In Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the Hall of Mirrors is made up of rooms that resemble one another. Some pickups are concealed behind secret routes or stored in chests. The list below follows your route through each district, identifying every item, its location, and its requirement.
Quick answer: The Hall of Mirrors holds 21 XP statues, 10 whole meat, 5 Mirrors of Life, 4 relics, 4 clues, 4 mirror seals, 3 Brave Heart Fragments, 3 Wise Heart Fragments, 2 ATK UP books, 2 DEF UP books, 1 Ferryman’s Wharf, 1 Arcana card, 1 spell, 1 weapon, 1 sealed door and 1 boss.
Item checklists by area, with a map link for every item: Paris Streets, Holy Innocents’ Cemetery, Catacombs of Paris, Main Hall, Library, Clock Tower and Master’s Quarters, Notre-Dame, Hall of Mirrors.
Hall of Mirrors access, key requirements and Mirrors of Life
The Hall of Mirrors opens once you break the four mirror seals and free Eleanor’s mirror. The Succubus waits in Belmont Manor, and beating the Succubus gives you The Temptress Arcana (Life Drain). Bernhard’s Wrath sits in the Level Deviled. The Dusk Amulet in the Delived Level needs Smash.
The five Mirrors of Life are in these districts:
- Threshold of Vision
- Familiar Way
- Nightmare Atrium
- The Descent Into Memory
- Heart of the Maze, by Eleanor’s Prison
A dash in the Needs column means no requirement is listed for that pickup.
Hall of Mirrors Entrance
The Entrance holds the sealed door and all four mirror seals. Each seal sits above a mirror here, and you reach it through a Mirror of Life outside the Hall. The nearest Mirror of Life to the door is Threshold of Vision.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall of Mirrors Entrance | Sealed door | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| Mirror seal | Mirror seal | Above a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors Entrance, reached through a Mirror of Life outside the Hall | — | Map |
| Mirror seal | Mirror seal | Above a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors Entrance, reached through a Mirror of Life outside the Hall | — | Map |
| Mirror seal | Mirror seal | Above a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors Entrance, reached through a Mirror of Life outside the Hall | — | Map |
| Mirror seal | Mirror seal | Above a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors Entrance, reached through a Mirror of Life outside the Hall | — | Map |
Tower of Worldly Reflection
The Tower of Worldly Reflection is all XP statues, 8 of them, the most of any district in the Hall.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
Threshold of Vision
Threshold of Vision has the first Mirror of Life inside the Hall and one XP statue. Many later pickups list this mirror as their nearest one.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
 Mirror of Life | Mirror of Life | — | Map |
Servants’ Refectory
Open the chest here for the Sand Charm relic, and grab the XP statue. The nearest Mirror of Life is Threshold of Vision.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sand Charm | Relic | Chest. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
Familiar Way
Familiar Way has its own Mirror of Life, two whole meat and one XP statue.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a breakable wall, near a breakable wall. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a breakable wall, near a breakable wall. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| Mirror of Life | Mirror of Life | — | Map |
Hall of Hallucination
The Hall of Hallucination holds a single whole meat.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
Glass Gallery
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Temptress guards the Hall of Mirrors | Clue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
Dead-end Tower
A chest in Dead-end Tower holds the Crystallized Blood relic, alongside one XP statue. The nearest Mirror of Life is Familiar Way.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Crystallized Blood | Relic | Chest. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
Gallery of Glass
Gallery of Glass is a different district from Glass Gallery. It holds one whole meat and one XP statue.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | Smash | Map |
Stairway to Nowhere
Stairway to Nowhere has one whole meat.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a breakable wall, near a breakable wall. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
Boudoir of Bewilderment
Pick up a Wise Heart Fragment and an XP statue here.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wise Heart Fragment | Heart (mana) | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
Passage of Perplexity
A DEF UP book waits in a secret area behind a hidden passage, and there is one XP statue in the open. The nearest Mirror of Life is Heart of the Maze.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DEF UP book | DEF UP book | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | — | Map |
Chamber of Secrecy
Chamber of Secrecy has a Wise Heart Fragment and one whole meat.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wise Heart Fragment | Heart (mana) | Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | — | Map |
Nightmare Atrium
Nightmare Atrium has its own Mirror of Life, plus a Brave Heart Fragment in a secret area behind a hidden passage, one whole meat and one XP statue.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brave Heart Fragment | Heart (HP) | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
| Mirror of Life | Mirror of Life | — | Map |
Ballroom of Terror
The Ballroom of Terror has a Wise Heart Fragment and an ATK UP book, the book sitting in a secret area behind a hidden passage. The nearest Mirror of Life is Nightmare Atrium.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wise Heart Fragment | Heart (mana) | Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
 ATK UP book | ATK UP book | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
Steps of Misdirection
Steps of Misdirection is one of the denser districts. A chest holds the Haunting Relic, and you also find a Brave Heart Fragment, the clue The Reflection Deceives in a secret area behind a hidden passage, one whole meat and two XP statues.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Haunting Relic | Relic | Chest. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| Brave Heart Fragment | Heart (HP) | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| The Reflection Deceives | Clue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a breakable wall, near a breakable wall. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
Level Deviled
The weapon Bernhard’s Wrath is in a chest by the Portrait of a Vampire Lord. There is also one XP statue.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bernhard’s Wrath | Weapon | By the Portrait of a Vampire Lord, chest. Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | By the Portrait of a Vampire Lord. Nearest Mirror of Life: Nightmare Atrium | — | Map |
The Descent Into Memory
The Descent Into Memory holds only a Mirror of Life, and it is the nearest one to the Succubus fight in Belmont Manor.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror of Life | Mirror of Life | — | Map |
Belmont Manor
The Succubus fights you in the boss arena here. You need to beat the Succubus to get The Temptress Arcana and the Life Drain spell. The nearest Mirror of Life is The Descent Into Memory.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Succubus | Boss | Boss arena. Nearest Mirror of Life: The Descent Into Memory | — | Map |
 The Temptress | Arcana card | Nearest Mirror of Life: The Descent Into Memory | Beat Succubus | Map |
 Life Drain | Spell | Nearest Mirror of Life: The Descent Into Memory | Beat Succubus | Map |
Heart of the Maze
By the Eleanor’s Prison you find a Mirror of Life and the clue Eleanor Flees to the Cemetary.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Flees to the Cemetary | Clue | By the Eleanor’s Prison. Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | — | Map |
| Mirror of Life | Mirror of Life | By the Eleanor’s Prison | — | Map |
Looping Hallways
Two secret areas behind hidden passages hold a Brave Heart Fragment and an ATK UP book. The clue Kneeling is the Way, one whole meat and two XP statues round out the district.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brave Heart Fragment | Heart (HP) | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| ATK UP book | ATK UP book | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| Kneeling is the Way | Clue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| Meat | Whole meat | Secret area behind a breakable wall, near a breakable wall. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
| XP statue | XP statue | Behind a lever gate. Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
Corridor of Déjà Vu
The second DEF UP book sits in a secret area behind a hidden passage.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEF UP book | DEF UP book | Secret area behind a hidden passage. Nearest Mirror of Life: Familiar Way | — | Map |
Delived Level
The Dusk Amulet is in a chest under a Smash floor, so you need Smash to reach it; its nearest Mirror of Life is Heart of the Maze. The Ferryman’s Wharf is here too, closest to Threshold of Vision.
| Item | Type | Where | Needs | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dusk Amulet | Relic | Under a Smash floor, chest. Nearest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze | Smash | Map |
| Ferryman’s Wharf | Ferryman’s Wharf | Nearest Mirror of Life: Threshold of Vision | — | Map |
To plot all of these on screen, use the interactive Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse map, and for the route itself and its hidden rooms, follow the Hall of Mirrors walkthrough and the Hall of Mirrors secret areas checklist.
