Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse — Where to Go After Talos and How to Get to Carmilla

After Talos falls in the Clock Tower in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the objective still reads “Find Dracula and defeat him”. The next boss is Carmilla, and she is waiting in the Library. Before you go, break the floor next to the Talos arena and pick up a new weapon.

Quick answer: Cross the Forgotten Bridge from the Clock Tower into the Library. Read the Star Chart in the Planetarium study, then match the Observation Tower astrolabe to it to reach Carmilla.

Talos rewards and the Smash floor in the Clock Tower

Beating Talos gives you two things in a row. You get a tarot card first, and then a new movement ability that opens a hidden room right next to the arena.

Reward	Type	Where
The Builder	Tarot card (spell Fist of Talos)	Talos fight
Smash	Ability	Right after the fight
Fists of Talos	Weapon (Masterpiece, ATK 75)	Builder’s Bureau chest

The Smash tutorial reads “Break the DESTRUCTIBLE BLOCKS by pressing Down + Cross when Rose is in the air.” Jump, then use Smash on the cracked golden floor beside the arena. You drop into the Builder’s Bureau. A desk there holds a sketch from Talos, and the chest on the right holds Fists of Talos. The fight itself is in our Talos boss guide, and what else Smash breaks is in how to break yellow blocks with Smash.

How to get from the Clock Tower to the Library

The pointer toward Carmilla comes from Brauner’s letter in Brauner’s Atelier. It reads “CARMILLA IN THE LIBRARY” and also adds “NEW CLUE ABOUT THE OCCULTIST”. The link between the two areas is the Forgotten Bridge, which connects the Clock Tower and the Library.

Make your way to the Clock Tower end of the Forgotten Bridge. From the top of the Clock Tower, one option is to ride the Builder’s Secret Elevator down to the Clock Tower’s Ferryman’s Wharf.

Cross the Forgotten Bridge from the Clock Tower side. The next area banner reads “LIBRARY”, which tells you that you are on the right path.

Head through the Library Foyer and the Rhetoric Shelves. Keep going until you reach the Planetarium.

The boat at the Ferryman’s Wharf also lists Paris Streets, Holy Innocents’ Cemetery, Catacombs of Paris and Main Hall, if you need to go somewhere else first. Every stop is in our fast travel guide.

Planetarium Star Chart and the Observation Tower astrolabe

The Planetarium opens with a “PLANETARIUM” banner and a giant blood moon in the background. The puzzle in this part of the Library uses two pieces. You need a clue from a study, and then a machine at the top of the tower.

Ignite the lantern basin beside the small pier in the Planetarium. This updates your map and adds the Planetarium to the Ferryman’s boat route, making a quick return possible later.

Pass through the Lecture Room to reach the Planetarium study. Inspect the Star Chart resting on the desk by the rear wall; this records “NEW CLUE ABOUT THE OCCULTIST”.

Keep climbing the Observation Tower; the “OBSERVATION TOWER” banner appears when you reach it. A hooded statue provides the clue “Magical Brush”, and a desk treatise covers a lunar eclipse.

Turn the rings of the giant astrolabe. Stop when its nodes match the constellation drawn on the Star Chart.

The Observation Tower astrolabe. Turn its rings until the nodes match the Star Chart constellation. Shown at 383:18 in Shirrako’s video. Image: KONAMI

Use the grapple points that open up to climb to the save room. Rest at the armchair there with INTERACT [R1] before you go on to the boss.

Optional detour: the Thrilling Eye

Before Carmilla, you can also pick up the Thrilling Eye. It counts as one of the three eyes needed to open the Circle of Greed door. It rests on an occult wheel altar in the Hospital, reached from the Street of the Tomb Masons in Paris Streets. The door and Mammon are in how to open the Circle of Greed eye door and beat Mammon.

Carmilla boss fight and rewards

Go on from the armchair save room to reach Carmilla. She fights in a hall flooded with blood under a giant red moon. When the fight starts, a single red health bar labelled “CARMILLA” appears.

Carmilla health bar — The Carmilla fight in the Library, with her single health bar shown on screen. Shown at 387:13 in Shirrako’s video. Image: KONAMI

Defeating her gives you the tarot card The Occultist, which comes with the spell Blood Spikes. It also unlocks the trophy “Blood for Blood”. After the fight, you get the Aerial Rush ability in a Library hallway. The fight is in our Carmilla boss guide, and the next leg in where to go after Carmilla.