Enter the real final route
Obtain Soul Harvest from Death in Notre-Dame. Equip The Shadow and interact with the great clock at Clock Tower Bridge. Without resolving the clock trap, you can enter the Bad Ending route instead.
Defeat Isaac in Heart of the Clock, continue through Master’s Quarters and refill at the Sanctuary of Solitude mirror before entering Court of the Night.
First form: human Dracula
Wait for Dracula to reappear after a teleport, land a short combo and leave room to move. Move into gaps between fire pillars. Avoid committing to a long charge while he is still teleporting.
After enough damage, Dracula grabs Rose and the fight transitions through a dark space to the rooftop winged form.
Second form: Castle Rooftops
Watch meteor landing areas and the path of sweeping claw attacks. Move away from those areas first, then punish the recovery. Keep potions available for this phase instead of relying on weapon attack power alone.
Normal or True Ending
Defeating both real forms leads to the Normal Ending unless you perform the purification branch.
For the True Ending:
- Complete the Four Virtues and ring their four bells.
- Interact with the central altar and defeat Self to obtain Self / Absolution.
- Equip Self for Dracula’s final battle.
- After the second form, while Dracula is suspended during the post-fight scene, hold the spell input to cast Absolution.
Do not simply wait for the credits: owning or equipping the card without casting is insufficient. The Four Virtues can be done before your first Dracula clear; a Normal Ending clear is not a stated prerequisite for the trials.