1st and easiest method is to use the golden dagger on him 6 times. There is two ways to fight Dracula during a speedrun.There are many tough glitches to pull off and many random enemies to deal with. Brahm's Mansion (or Death's Mansion), is the hardest mansion in the game, especially for speed running.Interesting things about speed running Castlevania II: Single-segment with deaths: 0:36:52 by 'Furious Paul'. I fully intend to improve on this run in the future. That is where most of my time could be saved with this run. The only major mishap during this run is that it took me awhile to do the first floor drop in Death's Mansion at the 20 minute mark. Laurels and churches are not needed in order to get a deathless run in, just good skill with some good luck is all that is needed. I also pulled off this run using NO laurels or churches. This also means the player must get the second and third floor drop (around the 9 minute mark) within 20 seconds or it will turn nighttime right before you get to the morning star whip door. Mansions do not count as game time stops in them. In order to accomplish this you must be very quick outdoors until you get to that door. This is like a speed run test built into Simon's Quest that is very challenging to pull off.Īnother challenge with getting a fast deathless time in involves being at the morning star (whip) door before it turns nighttime (shops are closed at nighttime). In order to make this work, the player must get the floor drop (within 1.5 seconds) at the 6:06 minute mark along with doing everything else that morning almost perfectly. This is a tough challenge to achieve, but it saves 3 minutes off the final time. Some interesting aspects of the deathless route I do involves buying the white crystal (the second morning of the game), then going all the way to the town of Aljiba to exchange it for the blue crystal before it turns nighttime (the crystal guy disappears at nighttime). So, any% will always be 1:30 faster than deathless, because it takes the player a minute thirty to go from the white crystal to the chain whip door. With deathless you have to grind safely at nighttime then purchase the white crystal the next morning. The difference with deathless over any% is with any% you have to take a death to farm for hearts at the lizardmen to the left of the starting town of Jova, but that death/grind enables you to get the holy water AND the white crystal before the first nightfall enabling the player to be at the chain whip door the next morning. Note: To unlock all pieces the game must be completed three times.Deathless runs are very challenging to pull off in Castlevania II, and it usually takes me a number of attempts to get a deathless run in. The Old Master Set is unlocked via beating the game with modifiers (any, except Furry Armored).

Leveling is disabled and you must beat the game at Level One! There are five optional Modifiers to choose from:Ĭarry forward your level and equipment to this mode.Īctivating this will not grant any rewards. It you already have the item, it will be upgraded. From the main menu if you select 'New Game +' then choose 'New Game' it will delete your normal mode save file and if you had any Old Master items they will be gone. The hardest combo of modifiers is level one and naked cat.Įach time you complete a Mew Game: the Old Master item you are rewarded with will automatically be given to your non-Mew normal mode save file. 3rd Mew = Nine Lives + Stronger Enemies + Naked Cat. The third time through you will need to choose 3 Modifiers. The second time through you will need to choose 2 Modifiers. The first time you will need to choose one Modifier. You will have to play through Mew Game 3 times to be able to obtain all three pieces. If you choose the Furry Armored Modifier you will retain all of your Equipment but you will not be able to earn a piece of the Old Masters Set. You will have to earn the Royal Art of Flight again. After the intro at the Arcane Temple you will be granted the Royal Art of Water Walking if you had it in your previous save. The Enemies in Dungeons are all the same. The Enemies in the overworld are different. All Main and Side Quests will remain the same - no changes to the dialogue and no new Quests. Your normal game save is not altered or deleted and will still be accessible after you start a Mew Game. Mew Game: Mew Game is a completely separate game mode unlocked after completing the game. You lose Water Walking and Flight if you had it. New Game +: You retain all of your equipment and spells. Differences Between New Game + and Mew Game

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