Walkthrough 5: Machine Tower

Machine Tower is a tower you climb and descend on moving platforms, with constant jumping. Many flying enemies and attacks along the way can easily knock you back, so advance carefully.

Goals

Save points: 3Hidden rooms: 4Click the map to open the full map

Defeat Iron Golem

Special items

Name	Effect	How to obtain
Kick Bootsキックブーツ	Jump toward a wall, then press sideways + the special-move button to kick off it and jump higher.	Machine Tower

Key Points

Getting Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud is recommended to block the flying enemies and attacks here. Without them, defend with the whip flail.
Watch out for Medusa Head; touching it petrifies you.
Heat Shade drops Jupiter; you can farm it in Room 12.
Thunder Demon drops Manticore; you can farm it in Room 10.
Touching the electrified ceiling hurts.
After defeating Iron Golem, first collect this area’s max-up items, then take the passage at the upper right to Audience Room, go through Abyss Stairway and head to Eternal Corridor.

Enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
2	Medusa Headメドゥサヘッド	6	120	60	2	Stone	Wrist Band 1.5%, Hard Ring 0.4%
14	Skeletonスケルトン	25	65	45	4	Dark	Leather Armor 2.5%, Potion 1%
20	Slimeスライム	40	102	18	11	Poison	Antidote 4%, DSSVenus 2.5%
25	Skeleton Knightスケルトンナイト	50	140	80	39	Dark	Leather Armor 3%, Bronze Armor 1.25%
32	Fox Archerフォックスアーチャー	75	130	59	53	Dark	Cotton Robe 2%, Silk Robe 1%
35	Heat Shadeヒートシェイド	80	240	200	136	Fire	Stylish Suit 2.5%, DSSJupiter 2.2%
40	Stone Armorストーンアーマー	90	220	320	222	Stone	Hard Ring 6%, DSSCockatrice 1.8%
55	Earth Armorアースアーマー	130	230	280	240	Earth	Gauntlet 4%, Gold Armor 2%
65	Thunder Demonサンダーデーモン	180	270	230	450	Thunder	Magic Gauntlet 15%, DSSManticore 3%

DSS Cards

Card	Dropped by
Venus	Slime 2.5%
Jupiter	Heat Shade 2.2%
Cockatrice	Stone Armor 1.8%
Manticore	Thunder Demon 3%

Max-ups

Item	Qty	Location
Hearts Max	3	Room 1, Room 5, Room 13
HP Max	3	Room 27, Room 32, Room 47
MP Max	3	Room 12, Room 10, Room 46

Boss: Iron Golem

アイアンゴーレム

“Artificially created human who was endowed with immeasurable power and is subordinate to Count.”

No.: 107
HP: 640
EXP: 8000
ATK: 290
DEF: 450
One-hit STR: 1698
Element: Stone

Clock (normal use): No effect
Clock (Item Crush): Slow
Freeze: No effect
Petrify: No effect
Quake: Works

Attacks

Attack	Power	Element	Status ailment
Contact	290	Stone	—
Earthquake When Nathan is far away, it pounds the ground after 3 steps (2 when powered up). Anyone on the ground takes damage regardless of distance; the shock only lasts the instant of the pound, so jump to avoid it.	230	—	—
Gears Each earthquake drops 5 random gears (7 when powered up) out of the 11 on the ceiling. A gear about to fall flashes red and shakes for about 1 s, then drops and bounces sideways once on landing. They can be destroyed; Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud is recommended for defense.	250	—	—
Punch Likely used when Nathan is very close. Powered up, it punches from farther away. Strong but telegraphed; jump to dodge. Getting hit knocks you down.	320	Stone	—
Light Shot Fired along with the punch when powered up. Always explodes about 40% of the screen width in front of it; the explosion lasts under 1 s. Just avoid landing on that spot after a jump.	380	Fire	—

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

Strategy

Recommended sub-weapon: Holy Water or Crucifix.
For DSS, use Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud to block the falling gears; without them, use an attack boost.
When Nathan is very close, it picks at random: 3/4 chance of a punch, 1/4 chance of an earthquake.
After walking for a while (walking time only, about 4–8 s) it stops, glows and powers up; after about 3–6 s more of walking it reverts. The durations are random within these ranges.
When powered up, after each punch or earthquake it releases 11 light orbs that heal it 5 HP each, 55 HP in total (up to its max HP). Finish it quickly.
Before the boss, you can level up in the hidden room at the top of the Machine Tower; it has a Crucifix and a save point nearby.

See the Iron Golem enemy page

Coming Back Later

After defeating Iron Golem (Kick Boots obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
31	Skeleton Boomerangスケルトンブーメラン	60	170	90	112	Wind	Miracle Armband 4.2%, Stylish Suit 1%
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
HP Max	1	Room 2
MP Max	1	Room 31

After defeating Dragon Zombie (Heavy Ring obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
60	Scary Candleスケアリーキャンドル	150	300	300	900	Poison	Heart Ex 0.8%, DSSUranus 0.6%

New DSS cards

Card	Dropped by
Uranus	Scary Candle 0.6%

A Scary Candle appears in Iron Golem’s room and drops Uranus. Uranus summons attack the whole screen and are very important late in the game.

After defeating Death (Cleansing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
88	Lilimリリム	400	800	800	8000	Dark	Mind High 2%, Dark Armor 0.5%

The Earth Armor in hidden room 5 is replaced by Lilim. It is the only one in the castle and drops Dark Armor, the armor with the highest defense.