The relics are magical items that Alucard collects to help him along his way. While the function of some of them isn't too evidant at first, they all are very useful and helpful with the game......and some are even necessary to complete it properly.

Name: Soul of Bat
Description: Transform into Bat
Notes: Alucard can change into a large vampire bat, and ergo can fly to certain places that can't be reached otherwise.
Location: In the Long Library, all the way to the left, past the boss room, then down, and to the right, there's a grate in the wall. Mist your way pass the grate, and you'll find the relic there.

Name: Fire of Bat
Description: Shoot fireballs at Bat
Location: In a room that's off the upper left corner of the largest room in the Clock Tower.

Name: Echo of Bat
Description: Use radar as Bat
Notes: In the Catacombs, when Alucard comes to the spiked corridor that's in pitch darkness, this can be used to "see" in order to navigate through it.
Location: You get this just pass the boss room where you fight Olrox. Considering the name of the boss, I'm sure it's location is obvious.

Name: Force of Echo
Description: Attack with radar waves
Location: Remember where you got the Holy Symbol? Get this relic in the same spot, but in the inverted castle. That is, in the inverted Underground Caverns.

Name: Soul of Wolf
Description: Transform into Wolf
Notes: Heh, I just like the fact that Alucard turns into a PURPLE wolf.
Location: Inside the elevator in the Outer Wall. You have to activate the elevator to get to it.

Name: Power of Wolf
Description: Run swiftly was Wolf
Notes: To run, press F-F (forward twice quickly).
Location: Get this one in the Castle Keep. Here's what you do: go to the broken stairway, and instead of going into the room above, follow the underside of the room, until you come to a little alcove, where the relic is sitting up against the stone support. Smash at the stone behind the relic to get a Fire Mail too.

Name: Skill of Wolf
Description: Special move as Wolf
Notes: To do "Wolf Charge", enter the combo D-DF-F+ATT.
Location: In the Alchemy Laboratory, there's an obvious hole in the cieling to the upper left part of the room with the one Axe Knight and two Bone Scimitars on the "upper floor". Go up this hole in the cieling, and to the room to the right, you'll find the relic.

Name: Form of Mist
Description: Transform into Mist
Notes: Once you get this, you can pass through grates and other barriers.
Location: In the Colloseum, just right of the boss room there.

Name: Power of Mist
Description: Extends Mist transform time
Notes: This allows Alucard to be mist longer than one second at a time.
Location: Get this one in the Castle Keep. Here's what you do: go to the broken stairway, and instead of going into the room above, follow the underside of the room, until you come to a little alcove, where the relic is sitting up against the stone support. Smash at the stone behind the relic to get a Fire Mail too.

Name: Gas Cloud
Description: Transform into poisonous cloud
Notes: With this, Alucard can change into an ugly yellow cloud of poisonous gas (or as my one friend says: "He turns into a fart.").
Location: In the Floating Catacombs, go past the boss room where you fight Galamoth, then once you go as far right as you can go, head down, and then left. In that room (and it's one of those fancy-looking rooms that lack dead people in it), you'll find the relic.

Name: Cube of Zoe
Description: Causes items to materialize
Notes: This is the first relic you get, and it allows monsters to drop items, hearts and money. It also allows candles to drop hearts, money and subweapons.
Location: This one is obvious. You get it right before the entrance to the Alchemy Laboratory.

Name: Spirit Orb
Description: Shows enemy damage
Location: You find this in the Marble Gallery, in a little alcove where all the Marrionettes are flying about.

Name: Gravity Boots
Description: Wearer can jump high
Notes: To perform the super jump, enter the combo D-U+X (jump button)
Location: Go up the center shaft in the cieling in the clock room of the Marble Gallery. In the room above, to the right, you'll find the relic.

Name: Leap Stone
Description: Wearer can do double jump
Notes: This allows Alucard to make a second jump while in mid-air. It also allows him to to a drop kick. To perform the drop kick, do a double jump, then while still in the air press D+X (jump button)
Location: In the Castle Keep, on the roof of the long hallway with the Axe Knights, all the way to the left next to the large stone support.

Name: Holy Symbol
Description: Protection while underwater
Notes: Hee hee.....it's nothing but a snorkel!
Location: To the lower right area of the Underground Caverns. To get down there, you need to smash the floor at the waaay bottom of that long drop in the area (where you smash it is just left of the boss room where you fight the Scylla Wyrm). Anyway, once you smash the floor and go down and then right, get into the Oarsman's boat, and crouch down all the way in the front of the boat. And stay like that until the ride stops. If you don't the bats or the low-hanging cieling will knock you off. Once the boat stops, keep going to the right, and you'll find the Holy Symbol.

Name: Faerie Scroll
Description: Displays enemy's name
Location: Find this relic in the Long Library, to the upper right corner of the large main room, in the section where you find the three Magic Tomes.

Name: Jewel of Open
Description: Can open locked blue doors
Notes: This is the only relic you have to buy from the Librarian. It costs $150.

Name: Merman Statue
Description: Summons the oarsman
Location: In the Underground Caverns, the farthest left you can go in the lower left section of the area. You have to ride the Oarsman's boat to get there.

Name: Bat Card
Description: Summons "Bat" familiar
Notes: See "Familiars" section.
Location: In a room off the upper left of the boss room where you fought Slogra and Gaibon, in the Alchemy Laboratory.

Name: Ghost Card
Description: Summons "Ghost" familiar
Notes: See "Familiars" section.
Location: To the waaaayy upper right of the large room in the Castle Keep, there's a room that branches off there. In the huge room there, to the lower right, you'll find the card.

Name: Faerie Card
Description: Summons "Faerie" familiar
Notes: See "Familiars" section.
Location: To the upper left of the main room in the Long Library, there's a room off to the side. In there you'll find the Fairy Card.

Name: Demon Card
Description: Summons "Devil" familiar
Notes: See "Familiars" section.
Location: In the Abandoned Mine, in the room to the left of the room with all the Gremlins bopping about (to the left of the teleportation chamber), all the way to the left.

Name: Sword Card
Description: Summons "Sword" Familiar
Notes: See "Familiars" section.
Location: In Olrox's Quarters, right before the door that leads to the Royal Chapel, there's a section of that long hallway that is made of smooth grey marble instead of the white bricks. There are three candles there on the floor. Smash at the cieling above the candle to the far left, and in the room above, you'll find the Sword Card.

Name: Heart of Vlad
Description: 1 of 5 Treasures. Avoid Curse.
Notes: You get this after defeating Medusa. With this, Alucard is immune to the "curse" status.
Location: Get this one after defeating Medusa in the Anti-Chapel.

Name: Tooth of Vlad
Description: 1 of 5 Treasures. STR +10
Notes: You get this after defeating the Creature. Is it just me, or is the fact that Alucard is collecting peices of his father just a little disgusting?
Location: Get this one after killing The Creature in the Inverted Outer Wall.

Name: Rib of Vlad
Description: 1 of 5 Treasures. CON +10
Notes: You get this after defeating Galamoth. Another thing.....did anyone else notice that this "collecting parts of Dracula" is the same as what Simon Belmont had to to in Castlevania 2? Hmm...
Location: This depends....you either get it from defeating Galamoth in the Floating Catacombs, or you get it after fighting Akmodan II in Darkheart's Lair. By the way, all these Vlad parts you get after killing bosses, and they're all in the inverted castle.

Name: Ring of Vlad
Description: 1 of 5 Treasures. INT +10
Notes: You get this after defeating Darkwing Bat.
Location: Get this relic after you kill Darkwing Bat in the Inverted Castle Keep.

Name: Eye of Vlad
Description: 1 of 5 Treasures. LCK +10
Notes: You get this after defeating Death.
Location: You get this after killing Death in the Cave (inverted Abandoned Mine).