Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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50 free Castlevania: Symphony of the Night trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night sent a lone swordsman into Dracula's castle in 1997 and gave players an enormous map to wander, a huge stock of weapons to find and one of the most varied enemy rosters in any action game. Its in-game enemy list, the bestiary that fans keep looking up, runs from shambling zombies and armoured knights to towering bosses drawn from myth, horror films and classic novels. This quiz covers the creatures of that bestiary first: the bosses and how they fight, the ordinary enemies and what they drop, and the stories behind their names. It also takes in the plot and its characters, relics and abilities, and the people, music and ports behind the game. It is written for anyone who has explored the castle, whether you finished it once or filled in every entry of the enemy list. Questions open with things most players remember and move on to deeper cuts, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In Symphony of the Night, which servant of Dracula steals all of Alucard's equipment soon after he enters the castle?
Death
Death scatters the stolen gear around the castle, and the game's own enemy list describes the reaper simply as Dracula's close friend.
Q 02Which classic story supplies three enemies of Symphony of the Night: the Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man?
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz joke runs into the enemy list too, where the Scarecrow is described as an impaled man looking for a brain.
Q 03In Symphony of the Night, the skeleton Yorick, forever chasing his own skull, is named after a jester in which play?
Hamlet
Hamlet has its prince hold up the skull of the dead court jester Yorick, so the game's skeleton attacks by kicking his own skull around.
Q 04After Alucard frees Richter Belmont in Symphony of the Night, a second castle appears that is what version of the first?
Upside-down
Upside-down and stocked with new enemies and bosses, the second castle was such a shock that GamePro ranked its discovery among gaming's greatest moments.
Q 05Symphony of the Night is widely seen as a pioneer of which genre of exploration-based action games?
Metroidvania
Metroidvania blends the names Metroid and Castlevania, and many later games in the series copied this one's open, backtracking design.
Q 06Besides a bat and a wolf, which third form can Alucard shapeshift into in Symphony of the Night?
Mist
Mist form lets Alucard slip through metal grates that block his solid body, though at first he can hold it only for a very short while.
Q 07The Symphony of the Night boss called The Creature, built from warriors' body parts, is modelled on which horror icon?
Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster has haunted the series since the original Castlevania, and here the patchwork giant curls into a ball to roll around the walls and ceiling.
Q 08Which flying Clock Tower enemy in Symphony of the Night drifts in a wave pattern and can petrify Alucard on contact?
Medusa Head
Medusa Head enemies come in two colours here, and only the gold ones can do it, a real danger above spikes; a Mirror Cuirass blocks the effect.
Q 09Which boss of Symphony of the Night takes Alucard's own form and is fought twice, at levels 10 and 40?
Doppleganger
Doppleganger is how the game misspells the word, and the second copy has more than six times the hit points of the first.
Q 10Which shopkeeper in Symphony of the Night sells Alucard items and keeps the enemy list that serves as a bestiary?
Master Librarian
Master Librarian serves in Dracula's castle yet trades with his rebellious son all the same, and he will buy jewels from Alucard but no other items.
Q 11Which boss of the Catacombs in Symphony of the Night is a floating sphere covered in a shell of human bodies?
Granfaloon
Granfaloon takes its English name from a word in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle; in Japan the boss is called Legion, after the many-in-one demon of the Bible.
Q 12Which sea beast of Greek myth is a boss of the Underground Caverns in Symphony of the Night, fought after her Wyrm?
Scylla
Scylla is drawn as a woman's torso with dogs sprouting from her waist, and Alucard must first beat one of her eel-like Wyrms while trapped in a sealed room.
Q 13Which boss of Symphony of the Night, described in its enemy list as the watchdog of Hell, breathes streams of fireballs?
Cerberus
Q 21Which dark priest of Dracula secretly controls Richter Belmont in Symphony of the Night, hoping to resurrect his lord?
Shaft
Shaft planned to end the Belmont threat by turning one of the clan against the rest, and Alucard must beat him before he can face Dracula.
Q 22Which item must Alucard wear in his duel with Richter Belmont to unlock Symphony of the Night's second castle?
Holy Glasses
Holy Glasses see through illusions, and smashing the orb they reveal frees Richter; if Alucard simply defeats Richter instead, the game ends early.
Q 23Which young vampire hunter, an ally of Richter Belmont, searches Dracula's castle for him in Symphony of the Night?
Maria Renard
Cerberus guards the abandoned mine on the way to the Catacombs, and for all his fire the three-headed hound takes extra damage from ice.
Q 14Which winged boss of the Royal Chapel in Symphony of the Night is part eagle and part horse?
Hippogryph
Hippogryph attacks with jets of flame, and it is often mistaken for the griffin, which has the body of a lion rather than a horse.
Q 15Which vampire boss of Symphony of the Night, based on the count in the film Nosferatu, rules the castle's upper part?
Olrox
Olrox is named Orlok in Japan, like the film's count, and mid-fight he sheds his noble look to become a giant reptile-like creature that spews fireballs.
Q 16Which boss of Symphony of the Night appears in a nightmare disguised as Alucard's mother?
Succubus
Succubus recreates the execution of Alucard's mother to break his will, and the fight only happens if he rests in one particular coffin.
Q 17Which spear-carrying demon joins the flying Gaibon in Alucard's first boss fight in Symphony of the Night?
Slogra
Slogra and his partner first appeared as late bosses of Super Castlevania IV, and once his spear breaks Gaibon can carry him aloft and drop him on Alucard.
Q 18Which giant optional boss of Symphony of the Night, armed with a lightning sceptre, has more hit points than Dracula?
Galamoth
Galamoth began as the main villain of the Famicom game Kid Dracula, and the enemy list credits him with a plan to rule the netherworld.
Q 19Which boss of Symphony of the Night is a giant rotting corpse whose body parts drop away as Alucard attacks?
Beelzebub
Beelzebub leaves most of the fighting to the giant flies swarming around him, which suits a demon known as the Lord of the Flies.
Q 20In which area of Symphony of the Night's castle do the Minotaur and the Werewolf fight Alucard as a team?
Colosseum
Colosseum is where the pair trade combination attacks: the bull-headed boss catches his spinning partner in mid-air and hurls him at the ceiling.
Maria Renard fought beside Richter as a child in the previous game and returns five years older, searching because he has been missing for a year.
Q 24What is the name of Alucard's human mother in Symphony of the Night, whose execution turned Dracula against humankind?
Lisa
Lisa was executed as a witch after making medicines for the sick, and her final words were a plea to her son not to hate humanity.
Q 25As the son of a vampire and a human woman, Alucard of Symphony of the Night is which kind of being?
Dhampir
Dhampir Alucard put himself into a long sleep after helping Trevor Belmont defeat his father, and wakes three centuries later when the castle reappears.
Q 26In Symphony of the Night, what does Alucard collect from candles and enemies to power his sub-weapons?
Hearts
Hearts work as ammunition rather than health, as in earlier games, and vessels hidden around the castle raise the number Alucard can carry.
Q 27What name does Symphony of the Night give the helpers, such as a faerie or a floating sword, that Alucard can summon?
Familiars
Familiars are unlocked with card relics and level up as enemies fall; the sword can even talk, and from level 50 Alucard can wield it as a weapon.
Q 28Which relic in Symphony of the Night lets Alucard jump a second time in mid-air?
Leap Stone
Leap Stone is the relic behind the double jump, and for a split second Alucard's cape takes the shape of two angelic wings as he uses it.
Q 29Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to which earlier Castlevania game starring Richter Belmont?
Rondo of Blood
Rondo of Blood ends with Richter beating Dracula, and the sequel opens by replaying that final fight before jumping ahead five years.
Q 30Which Japanese company developed and published Symphony of the Night for the PlayStation in 1997?
Konami
Konami gave the game little advertising in the United States, so it sold slowly at first and became a hit through word of mouth.