Sub-Weapon/Symphony of the Night

The prelude of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night game retells the ending of Rondo of Blood with Richter Belmont, during which the player can re-familiarize themselves with some of the classic sub-weapons (Holy Water and Cross), along with their Item Crashes. Once the game starts and control shifts to Alucard, the player will not be able to use any sub-weapons until either the Cube of Zoe is obtained, which allows items to materialize from candles, or they obtain an Axe as a drop item from an Axe Knight. Alucard has access to a wide assortment of sub-weapons in the game, including all of the ones that Richter could use in Rondo of Blood other than the Key, but he cannot perform Item Crashes. The exception to this is that the attack for the Cross for him is the same as the Item Crash Grand Cross for Richter. He can also use the Rebound Stone, which was first seen in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. He also has access to two new sub-weapons to the series, the Agunea, which creates a chargeable electric pathway to any enemy it hits, and the Vibhuti, which throws sacred ash to the ground, damaging any enemy that walks on it.
Once Richter Mode is unlocked after beating the game, Richter will have access to all the sub-weapons that Alucard does. He also has a special Item Crash for each one, some of which are different from previous games. Maria Renard is unavailable as a playable character in the original PlayStation release. Maria was added to the Sega Saturn version of the game, and has access to all of the sub-weapons that Alucard and Richter do, although their effect is slightly different. She cannot, however, perform Item Crashes, as she has several additional spells available to her instead. A new version of Maria was added to The Dracula X Chronicles version of the game, which also carried over to the Requiem version. In this version she has access to most of her original sub-weapons from Rondo of Blood.
There are a few areas in the game where multiple sub-weapons can be found together, allowing the player to pick whichever one they want. These are in an area accessible through the ceiling in the Alchemy Laboratory and through the floor of the clock room in the Black Marble Gallery, where they are suspended visibly in transparent tubes which can be broken, and in an armory room in the Colosseum and Reverse Colosseum.
The introduction of role-playing elements in this game added some items that can affect the acquisition and usage of Hearts, used to fuel the sub-weapons. This game also introduced many one-time-use weapons that would become sub-weapons in later games.
The PlayStation US instruction booklet refers to Sub-Weapons as Special Weapons and Item Crashes as Super Attacks. They are called Sub-Weapons and Item Crashes, respectively, in the US instruction booklet for The Dracula X Chronicles.
==Item Data==
==Gallery==
===Animations===
====Normal use====
;Alucard
SOTN Knife.gif|Knife
SOTN Axe.gif|Axe
SOTN Stopwatch.gif|Stopwatch
SOTN Holy Water.gif|Holy Water
SOTN Bible.gif|Bible
SOTN Rebound Stone 3.gif|Rebound Stone
SOTN Agunea.gif|Agunea
SOTN Vibhuti.gif|Vibhuti
;Richter Belmont
SOTN Knife 2.gif|Knife
SOTN Axe 2.gif|Axe
SOTN Cross 2.gif|Cross
SOTN Stopwatch 2.gif|Stopwatch
SOTN Holy Water 2.gif|Holy Water
SOTN Bible 2.gif|Bible
SOTN Rebound Stone.gif|Rebound Stone
SOTN Agunea 2.gif|Agunea
SOTN Vibhuti 2.gif|Vibhuti
;Richter Belmont (Saturn)
Saturn Knife 2.gif|Knife
Saturn Axe 2.gif|Axe
Saturn Cross 2.gif|Cross
Saturn Stopwatch 2.gif|Stopwatch
Saturn Holy Water 2.gif|Holy Water
Saturn Bible 2.gif|Bible
Saturn Rebound Stone 2.gif|Rebound Stone
Saturn Agunea 2.gif|Agunea
Saturn Vibhuti 2.gif|Vibhuti
;Maria Renard (Saturn)
Saturn Knife.gif|Knife
Saturn Axe.gif|Axe
Saturn Cross.gif|Cross
Saturn Stopwatch.gif|Stopwatch
Saturn Holy Water.gif|Holy Water
Saturn Bible.gif|Bible
Saturn Rebound Stone.gif|Rebound Stone
Saturn Agunea.gif|Agunea
Saturn Vibhuti.gif|Vibhuti
;Maria Renard (DXC)
SOTN Cardinal.gif|Cardinal
SOTN Dragon.gif|Dragon
SOTN Cat.gif|Cat
SOTN Turtle.gif|Turtle
====Item Crash====
;Alucard
SOTN Cross.gif|Cross (Holy Cross)
;Richter Belmont
SOTN Axe 3.gif|Axe (Spiral Axe)
SOTN Cross 3.gif|Cross (Holy Cross) 
SOTN Stopwatch 3.gif|Stopwatch
SOTN Holy Water 3.gif|Holy Water (Hydro Storm)
SOTN Bible 3.gif|Bible
SOTN Rebound Stone 2.gif|Rebound Stone
SOTN Agunea 3.gif|Agunea (Lightning Bolt)
SOTN Vibhuti 3.gif|Vibhuti
;Richter Belmont (Saturn)
Saturn Axe 3.gif|Axe (Spiral Axe)
Saturn Cross 3.gif|Cross (Holy Cross)
Saturn Stopwatch 3.gif|Stopwatch
Saturn Holy Water 3.gif|Holy Water (Hydro Storm)
Saturn Bible 3.gif|Bible
Saturn Rebound Stone 3.gif|Rebound Stone
Saturn Agunea 3.gif|Agunea (Lightning Bolt)
Saturn Vibhuti 3.gif|Vibhuti
;Maria Renard (DXC)
SOTN Cardinal 2.gif|Cardinal (Suzaku)
SOTN Dragon 2.gif|Dragon (Seiryuu)
SOTN Cat 2.gif|Cat (Byakko)
SOTN Turtle 2.gif|Turtle (Genbu)
SOTN Guardian Knuckle.gif|Doll (Guardian Knuckle)
Category:Sub-Weapons
Category:Symphony of the Night