Walkthrough 1: Catacomb

After the prologue, Nathan begins his adventure in Catacomb, the lowest level of the castle. He starts with no equipment or items, so the safest approach is to use the save point as a base: level up and pick up equipment nearby, and go back to recover whenever HP runs low.

Goals

• Defeat Cerberus

Special items

Name	Effect	How to obtain
Dash Bootsダッシュブーツ	Double-tap a direction to dash.	Catacomb
Double跳空石	Lets you jump once more in midair (double jump).	Catacomb

Key Points

• This area has 4 hidden rooms, but 2 of them can only be reached later.
• Watch out for Poison Worm; touching it poisons you.
• The strongest enemy here is Earth Demon; keep going past it to find Dash Boots.
• You can quickly put together Fire Whip with DSS. Note that Bone Head and Skeleton Bomber are fire-element themselves, so hitting them with the fire whip does less damage.
• Earth Demon drops Serpent, but only at 2.5%, so farming it now takes a long time; in Underground Warehouse, Holy Armor drops it more easily.
• Max-ups behind gray blocks, on ledges too high to jump to, or behind boxes that will not move have to wait until you get the matching ability; see Revisiting below.

Enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
1	Batバット	5	50	15	4	Dark	Wrist Band 2.5%, Heart 0.5%
4	Spiritスピリット	9	55	17	1	Fire	Wrist Band 2%, Mind Restore 0.4%
11	Skeleton Bomberスケルトンボマー	20	50	40	4	Fire	DSSSalamander 20%, Potion 1%
12	Bone Headボーンヘッド	24	60	80	7	Fire	DSSMercury 20%, Heart 1%
13	Mudmanマッドマン	25	79	30	2	Earth	Cotton Clothes 2.5%, Mind Restore 0.5%
14	Skeletonスケルトン	25	65	45	4	Dark	Leather Armor 2.5%, Potion 1%
16	Gremlinグレムリン	30	80	33	2	Wind	Wrist Band 2.5%, Mind Restore 0.5%
17	Skeleton Spearスケルトンスピア	30	65	46	6	Dark	Leather Armor 3%, Cotton Robe 1%
19	Hopperホッパー	40	87	35	8	Dark	Cotton Clothes 5%, Gauntlet 1.5%
23	Zombieゾンビ	48	70	20	2	Dark	Cotton Clothes 2.5%, Potion 0.5%
42	Coffinコフィン	200	100	35	3	Earth	Cotton Clothes 3%, Heart 0.75%
43	Mummyミイラ	100	100	35	3	Earth	Cotton Clothes 3%, Heart 0.75%
53	Poison Wormポイズンワーム	120	30	20	12	Poison	Antidote 4%, Magic Gauntlet 0.5%
59	Earth Demonアースデーモン	150	90	85	25	Earth	Magic Gauntlet 15%, DSSSerpent 2.5%

DSS Cards

Card	Dropped by
Salamander	Skeleton Bomber 20%
Mercury	Bone Head 20%
Serpent	Earth Demon 2.5%

Max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
MP Max	4	Room 107, Room 160, Room 159, Room 162	Show on map
HP Max	2	Room 141, Room 178	Show on map
Hearts Max	2	Room 140, Room 179	Show on map

Boss: Cerberus

ケルベロス

“A large three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld.”

No.

105

HP

600

EXP

500

ATK

150

DEF

100

One-hit STR

775

Element

Holy

Clock (normal use)

No effect

Clock (Item Crush)

Slow

Freeze

No effect

Petrify

No effect

Quake

Works

Attacks

Attack	Power	Element	Status ailment
Contact	150	Holy	—
Pounce Used while gray (its starting state). The pounce distance depends on Nathan's position: when Nathan is on the ground it only hops forward a little; when he is in the air or on an upper platform it leaps high to pounce on him. Stay on the ground some distance away and it won't reach you.	150	Holy	—
Lightning Ball Used while blue: lightning falls in front of and behind it while its body stays still. Keep some distance to avoid the bolts, then look for an opening to attack.	200	Thunder	—
Laser Used while red. It first jumps under a distant platform, then up onto it, sweeping a laser forward from bottom to top. When it turns red, back off a little and crouch to avoid the first jump, then run under the platform it's on as fast as you can to hide from the laser.	220	Fire	—

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

Strategy

• Recommended sub-weapons: Holy Water or Axe, though getting the Holy Water takes a detour.
• Recommended DSS: Fire Whip for more damage.
• Attack pattern: it opens with Pounce, then uses Lightning Ball and Laser in random order so all three have been used; after that it picks randomly from anything except the attack it just used.
• Each attack has its own body color: gray is Pounce (it starts gray), blue is Lightning Ball, red is Laser. Check the color before deciding whether to attack or dodge.
• One Holy Water at a time is enough; throwing several at once doesn't increase damage.
• During the laser you can keep throwing axes from below it.

See the Cerberus enemy page

Revisiting

After defeating Cerberus (Double obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
9	Brain Floatブレインフロート	20	50	25	10	Thunder	Leather Armor 5%, Mind Restore 0.75%
20	Slimeスライム	40	102	18	11	Poison	Antidote 4%, DSSVenus 2.5%
28	Fleamanフリーフリッカーマン	60	142	45	29	Dark	Cotton Clothes 5%, Arm Guard 1.25%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Venus	Slime 2.5%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
MP Max	1	Room 59	Show on map
Hearts Max	1	Room 159	Show on map
HP Max	1	Room 99	Show on map

• Several ledges in this area that were too high are now reachable; after collecting the new max-up items, head out the exit to Abyss Stairway.

After defeating Necromancer (Tackle obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
40	Stone Armorストーンアーマー	90	220	320	222	Stone	Hard Ring 6%, DSSCockatrice 1.8%
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
Cockatrice	Stone Armor 1.8%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
MP Max	1	Room 130	Show on map

After defeating Iron Golem (Kick Boots obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
37	Bone Towerボーンタワー	84	201	280	160	Fire	Heart 2%, Heart High 0.75%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
HP Max	1	Room 179	Show on map

After defeating Dragon Zombie (Heavy Ring obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
44	Fox Hunterハンターフォックス	100	290	140	272	Dark	Potion 1.4%, Meat 0.8%
80	Arch Demonアークデーモン	320	505	400	1000	Dark	Cursed Ring 3%, DSSApollo 1.4%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Apollo	Arch Demon 1.4%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
Hearts Max	1	Room 93	Show on map

After defeating Death (Cleansing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
82	Arachneアルケニー	330	420	288	1300	Earth	Heart High 1.6%, Heart Mega 0.5%
98	Grizzlyグリズリー	600	380	200	960	Dark	Strength Ring 1.5%, Spiced Meat 0.5%

• In one large room of this area, the Bat, Bone Head, Poison Worm and Skeleton Bomber are all replaced by Arachne and Grizzly, a big jump in difficulty from early on.

After defeating Camilla (Roc Wing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
67	Trick Candleトリックキャンドル	200	400	400	1400	Poison	Heart Mega 0.5%, DSSPluto 0.4%
74	Skeleton Medalistスケルトンメダリスト	250	100	100	1500	Wind	Toy Ring 10%, Bear Ring 1%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Pluto	Trick Candle 0.4%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location	Show all on map
HP Max	2	Room 60, Room 59	Show on map

• A Trick Candle appears in Cerberus’s former room and drops Pluto. It vanishes as soon as it touches the ground, so the window to attack it is short and you need enough damage.
• The castle has only one Skeleton Medalist, in a small room at the upper left of this area.
• One of the max-up items can also be reached earlier by freezing a Brain Float with Ice Whip and using it as a step, but once you have the Roc Wing everything is reachable, so collecting them all at this point is the least hassle.

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