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Zombie (Castlevania)

GamesUndeadShamblesSorcery1968 to 1999

Among the weakest servants of Dracula in Konami's Castlevania series, present since the original 1986 game. It rises out of the ground, shuffles forward in a straight line and usually dies in one hit.12

Battle it
First appeared
1986
Castlevania (1986)
Source work
Castlevania (1986)
Konami
Made in
Japan
What causes it
Sorcery
Rotten corpses animated by magic, described as the mindless slaves of Count Dracula.
How you become one
Raised by Dracula's magic.
How it moves
Shambles
Rises from the ground and walks slowly in a straight line.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • a single hit from almost anything
  • Holy Water, which destroys several at once

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1986

Castlevania (1986)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Make up most of Dracula's undead army12

2

Appear in clumps of two or three in the first game12

3

Walk straight off ledges and keep going12

4

Later games add flame, poison and frost zombies12

5

In Portrait of Ruin, burning one turns it into a skeleton12

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

Zombie (Castlevania) about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombie - Castlevania Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Castlevania (1986 video game) - Wikipedia

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