Walkthrough 3: Audience Room

Audience Room is the largest area in the castle, and much of it is out of reach at first. Many areas connect through here, and you will pass through it often after defeating Necromancer.

Goals

• Defeat Necromancer

Special items

Name	Effect	How to obtain
Tackleタックル	Press sideways + the special-move button to tackle; breaks certain stone blocks.	Audience Room

Key Points

• Coming up from Abyss Stairway, the first path to the right is blocked for now; go left and loop around in a C shape through Outer Wall. The areas to the left and above are also out of reach for now.
• You can open the Outer Wall walkthrough to refer to as you pass through the Outer Wall.
• It is worth detouring to the entrance of Triumph Hallway to get the Crucifix, the best sub-weapon against Necromancer and most bosses after him.
• Electric Skeleton drops Golem. Other enemies drop it too, but Electric Skeleton is easier to fight; you can also come back to farm it at a higher level.
• After defeating Necromancer, head left to Machine Tower (see the Machine Tower walkthrough).

Enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
5	Devil Towerデビルタワー	10	140	200	17	Stone	Wrist Band 4%, Potion 1.25%
6	Will O'Wispウィルオウィスプ	11	110	16	9	Fire	Wrist Band 2.5%, Mind Restore 0.5%
14	Skeletonスケルトン	25	65	45	4	Dark	Leather Armor 2.5%, Potion 1%
18	Skeleton Soldierスケルトンソルジャー	35	90	60	16	Dark	Leather Armor 3%, Bronze Armor 1%
20	Slimeスライム	40	102	18	11	Poison	Antidote 4%, DSSVenus 2.5%
22	Electric Skeletonスケルトンエレキ	42	80	50	30	Thunder	Leather Armor 3%, DSSGolem 1%
27	Axe Armorアックスアーマー	55	120	130	31	Dark	Leather Armor 4%, DSSMandragora 1.5%
28	Fleamanフリーフリッカーマン	60	142	45	29	Dark	Cotton Clothes 5%, Arm Guard 1.25%
33	Clinking Manクリンギングマン	80	135	25	21	Dark	Prison Garb 4%, Miracle Armband 1%

DSS Cards

Card	Dropped by
Venus	Slime 2.5%
Golem	Electric Skeleton 1%
Mandragora	Axe Armor 1.5%

Max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
Hearts Max	3	Room 85, Room 190, Room 53	Show on map
HP Max	2	Room 109, Room 165	Show on map
MP Max	4	Room 173, Room 150, Room 182, Room 75	Show on map

Boss: Necromancer

ネクロマンサー

“This high demon can use the dead like puppets for his goals.”

No.

106

HP

500

EXP

2500

ATK

200

DEF

250

One-hit STR

1119

Element

Dark

Clock (normal use)

No effect

Clock (Item Crush)

Slow

Freeze

No effect

Petrify

No effect

Quake

No effect

Attacks

First Form

Attack	Power	Element	Status ailment
Contact	200	Dark	—
Rings Only deals damage about 2 s after appearing. Fires 6 rings on irregular paths; they cannot be destroyed and are hard to dodge. You can run around it on the platform to avoid them, but it flies higher and higher until that no longer works.	180	Dark	—
Summon Zombies Summons 4 on the ground, only when there are 5 or fewer enemies on screen. The zombies disappear on their own after a while. Summoning is a good chance to attack.	—	—	—

Second Form

Attack	Power	Element	Status ailment
Contact	200	Dark	—
Body Slam Turns into a ball of light and rams back and forth; jump when it gets close to dodge.	200	Dark	—
Summon Skeletons Summons 4 at a time, only when there are 5 or fewer enemies on screen. Summoning is a good chance to attack.	—	—	—

• For damage, the rules for kills while frozen or petrified, and how drop rates work, see Game Systems

Forms

Forms	HP	EXP	Notes
First Form	500	—	—
Second Form	—	—	Transforms after taking 250 or more damage (shares HP with the first form)

Strategy

• Recommended sub-weapon: Crucifix, obtained with a detour near the Triumph Hallway entrance.
• For DSS, raise your attack with STR Boost (Venus + Salamander) or Whip of Thorns (Mercury + Mandragora).
• The first form always uses Rings twice, then summons once; if the summon is skipped, it goes straight to two more Rings. The rings are hard to dodge, so defeat it as fast as possible.
• As it descends at the start, one Crucifix hits it several times. When it flies up, jump on its left side and throw another, then immediately run right to dodge its attack, and jump and throw again from the same spot. Then wait on the left of the platform until it finishes its rings; when it stops to summon, it is at just the right height to hit from the platform.
• You can throw one more Crucifix the instant the transformation into the second form ends.
• In the second form, summoning is a good chance to attack. It stops summoning once there are more than 5 monsters on screen; to keep it summoning and leaving openings, go down and clear the monsters. With 5 or fewer, each attack has a 50% chance.
• When the ball of light rams back, standing in the middle of the platform makes it circle around longer, giving you more hits; standing at the edge makes it charge again immediately.

See the Necromancer enemy page

Coming Back Later

After defeating Necromancer (Tackle obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
7	Ectoplasmエクトプラズム	12	165	51	2	Dark	Wrist Band 2%, Mind Restore 0.4%
25	Skeleton Knightスケルトンナイト	50	140	80	39	Dark	Leather Armor 3%, Bronze Armor 1.25%
35	Heat Shadeヒートシェイド	80	240	200	136	Fire	Stylish Suit 2.5%, DSSJupiter 2.2%
54	Zombie Thiefゾンビシーフ	120	185	30	58	Wind	Prison Garb 3%, Luck Ring 0.9%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Jupiter	Heat Shade 2.2%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
HP Max	1	Room 108	Show on map

• Zombie Thief drops the Luck Ring; wear one on each hand and farming cards and equipment afterward gets much faster.

After defeating Iron Golem (Kick Boots obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
29	Gargoyleガーゴイル	60	160	66	3	Wind	Prison Garb 1.5%, Heart High 0.4%
41	Hyenaハイエナ	93	140	70	105	Dark	Potion 1.5%, Night Suit 0.5%
47	Skeleton Athleteスケルトンアスリート	100	100	50	25	Dark	Cotton Clothes 3%, DSSGriffin 0.75%
64	Were-wolfワーウルフ	160	265	110	140	Poison	Gauntlet 2%, Meat 1%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Griffin	Skeleton Athlete 0.75%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
Hearts Max	1	Room 190	Show on map
HP Max	1	Room 220	Show on map

After defeating Dragon Zombie (Heavy Ring obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
39	Impインプ	90	220	99	103	Dark	DSSSalamander 20%, Spiced Meat 0.25%
61	Succubusサキュバス	150	400	350	710	Dark	Intelligence Ring 2.4%, DSSManticore 1.5%
69	Thunder Armorサンダーアーマー	204	340	320	800	Thunder	Gold Armor 2.5%, Steel Armor 0.75%
75	Poison Armorポイズンアーマー	260	382	310	822	Poison	Antidote 5%, Rainbow Robe 0.5%
86	Forest Armorフォレストアーマー	370	390	390	1280	Plant	Chain Mail 1.8%, Rainbow Robe 0.45%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Salamander	Imp 20%
Manticore	Succubus 1.5%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
MP Max	1	Room 111	Show on map
HP Max	1	Room 15	Show on map

• In several rooms, the Skeleton, Skeleton Soldier, Electric Skeleton, Slime and Axe Armor are replaced by Imp, Forest Armor and Succubus. If you are only passing through on the way back from the Underground Gallery, just run past them.

After defeating Death (Cleansing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
101	Mimic Candleミミックキャンドル	990	600	600	6600	Poison	Heart 10%, Gambler Armband 2%

• Mimic Candle drops the Gambler Armband, the equipment with the highest LCK bonus.

After defeating Camilla (Roc Wing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
50	Frozen Shadeフローズンシェイド	112	490	560	1212	Ice	Magic Gauntlet 3%, Star Bracelet 1%
57	Witchウィッチ	144	330	290	600	Dark	Mind Restore 1.25%, Magic Robe 0.2%
77	Were-jaguarワージャガー	270	416	170	760	Dark	Gold Armor 2.5%, Ninja Garb 0.4%
90	Were-horseワーホース	400	540	360	1970	Earth	Meat 1.5%, Defense Armband 1%
91	Wind Demonウインドデーモン	400	540	490	3600	Wind	Mind High 2%, Sage Armband 1.2%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
Hearts Max	3	Room 182, Room 8, Room 74	Show on map
MP Max	1	Room 74	Show on map

• In one room, the Axe Armor and Skeleton Soldier are replaced by Wind Demon.