Item Name: Morning Star

Morning Star symbols act as power-ups for all four characters' main weapons. Reinhardt's whip in 64 powers up two levels, maintaining its regular form; however, in Legacy, the whip transforms into a chain whip and then into a flame whip. Carrie's homing ball, Cornell's energy scythe, and Henry's bullets all maintain form but simply boost in potency.
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Item Name: Moon Card

Manipulating time will be a recurring objective for our heroes. A moon card can only be activated in the daytime, and it'll magically move time forward until the clock reads 6 p.m. (considered to be the start of nighttime). Using a moon card will usually serve to remove a seal from a door sporting a moon symbol.
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Item Name: Sun Card

Conversely, sun cards magically move time forward to 6 a.m., and they can only be activated during the nighttime. Likewise, sun cards will primarily be used to remove seals from doors sporting sun symbols. Playing with time is a dangerous thing in regard to Reinhardt and Carrie's missions because theirs are affected by the meeting time quotas; skipping 12-hour periods at a time can really add up.
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Item Name: Roast Chicken

In their struggles, vampire hunters need to maintain their energy, and roast chicken will help provide a small boost. By munching down one helping, 50% of a hero's energy meter will be replenished. Since the alternate option for food is pretty costly, it'll be important to have plenty of roast chicken handy. Such poultry can be purchased from Renon, or it can be found hidden in the environment. The latter option is certainly more convenient.

Item Name: Roast Beef

Roast beef will provide an even larger boost, as 80% of a hero's meter will be replenished. Since bosses later in the game tend to pound on the heroes continuously, roast chicken just may not suffice, and it will be crucial to some roast beef handy. When purchased from Renon, it's an expensive delicacy, so it'll instead serve the player well to search diligently and uncover hidden helpings, however infrequently they appear.

Item Name: Med Kit

Med kits are a rarity, but they're the best source for energy replenishment. Using a med kit will restore a hero's energy meter to its maximum capacity. Med kits can be purchased from Renon, but
the price may be too much to bear. As it is with like-themed items: It would be a great benefit to instead locate a med kit that's otherwise hidden in the surrounding environment; though, med kits are surely the most well-hidden of the bunch.

Item Name: Purify Crystal

It's just a given that you'll have to fend off many forms of vampire during your journey. All vampire types have one common power: The ability to sink their teeth into a hero and vampirize him or her. When vampirized, a hero's mobility will be greatly hampered, and he or she will slowly suffer until full-fledged vampirism kicks in and the game is over. By using a purifying crystal when the status reads as "vampire," the condition will cure and the status will return to "normal."

Item Name: Red Jewel

By the mid-1800s, it seems that the Belmonts and their descendants began using crystals and gems in place of the usualpower-bearing hearts. In this instance, at least, the heroes' sub-weapons are now powered by a jewel form that comes in two sizes: Small jewels that are worth five apiece and larger ones that are worth ten. Jewels can be uncovered by whipping away certain structures or by destroying enemies (which is a more random process).

Item Name: White Jewel

White jewels are not collectible. Rather, you'll find them spread throughout the respective stages laying around in obvious locations. By simply kneeling down and grabbing at a white jewel, the hero's mission progress can be saved to the memory card. It's important to save frequently because all items collected after a previous save are at risk. After dying, you have two options: You can continue from the last save point with the inventory intact, or you can restart the stage with nothing.

Item Name: Green Jewel

There's only one green jewel to be found, and it's hidden on the first stage of Castlevania 64, in the Forest of Silence. A single difficult (or "more difficult than usual") jump will be your passageway to this rare gem. It serves no use to your current mission, true--but once it's stored in your inventory and saved via a memory card, you'll be allowed to access the game's difficult mode after the normal
mission's completion.

Item Name: Cure Ampoule

Due to the existence of venomous enemies, a cure ampoule will be the perfect insurance policy. This vial of liquid is your only meansfor curing "poison" status, which drains your health periodically. You'll begrudgingly attain poison status if you allow certain enemies to grab onto you, if you come in contact with toxic liquids sprayed by insect-like creatures, if you're subject to lizard man breath, or if vampire Charlie Vincent's dark holy water finds its mark.

Item Name: Money Bag

Once used solely for increasing heroes' point-totals, money bags now exist for the sole purpose of serving as currency. You'll find money bags--rendered in multiple colors that signify their different
values--by whipping away certain structures or by destroying enemies (which is a more random process). You can then use this stock to purchase items from Renon's shop. Though, it's important
not to spend too freely because greed comes with a price--mainly extra mileage en route to Dracula.

Item Name: Nitro

During the heroes' trek through the Castle Center, they'll find their travels hindered by blockades--two walls featuring large cracks. You'll need two items to break through these walls, one of which is magical nitro, an explosive liquid. You'll find iton a top floor, and you'll have to use it in two separate instances: Once by a nearby wall, and the other in a room down several floors--with limited mobility, lest an explosion will be ignited--where it'll be placed by a more protected, magically sealed wall.

Item Name: Contract

When you find a contract in the Villa, Renon, the demon salesman, will appear offer you his services in a most unique way. Thereafter, you'll find contracts spread throughout the respective stages, laying around in sometimes tricky locations. When a contract is then accessed, Renon will appear with his briefcase full of goodies. All basic items will always be available in limitless reserves, and you can keep buying as long as (a) you have the money and (b) you don't already possess ten of a given item.

Item Name: Mandragora

You've placed magical nitro near the base of a cracked wall, but it hasn't exploded? Well, you'll need to travel to the Castle Center's bottom level--to its laboratory room, specifically--to find some mandragora, a root formula, which must be used in conjunction with magical nitro if an explosion is to be caused. By placing mandragora next to active nitro, a cut scene will be initiated, and the wall will be momentarily demolished. Unlike its explosive counterpart, this root formula is not dangerous to hold.

Item Name: Key

Many of the doors throughout the castle and its surroundings will be locked, and the keys to such entranceways, not surprisingly, will be hidden somewhere nearby or at least within the stage's vicinity. (It's somehow related to a wise man's theory: "Dracula likes putting things in candles that can kill him.") There are multiple key types that can be found game-wide; locations and descriptions for key
types can be found elsewhere on this page.

Item Name: Winch Lever

On the game's second stage, the Castle Wall, the heroes' path to the Villa via the direct entrance will be blocked by two gates. In order to raise the two gates, the left and right towers must be traversed, wherein switches must be activated to raise the two separate gates. One switch, however, is revealed to be lever-less; the winch lever associated must be found near the Castle Wall's second level if you hope to active the switch and raise the second gate.

Item Name: Crest Part A

Cornell must collect two crest parts in order to open a sealed door within the Villa hedge maze. The first piece of the puzzle, Crest Part A, is located two doors north of the maze's entrance, atop the elevated gazeebo-like structure. Simply slash away the elevated structure and collect this part of the stone emblem.
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Item Name: Crest Part B

The second crest is a little more difficult to locate: Crest Part B rests atop the Villa's fountain, but it's contained within an orb that can't be shattered without the assistance of a certain item. Once collected, Crest Part B can be used in conjunction with Crest Part A to form a whole crest that can be outfit into the sealed door's engraving, which will force it to open.
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Item Name: Rose Brooch

That "certain item" used to break the orb containing Crest Part B is the Rose Brooch. The brooch rests within a small caged garden in the Villa hedge maze (the garden's door can only be opened by finding and utilizing the thorn key). Once inside the garden, the brooch can be found by investigating one of the surrounding structures. Take the brooch, climb to the fountain's top, and use it to crack the orb.