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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse · Walkthrough · 4 Nov 2026

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse walkthrough: the main path, every boss and how long it takes

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse takes about 12 hours for the story and 23 for 100%. The main path from Paris to Dracula, every boss with the share of PC players who have beaten it, and what 100% takes.

How long players take

Hours

  1. The storyAbout 12 hours
  2. Story and side contentAbout 19.5 hours
  3. 100%About 23.5 hours

Averages of the runs players have logged: 51 story runs, 119 with side content and 141 at 100%.3

SpoilersBosses and areas below are named in full.

The main path

  1. Paris. The game is linear until the first boss, Leon.
  2. Joan and Medusa. You can take them in either order.
  3. The Catacombs. Fight Death, who beats you and summons the castle. Then fight Isaac’s shadow and go in.
  4. The castle opens up. The Main Hall, Library and Clock Tower all connect. Don’t climb too high in the Clock Tower yet, or you get the bad ending.
  5. Talos and Carmilla, then Brauner. Talos in the Clock Tower and Carmilla in the Library can come in either order and give you Slam and Dash. Brauner in the Main Hall needs Slam. Brauner and Carmilla’s brush together open Notre-Dame.
  6. Notre-Dame. Defeat Death for the double jump and the way past the Clock Tower’s trap.
  7. The Clock Tower. Climb it, defeat Isaac, then Dracula, for the normal ending.1

Knowing the solutions lets you skip a lot. If you know the constellations you can skip most of the Library, and with the right melodies you can bypass Notre-Dame.1 The true ending takes more; our endings guide has each step.

Every boss, by how many players have beaten it

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse bosses

Share of PC players

  1. The Fallen92%
  2. The Warrior78%
  3. The Prophetess72%
  4. The Builder53%
  5. The Occultist52%
  6. The Shadow46%
  7. The Miser43%
  8. The Judge41%
  9. The Brittle King41%
  10. The Zealot38%
  11. The Temptress38%
  12. Dracula35%
  13. The SelfNeeded for the true ending34%
The share of everyone who owns the game on PC who has unlocked the matching achievement, read on 6 November 2026. It counts people who have barely played, so the first bar is never 100%.

Bosses go by their Arcana names in the achievements. 2

35% of PC players have beaten Dracula. Players think the Brittle King is the one fully optional boss, since even the true ending doesn’t seem to need him.12

What 100% takes

Completion achievements

Share of PC players

  1. Destroy 666 candles60%
  2. Activate every mirror of life30%
  3. Find every weapon26%
  4. Find every clue22%
  5. Find every health and mana upgrade20%
  6. 100% completion15%
  7. Unlock every Arcana blessing14%
The share of everyone who owns the game on PC who has unlocked the matching achievement, read on 6 November 2026. It counts people who have barely played, so the first bar is never 100%. 2

Nothing is missable, so you can finish 100% after the credits.4

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Sources

  1. 1Reddit, r/metroidvania: The MV structure of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, 19 October 2026 (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  2. 2Steam Community: Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse achievements, with the share of players who have each (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  3. 3HowLongToBeat: Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, player-submitted times (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  4. 4Reddit, r/castlevania: Belmont’s Curse question, 18 October 2026 (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026

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