I keep getting stuck in the beginning of the Castle Outskirts

[Dickersnoodle]

I keep reaching a locked door shortly after I reach the Castle Outskirts, and after I lower the draw bridge. The game indicates that the door needs to be unlocked elsewhere, but there is no place to do this. I've searched everywhere. There is nothing more to do. The map keeps showing a downward arrow at the nearest teleport point, but the game won't prompt me to perform any actions when I am standing over the teleport. There is nothing to trigger at all here. I can't go back into the castle. I have no clue how to unlock the door. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, are there any solutions?

[Vagrant]

You climb down a vine inside the water at the drawbridge.

[Dickersnoodle]

Originally posted by Vagrant:

You climb down a vine inside the water at the drawbridge.

I already climbed down the vine. You climb down the vine before you lower the draw bridge. I already said that I lowered the draw bridge. The locked door that I described appears very shortly after that.

[Tryyton]

did you finish the base game yet aka do you have all runes? for me there are only 2 doors at the drawbridge and they are not locked on my end.

[Dickersnoodle]

I don't understand what you mean by beating the base game and getting all of the runes. Do you need to beat the base game and have all of the runes in order to make any progress in this area?

[Mr.Joel]

Originally posted by Dickersnoodle:

I don't understand what you mean by beating the base game and getting all of the runes. Do you need to beat the base game and have all of the runes in order to make any progress in this area?

Can you post a video clip or screenshot? I recently went through the castle and beat Death with a fresh clean save and had only unlocked that vine climbing power before doing the Castlevania stuff. I'm not exactly sure how you're stuck to be honest...

[Dickersnoodle]

Sorry. I don't have a video. I did unlock the vine rune and the teleport rune. Shortly after I lower the draw bridge, I reach a locked door. A caption then appears informing me that the door needs to be unlocked somewhere nearby. Normally, there is a small gold-colored platform somewhere near the door. If you stand on that platform, it then unlocks and opens the door. In this case, there is no such platform anywhere to be found, and I am completely stuck, unable to move forward.

[Tryyton]

they fixed it, so you can leave the castle without the spider rune now. check the last patchnotes.
you basically unlock runes that let you get to new areas, hence the metroidvania part of the game.

[Dickersnoodle]

Thanks, but I only ran into this problem yet again only an hour ago, and it still happens. I do have a video, but this forum doesn't seem to have any option to post it. Are you able to use the spider rune to reach invisible or hidden platforms that are used to unlock doors?

[Tryyton]

spider rune is the wall-running one. you can upload it as artwork and post the link in the bug forum, not here. or in the last patch comments maybe.

[Dickersnoodle]

Actually, I don't understand what you mean about the need for the Spider Rune in the Castle Outskirts. I watched numerous gameplay videos, and I never noticed anyone using this rune in this part of the game. I wouldn't be able to use this rune even if I had it because the locked door that I described always appears on the right side of a structure that is covered in spikes on the top and sides of the exterior. Are you able to clime over spikes with the use of the spider rune?
I'm just trying to find out if anyone else has encountered this possible reoccurring glitch, and if so, what you do to work around it?

[Alex]

I could be wrong but I remember something similar happening to me, I'm pretty sure you need to roll through a hidden wall in a shallow pool of water just a bit left of the locked door you're talking about, no runes necessary. Standing in the rightmost side of the pool of water should let you see the area with the switch that opens the door.

[Dickersnoodle]

Originally posted by Alex:

I could be wrong but I remember something similar happening to me, I'm pretty sure you need to roll through a hidden wall in a shallow pool of water just a bit left of the locked door you're talking about, no runes necessary. Standing in the rightmost side of the pool of water should let you see the area with the switch that opens the door.

Thank you very much. That works. It's so frustrating because that passage way seems overly hidden, and the locked door is so misleading.

[Tryyton]

you get used to the hidden tunnels to roll through. after a while at least.
good, you found it. have fun now.

[WilliamG]

Came here for this information. Thanks for sharing. Was an odd design choice and not obvious to me, and I’ve been playing this game for a while now!

[Jay]

I stuck in smiliar spot. There is no invisible wall. Or no hidden tunnels. I've been in this stupid room for 20 minutes going back & forth trying to roll in every single wall there is. This is a bug. What a crappy game. That's what you get letting AI make your game. BUGS. So what do I need to restart a whole new game because of this. What a joke