INFINITY FAQ What is Infinity mode? This special mode once activated causes items to re-appear after being collected and can be collected over and over again. Usually these are only items in the caves but often times items around the castle have re-appeared. Some only re-appear once but some continue to re-appear once you move off the screen. Mostly life max and heart max up's are infinite. How to Activate Infinity There are 3 Methods to activate Infinity **NEW METHOD July 11, 2020 BY PAULO1179** Works any % Optimized Infinity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RbaHToSSuA Method 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCjdzISXlQ Run from the empty room kill shade #2,3. Run past shade #4 and past the boat. After you fall, jump and slam into final wall. Slash the wall with sword. Shield+backdash back to the metal lift. jump onto metal lift and double jump to next ledge. Shield dash to the middle of the boat, single jump and slash the air, jump to ledge and walk (not backdash) to Shade #4. Jump above the shade, turn to wolf and land on the shade. kill shade to fully activate Infinity (you game may slow down a lot here) If your game slowed down but did not activate infinity then you are in half infinity. Try again or read below. Take note that this method is very timing sensitive Method 2: Heart Flicker Infinity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AokqPXbnj50 An alternative method that has 2 parts. If for some reason your first attempt at the first method fails to activate the infinity but you have slowdown in your game you may be in what we call "half infinity" If this is your case then you can go back to the empty room and run back towards the shades. if the first 2 shades are there, run through them and you may activate the heart flicker infinity. This mode has the same effect as the regular infinity just it seems a little bit less stable. It does mess the palette of other zones in the castle which is a neat side effect. You will know you are in this mode if your heart counter is flickering. What Other effects Does this mode have? besides re-appearing items. #1 Richter Special Mode Using this added trick you can activate Richter special mode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_z4MaQ26A When you are in "Half Infinity" mode with some good slowdown active, turn to bat above the 4th shade and you will disapear. This will activate richter special mode. Soft reset your game and load your Richter file to use this mode to open some more rooms for Richter. ***Out of date*** Richter Special is activated by just turning to alucard as bat and soft reset. The above method is not required. #2 Right Lake Gate opened for Richter When you activate either infinity modes do a soft reset of your game and load a Richter file. The ferryman gate in the right lake will be open. Explore this previously closed area to increase your map for Richter. #3 Invisible Richter Cross item crash When you activate infinity but not Richter special mode, reset your game and load a Richter file. Go to the castle keep and go up the secret stairs. If you stand near the top of either staircase and activate the holy Cross item crash you will disappear. What versions of the game does trick this work on? Okay, This is where it gets *really* confusing. Having a higher % file is generally better. You need to have at least 201.8% to activate Infinity. Have a look at the lists below and hopefully they are clear. I tested with the following files High % 395+ Low % 201.8 PS1/PS2 Consoles Optimized Infinity: Activates Any %, (Opens right lake for Richter) Heart Flicker Infinity: Activates (201.2+ Needed, High % file works but very unstable) (opens right gate for richter) Original Infinity - Activates Emulator (ePSXe) Optimized Infinity: Activates (Does not open right gate for Richter) Heart flicker Infinity: Activates, (Does not open right gate for Richter) Original Infinity: Activates high % game. (have not tried 201.8% game) (Does not open right gate for Richter) Emulator (Bizhawk 2.4) (Thanks Actionvns for testing) Optimized Infinity: Heart flicker Infinity: Activates, (opens right gate for Richter 201.2%+) Original Infinity: Does not activate low % game (waiting to try high %) (?? right gate for Richter) PS1 disk on Old style PS3 Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: crashes upon activation Original Infinity: Activated. Requires high % file. 201.8% crashes at killing shade PS1 disk on Slim PS3 Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: Activates Original Infinity: Activates. Requires high % file. 201.8% crashes at killing shade Playstation Network Version On Old Style PS3 Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: Activates Original Infinity: Activates Requires high % file. 201.8% crashes at killing shade Playstation Network Version On Slim PS3 Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: Activates Original Infinity: Activates PSP Dxc Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker - Not Working Original Infinity - Not Working Richter Special Mode Works Xbox360 Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker - Not Working Original Infinity - Not Working Richter Special Mode Works Japan Console Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: ??? Original Infinity: ??? Japan Emulator (epsxe) Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: ??? Japan Emulator (Bizhawk) Optimized Infinity: Heart Flicker Infinity: ??? Original Infinity - Activates (Does not open right gate) (tested on high % file) Original Infinity - Activates (Does not open right gate) (tested on high % file) --- What are the items that re-appear? Here is the compiled list of findings Some items are not infinite some only re-appear once (Marked with a *) Regular Castle Alchemy Lab: - Hide Quirass - In orb * - Potion - In Orb * Caves: - Heart max up at wooden bridge - Life max up at wooden bridge - Secret Boots - Life max up near ferryman gate (right lake) - Toadstool+Shiitake near wooden box - Pentagram in water near waterfall Olrox Quarters - Secret room wall near spectral sword is closed. Items behind are gone - Lower zombie hallway secret ceiling is closed. Items inside are gone Clock tower: - Magic Missile in large open room under breakable floors. Maybe 1 time or I missed it first time on my game. Can someone check? * Inverted Castle Reverse Outer wall: - Heart max up (near top by grate room) - Shotel, Hammer (secret grate room) - Garnet in jar above cd room - Shield Potion Near "the Creature" - High Potion in jar top of elevator - Luck Potion in jar near cd room to marble gallery - Life max in jar near cd room to marble gallery Inverted Clock Tower: - Life max, Heart max in lone cloaked Knight room * - Moon Rod Breakable wall near darkwing bat * - Sunstone secret Grate room * Arcane Lab: - Ring of arcana in orb bottom left of boss room * Reverse Entrance: - Breakable rock is sealed again. Has pot roast in right breakable side. secret door is open still * Inverted Catacombs: - Buffalo star, Magic Missile - 2x Karma Coin, Resist fire, Resist Lightning, just Past Spike Room - Red Bean bun upper left corner. - Elixir last room past spike room Many thanks to Outofthegamer for helping compile all of the data. Also thanks to everyone who contributed to unlocking all the tiny important details that went into this very unique glitch. There were many hours involved in getting all of this data correctly. If anyone else can help fill in the missing data on the japan versions that would be of great help. please contact me if you can.