Castlevania Anniversary Collection
14 Achievements
1,000
8-10h
And so the ghastly night has come to an end
Complete Castlevania II Simon's Quest
55
5.46%
How to unlock the And so the ghastly night has come to an end achievement in Castlevania Anniversary Collection - Definitive Guide
1.) You can use the password function to set yourself up for the final fight: 7MEF-0VFT-151Z-Y2Z5.
2.) This will start you off at the start of the game, but with all of Dracula's body parts. You just need to reach his castle for the boss fight.
-It is highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the controls. The setup is a little awkward, but you can change if you need. To use special items, hold up will press the attack button.
-From the town you start in, go down the stairs and head West. You will continue until you reach a ferry. Talk to the ferryman, and he will take you across.
-Keep heading West and continue straight when given a choice (don't take the stairs that go underground).
-You will eventually reach a dead end (or is it?) Crouch in front of the wall and a tornado will take you to a new area (since you have the red crystal that allows it).
-From here, head East. When you see a split path that goes downward, take it.
-Now, just continue East.
-After a graveyard with actual tombstones that you must jump over, you will reach another seemingly dead end. Here you will use your flame whip to clear a path (make sure you select Dracula's tooth so you can break these blocks).
-Follow the bridge to the castle. In here, you will have to use your flame whip and holy water to clear a couple more blocks.
-Continue to the boss.
3.) Now, you may be thinking that if you skipped 99% of the gameplay, how are you expected to beat the final boss? Super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Select the fire attack (not to be confused with your whip) from the menu and use it to constantly throw fire at the base of the platform where Dracula spawns. He will not be able to move and will die without even getting a chance to attack you.
Achievement unlocked.
Oh, and be sure to use save states if you are having issues.
EDIT:
Since some were having trouble with the written instructions, here is a video of me re-playing it for your convenience. Enjoy!
You must beat Castlevania II to earn this trophy. This game is a bit different from the first, in that it’s more open world, reminiscent of the Metroidvania formula most fans are familiar with. There are several puzzles that need to be solved for progression, as well as some tricks that require some knowledge and aren’t obvious.
The default controls for the game are:
Move right
Move left
Crouch/Use stairs
Enter building/Use stairs
/ Jump, use or to jump at a diagonal
/ Whip, talk to villagers
+/ Use items
IF you are just interested in the trophy, you can use this password to take you directly to the end of the game. At that point, you just need to travel to the final boss and beat the game, which takes about 10 to 15 minutes. It’s also possible to scam the last boss with a certain attack that basically makes him not move and very easy to kill. Follow the steps below if so:
Use this password to start a game with everything you need to move to the final boss.
Opening the menu and selecting the red orb in the first row and the candle in the second will allow you to use an item to allow you to walk through a poison bog.
Unlike other games in the series, this game is more of an open world puzzle. Once you enter the password, leave town by going down and left. Keep moving left until you get to a dead end. Here, you need to select the red orb in the menu and press down until a tornado comes to take you away.
After arriving at the other end of the teleport, immediately start going right. When you get to the first downward staircase that isn't in a town, take that and keep going right. You will find a bridge you can't reach, but selecting the fang item should allow you to break bricks and create a path. Eventually you will get to the a catacomb with walls that can be broken. In here you will need to use the potion item with the fang to attack the floor and break bricks to open a path to proceed. Eventually you will get to the final boss.
To easily defeat the final boss, equip the fire item in the second row of the menu, jump and keep throwing it onto the pedestal with +/. The boss will be defeated easily if you can keep repeating that.
From the starting point, turn left. Red ponds can be passed using Laurel (this is the grass in the inventory at the very bottom on the left, there seem to be 7 of it). When the ferryman takes you to the other side, you only have to go through a couple of towns and a forest between them. When you reach the very left edge. There will be a mountain there. You need to do the following: 1. Equip the red stone. 2. Kneel on the third block from the left. 3. Stand like this for some time (less than a minute). You will be transported to the 4th castle. From there you will need to go to the right. Having passed the forest, the city, a destroyed bridge and a red pond, we go down. Then you need to go through the city, cemetery, bridge. To cross the bridge you need to demolish two blocks with holy water. We find ourselves in a ruined Castlevania castle. We go all the way to the right. There we break through the wall and floor with holy water. We go down and to the right. After you burn all the parts of Dracula there will be a boss fight. Boss falls in less than a minute, Laurel comes to the rescue.
The ending will be bad, but it will be enough to achieve it.
Map.