Where to Find the Halberd in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (Mechanic’s Ascent)

The Halberd is a Refined spear in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, and it’s hidden in plain sight. You can see its alcove from the main gallery in Mechanic’s Ascent, but a gate seals it off, so walking up to it doesn’t work. You have to come in from above, after a loop through the eastern half of the Clock Tower.

Quick answer: Open the gold chest in a gated alcove in Mechanic’s Ascent (Clock Tower). Reach it from above via Serpent Pinion, Eastern Steps, Daedalus Crossing, and the Western Maintenance Shaft, not from the gallery floor.

Halberd chest location in Mechanic’s Ascent

Mechanic’s Ascent is part of the Clock Tower in Dracula’s Castle. Find the gallery where a hooded statue stands between a pair of candelabra. Immediately to its right, slightly raised above the floor, is the Halberd’s alcove, encircled by large rotating gears.

Here’s what the alcove looks like once you know where to look:

A gate closes off its right side, and it starts out shut.
A cog mechanism sits beside a lever fixed to the alcove’s left wall.
The ornate gold chest sits on the ledge between them.
The district’s Mirror of Life is the closest one to the chest.

The hooded statue in the gallery also holds a clue. Interacting with it adds a new clue about the Zealot, the arcana tied to Isaac, who waits deeper in the Clock Tower.

Route to the Halberd from the Eastern Access Shaft

The path loops east and up, then back west and down. If you start inside Mechanic’s Ascent, head down through the Lower Gallery to the Eastern Access Shaft first. Expect saw blades, grapple rings, and a few fights on the way.

Open your map in the Eastern Access Shaft to confirm your position. Then head left, toward Serpent Pinion.

Starting Location and Map Check — The Clock Tower map, with the route starting in the Eastern Access Shaft. Shown at 00:04 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: KONAMI

Climb through Serpent Pinion by riding the rising piston platforms. Use the grapple rings and the rotating gear platforms to keep going up, and avoid the spiked gears.

Serpent Pinion Ascent — Grappling over the gears on the climb through Serpent Pinion. Shown at 00:38 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: KONAMI

Use your grapple to reach the ledge at upper left. Smash the breakable gear structure on the wall; breaking it open exposes a route to the right into the Eastern Steps.

Breaking Gear Wall & Upper Route — Use the grapple ring to reach the upper ledge, where the breakable gear wall opens the way to the Eastern Steps. Shown at 00:40 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: KONAMI

Move right through the Eastern Steps. Time your jumps to get past the sets of dual circular saws as they roll along their tracks.

Navigating Eastern Steps Saws — Wait for an opening between the saw pairs in the Eastern Steps before you jump. Shown at 01:34 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: KONAMI

Exit right onto the exterior bridge. Fight or dodge the flying gargoyle-type enemies, then go through to Daedalus Crossing.

Grapple straight up the central shaft in Daedalus Crossing. Beat the heavy blue-armored knight guarding the upper ledge, then take the doorway on the far left.

Drop down the vertical chute and smash through the weakened floorboards to reach a hidden study. Check the desk on the right to pick up the Blueprints for the Clock Tower.

Descending to Blueprints Room — The chute down to the study with the Clock Tower blueprints, which you reach by breaking through the floor panels. Shown at 02:31 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: KONAMI

The blueprints add a new clue about the Builder. When Rose reads them, she says, “This map… it shows a sealed off section of the castle.” That sealed section is where you’re headed.

Head left into the Western Maintenance Shaft, which is marked by chained stone crusher blocks. Ground-pound through the breakable stone floors and clear out the guards as you go down.

Go into the chamber behind the barred gates. The bars lock you in until you defeat the ambush wave.

Break the floor on the left side and slide through the low crawlspace underneath. This gear-lined passage is the only way into the alcove.

Take the elevator on the right up to the alcove ledge in Mechanic’s Ascent. You’ll come out right next to the gold chest.

Open the chest with Interact. That’s E on PC, RB on Xbox, or R1 on PlayStation. The lever on the alcove’s left wall is right beside it.

Halberd weapon card and how to confirm the pickup

When the chest opens, the HALBERD weapon card fills the screen. It shows a Refined rarity tag and ATK 50, so you know you have it. Hold the equip button (Y on Xbox) to equip it right away, or continue to close the card and keep exploring.

Weapon card showing a green halberd, Refined rarity, ATK 50, a description, and Hold to Equip and Continue buttons. — The item card for the Halberd (Refined), a long-range polearm with 50 ATK, with options to hold to equip or continue.

The card describes it as a weapon that reaches far and helps you hold your position. You can throw it too: hold the attack button (X on Xbox, left mouse on PC) to aim, then release. Its lore says the polearm was made to stab, chop, and pull enemies to the ground.

Halberd stats compared with the Whip

Most players will still be using the Whip from the Catacombs of Paris when they reach the Halberd. Here is how the two compare.

Stat	Halberd	Whip
Weapon type	Spear	Whip
Rarity / tier	Refined / 2	Ordinary / 1
ATK	50	25
Attack power	28	24
Stagger power	30	30
Mana per hit	3	3
Combo finisher	Push	Whip Drag
Found in	Clock Tower	Catacombs of Paris

The Halberd has twice the Whip’s ATK and a higher attack power. It matches the Whip on stagger and mana gain per hit. Their special moves work differently. The Halberd can be aimed and thrown, while the Whip deals extra damage at the far end of its reach.

Clock Tower districts along the Halberd route

Several districts on the way hold collectibles you can pick up on the same trip.

District	Items	Secret areas	Other
Eastern Access Shaft	Sinister Rune	4	1 breakable wall
Daedalus Crossing	DEF UP book, Hollow Bone, Vile Trinket	6	Blueprints clue, 1 breakable wall
Western Maintenance Shaft	—	1	—
Mechanic’s Ascent	Halberd	2	Mirror of Life, 1 breakable wall

Mechanic’s Ascent also holds a clue noting that Isaac waits in the Clock Tower. If you’re working toward full completion, the Clock Tower as a whole has 236 completion items, including 3 Wise Heart Fragments, 3 Brave Heart Fragments, 1 ATK book, 2 DEF books, and 14 XP statues worth 350 XP each. The Halberd counts as one of the area’s 13 items.