Relics

Quick answer: Relics in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse are equippable items separate from your weapon and Arcana. Rose has three relic slots, and post-launch guides list dozens of relics — but Konami publishes no official total. This page covers the two tied to the site's most-asked questions: the Family's Grace relic (confirmed, Midnight edition) and the Sinister Rune (competitor-reported, not officially confirmed).

What are relics?

Relics sit alongside your weapon and Arcana as a third slot. Where weapons are your attack and Arcana are boss-granted abilities, relics are passive items that modify how Rose plays. Rose has three relic slots, and a relic only works while equipped (NoobFeed, level C).

Confirmed relic: Family's Grace

The Family's Grace relic is confirmed as part of the Midnight Edition's bonus content (Editions). One post-launch guide describes its effect as blocking the damaging hit and freezing nearby enemies, with a 60-second cooldown (All Things How, single source, level D). Konami has not published an official description, so treat the effect as guide-reported.

Reported relic: Sinister Rune

The Sinister Rune is a competitor-reported relic (level D — not officially confirmed). It sits in a metal chest on a hidden lower ledge in the Clock Tower's Eastern Access Shaft, occupying one of the three relic slots, with a reported effect of +40% damage on your first hit against enemies at full health (allthings.how). One guide prints 4.0%; four others say 40%, so we treat 4.0% as a likely typo. Full route and the effect dispute: Sinister Rune.

What's still to confirm

• The full relic list and the official total
• Whether Family's Grace is exclusive to the Midnight Edition or earnable in-game
• The effects of relics beyond Family's Grace and the Sinister Rune

Post-launch guides disagree on the total relic count and Konami publishes no official number, so we track only the relics we can source.

Related: Sinister Rune · Weapons · Arcana System · Editions