The Hall of Mirrors in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse hides 4 relics, a Legendary weapon, six Heart Fragments and four stat books across its rooms. Everything sits inside one of five Mirror of Life groups, and a large share of it is tucked behind Secret Areas that each open in one of four ways. Here is every pickup, where it sits, and how each sub-area’s Secret Areas open.
Quick answer: The Hall of Mirrors holds 4 relics, the Legendary weapon Bernhard’s Wrath, 6 Heart Fragments (3 Brave, 3 Wise), 4 books (2 ATK UP, 2 DEF UP), 21 XP statues and 10 pieces of meat. It has 37 Secret Areas, and 21 of them hold a pickup.
Every Secret Area, chest and collectible in this guide is marked on the Hall of Mirrors interactive map.
How the Hall of Mirrors’ Secret Areas open
All four kinds of Secret Area appear in the Hall of Mirrors. Knowing which kind you are looking at tells you exactly what to do to get in.
- Hidden passage — there is no lever, switch or wall to break. The way in is hidden in the wall itself. The in-game tutorial card reads: “Some secret areas are hidden behind walls. Look out for the visual and audio clues.”
- Breakable wall — a cracked section of wall. Hit it with your weapon until it breaks, and the Secret Area is behind it.
- Lever gate — this gate is operated by a lever. Use INTERACT to pull it: R1 on PlayStation or E on PC.
- Smash floor — a floor breakable with Smash, gained alongside the Arcana of Talos in the Clock Tower’s Final Trap.
The Smash tutorial reads: “Pressing Down + Jump while Rose is in the air will now send her crashing to the ground. The impact can break destructible objects, recognisable by their golden cracks, and can also damage enemies.” That is Down + Cross on PlayStation, or S + Space on PC.
A thick Smash floor needs the stronger version. The Heavy Stomp tutorial reads: “The Stomp has several power levels that activate depending on the distance travelled during the fall. If Rose jumps high enough, she can break thicker destructible objects!” So for a thick floor, jump or drop from high up before you Smash.
The map tutorial reads: “Placing a MARKER on a secret or an unreachable location allows you to return to it later.” On PC, hover over the spot on the map and press Space to drop one.
Threshold of Vision
Looping Hallways
- Brave Heart Fragment — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage.
- ATK UP book — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage.
- “Kneeling is the Way” (a clue for The Sage) — inside a Secret Area opened by a breakable wall; hit it with your weapon.
- XP statues: 2 (1 of them inside Secret Areas). Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 4 (2 hidden passages, 1 lever gate, 1 breakable wall).
Servants’ Refectory
Sand Charm (relic) — in a chest. Where: a chest on the upper right balcony, reached with the whip grapple.- XP statues: 1 (1 of them inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 3 (2 hidden passages, 1 breakable wall); 2 of them hold no pickup.
Threshold of Vision (Mirror of Life)
- XP statues: 1.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage); it holds no pickup.
Tower of Worldly Reflection
- XP statues: 8.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage); it holds no pickup.
The Descent Into Memory
Boudoir of Bewilderment
- Wise Heart Fragment.
- XP statues: 1.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage); it holds no pickup.
Delived Level (Ferryman’s Wharf)
Dusk Amulet (relic) — in a chest inside a Secret Area opened by a thick Smash floor; Smash from a high fall.- Secret Areas: 1 (1 Smash floor, high fall).
In-between
- Secret Areas: 4 (4 lever gates); all 4 hold no pickup.
Passage of Perplexity
- DEF UP book — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage.
- XP statues: 1.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage).
Steps of Misdirection
Haunting Relic (relic) — in a chest. Where: a chest in the spiked chamber below the rotating sawblade trap.- Brave Heart Fragment.
- XP statues: 2 (both inside Secret Areas). Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 4 (3 hidden passages, 1 breakable wall); 2 of them hold no pickup.
Familiar Way
Corridor of Déjà Vu
- DEF UP book — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage.
- Secret Areas: 2 (2 hidden passages); 1 of them holds no pickup.
Familiar Way (Mirror of Life)
- XP statues: 1 (inside Secret Areas). Meat: 2 (both inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 4 (3 breakable walls, 1 hidden passage); 1 of them holds no pickup.
Gallery of Glass
- XP statues: 1. Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage).
Glass Gallery
- Meat: 1.
Nightmare Atrium
Ballroom of Terror
- Wise Heart Fragment.
- ATK UP book — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage. Where: it hovers above a pedestal with rotating saw blades around it.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage).
Nightmare Atrium (Mirror of Life)
- Brave Heart Fragment — inside a Secret Area opened by a hidden passage.
- XP statues: 1. Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 2 (2 hidden passages).
Heart of the Maze
Chamber of Secrecy
- Wise Heart Fragment. Where: at the end of a platforming course in tangled vines.
- Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 2 (2 hidden passages); 1 of them holds no pickup.
Dead-end Tower
Crystallized Blood (relic) — in a chest. Where: a treasure chest in the attic chamber.- XP statues: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 2 (2 hidden passages); 1 of them holds no pickup.
Hall of Hallucination
- Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage).
Level Deviled
Bernhard’s Wrath (weapon) — in a chest.- XP statues: 1.
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 hidden passage); it holds no pickup.
Stairway to Nowhere
- Meat: 1 (inside Secret Areas).
- Secret Areas: 1 (1 breakable wall).
Also in the Hall of Mirrors
Mirrors of Life, the Ferryman, the boss, the entrance seals and the clues, by sub-area.
| What | Sub-area | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mirror of Life | Threshold of Vision | Save, heal and refill potions |
| Mirror of Life | The Descent Into Memory | Save, heal and refill potions |
| Mirror of Life | Familiar Way | Save, heal and refill potions |
| Mirror of Life | Nightmare Atrium | Save, heal and refill potions |
| Mirror of Life | Heart of the Maze | Save, heal and refill potions |
| Ferryman’s Wharf | Delived Level | Boat to other areas |
| Four seals | Hall of Mirrors Entrance | How the seals and the maze work |
| Succubus (boss) | Belmont Manor | Gives The Temptress Arcana and the Life Drain spell; closest Mirror of Life: Heart of the Maze |
| Clue “The Temptress guards the Hall of Mirrors” (The Temptress) | Glass Gallery | — |
| Clue “Eleanor Flees to the Cemetary” (The Sage) | Heart of the Maze | — |
| Clue “Kneeling is the Way” (The Sage) | Looping Hallways | Inside a Secret Area (breakable wall) |
| Clue “The Reflection Deceives” (The Sage) | Steps of Misdirection | — |
Hall of Mirrors checklist
| Pickup | Sub-area | How you reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Dusk Amulet | Delived Level | Chest behind a thick Smash floor (high fall) |
| Crystallized Blood | Dead-end Tower | Chest in the attic chamber |
| Sand Charm | Servants’ Refectory | Chest on the upper right balcony, via whip grapple |
| Haunting Relic | Steps of Misdirection | Chest in the spiked chamber below the sawblade trap |
| Bernhard’s Wrath | Level Deviled | In a chest |
| Brave Heart Fragment | Looping Hallways | Secret Area (hidden passage) |
| Brave Heart Fragment | Steps of Misdirection | In the sub-area |
| Brave Heart Fragment | Nightmare Atrium | Secret Area (hidden passage) |
| Wise Heart Fragment | Boudoir of Bewilderment | In the sub-area |
| Wise Heart Fragment | Ballroom of Terror | In the sub-area |
| Wise Heart Fragment | Chamber of Secrecy | End of a tangled-vine platforming course |
| ATK UP book | Looping Hallways | Secret Area (hidden passage) |
| ATK UP book | Ballroom of Terror | Secret Area (hidden passage), above a saw-blade pedestal |
| DEF UP book | Passage of Perplexity | Secret Area (hidden passage) |
| DEF UP book | Corridor of Déjà Vu | Secret Area (hidden passage) |
| “Kneeling is the Way” | Looping Hallways | Secret Area (breakable wall) |
