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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

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Navigate the Forbidden Area in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Find the powerful Claimh Solais, farm enemies like Mudman and Flame Demon, and discover the Mimic.

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Navigate the Forbidden Area in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Find the powerful Claimh Solais, farm enemies like Mudman and Flame Demon, and discover the Mimic.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Head forward and defeat the Dryads. Continue past them to encounter new enemies: Mudman and Werejaguar. The Mudman can be farmed easily by re-entering the room.
  2. 2
    Proceed to the room on the right, defeating the gargoyles. This is a decent spot to farm the lower Fargoyle.
  3. 3
    Head upwards and enter the room above. Hit the switch on the left to open a path to the STUDY. A SAVE POINT is also nearby.
  4. 4
    Return to the Gargoyle room and head right. You'll find the ALURA UNE enemy, a good place to farm its soul, which restores health.
  5. 5
    Past the Alura Une, you'll encounter a Poison Worm and Dryads. Go through the hole in the floor into a large room with a pirate ship.
  6. 6
    Enter the ship (using Skula) and head left. At the end, DESTROY THE WALL ON THE LEFT to find a HIDDEN ROOM containing the Claimh Solais, a powerful HOLY sword that will be useful for the rest of the game.
  7. 7
    Return to the ship and head right. Go down when possible, defeat the Cagnazzo enemies, and enter the room on the left.
  8. 8
    Here, you'll find a FLAME DEMON. Farm its soul, which burns enemies with flames, similar to Dracula's triple-fireball attack.
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    Continue forward, destroy the chest for money, and defeat more Mudmen and another chest. Past that are more Mudmen and a final Flame Demon.
  10. 10
    In the next room, there's a chest, but avoid it unless you want to fight many Ripper enemies.
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    Head upwards, defeat the two gargoyles, and enter the room on the right. The MONEYBAG enemy here is a MIMIC.
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    In this room, you can also find the sword .: Joyeuse :.. This is a good area to farm the MIMIC soul (increases money as damage is incurred) and the GARGOYLE soul (grants immunity to petrification). Farm these by going back and forth between the Gargoyle room and this room.
Tips
  • Money Making Strategy: Equip the MIMIC soul and the ALURA UNE soul. Warp to the UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR WARP POINT and head to the SAVE POINT east of where you first used the SKULA soul (or north of the northeastern WARP POINT). Break the spiked floor outside the save room, get hurt, heal with Alura Une, and jump out before dying. Save and repeat to earn gold quickly.
  • Claimh Solais (Weapon)
  • Joyeuse (Weapon)
  • Alura Une Soul (Restores health)
  • Flame Demon Soul (Burns enemies)
  • Gargoyle Soul (Immunity to petrification)
  • Mimic Soul (Increases money as damage is incurred)
  • Money from chests and enemies.

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