Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse — The Warrior Arcana Location and Infernal Pyre Spell

The Warrior is one of the Arcana cards Rose collects in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, and it sits at the very top of the Prison Tower in Paris Streets. Claiming it hands you the Infernal Pyre spell and the Holy Light skill, both tied to the card’s character, Joan. Getting there is a vertical climb up the tower’s exterior, through an elevator, and across its roof.

Quick answer: Start at the Prison Tower in Paris Streets, just above the Mirror of Life. Climb the exterior to the elevator, ride it to the Upper Tower, cross the Roof of the Tower, scale into the top chamber, and absorb the golden orb left after the encounter.

Where The Warrior Arcana is located

The card is on the Roof of the Tower in Paris Streets; enter through the Prison Tower sub-area. On the map, Holy Innocents’ Cemetery is west of the card, while the fast-travel point named Mirror of Life lies directly below it. Begin at that save room for the simplest route. Two discoveries can direct you here beforehand: a Burned District hint places The Warrior at the Tower’s summit, and the Upper Tower holds a Carpenter’s Crane Sketch.

Map Overview — The Paris Streets map zoomed into the Prison Tower, just above the Mirror of Life where the climb begins. Shown at 00:08 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

How to reach the top of the Prison Tower

From the Prison Tower exterior platform, head left across the wooden scaffolding and rooftops. Use the glowing grapple points and wall jumps to work your way upward until you reach the open elevator shaft.

Ascending the Tower Exterior — Rose grips a wooden beam on the tower exterior while working left and up toward the lift. Shown at 00:39 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

Activate the lift lever at the shaft. The elevator carries you straight up into the Upper Tower.

Activating Elevator to Upper Tower — The elevator lift rising through the chains and gears into the Upper Tower. Shown at 00:47 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

Step off the elevator and move left along the platform. Jump over the spike traps lining the floor and ledges, then enter the lit doorway that shows the interact prompt.

Traversing Upper Tower — The spike-lined stretch of the Upper Tower you clear before reaching the lit door. Shown at 01:01 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

You emerge onto the Roof of the Tower. Run right, pass through the doorway, and climb the interior staircase to the top.

At the top of the stairs, jump out through the open window or balcony opening. Wall-jump up the tower’s outer facade and enter the uppermost chamber.

Climbing to the Top Chamber — Leaping out of the top opening to wall-jump up into the final chamber. Shown at 01:16 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

The cutscene opens on the Paris sunset, then shows an armored figure kneeling with a greatsword. When the dialogue ends, The Warrior fades into golden light and the encounter concludes.

Walk up to the golden orb left behind and interact with it. Rose absorbs the card, completing the pickup.

Collecting the Golden Orb — The golden orb left by The Warrior; interact with it to absorb the Arcana. Shown at 01:57 in 100% Guides’s video. Image: KONAMI

What the Warrior Arcana gives you

Attribute	Value
Character	Joan
Spell	Infernal Pyre
Mana cost	80
Skill	Holy Light
Location	Roof of the Tower, Paris Streets

For 80 mana, Infernal Pyre spreads flames across the ground around Rose, setting enemies alight and hurling them upward. The card also teaches Holy Light: hold its button to form a halo that scatters the Chaos Shard. Activate it just before an incoming blow connects to perform a light-based parry and avoid all damage.

Joan appears again later for a rematch in Notre-Dame’s Courage of Gabriel room. Defeating her grants Rose the virtue of Courage.

Confirming you unlocked it

You know the pickup worked when the trophy “Flammable or inflammable?” pops as The Warrior fades into light. Interacting with the golden orb then adds The Warrior to your Tarot deck and unlocks the Infernal Pyre spell, which you can inspect and hold to equip from the spell menu. Once it appears there, the Arcana is yours and the climb is complete.