Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Beginner Tips

If you have not played a Metroidvania since the DS era, Belmont's Curse will feel fast and still readable. These tips are the stuff previewers learned by dying in Paris so you do not have to donate the same hour. Pair them with how to play.

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IGN's State of Play upload is the original reveal tone: a letter to Trevor, a city on fire, a new Belmont. Watch it if you need the story frame, then use the list under the video as your practical rules.

Ten rules for the first weekend

• Do not skip trash. XP raises attack and defense.
• Spend flasks to learn tells. You can stack more than three.
• Open every chest, especially with Crypt Key equipped.
• Finish the first Work of Mercy on Cursed Flame before The Fallen.
• Slide under projectiles; jumping is not always safer.
• Look up. Rings are future paths.
• Read menu clues. The game stores boss riddles on purpose.
• Swap weapons when a grapple attack feels wrong for the room.
• Switch is 30 fps. Practice timing on the platform you will main.
• Pre-order bonuses are costumes. They will not beat Joan for you.

If a fight is miserable, you are allowed to leave. That is the genre. Farm, Bless, return. The tank build exists for this mood. The hands-on preview page exists if you want to know how journalists felt after three hours.

Last beginner mistake: treating this like a code-driven Roblox title. There are no weekly codes. There is a $29.99 Konami game with a Midnight Edition and a tarot deck. Spend your tab budget on the editions comparison and the tools, not on a fake redeem page.