Castlevania Belmont’s Curse: Secret Relic Raven’s Feather Location

Raven’s Feather, a relic in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, is easy to overlook. Find its chest in a concealed, unlit passage above an arena in the mass grave section of Holy Innocents’ Cemetery. Starting at a Mirror of Life, travel down into the Roman ruins beneath the cemetery, then ascend back into the graves. The trip is lengthy, though the platforming is straightforward.

Quick answer: Win the Meek Grave arena battle, climb above the coffin pile to the shadowy doorway in the upper-left, and open the metal chest at the end of the concealed passage.

Raven’s Feather effect

While Raven’s Feather is equipped, Rose deals 25% more damage with any attack she lands while airborne. Grounded attacks get no bonus. The relic only works from one of Rose’s three relic slots, so it has to earn its place against your other relics.

Relics menu with three empty relic slots, an inventory grid containing a red-sealed ring, and an inspection panel for Dark Sigil. — The Relics menu shows an empty set of three relic slots and an inventory grid holding the Dark Sigil, which raises Rose’s defense by 80% while she has 100% of her max health.

The effect has no cost attached. Rose keeps her full maximum life and does not need to be low on health. She only has to be off the ground when she attacks, and that happens constantly in this game because of double jumps, swinging from rings, and fights against flying enemies.

How to get Raven’s Feather in Holy Innocents’ Cemetery

Begin at the Pauper’s Grave save point and follow the route to the chest. First descend underground, then make your way back up into the cemetery.

Use fast travel to reach the Mirror of Life at Pauper’s Grave in Holy Innocents’ Cemetery. This checkpoint sits beside the Mausoleum of the Kings, near the Fountain of the Innocents. Check the map to verify your location.

Leave the mirror room and walk out into the graveyard. Head right through Pauper’s Grave until you reach the wooden gate.

Departure from Mausoleum of the Kings — Leaving the mirror room into Pauper's Grave, where the route to Raven's Feather begins. Shown at 00:21 in XeroGX Gaming’s video. Image: KONAMI

Drop through the floor under the wooden gate into the tunnel below. The tunnel leads into Ruins Entrance. A few enemies stand along that path, and you can fight them or slip past.

Enter Roman Aqueduct, then use your whip on the glowing rings overhead to get across the water. Maneuver past the waterfalls and rotating saw blades with care. A fall into a water pit or contact with a blade will cost you health.

Traversing Romani Aqueduct — The saw blade section of Roman Aqueduct. Wait for an opening before you run underneath. Shown at 00:54 in XeroGX Gaming’s video. Image: KONAMI

Make your way up the vertical shafts to Roman Baths. Deal with the skeleton swordsmen and crawlers in the corridors along the way.

Use your grapple to reach Roman Baths’ elevated walkway, then smash the concealed wall to the seated statue’s right. The passage beyond heads toward Meek Grave.

Romani Baths secret entrance — Grappling up to the upper walkway in Roman Baths, where the breakable wall is. Shown at 01:06 in XeroGX Gaming’s video. Image: KONAMI

Walk into Meek Grave and go to the green-glowing coffin pile in the middle of the room to start the arena fight. A green winged summoner flies overhead while skeleton archers fire from the platforms around the coffins.

Combat in Mire Grave — The Meek Grave arena. The winged summoner and archers have to be cleared before you can reach the chest. Shown at 01:21 in XeroGX Gaming’s video. Image: KONAMI

Kill the archers early, because they have a clear shot at you from above. Then finish off the summoner and any waves it calls in until the arena is clear.

Reach Meek Grave’s upper floor by climbing the room’s left side above the coffin pile. Alternatively, exit through the door to Ossuary of the Innocents, then return to Meek Grave via its upper platforms.

Jump onto the upper-left ledge and go through the doorway. It is almost invisible in the dark. Slide through the short hidden passage behind it.

At the passage’s end, use the interact prompt to open the metal chest (RB on a controller) and claim Raven’s Feather.

With Ossuary of the Innocents already unlocked in your save, bypass most of the ruins by dropping directly into Meek Grave from there.

Abyssal Eye for the Meek Grave arena

Summoned foes make up much of the Meek Grave fight, including the large green bird. Abyssal Eye boosts Rose’s damage against controlled enemies by 35% more damage, so equip it for this battle. In Holy Innocents’ Cemetery, Abyssal Eye is in the central part of the Cemetery Entrance sub-area. Enter from the upper-left side, coming from the Cloister, or reach it with double jumps.

Confirming you have Raven’s Feather

Opening the chest brings up a relic screen headed RAVEN’S FEATHER. The screen displays its airborne damage increase and a brief description of a black feather pursued by swordsmen and nobles despite its ominous reputation. Press and hold X there to equip the relic immediately, or press A to move on and equip it later.

The relic will then appear in your relic menu. Assign it to any of the three slots to activate its effect. Rose’s ATK value on the stat screen remains unchanged; the added damage applies only to her airborne attacks.

Optional Spirit detour near the Pauper’s Grave mirror

Raven’s Feather does not require this detour, but it starts at the same mirror and adds a clue to your log. From the Mirror of Life, head right into Mausoleum of the Kings and drop into Chapel of the Kings. The chapel locks you in until you defeat several waves of armored and flying enemies.

After that, keep going to a dead-end recess in Pauper’s Grave where a purple-glowing Spirit is waiting. Talk to it, and the clue “The Roots of the Hollow Tree” is added to your notes on The Prophetess. Go back left through Chapel of the Kings and Mausoleum of the Kings to the mirror, then start the main route from Step 2.

Spirit portrait and dialogue box above a heroine and ghost on a balcony in a gothic ruin. — The Spirit tells the heroine that the Captain of the Guard led them to the ruins of the Roman Baths to find the creature.

Raven’s Feather compared with other conditional damage relics

Raven’s Feather is one of several relics that add damage only under a specific condition. All four relics below compete for the same three slots.

Relic	Damage bonus	Condition or cost	Found in
Raven’s Feather	+25%	Attacking in the air	Holy Innocents’ Cemetery
Abyssal Eye	+35%	Against controlled enemies	Holy Innocents’ Cemetery
Specter’s Whisper	+30%	Life below 20%	Catacombs of Paris
Beelzebub’s Seal	+30%	Max life cut by 50%	Notre-Dame

Specter’s Whisper and Beelzebub’s Seal give a bigger bonus, but they require Rose to be close to death or to give up half her life. Abyssal Eye only works against summoned enemies. Raven’s Feather has a smaller bonus, but its only condition is attacking in midair. If you already fight from the air a lot, it applies to a large share of your hits without changing how you play.