BLOCK 1-1

You'll start in a safe area with no enemies. Your first task is to whip the candles scattered around. You'll find hearts and, importantly, your first whip upgrade here.

Head up the stairs in the center. Here, you'll find the KNIFE sub-weapon in a candle. Grab it!

Continue past some blocks. Be careful, these blocks crumble when you stand on them! Jump onto the moat door. As it rises, move to the right and enter the next screen.

Now you're out on the castle grounds, with a gate rising in the background. Whip the candles here to get your second whip upgrade!

Your first enemy encounter is a basic SKELETON. They just walk back and forth and throw bones. Notice how they explode into a shower of bones when you hit them – this is a common sight throughout the game!

You'll see a hole in the ground ahead that you can't jump over. There's also a gate in the background. Press UP on this gate to interact with it. You *could* go left here, but there's only one candle. Instead, head right.

You'll encounter and defeat another skeleton. Under the stairs, you'll find another gate. This leads back to the foreground where one of the candles contains MEAT. You probably won't need it, but grab it just in case.

Continue past that area and defeat a bat. Then, whip the candles here to get the ROSARY.

Head all the way to the right to exit this screen and enter the next block.