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Where to Find the Vile Trinket in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

The Vile Trinket sits in a chest high in the Clock Tower and raises Rose's damage on hits from behind.

The Vile Trinket sits in a chest high in the Clock Tower and raises Rose’s damage on hits from behind.

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Rose facing an armored knight in a Clock Tower corridor in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Quick answer: At Daedalus Crossing’s summit, the chest sits on the upper gallery. Start at the Mechanic’s Ascent mirror, ride the cage lift upward, use the doorway on your right, then climb along the room’s right side. The relic makes Rose deal 25% more damage when she hits enemies from behind.

Vile Trinket location in the Clock Tower

  • Area: Clock Tower
  • District: Daedalus Crossing
  • Nearest Mirror of Life: Mechanic’s Ascent

The chest is on the gallery floor at the room’s summit. Two green candelabra flank it beneath tall diamond-shaped windows, while a spiked gear shaft runs below it on the right. Our interactive map opens on the Vile Trinket on our map.

How to reach the Vile Trinket chest

Begin at the Mechanic’s Ascent Mirror of Life and travel right into the adjoining room; a red cage elevator is there. Enter the cage and use Interact (E) to ascend.
The red cage elevator room next to the Mechanic's Ascent Mirror of Life in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
The red cage elevator right of the Mechanic’s Ascent mirror.
In the upper room, take the doorway on the right to reach Daedalus Crossing.
On Daedalus Crossing’s right side, locate the tall wooden beam before the big gears, then scale it with wall-jumps.
Near the beam’s upper end, leap right to land on the high gallery. Head to the chest and open it using Interact (E).
Rose at the Vile Trinket chest on the high gallery of Daedalus Crossing in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
The Vile Trinket chest on the high gallery, between two green candelabra.

Opening the chest brings up the VILE TRINKET relic card, which confirms the pickup.

What the Vile Trinket does

The relic card lists one effect: “Rose deals 25% more damage when striking enemies from behind.” That makes it a damage boost tied to positioning, so it pays off when you can get around an enemy before attacking.

The Vile Trinket relic card in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
The VILE TRINKET card.

“This morbid curiosity was traded in the slums of Paris, hidden from lantern light and the law.”

You can equip it straight from the card with Hold to equip, or slot it in later from the Equipment screen. To see where it fits among the rest, check how the relics rank, or track down every relic location and all items in the Clock Tower.

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