Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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  • Finish the game as Richter in one session defeating all the bosses and without using save points to refill your health

    400 (343) of 37,697 โ€“ 1.06%

    0.91% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    1.06% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by MrGauss on: 11 Sep, 2019 02:11
    Last modified: 07 Jan, 2025 02:38


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    24 Nov 2023 04:48
    Shmelyoff edited this achievement's logic.
    ChoccyMilk 16 Feb 2024 09:34
    Hydro Storm exists. 25 points is fine. For the record, the knife is not for Doppelganger40, it's for an easier time with Galamoth. You just jump and whip Doppelganger over and over.
    LeoOfAstora 21 Feb 2024 23:06
    Gostei desse trofรฉu, consegui na segunda tentativa. Perdi a primeira no Galamoth, ele ficou fora do alcance das facas...
    rlxldk 2 Mar 2024 07:36
    Man, this one is pretty tough. Even with hydro storm -_-
    FabinSS 25 Mar 2024 15:18
    Yaaaay Galamoth killed me...
    carminelake 20 Apr 2024 15:20
    Consegui na segunda tentativa, Galamoth fez a boa de estragar a primeira run kkk mas รฉ um bom desafio, sรณ lembrar de ir com as facas pro galamoth e o resto รฉ suave.
    Mightymo77 27 Aug 2024 13:37
    Galamoth fight video - https://youtu.be/AU_bGU5bPYU
    ThatLittleDemon 2 Oct 2024 22:35
    Miserable for a main set
    TommyDeal 9 Oct 2024 11:59
    I'll believe the difficulty isn't that high of this, but this is also a full game run that you're likely to do for just this achievement alone. That's why it's underscored.
    rafaelts 9 Oct 2024 14:27
    This one is not lt underscored...
    You can do this kinda fast and Hidro Storm break 98% of the game.

    50 points are the really tough or time consuming ones (considering the entire retroachivments).

    100 points are the ones that you feel sad just for reading it haha...
    TommyDeal 13 Oct 2024 14:02
    What you might not realize as an experienced player is the fact that Richter dies very fast. Especially compared to Alucard who quickly gets to throw on defensive items. Richter even with a bunch of life ups can still lose 15% of his health to a simple zombie. Combine that with doing a full game run in the form of fighting every boss, this is not particularly simple or quick for the average player. Even if you know the game well with Alucard, playing as Richter by itself can be daunting for players. 25 points is peanuts for this challenge if you consider RetroAchievements as a whole.
    Raykusen 16 Oct 2024 22:18
    I agree with TommyDeal. This is not about seeing throught the speedrunner's eyes because they are so insanely good at the game that everything for them is easy. And "the rain power makes it easy", not, it does not, is hard enough to move around a clunky rock of a character such as the whip guy, plus he dies so fast with few hits plus is the full game without saving, a game super long like this.
    rafaelts 16 Oct 2024 23:43
    So all the cheevos for the no damage bosses in the DS tรญtles should be 50 points based on these arguments, since average players will have trouble with them.

    And no... its not hard, you can grab Holy water and go through any room of the game just by pressing triangle.

    Also, Richter mode gets avaiable after you finish the normal game, so the player should not be considered a newbie at this point.
    TommyDeal 17 Oct 2024 00:10
    Yeah I don't think it's THAT hard, I said as much in the first comment I posted. It's a full game run though that you'll likely tackle on its own without getting any other achievements in the process. You won't always have the best subweapon on you, like when you go to kill Galamoth with daggers.

    I'd say it being a full game run and dying in a few hits early game as well as some enemies in the endgame can kill you in a few hits even if your health is fully maxed out.

    Playing with Alucard does little to prepare you for Richter mode, you'll get some enemy familiarity but you won't have had to actually dodge them so much =S

    Damageless boss fights tend to take 30-60 seconds or so with most games on the successful attempt, something that can be done so fast should rarely be worth 50 points. It's a completely different thing.
    Sanjour 18 Nov 2024 18:36
    Got it first try. That was a fun challenge, not as hard as I thought it would be. Follow Harkaz's route, just don't go through the lower part of Dark Wing's Lair to get to the Goat Teleport, that place is extremely dangerous and it's much better to take a detour through the Reverse Colosseum and beat the Castlevania 3 Heroes on the way. Good luck for anyone attempting this
    LeooKbssa 27 Nov 2024 22:37
    Dammit Galamoth...
    7 Jan 2025 02:38
    televandalist edited this achievement's logic.
    fragoRoc 12 Jan 2025 21:55
    Mastered. My tip for this one is master the blade dash and create a save for Galamoth just to practice the timing.

    As far as routing, mine wasn't perfect as it brought me through the dangerous Necromancy lab. I should've approached Beelzebub from the clock room, but my route didn't tag that portal. What I ended up doing was killing doppelganger40 with hw and then tagging the cave portal. I then back tracked and headed to the reverse entrance for the nearby knife and portal. Teleported back for Galamoth and teleported to entrance to head towards Beelzebub. Like I said, not perfect as necromancy lab is busy and I accidentally lost my HW.

    Stay away from the spiked room in death Wings area and the anti chapel stairs. You'll have to contend with the anti chapel tower with the snipers and devils, so always take time to grind hearts for a hydro.
    fragoRoc 6 Feb 2025 20:39
    From the upper platform, the dagger item crash stun locks Galamoth
    iag0player 8 Feb 2025 23:02
    finalmente! depois de 3 dias tentando.

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