Soul System in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow allows for great customization and gameplay. Collecting souls for the best weapons is also required. Each weapon series has a chain of upgrades to create stronger weapons using souls. This guide will aid you create the strongest and most versatile weapons.
How to Collect Souls for Fusion
Obtaining different souls is a bit of a confusing process, so we’ll quickly outline the best practices. First of all, you’ll need a Soul Eater Ring. The problem is that it’s not available until the second half of the game. To make matters worse, it’s ridiculously steep, costing 300,000g. But once you get it, it doubles the rate at which enemies drop their souls when you defeat them.
The best way to get a specific soul is to find a place where you can easily farm the monster that drops it. It’s best to find a place where you can quickly exit a room and return to reset the monsters. You can enter, kill the monster, see if it drops the soul, then exit and re-enter. This is a bit tedious, although the late-game Black Panther soul allows for a quick rush.
Luck, as it turns out, doesn’t aid at all. Increasing your Luck stat does a fraction of a percent to augment your Soul drops. Honestly, it’s better to make sure you have gear that helps you defeat enemies faster. That said, if you also want to farm items dropped by enemies, Luck isn’t a bad thing. Just don’t focus on it. Hard mode quadruples Luck’s effect on Soul drops, but that’s still not a very helpful amount.
Finally, if you are playing on Castlevania: Dominus Collectionthere is another cheat. Whether an enemy drops a soul is determined at the time of killing that enemy. Considering how Dominus Collection has a brisk forward function, meaning you can constantly go back in time a few seconds and try again. This is especially useful for enemies like Final Armor that take forever to kill AND have a scarce chance to drop. It’s a very useful tool and I highly recommend it.
Sword Fusion Guide
The Sword guide is intriguing because the weapon branches out a lot. Most weapons are straight lines, but swords tend to be more tree-like. Any time a weapon is exclusive to synthesis, it will have an asterisk
| . Many weapons can be found in-game or purchased from the store, so this should aid you avoid spending souls you’d rather keep. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Short Sword | Knight’s Armor |
| Cutlass | Cutlass | Weed |
| Long Sword | Long Sword | Great Armor |
| Fragarach | Fragarach | Molluscs |
| Breeding* | Fragarach | Treant |
| Mysterious* | Hrunting* or Mystletain* | Killer Clown |
| Happy* | Happy* | Catoblepas |
| Milican’s Sword* (plus stone effect) | Happy* | Frozen shadow |
| Ice Mark* (plus ice damage) | Happy* | Ukoback |
| Tain Ship* (Fire Damage plus INT) | Milican’s Sword*, Ice Brand*, Laevatain* | Iron Golem |
| Burtgang* (plus DEF, CON) | Burtgang* | Demonic Bow |
| Caladbolg* | Caladbolg* | Abaddon |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
Great Swords Guide
| Larger than normal swords, these swords tend to hit much harder. In return, they are also much slower. Their wide arc makes up for this, in my opinion, which is why I tend to lean towards them. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Anti-personnel sword | Lip |
| Sword | Sword | Great Armor |
| Great Sword | Great Sword | Valkyrie |
| Durandal | Durandal | Lilith |
| Dainslef* (plus curse damage) | Dainslef* | Draghignaz |
| Ascalon* | Ascalon* | Gergot |
| Balm* | Balm* | The Last Guard |
| The Last Sword* | The Last Sword* | Alastor |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
A Guide to Rapiers
| They’re faster than swords, but aren’t particularly special. They have decent range. Their biggest advantage is that they deal piercing damage instead of slashing damage. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Left hand, compact sword, thrust | White Dragon |
| Sword Whip* | Sword Whip* | Quetzalcoatl |
| Garian Sword* | Garian Sword* | Malacoda |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
Field Weapons Guide
| My favorite type of weapon, they have range and penetration. They’re not much slower than rapiers either. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Spear | Knight’s Armor |
| Partisan | Partisan | Axe armor |
| Bill | Bill | Valkyrie |
| Lance | Lance | Mini Devil |
| Trident* | Trident* | Decarabia |
| Brionac* | Brionac* | Slog |
| Geiborg* | Geiborg* | Erinyes |
| Longinus* | Longinus* | Scarecrow |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
Image by Destructoid While I prefer spears, there’s no denying the power of axes. But getting the best one takes time and comes at a cost Very
| precious soul. If you’re willing to part with Death’s soul, the resulting scythe is probably the best weapon in the game. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Ax | Axe armor |
| Battle Axe | Battle Axe | Manticore |
| Bhuj* | Bhuj* | Great Axe Armor |
| Great Axe* | Great Axe* | The Last Guard |
| Golden Axe* | Golden Axe* | Death |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
A Guide to Maces
| There isn’t much in the line of club weapons. Mjollnjr is also a pretty faint weapon. That said, having Morgenstern on hand is always useful for any enemy that is faint to impact damage. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Mace | Needles |
| Morgenstern* | Morgenstern* | Scarecrow |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
Katana Guide
| There’s nothing wrong with a good katana, but it’s not anything special either. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Blunt Sword | Bomber armor |
| Katana | Katana | Mini Devil |
| Kotetsu | Kotetsu | Devil |
| Masamune | Masamune | Barbarian |
| I don’t want* | I don’t want* | Malachi |
| Kunitsuna* | Kunitsuna* | gaibon |
| Yasutsuna* | Yasutsuna* | Malacoda |
* = Only available through Soul Synthesis
Fist Weapons Guide
| Fist weapons are an alternative to impact damage, but require you to be up close. That said, they can be quite brisk. The Kaiser Knuckle packs a lot of punches, making it a solid weapon for those brave enough to get up close. | Primary Weapon | Soul required |
| Resulting weapon | Cassettes | Snowman |
| Chest | Chest | Butcher |
| Whip Knuckles* | Whip Knuckles* | Hell boar |
| Mach Blow* | Mach Blow* | Werewolf |
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