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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

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Navigate the Floating Garden in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Discover new enemies like Cockatrice, Red Crow, Dead Warrior, Imp, Gorgon, Devil, Mandragora, Altair, Ripper, and Kicker Skeleton, and farm their souls.

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Navigate the Floating Garden in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Discover new enemies like Cockatrice, Red Crow, Dead Warrior, Imp, Gorgon, Devil, Mandragora, Altair, Ripper, and Kicker Skeleton, and farm their souls.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Head forward and encounter the Cockatrice, which fires a petrifying beam. This is a good place to farm its soul.
  2. 2
    Continue right, ignoring floating platforms, and take the bottom right exit.
  3. 3
    In the next room, face the Red Crow and Dead Warrior. Neither is exceptionally dangerous, but they are good to farm. The Dead Warrior can deflect normal attacks by pressing UP + B (though this is for interrupting attacks with bullet souls, not deflecting enemy attacks). The Red Crow soul increases INT.
  4. 4
    The next bottom right room is a SAVE ROOM.
  5. 5
    Return to the previous room, hop onto the fountain, and ride the platform up.
  6. 6
    Head right into the next room and pick up Castle Map 3.
  7. 7
    Ride the platform upwards. Ignore the Gorgon to the right and go through the left door.
  8. 8
    In this room, wait for an Imp to appear. This is a good place to farm both the Imp's soul (summons 'Imp' familiar) and the Gorgon's soul (increases CON by 12).
  9. 9
    Explore the large rooms to the left and right for map percentage. Take the upper right room's right exit.
  10. 10
    You are now in the Floating Gardens. Go down the stairs to battle a Dead Warrior, or go through the middle to fight the Devil. The Devil soul is difficult to obtain but transforms into a demon that rushes enemies.
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    Explore the upper area and take the right exit.
  12. 12
    In the next room, face three Dead Warriors in the middle and a Mandragora at the bottom. Kill the Mandragora when it's above ground to get its soul (kills enemies with a scream).
  13. 13
    Explore above the Dead Warriors to find bone pillars guarding two instances of $1000.
  14. 14
    Take the exit to the right.
  15. 15
    In this room, you will be bombarded by Altair (summons and hurls eagles) and Ripper (stabs enemies for continuous damage). Farm their souls here.
  16. 16
    If low on health, drop through the floor to the SAVE ROOM on the left.
  17. 17
    Outside the save room, farm the Kicker Skeleton for its soul (kick during a double jump by pressing DOWN + A).
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    Explore the area below the room with the Kicker Skeleton, where a black energy barrier blocks progress (to be revisited later).

Items:

  • Castle Map 3
  • $1000 (x2)

Enemies & Souls:

  • Cockatrice: Fires a beam of petrification.
  • Dead Warrior: Deflect normal attacks by pressing UP + B (interrupts attacks to use bullet souls).
  • Red Crow: INT is increased by 4.
  • Imp: Summons "Imp", the familiar.
  • Gorgon: CON is increased by 12.
  • Devil: Transforms into a demon that rushes at enemies.
  • Mandragora: Kills enemies with scream.
  • Altair: Summons and hurls eagles.
  • Ripper: Stabs enemies with a blood-soaked knife.
  • Kicker Skeleton: Kick during a double jump by pressing DOWN + A.

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