Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Console icon NES

Game icon

Developer

Konami

Publisher

Konami

Released

August 28, 1987

Achievements

Authors: Atheistpanic (24), Mutawarrior (10), SirVG (9), JAM (1)
There are 44 achievements worth 425 (1,019) points.
  • Make it to the horrible night.

    2,909 (1,504) of 3,023 – 96.23%

    49.75% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    96.23% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Vanquish the Horrible Night

    2,079 (1,197) of 3,023 – 68.77%

    39.60% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    68.77% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the thorn whip.

    1,154 (763) of 3,023 – 38.17%

    25.24% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    38.17% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the chain whip.

    1,088 (697) of 3,023 – 35.99%

    23.06% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.99% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the morning star.

    906 (562) of 3,023 – 29.97%

    18.59% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    29.97% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the flame whip.

    835 (531) of 3,023 – 27.62%

    17.57% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    27.62% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the White Crystal

    2,128 (1,189) of 3,023 – 70.39%

    39.33% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    70.39% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Trade the White Crystal for the Blue Crystal.

    1,176 (725) of 3,023 – 38.90%

    23.98% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    38.90% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the Red Crystal.

    1,001 (613) of 3,023 – 33.11%

    20.28% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    33.11% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the Dagger.

    995 (666) of 3,023 – 32.91%

    22.03% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    32.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the silver dagger.

    841 (556) of 3,023 – 27.82%

    18.39% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    27.82% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the gold dagger.

    831 (538) of 3,023 – 27.49%

    17.80% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    27.49% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • BBQ Ribs

    (5) (7)

    Obtain Dracula's rib.

    1,162 (752) of 3,023 – 38.44%

    24.88% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    38.44% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain Dracula's heart.

    996 (627) of 3,023 – 32.95%

    20.74% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    32.95% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain Dracula's eye.

    909 (568) of 3,023 – 30.07%

    18.79% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    30.07% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain Dracula's nail.

    904 (565) of 3,023 – 29.90%

    18.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    29.90% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain Dracula's ring.

    876 (550) of 3,023 – 28.98%

    18.19% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    28.98% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the oak stake.

    1,191 (775) of 3,023 – 39.40%

    25.64% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    39.40% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Buy the Holy Water.

    1,489 (947) of 3,023 – 49.26%

    31.33% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    49.26% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the Diamond.

    784 (514) of 3,023 – 25.93%

    17.00% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    25.93% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Find the Sacred Flame.

    948 (641) of 3,023 – 31.36%

    21.20% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    31.36% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain some laurels.

    1,126 (686) of 3,023 – 37.25%

    22.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    37.25% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain some garlic.

    1,090 (673) of 3,023 – 36.06%

    22.26% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    36.06% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the silk bag.

    821 (514) of 3,023 – 27.16%

    17.00% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    27.16% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Obtain the magic cross.

    926 (559) of 3,023 – 30.63%

    18.49% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    30.63% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Defeat Dracula with the bad ending.

    508 (364) of 3,023 – 16.80%

    12.04% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    16.80% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Simon Belmont

    (10) (22)

    Beat the game with the normal ending

    530 (377) of 3,023 – 17.53%

    12.47% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    17.53% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • True Belmont

    (25) (65)

    Beat the game with the best ending

    397 (316) of 3,023 – 13.13%

    10.45% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    13.13% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Beat the game without continuing (no passwords)

    379 (258) of 3,023 – 12.54%

    8.53% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    12.54% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • No Tears

    (10) (19)

    Defeat Carmilla without taking damage or using laurels.

    689 (463) of 3,023 – 22.79%

    15.32% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    22.79% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Defeat Death without taking damage or using laurels.

    603 (417) of 3,023 – 19.95%

    13.79% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    19.95% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Defeat Dracula without taking damage or using laurels.

    547 (388) of 3,023 – 18.09%

    12.83% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Defeat Dracula without using laurels and with the leather whip.

    284 (250) of 3,023 – 9.39%

    8.27% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.39% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 0 to Level 1

    1,083 (676) of 3,023 – 35.83%

    22.36% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.83% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 1 to Level 2

    785 (480) of 3,023 – 25.97%

    15.88% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    25.97% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 2 to Level 3

    664 (411) of 3,023 – 21.96%

    13.60% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    21.96% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 3 to Level 4

    517 (339) of 3,023 – 17.10%

    11.21% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    17.10% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 4 to Level 5

    370 (284) of 3,023 – 12.24%

    9.39% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    12.24% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get promoted from Level 5 to Level 6

    321 (257) of 3,023 – 10.62%

    8.50% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    10.62% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Find all 13 hidden clues dispersed throughout the game

    255 (217) of 3,023 – 8.44%

    7.18% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    8.44% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Read all 7 town signs identifying the surroundings of each town (see ach comments)

    293 (250) of 3,023 – 9.69%

    8.27% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.69% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get to the 1st mansion from the start of the game before it turns night with empty inventory

    340 (289) of 3,023 – 11.25%

    9.56% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.25% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get the Silk Bag filled with 8 Laurels by talking to the merchant in the 5th mansion

    550 (349) of 3,023 – 18.19%

    11.54% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.19% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Find and climb the invisible stairs.

    349 (261) of 3,023 – 11.54%

    8.63% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.54% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
Recent Players:
UserWhenActivity
J5Alive08022023-09-23 14:17:54Simon Questing on Hour 0, 0 Dracula parts acquired, 3 lives, Level: 0, 62 Hearts, 0 continues
EmperorAbara2023-09-23 08:01:04Simon Questing on Hour 32, 5 Dracula parts acquired, 1 lives, Level: 6, 182 Hearts, 0 continues
Satai2023-09-23 07:38:36Simon Questing on Hour 0, 0 Dracula parts acquired, 3 lives, Level: 0, 50 Hearts, 0 continues
DoomYoshi2023-09-23 06:19:53Simon Questing on Hour 16, 5 Dracula parts acquired, 2 lives, Level: 6, 256 Hearts, 0 continues
Futsie2023-09-22 06:21:23Simon Questing on Hour 7, 2 Dracula parts acquired, 1 lives, Level: 3, 197 Hearts, 0 continues
seca5202023-09-21 02:13:56Simon Questing on Hour 1, 1 Dracula parts acquired, 3 lives, Level: 0, 52 Hearts, 1 continues
damron172023-09-21 01:53:52Simon Questing on Hour 8, 3 Dracula parts acquired, 0 lives, Level: 2, 94 Hearts, 6 continues
autumnfire812023-09-20 23:16:01Playing Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
ThePhyrex2023-09-20 08:30:39Playing Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Th4tGamerChick2023-09-18 10:27:55Simon Questing on Hour 0, 0 Dracula parts acquired, 3 lives, Level: 0, 68 Hearts, 0 continues

Recent comments

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Mutawarrior 18 Nov 2018 22:51
Updated Rich Presence to include Simon's Level & hearts.
Mutawarrior 15 Mar 2020 09:27
Based on the current hash calculation method (which changed as of RANES v.15), the hash you should use for doing my achievements (don't know about the ones made by other devs) is 755f9086b0567243b3ce25cc8a6dfd17
Mutawarrior 15 Mar 2020 09:29
A bunch of my achievements do not work in the Mesen core in RetroArch. Please use RANES as they were made using that emulator with its memory mapping. They may work in FCEUmm in RAlibretro but I'm not 100% certain.
greasystumps 5 May 2020 09:24
All achievements worked perfectly with FCEUmm
Akadosan 2 Nov 2020 08:06
While people said previously it worked with the redacted version i couldn't manage to make it work with the redacted version, it simply doesn't show any achievements to obtain
AntonioFNN 3 Nov 2021 21:53
The set works great with the FCEUMM core. 5 stars, great fun
PsyHunter29 24 Nov 2021 15:53
@Akadosan, I think that's the point. If my understanding is correct, patches like Simon's Redaction alter the checksum value of the ROM, which RetroAchievements uses to determine what game you're playing. Typically, this is used to prevent people from cheating by using patches that make the game easier. But in this case, since the quality of life improvements added in Simon's Redaction (faster text, etc.) are so worthwhile, would it be right to make an exception in this case?
automidnight 16 Jan 2022 17:42
Great set, lots of fun, thanks!
SoHai 25 Jan 2022 01:48
HARDCORE MASTERED!
Jazmataz 30 Jan 2022 10:49
The Cheeves worked really well with Retroarch's FCEUMM core. The leather Whip Challenge was grindy. CV NES Trilogy is now done.
TheMysticalOne 27 Mar 2022 20:50
Since the game measures your time, I added a leaderboard.
VerucaSweet 3 Sep 2022 00:02
sacred flame cheevo didn't pop, rib didn't pop. really frustrating to look this up and realize I have to replay the whole first part of the game because I was using the wrong core.
campusito 20 Oct 2022 17:10
My Retroarch shows that this game gas no achievements.I tried different names for the rom and still the same.
TheMysticalOne 20 Oct 2022 17:12
Most likely you'll need a different one. Yours is probably not the right hash.
Mutawarrior 20 Oct 2022 22:18
I recommend not using Retroarch or at least not writing tickets if certain achievements don't work in it as the set was made way before Retroarch support was added. It was made using RANES so I'd use that or the FCEUMM core in RAlibretro.
ArmeniusLOD 22 Oct 2022 02:27
@campusito I've been using the Mesen core and it works fine for me.
TheMysticalOne 12 Dec 2022 16:50
Added some variety of Trigger icons and Measurements (to the 7 signs and 13 books)
GrayCloudSpectator 20 Jan 2023 18:44
Mesen worked flawlessly for me for every achievement in this set.
ChronoGear 1 Feb 2023 00:21
Mastered! Thanks @jazmataz for the tip about the password. If not for that I might have had to turn off achievements on my emulator
DEATHDragon 17 Jul 2023 23:30
What a horrible game to have a Master.

Seriously, this game is so bad. The AVGN was spot on with the criticisms this game receives. You have to backtrack so much just to complete the game. And only 3 bosses. And each one of them is pathetic. Not only that, the game recycles tilesets and mirrors them just to artificially extend the play time. It's so despicable. I did like the towns and shops, and how the game felt more like a metroidvania, but the fact that there's NO way to return to a previous spot without having to go AAAAAALLLLLLLL the way back by walking is just awful.

Good ideas, shitty execution. Thankfully this format got perfected in future entries.