Castlevania Belmont’s Curse: How to Free The Sage and Unlock Hall of Mirrors

The Sage is Eleanor, an NPC trapped inside a mirror in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. Freeing her has three stages. First you clear the fog from the Hall of Mirrors, then you break four seals spread across Dracula’s Castle and Paris. After that, she escapes on her own, and you have to find her again to absorb her Arcana. The A Sketch From Talos clue marks where the seals are. Below is the full order.

Quick answer: Defeat The Temptress in the Hall of Mirrors. Break The Sage’s seal on the engraved Mirror of Life in Paris Streets, Main Hall, Clock Tower, and Notre-Dame. Then visit the Main Hall Mirror Rooms.

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Clear the Hall of Mirrors by defeating The Temptress

The Sage’s seals can’t be touched until the Hall of Mirrors is cleared. When you first arrive, fog fills the whole area and there’s no obvious route. The fog only lifts after you beat The Temptress, the Arcana held by the Succubus boss.

Travel to the Ferryman’s Wharf inside the Hall of Mirrors. The boss arena is southeast of the wharf.

Drop down off the right side of the wharf. That puts you in the fogged maze that leads toward the boss.

Kneel at reflections to find your way through the fog. Blue reflections point you in the right direction. The table below explains each colour.

Defeat the Succubus in Belmont Manor and absorb The Temptress. The Hall of Mirrors is clear once the fog is gone.

Reflection	What kneeling does
Blue	Shows the way forward
Red	Spawns a copy of you that attacks
Normal	Sends you back to the start

If you get lost, use a normal reflection to reset to the start. Avoid red ones unless you’re ready for a fight.

Succubus	Value
Health	8000
Attack	50
XP	1200
Reward	Life Drain

The Succubus is immune to freeze, petrify, launch into the air, slam down, Chains of Justice root and stun, Chronomantic Dive slow, Freezing Path link, and Infernal Pyre launch. Plan to rely on straight damage. Absorbing her gives you The Temptress, Arcana number 12, which carries the Life Drain spell.

One of The Temptress’s works of mercy is to explore every room of the Hall of Mirrors. That’s easier after the fog is gone, so it’s a good thing to finish while you’re there.

The Sage seal locations: All four engraved Mirrors of Life

Each seal sits on a Mirror of Life engraved with The Sage’s symbol. There’s one in each of four areas, and every area has several ordinary mirrors too, so the district matters.

Area	District	Which mirror
Paris Streets	Prison Tower	The middle Mirror of Life
Main Hall	Archives	Reached via Servants’ Hall
Clock Tower	Mechanic’s Ascent	Left side of the tower
Notre-Dame	East Gallery	Final seal

Engraved mirrors don’t work as fast travel points. You can’t warp to them or from them, so warp to the closest normal teleport point and walk the rest of the way.

How to break a Sage seal

The process is identical at all four mirrors.

Stand in front of the engraved Mirror of Life and bow. This takes you into a Hall of Mirrors chamber.

Break the seal hanging above the mirror inside the chamber. Breaking it starts a fight.

Clear every wave of enemies that spawns. Once the room is empty, leave the chamber and head to the next engraved mirror.

Routes to the Main Hall and Clock Tower seals

The Paris Streets and Notre-Dame mirrors are easy to reach once you’re in the right district. The other two take more work.

In-game map screen of Paris Streets, Prison Tower, with explored purple rooms, door icons and marker counter. — The Map tab shows the Paris Streets area, Prison Tower, with the objective to unlock the gate to the Catacombs.

Main Hall: Archives

At the Main Hall’s Ferryman’s Wharf, go northeast, then use your movement skills to reach the upper floor.

When you reach the statue, take the upper route heading east. It ends at a dimensional door.

Go through the dimensional door into Servants’ Hall. From there, move northwest to the engraved Mirror of Life in the Archives.

Clock Tower: Mechanic’s Ascent

The Clock Tower mirror is in Mechanic’s Ascent, on the left side of the tower. To get there you need Arcane Whip, Holy Light, Aerial Rush, and Smash. If any of those is missing, come back once you have it.

Settings menu on the Controls tab showing controller button bindings and sensitivity sliders for actions like Jump, Attack and Heal. — The Controls settings screen lists the Controller bindings, including Move, Jump, Dodge, Attack, Cast Spell, Arcane Whip, and Holy Light.

Find The Sage and claim the Mirror Walk Arcana

Breaking all four seals doesn’t hand you the Arcana right away. Eleanor gets herself out, and you still have to catch up with her.

Go to the Mirror Rooms in the Main Hall to meet The Sage. This unlocks the Hall of Mirrors as a travel destination.

Go to the southeastern Mirror of Life in the Main Hall to pick up The Sage’s last clue. It says she has already freed herself.

Fast travel to Holy Innocents’ Cemetery and make your way to the Mausoleum of the Queens, in the western part of the cemetery.

Push on to the Tomb of the Noble Queen and speak to The Sage. She gives you her Arcana there.

You’ll know it worked in two ways. The Hall of Mirrors appears as a travel destination, and The Sage shows up among your Arcana with the Mirror Walk spell. She’s Arcana number 15, and her card has four clues.

Once you have The Sage, three works of mercy are tied to her card:

Use 34 Save Rooms.
Heal 1000 health with Mirror Walk.
Kill 5 enemies, each within 3 seconds of teleport-dodging its attack.

The Save Rooms one takes the longest, and you’ll make progress on it naturally as you play. The other two depend on using Mirror Walk heavily in combat, so equip it early and keep it equipped.