|
| HP: 70 | HP: 80 |
| MP: 20 | MP: 20 |
| HEART: 50 | HEART: 50 |
| STR: 7 | STR: 9 |
| CON: 7 | CON: 8 |
| INT: 6 | INT: 8 |
| LCK: 8 | LCK: 12 |
Start the Game with Heart Refresh
Use up every single heart you have in the Prologue.
Start the Game with a Neutron Bomb
Collect 15 more hearts in the Prologue.
Start the Game with a Potion
You need to have full life at the end of the battle. This also works if you lose it and let Maria bring you to full HP.
Cheats
The game is fun by itself, but cheating makes it better. Always be sure to input codes using a GameShark.
Note: before entering cheats, be aware that altering the game can cause random freezing and several other glitches.
General
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| $5,000 Treasure Chest | 8007AA40 0002 8007AA44 000B |
| All Special Items (Set One) | 80097982 8180 80097984 8382 80097986 8584 80097988 8786 80097964 0303 80097966 0303 80097968 0303 8009796A 0303 8009796C 0303 8009796E 0303 80097970 0303 80097972 0303 80097974 0303 80097976 0303 |
| All Special Items (Set Two) | 80097978 0303 8009797A 0303 8009797C 0303 8009797E 0303 80097980 0303 |
| Armor Modifier | 80097BC0C 00?? |
| Badelaire Attack Power Max | 80097C30 03E7 |
| Be at Level 1 | 80097BE8 0001 80097BEC 0000 80097BEE 0000 |
| Can Control Character During Boss Tactics Demo (press R1+CIRCLE to turn on, press R2+CIRCLE to return to library) | D0097496 0028 80097914 0000 D0097492 0022 80097914 0003 |
| Chameleon Alucard | 800733EE 8163 |
| Cloak Modifier | 80097BC10 00?? |
| Damage Enemies When They Walk Into You | 80072F1C 0010 80073418 0001 |
| Enter Debug Room | 80097918 0040 800974A0 0040 |
| Familiar Max Damage | 80073708 FFFF |
| Have Over 200% Completion Value | 8003C760 0787 |
| Have NOWMAKE Sword Equipped (Right Hand) | 80097C00 00AF |
| Head Garb Modifier | 80097BC08 00?? |
| Infinite Gold | 80097BF2 0FFF |
| Infinite Health | 80097BA0 270F 80097BA4 270F |
| Infinite Hearts | 80097BA8 00FF |
| Infinite MP | 80097BB0 00FF |
| Infinite Stopwatch Time | 80074BD4 0099 |
| Item Modifier (Left Hand) | 80097BC04 00?? |
| Item Modifier (Right Hand) | 80097BC00 00?? |
| Jump (Multi with Jump Stone) | 80072F64 0004 |
| Jump (Super) | 80097448 0090 |
| Max Attack | 800F4BF6 1400 |
| Max CON | 80097BBC 03E7 |
| Max EXP | 80097BEC 423F 80097BEE 000F |
| Max Guard | 800F504E 1400 |
| Max INT | 80097BC0 03E7 |
| Max LCK | 80097BC4 03E7 |
| Max STR | 80097BB8 03E7 |
| Move During Cutscenes | 80072EFC 0000 |
| Muramasa Attack Power Max | 80097C40 657C 80097C42 000F |
| Other 1 Modifier | 80097BC14 00?? |
| Other 2 Modifier | 80097BC18 00?? (replace ?? with modifier ID) 01 – Dagger 02 – Axe 03 – Holy Water 04 – Cross 05 – Bible 06 – Watch 07 – Rebound Gem 08 – Salt 09 – Agunea |
| Player Level V99 | 80097BEE 0FFF |
| Rapid Fire | 80072EE8 0000 |
| Remove Walls (L2+UP=on, L2+DOWN=off) | D0097490 1001 800730A8 0000 D0097490 4001 800730A8 0001 |
| Save Anywhere | 3003C708 0020 |
| Special Weapon Max Damage | 80074B98 FFFF |
| Steal Enemies Health (press SELECT to toggle on/off) | 8007569C FFFF 800756C6 0002 D0097492 0100 80075698 0082 D0097492 0800 80075698 0000 |
| Teleport to Level Entrance (press L2+LEFT) | D0097490 8001 8003C9A4 0000 |
| Teleport to Library (press L2+RIGHT) | D0097490 2001 80073FBE 0041 |
| Walk On Air (press DOWN+TRIANGLE to get down) | 80072F20 0001 D0097490 4040 80072F20 0000 |
| Weapon Modifier | 80097BFC 00?? |
Items
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| Alucard Shield (code 1) | 3009799A 0010 |
| Alucard Shield (code 2) | 30097A31 0010 |
| Alucard Sword | 30097A05 0010 |
| Ankh of Life | 30097A83 0010 |
| Aquamarine | 30097A73 0010 |
| Attack Potion | 30097A21 0010 |
| Axelord Shield | 30097992 0010 |
| Badelaire | 30097A07 0010 |
| Ballroom Mask | 30097A4F 0010 |
| Banana | 300979A9 0010 |
| Basilard | 3009799C 0010 |
| Bat Pentagram | 300979D4 0010 |
| Beryl Circlet | 30097A5D 0010 |
| Blood Cloak | 30097A69 0010 |
| Bloodstone | 30097A6F 0010 |
| Blue Knuckles | 30097A13 0010 |
| Boomerang | 300979DB 0010 |
| Brilliant Mail | 30097A47 0010 |
| Buffalo Star | 300979D7 0010 |
| Bwaka Knife | 300979DA 0010 |
| Chakram | 30097A0F 0010 |
| Combat Knife | 3009799E 0010 |
| Coral Circlet | 30097A5F 0010 |
| Covenant Stone | 30097A89 0010 |
| Cross Shuriken | 300979D6 0010 |
| Crystal Cloak | 30097A67 0010 |
| Dark Armor | 30097A43 0010 |
| Dark Blade | 30097A00 0010 |
| Dark Shield | 30097994 0010 |
| Diamond Ring | 30097A78 0010 |
| Duplicator | 30097A87 0010 |
| Dynamite | 30097A14 0010 |
| Elixir | 30097A2B 0010 |
| Elven Cloak | 30097A66 0010 |
| Equippable Sword Familiar | 30097A08 0010 |
| Felt Hat | 30097A51 0010 |
| Fire Boomerang | 30097A10 0010 |
| Fire Brand | 300979F9 0010 |
| Fire Mail | 30097A3D 0010 |
| Fist of Tulkas | 300979A02 0010 |
| Flame Star | 300979D8 0010 |
| Fury Plate | 30097A49 0010 |
| Garnet Ring | 30097A76 0010 |
| Gauntlet | 30097A82 0010 |
| God’s Garb | 30097A4B 0010 |
| Goggles | 30097A53 0010 |
| Gold Circlet | 30097A59 0010 |
| Gold Ring | 30097A7B 0010 |
| Gram | 300979F6 0010 |
| Great Sword | 30097A09 0010 |
| Gurthang | 30097A03 0010 |
| Harper | 300979F4 0010 |
| Heart Broach | 30097A80 0010 |
| Heart Refresh | 30097A18 0010 |
| Holbein Dagger | 30097A12 0010 |
| Holy Glasses | 30097A55 0010 |
| Holy Mail | 30097A45 0010 |
| Holy Sword | 300979FD 0010 |
| Ice Brand | 300979FB 0010 |
| Ice Mail | 30097A3F 0010 |
| Iron Ball | 30097A11 0010 |
| Iron Shield | 30097991 0010 |
| Javelin | 300979DC 0010 |
| Jewel Sword | 300979F7 0010 |
| Joseph’s Cloak | 30097A6A 0010 |
| Karma Coin | 300979A2 0010 |
| King’s Stone | 30097A88 0010 |
| Knight Shield | 30097990 0010 |
| Knuckle Duster | 300979DF 0010 |
| Lapis Lazuli | 30097A79 0010 |
| Library Card | 30097A30 0010 |
| Luck Potion | 30097A1F 0010 |
| Luminus | 300979F3 0010 |
| Mablung Sword | 30097A06 0010 |
| Mace | 30097A0A 0010 |
| Magic Missile | 300979A3 0010 |
| Masasume | 30097A16 0010 |
| Meal Ticket | 300979D0 0010 |
| Medal | 30097A85 0010 |
| Moon Rod | 30097A0E 0010 |
| Moonstone | 30097A6D 0010 |
| Mormagil | 300979F8 0010 |
| Morning Star | 30097A0B 0010 |
| Mourneblade | 30097A04 0010 |
| Mystic Pendant | 30097A7F 0010 |
| Namakura | 300979DE 0010 |
| Nauglamir | 30097A8A 0010 |
| Necklace of J | 30097A81 0010 |
| Nunchaku | 3009799F 0010 |
| Obsidian Sword | 300979F5 0010 |
| Onyx | 30097A75 0010 |
| Opal | 30097A77 0010 |
| Opal Circlet | 30097A5B 0010 |
| Orange | 300979A7 0010 |
| Osafune Katana | 30097A15 0010 |
| Parfait | 300979B3 0010 |
| Pentagram | 300979D3 0010 |
| Platinum Mail | 30097A3B 0010 |
| Power of Sire | 300979D2 0010 |
| Rapier | 300979A1 0010 |
| Resist Dark | 30097A28 0010 |
| Resist Fire | 30097A23 0010 |
| Resist Holy | 30097A27 0010 |
| Resist Stone | 30097A26 0010 |
| Resist Thunder | 30097A24 0010 |
| Reverse Cloak | 30097A65 0010 |
| Ring of Arcana | 30097A7E 0010 |
| Ring of Ares | 30097A7A 0010 |
| Ring of Feanor | 30097A84 0010 |
| Ring of Pales | 30097A71 0010 |
| Ring of Varda | 30097A7D 0010 |
| Royal Cloak | 30097A68 0010 |
| Rune Sword | 30097A19 0010 |
| Secret Boots | 30097A8B 0010 |
| Shaman Shield | 30097996 0010 |
| Shield Potion | 30097A22 0010 |
| Shiitake | 300979AF 0010 |
| Short Sword | 3009799D 0010 |
| Shotel | 300979A6 0010 |
| Shuriken | 300979D5 0010 |
| Silver Crown | 30097A61 0010 |
| Silver Plate | 30097A39 0010 |
| Silver Ring | 30097A7C 0010 |
| Skull Shield | 30097A7C 0010 |
| Smart Potion | 30097A20 0010 |
| Spaghetti | 300979C1 0010 |
| Spike Breaker | 30097A41 0010 |
| Star Flail | 30097A0D 0010 |
| Staurolite | 30097A70 0010 |
| Stone Mask | 30097A57 0010 |
| Stone Sword | 300979FC 0010 |
| Strength Potion | 30097A1E 0010 |
| Sunstone | 30097A6E 0010 |
| Sword of Hador | 300979F0 0010 |
| TNT | 300979D9 0010 |
| Takemitsu | 300979A5 0010 |
| Talisman | 30097A86 0010 |
| Terminus Est | 300979FE 0010 |
| Thunderbrand | 300979FA 0010 |
| Turquoise Ring | 30097A74 0010 |
| Twilight Cloak | 30097A6B 0010 |
| Tyrfing | 300979DD 0010 |
| Uncurse | 30097A1B 0010 |
| Vorpal Blade | 30097A2D 0010 |
| Were Bane | 300979A0 0010 |
| Yasutsuna | 30097A2F 0010 |
| Zircon | 30097A72 0010 |
| Zwei Hander | 300979F1 0010 |
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an action role-playing game developed by Konami and initially released in 1997 for PlayStation 1. It was later released on Sega Saturn in 1998, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Portable in 2007, PlayStation 4 in 2018, and iOS and Android in 2020.
