(00:31) During the Prologue, as Richter, your goal is to gather at least 41 Hearts, then enter the throne room to trigger the fight with Dracula. If you grab 45 Hearts, you will have enough to use three Item Crashes with the Holy Water, which is enough to destroy Dracula in both his forms combined with hitting him with your whipif you time them correctly.

(04:21) After the Prologue, as Alucard, your first goal is to execute the [[Castlevania:_Symphony_of_the_Night:Glitches#Neutron_Bomb_Death_Skip|Neutron Bomb Death Skip]]. Next, grab the Cube of Zoe, defeat Slogra and Gaibon, and proceed to the Marble Gallery. From there, you will continue on to the fight with Doppelganger, and then activate the elevator in the Outer Wall and grab the Soul of Wolf Relic. Then, return to the Clock Room, and use the Wolf transform to jump off the candle and reach the left pathway once the Statue statue on the left is no longer in the way. If the left statue is blocking the pathway, simply wait until the next clock cycle starts. Each clock cycle lasts one minute, and alternates with the pathway being open on even minutes and closed on odd minutes.

(15:38) Once you reach Olrox's Quarters, find the secret wall to the right of the Spectral Sword and break it open with your sword and enter the room. Inside that room, break open the middle vase to acquire an Onyx. Return to the room with the Spectral Sword, then proceed onto the Colosseum, and obtain the Shield Rod. The enemies in the Shield Rod room can be a tad difficult to deal with, so take your time making your way through them. If you know how to execute the [[SOTN_Alucard|Soul Steal]] spell, it can clear the room very easily.

(17:26) Once you have the Shield Rod, equip it over your Alucard Sword. With both You can now execute the [[SOTN_Alucard|Shield Rod and the Alucard Shield equipped]] spell, you can execute a special move by pressing both attack buttons at that, when combined with the same time that Alucard Shield, will give your shield an extremely powerful attack that also heals you and regenerate your hearts whenever you collide with an enemy while your shield is out. This move consumes MP when you cast it, as well as whenever you have your shield out, so use it only when you are about to collide with an enemy or boss. The use of this move makes every boss fight trivially easy to beat, making it ideal for your first run-through of the game. After activating this spell, proceed to the fight with the Werewolf and Minotaur, collecting the Library Card along the way, and use your shield to dispatch them quickly. Afterwards, collect the Form of Mist Relic and then use the Library Card, which will teleport you to the Long Library.

(19:25) Upon arriving in the Long Library, you will be just outside the Shop. Purchase a Library Card from the shop and leave, heading to the large stair sectionto the right. Perform a Wolf Stair Jump, (see video below) followed by a Mist Transform to make it onto the ledge with the Corpseweed on it. Use your shield to destroy the room full of Flea Men and Dullahans, as well as the Lesser Demon after that. Proceed onward to the grate that is blocking your path, breaking one of the vases to collect an Onyx along the way. Transform into Mist in order to pass through the grate, and collect the Soul of Bat Relic. Once you have the Soul of Bat Relic, use your Library Card.