Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Walkthrough - Finding and Beating The Builder - IGN

In This Castlevania: Belmont's Curse walkthrough, we explore the Main Hall for the first time and take a quick look into The Library to start uncovering some of those maps before heading to the Clock Tower to find and defeat The Builder and acquire the Smash ability.You will see numbers in parentheses after many timestamps, those indicate the number of the particular item we have found in each specific map/biome to that point in the game. If you follow our walkthrough videos, these will continue to be tracked throughout.Also know this is a walkthrough where we will be getting all endings, relics, weapons, heart fragments, clues, and completing all Arcana.Main Hall00:00 Intro00:30 XP statue (Entrance Corridor) (1)00:40 This is a fantastic area to farm for your Arcana spells, so we will do that now01:35 SAVE03:20 CLUE: Telling you to look out for statues throughout the Castle04:00 XP statue (Entrance Corridor) (2)06:00 XP statue (Grand Hall) (3)07:30 CLUE: Builder Flees to the Clock Tower, The Builder (Grand Hall)08:00 CHEST: Ghostly Pendant relic (Grand Hall) (1)09:25 SAVE10:00 XP statue (Ballrooms) (4)10:15 XP statue (Ballrooms (5)13:00 CLUE: Strange Painting of Notre-Dame, The Artist (Gallery of Eternal Night)14:40 XP statue (West Hall) (6)15:00 CHEST: Witch's Knot relic (West Hall) (2)16:30 CHEST: Rapiers weapon (Watch Tower) (1)18:40 SAVE19:20 CLUE: Artist Hides in the Main Hall, The Artist (Elevator Tower)22:10 XP statue (Grand Hall) (7)22:30 CLUE: Carmilla in the Library, The Occultist (Brauner's Atelier)23:30 The location of The Artist once you can get in there23:40 XP statue (Grand Hall) (8)24:40 CLUE: Alucard Guides, The Artist (Old Gallery) -- look for his paintings to find secrets and other helpful things26:00 ATK Up (Old Gallery) (1)The Library29:40 XP statue (Poetry Shelves) (1)30:30 Brave Heart Fragment (Poetry Shelves) (1)32:30 SAVE33:30 Fast travel34:30 CLUE: Star Chart, The Occultist (Astronomer's Office) -- explains what order to jump on the "man planets" but not doing this for now37:20 CHEST: Lich's Mark relic (Rhetoric Shelves) (1)38:00 Brave Heart Fragment (Library Foyer) (2)38:20 XP statue (Library Foyer) (2)Clock Tower40:00 XP statue (Eastern Access Shaft) (1)40:20 XP statue (Eastern Access Shaft) (2 and 3)42:30 XP statue (Eastern Access Shaft) (4)47:40 CHEST: Vile Trinket relic (Daedalus Crossing) (1)49:40 SAVE50:10 CHEST: Hollow Bone relic (Daedalus Crossing) (2)51:10 CLUE: Isaac Waits in the Clock Tower, The Zealot (Mechanic's Ascent)52:40 Wise Heart Fragment (West Tower Base) (1)54:10 CLUE: Blueprints for the Clock Tower, The Builder (Daedalus Crossing) -- tells you to clear the main shaft of all obstacles so the weight can smash to the bottom57:40 CHEST: Halberd weapon (Mechanic's Ascent) (1)58:10 XP statue (Mechanic's Ascent) (5)58:50 Now will clear main shaft to reach The Builder1:02:05 Fast travel1:02:20 SAVE1:03:00 ATK Up (Counterweight Chamber) (1)1:07:50 XP statue (Path of the Builder) (6)1:12:55 BOSS: The Builder/Talos boss fight1:21:30 Smash ability acquired1:22:30 CLUE: A Sketch From Talos (Builder's Bureau, The Sage)1:23:10 Fists of Talos weapon (Builder's Bureau) (2)