Walkthrough 11: Underground Waterway

Enemies in the Underground Waterway are mostly ice-element, and the boss Camilla guards the Roc Wing. There isn’t a single candle in the whole area, so preparing before you come in matters more than anywhere else.

Goals

Save points: 2Hidden rooms: 4Click the map to open the full map

Defeat Camilla

Special items

Name	Effect	How to obtain
Roc Wingロック鳥の羽	Press Up + the special-move button to high jump; can be used repeatedly in midair.	Underground Waterway

Key Points

After defeating Adramelech and the iron maiden is destroyed, the path from the Abyss Stairway to this area opens. But first go to the Underground Warehouse for the Cleansing: without it, soaking in the poison water drains about 7.5% of max HP per second (about 13 s from full HP to zero; see poison water).
There are no candles in the waterway, so you can’t refill hearts or change sub-weapons. Set your sub-weapon before entering (the Crucifix is recommended) and bring enough hearts.
Attacks from Ice Armor, Frozen Shade and Ice Demon freeze Nathan (touching their bodies doesn’t). While frozen you take 4× damage, and mashing buttons doesn’t break free early; see status ailments.
Ice Armor drops the Neptune card, which is only available in this area. Getting it is recommended: combined with Serpent you can use Ice Healing and won’t get frozen.
You can also consider Invincibility Duration Boost to lengthen the invincibility after taking damage, so you don’t get hit repeatedly while frozen. Or use Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud to block Frozen Shade‘s attacks.
Hit any lever with the whip once and all platforms in the waterway switch together: with the lever horizontal the platforms are flat; with it upright they form a staircase. Some sections require backtracking after a switch, so check the map often.
In room 90 you can pass through the wall, and a Hearts Max is hidden behind it.
After defeating Camilla and getting the Roc Wing, there is nowhere in the castle you can’t reach except the Ceremonial Room. You can go back to each area and collect the max-up items you couldn’t reach before.
When you’re ready, head to the Observation Tower above the Outer Wall.

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%
21	Spearfishスピアフィッシュ	40	360	450	280	Ice	Heart 2%, Heart Ex 0.4%
26	Evil Handイビルハンド	52	150	120	63	Poison	Prison Garb 2.5%, Intelligence Ring 0.6%
30	Mermanマーマン	60	303	301	10	Ice	Gauntlet 1%, Meat 0.15%
34	Fishheadフィッシュヘッド	80	320	504	486	Ice	Chain Mail 1.5%, Mind Ex 0.3%
38	Abiondargアビョンダルゲ	88	388	188	388	Thunder	Potion 1.25%, Spiced Meat 0.3%
46	Lizardmanリザードマン	100	345	400	800	Ice	Chain Mail 1.4%, DSSMandragora 1.35%
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%
63	Sirenセイレーン	160	443	300	880	Wind	DSSGriffin 2%, Mind High 0.5%
72	Ice Armorアイスアーマー	240	470	520	1500	Ice	Steel Armor 2.5%, DSSNeptune 1.2%
84	Ice Demonアイスデーモン	350	492	510	4200	Ice	Rainbow Robe 2.2%, Diamond Armor 1.2%

DSS Cards

Card	Dropped by
Mandragora	Lizardman 1.35%
Griffin	Siren 2%
Neptune	Ice Armor 1.2%

Max-ups

Item	Qty	Location
Hearts Max	3	Room 79, Room 90, Room 221
HP Max	2	Room 90, Room 167
MP Max	4	Room 168, Room 221, Room 98

Boss: Camilla

カーミラ

“A loyal minion plotting the complete resurrection of her master, the demon lord Dracula.”

No.: 111
HP: 1500
EXP: 80000
ATK: 650
DEF: 700
One-hit STR: 3241
Element: Dark

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

Attacks

Attack	Power	Element	Status ailment
Contact Both the skull and Camilla herself hurt on contact, but only Camilla can be hit.	650	Dark	—
Purple Shot While she moves, a shot fires from the skull's eye about every 1.7 s: it drifts forward a little and stops, homes in on Nathan for about 2 s, then flies off in a straight line. Can be destroyed; Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud can block it.	500	Dark	—
Lightning Strike For this attack she flies in a wide arc over to the top of the other pillar, calling down a bolt about every 0.75 s along the way. She also calls lightning when drifting through the middle of the room normally. The bolts land behind her (where she just passed), so don't follow her.	800	Thunder	—
Shockwave She first swings down in a U from the top of a pillar and stops in the air above the exact center of the room; at the bottom of the swing the skull nearly touches the floor and will hit you even if you crouch, so get out of its path. Once stopped she turns toward Nathan and fires 64 shockwaves diagonally downward on that side for about 2 s, covering about one screen width. Directly below where she stops is a blind spot.	520	Wind	—
Beam After striking a pose, the skull's mouth glows and she fires a beam across the entire room in the direction she faces. It lasts about 4 s, follows her as she moves up and down, and is the strongest attack in the fight. Crouching avoids it completely; the top ledge of a pillar is also safe.	1000	Dark	—

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

Strategy

Recommended sub-weapon: Crucifix.
Recommended DSS: Ice Ball Circle or Poison Cloud to block the purple shots.
She rides the skull back and forth above the two pillars, using an attack each time she reaches the other side: Beam, the swing plus Shockwave, and Lightning are each used once per cycle, in random order.
Use the doorways and platforms on both sides to dodge and attack with the Crucifix for an easy win.

See the Camilla enemy page

Coming Back Later

After defeating Camilla (Roc Wing obtained)

New enemies

No.	Name	HP	ATK	DEF	EXP	Element	Drops
81	Wind Armorウインドアーマー	320	500	460	1800	Wind	Potion 2%, Potion High 0.4%

New max-ups

Item	Qty	Location
HP Max	3	Room 104, Room 157, Room 243
Hearts Max	1	Room 235