DMC: Bloody Palace Guide

DMC’s free downloadable bonus mode titled “Bloody Palace” is very difficult and I’m here to give you the breakdown of how the whole thing works. This is a survival mode where you must face 101 rounds of enemies. Here's what you need to know:

- You get 1 life and if you die in a round, even if it is round 101 you’ll have to start all over again from round 1.

- There is a restart mission option in the pause menu, be warned that it will send you back to wave 1 rather than the start of the latest round.

- It is a survival mode so the damage you take in each wave carries over to the next.

- Waves 20, 40 60, 80, 100 & 101 are boss waves.

- After the first four boss waves all of your health is restored, but your Devil Trigger gauge remains as it is.

- The fifth boss, located in Wave 100, does not heal you.

- Every Bathos & Pathos demon gives you more health once you kill them. They are the only enemies that will ever drop those green health orbs.

- There is a timer counting down the whole time that is extended by killing enemies (I’ve never had it be a concern).

- Waves 15, 35, 55, 75 & 95 are special stages.

- In Wave 15 there are 3 streaks of the poisonous chemicals the Succubus uses in Virility, so watch your step.

- In Wave 35 the Ferris Wheel is put into the center of the map. It can instantly kill any enemy, but be careful not to hurt your on it (it won’t 1 hit kill you, but it will do damage).

- In Wave 55 there are Angelic and Demonic tiles that move across the floor that will damage you if you are not holding your angelic or demonic weapons when you are on them.

- In Wave 75 you must battle with the world turned upside down.

- In Wave 95 the invisible walls around the map are turned into flames that will hurt you if you touch them.

- The difficulty increases after each of the first four bosses.

- Waves 1-19 are set to Easy difficulty.

- Waves 21-39 are set to Normal difficulty.

- Waves 41-59 are set to Hard difficulty.

- Waves 61-79 are set to Son of Sparda difficulty.

- Waves 81-99 are set to Dante Must Die difficulty.

- The first four bosses are set to Son of Sparda difficulty. Bosses five and six are set to Dante Must Die difficulty.

I’ve noticed a number of bugs in Bloody Palace that were not present in the campaign:

- In Wave 40 the boss can get stuck in a corner of the map and be immobilized for the remainder of the fight. It always happens to me in the bottom right corner, going from Dante’s starting perspective in the fight. (I believe it happened 4/7 times)

- The Hell Knight’s flame area that only hurts you if you are not holding a demon weapon can appear and disappear based on the position of your camera in Wave 55. The tiles simply being on the map appear to screw it up no matter where it is placed. This can led to you standing on an area that damages you without you being able to realize it until it is too late.

- I’ve also noticed an occasional problem with this same move of the Hell Knights' in the last set of waves (waves 81-99).

- My axe (Arbiter) once in a while triggers the Trinity Smash technique on the second strike instead of the third.

- One time I sent an Aquila through a Witch’s shield, hurting her while she was still protected.

So, that is everything you need to know about the Bloody Palace mode before you begin. Once you begin this is the complete list of what you will face on each and every one of the 101 waves.

WAVE 1

Lesser Stygian x 4

WAVE 2

Lesser Stygian x 8

WAVE 3

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 4

Ravager x 2

WAVE 5

Lesser Stygian x 6

Pathos x 4

WAVE 6

Lesser Stygian x 4

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 7

Lesser Stygian x 6

Ravager x 2

WAVE 8

Tyrant x 2

WAVE 9

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 10

Tyrant x 3

WAVE 11

Stygian x 6

WAVE 12

Stygian x 4

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 13

Hell Knight x 2

Bathos x 4

WAVE 14

Frost Knight x 2

Pathos x 4

WAVE 15

Lesser Stygian x 4

Tyrant x 1

WAVE 16

Stygian x 4

Ravager x 3

WAVE 17

Death Knight x 1

Hell Knight x 1

WAVE 18

Hell Knight x 1

Frost Knight x 1

WAVE 19

Lesser Stygian x 12

WAVE 20

Succubus

WAVE 21

Stygian x 4

Elite Stygian x 4

WAVE 22

Elite Stygian x 4

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 23

Harpy x 3

WAVE 24

Pathos x 3

Harpy x 3

WAVE 25

Ravager x 1

Death Knight x 1

Tyrant x 1

WAVE 26

Rage Spawn x 8

WAVE 27

Rage x 2

WAVE 28

Rage x 1

Ghost Rage x 1

Wave 29

Rage x 1

Blood Rage x 1

WAVE 30

Blood Rage x 1

Ghost Rage x 1

WAVE 31

Lesser Stygian x 10

WAVE 32

Elite Stygian x 3

Ravager x 2

WAVE 33

Elite Stygian x 4

Harpy x 3

WAVE 34

Death Knight x 2

Witch x 1

WAVE 35

Elite Stygian x 6

Death Knight x 3

WAVE 36

Stygain x 6

Bathos x 4

WAVE 37

Bathos x 6

Harpy x 4

WAVE 38

Tyrant x 2

Witch x 1

WAVE 39

Lesser Stygian x 6

Pathos x 4

WAVE 40

Hunter

WAVE 41

Dreamrunner x 1

WAVE 42

Stygain x 6

Pathos x 4

WAVE 43

Elite Stygian x 3

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 44

Stygian x 6

Frost Knight x 2

WAVE 45

Hell Knight x 4

Bathos x 4

WAVE 46

Butcher x 1

WAVE 47

Elite Stygian x 4

Harpy x 4

WAVE 48

Rage Spawn x 8

Rage x 2

WAVE 49

Lesser Stygian x 16

WAVE 50

Dreamrunner x 2

WAVE 51

Lesser Stygian x 6

WAVE 52

Stygian x 4

Witch x 1

WAVE 53

Stygian x 6

Frost Knight x 2

WAVE 54

Stygian x 4

Hell Knight x 2

WAVE 55

Hell Knight x 2

Frost Knight x 2

WAVE 56

Frost Knight x 2

Witch x 1

WAVE 57

Ghost Rage x 1

Witch x 1

WAVE 58

Hell Knight x 1

Blood Rage x 1

WAVE 59

Stygian x 10

Bathos x 6

WAVE 60

Mundas’s Spawn

WAVE 61

Stygian x 4

Elite Stygian x 4

WAVE 62

Elite Stygian x 4

Ravager x 2

WAVE 63

Death Knight x 2

Ravager x 2

WAVE 64

Stygian x 6

Pathos x 4

WAVE 65

Pathos x 20

WAVE 66

Ravager x 2

Tyrant x 2

WAVE 67

Lesser Stygian x 10

Butcher x 1

WAVE 68

Rage Spawn x 8

WAVE 69

Rage Spawn x 8

Rage x 2

WAVE 70

Witch x 1

Butcher x 1

WAVE 71

Lesser Stygian x 6

Elite Stygian x 4

WAVE 72

Lesser Stygian x 6

Ravager x 2

WAVE 73

Stygian x 6

Hell Knight x2

WAVE 74

Elite Stygian x 2

Harpy x 4

WAVE 75

Lesser Stygian x 3

Pathos x 2

WAVE 76

Pathos x 4

Harpy x 4

WAVE 77

Frost Knight x 2

Pathos x 2

WAVE 78

Hell Knight x 2

Bathos x 2

WAVE 79

Stygian x 8

WAVE 80

Bob Barbas

 WAVE 81

Rage Spawn x 10

WAVE 82

Rage x 1

Blood Rage x 1

WAVE 83

Lesser Stygian x 6

Ghost Rage x 2

WAVE 84

Hell Knight x 2

Blood Rage x 2

WAVE 85

Witch x 1

Dreamrunner x 1

WAVE 86

Death Knight x 3

WAVE 87

Death Knight x 2

Frost Knight x 1

WAVE 88

Hell Knight x 1

Ravager x 2

WAVE 89

Elite Stygian x 5

Witch x 1

WAVE 90

Dreamrunner x 1

WAVE 91

Death Knight x 5

WAVE 92

Hell Knight x 2

Frost Knight x 2

WAVE 93

Ravager x 4

WAVE 94

Pathos x 8

WAVE 95

Stygian x 6

Death Knight x 2

WAVE 96

Tyrant x 2

WAVE 97

Blood Rage x 1

Ghost Rage x 1

WAVE 98

Butcher x 1

Dreamrunner x 1

WAVE 99

Lesser Stygian x 9

Bathos x 10

WAVE 100

Mundus

WAVE 101

Vergil