Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is a beautiful amalgamation of two previous games in the series Symphony of the Night and Legacy of Darkness. The power of the Playstation 2 has been harnessed and put to good use in creating a rich atmosphere of action and deadly adventure. Leon Belmont (referred from now on as 'Whip Guy') will earn moves and skills that will put paid the 3D environment Konami has chosen for this new addition to the Castlevania series.

In this guide, you'll find everything you need to end your lamenting. From the detailed walkthrough, to a full explanation of characters, secrets and more, plus a handy one-stop Q and A section, this is the most complete online resource around. But enough talk, let's start killing things.

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Clear the game with Leon once and save that game. Start a new game on another slot and enter the name @CRAZY.

Crazy mode is much harder than the normal game.

Clear the game with Leon once and save that game. Start a new game on another slot and enter the name @JOACHIM.

Joachim's game is played differently, and the character has no access to any weapons, armour, or health restoration items.

Clear the game with Joachim once and save that game. Start a new game on another slot and enter the name @PUMPKIN.

The Pumpkin game starts the character off with all skills and the Vampire Killer, as well as increased stats. However, there are no subweapons available other than the initial subweapon.

Clear the game with any character and save that game. That game's character may head back to the stage select room and opt to try Boss Rush Mode, that is a time attack mode against all the bosses in the game in the order they appear in the Encyclopedia.

Clear the game with Leon once and save that game. Start a new game on another slot and enter the name @LLSKILL.

Leon will have all his skills when he begins the game.

Clear the game once with any character and save that game. The Music Box will be available for purchase in Rinaldo's shop for all future games (you only need to buy it once and save the purchase to that game).

Clearing the game will unlock the Jade Mask for sale at the shop.

Clearing the game on Crazy Mode will unlock the Mobius Brooch in the shop.

There's a way to duplicate your items. Enter the castle and head to the door that leads to the Save Room and the room to the other 5 stages. In the hallway near the Save Room, look on the carpet for a green spot of color.

Go stand on it, facing the window and open up your subscreen and go to your item list. By scrolling through your item list each item mysteriously increases by one.

There is a second spot inside the Pagoda of Misty Moon where items can be duplicated (again). On the second floor hallway, stand near the second circle design on the carpet (on the map, it will be near the east side of the stage). Press START to enter the item screen and glitch away.

The hallway outside the VI Stone room allows items to be duplicated through the start menu (see Duplicator Glitch #2).

The hallway with two Red Ogres near the Pagoda of the Misty Moon save room allows for item duplication via the START menu (see Duplicator Glitch #2 for details).

There are 10 relics in the game:

1. Svarog Staue - Found, Castle Courtyard
2. White Bishop - Bought, Rinaldo's Shop
3. Black Bishop - Found, House of Ruins Locked Door
4. Little Hammer - Found, Waterfall Ice Door
5. Wolf Foot - Found, Lab Locked Door
6. Saisei Incense - Found, Garden (need Wolf Foot to open door)
7. Lucifer's Sword - Found, Ghostly Theatre
8. Meditation Incense - Found, Waterfall (collect all gems in rail rides)
9. Crystal Skull - Dropped by Phantom
10. Invincibility Jar - Dropped by Mirage Skeleton