Starting tips and FAQs

[Virgil Infernas]

Discord Server

https://discord.gg/vampire-survivors

Achievements and game progression

All the content not available at the start is locked behind achievements. Check the achievements list on the main menu to see what's the next goal.

Time limit

Current stages end when surviving for 30 minutes. A minor prize is awarded for surviving that long, but it is not possible to defeat the boss.

Buying Power-ups and Characters

You can buy permanent Power-ups from the main menu. The more you buy, the more the prices will rise, but you can reset your purchases without losing anything, so feel free to experiment. Reset often and try new upgrade paths to find which one works better for you.
Characters are not refundable instead.

What Luck is for

- enables the chance to get a 4th option when leveling up
- lowers the chance of negative events (bat swarms, flower walls...)
- improves the chance of getting good items when destroying braziers
- improves the chance of getting a Treasure Chest that is different than usual
- raises chances of dealing critical damage (for weapon with critical capabilities)
- "Luck affects many things"

How to evolve weapons

Level up a weapon until it's maxed out and satisfy its requirements for evolution, that are different for each weapon. Once all requirements are satisfied, there will be a chance to find the evolved version of the weapon in Treasure Chests. For example:
Magic Wand LV8 + Empty Tome + Treasure Chest = Holy Wand

Picking up items

Items on the ground will not disappear. If there are too many gems on the ground, they simply start merging together, forming red gems.

How to fully reset saves

- Disable Steam Cloud
- Delete the contents of %appdata%/Vampire_Survivors/Local Storage and %appdata%/Vampire_Survivors/saves

[Marikhen]

Why do treasure chests stop spawning after awhile? It does make it rather difficult to evolve weapons later on if you don't save a few chests, or is that the point of them not spawning after 10-15 minutes?

[Virgil Infernas]

There are 7-8 more chests after the 15 minute mark, but they are not a guarantee, as the spawn chance of some of them is based on Luck. Will review and tweak the chances on the next patch :)

[Riftweaver]

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

[Saddam's Lil Hole]

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

The boomerang thingy becomes a sword with clover
The pew pew magic bullets becomes a minigun with the tomb
Havent figured out the rest

[mineterra41]

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

The axe evolves with the Candelabrador(area of attacks thing)
Have anyone figured out how to evolve the bible?

[Zac]

Originally posted by mineterra41:

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

The axe evolves with the Candelabrador(area of attacks thing)
Have anyone figured out how to evolve the bible?

Bible + spellbinder = permanent bible circle around you

[Malekai]

Originally posted by Mike Hawke's PeePeePooPoo:

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

The boomerang thingy becomes a sword with clover
The pew pew magic bullets becomes a minigun with the tomb
Havent figured out the rest

Thanks it worked!

King bible + Spellbinder = ultimate godbook (unholy Vespers)
Dagger + Gauntlet = Permadaggerstorm (thousand edge)
Axe + Candlebra = AOE axe

[Hawky]

A few questions (and feedback) to the dev and anyone that might be interested:

- Sometimes red gems give me an instant level up. Like I am lvl 60 and collect a red gem and get the level up regardless of my exp ammount. A few seconds later I collect the next one and it just gives some exp. Any idea why? (Could be a merged gem though, that would explain it)

- Sometimes I get multiple level ups at once. like 3 or 4 of them. I did not pick up that black hole item that sucks everything in, it just happens sometimes (again, maybe a giant merged gem).

- Sometimes, when picking up a lucky chest (3 or 5 items) I recieve an additional item that I have not collected yet. If I allready have 6 or more trinkets it just starts a second row. Got up to 4 additional trinkets like this Is that intentional?

- On the previous note: If I get an additional trinket, I can´t chose it on level up (only money or health), unless I collect a chest. After the chest, the "new" trinket can be upgraded on level up like normal.

- Skipping the chest animation does not work for 5 item chest

- How many HP does the Reaper has (appears at 30min). I understand, that he is supposed to kill you to end the run, but is it theoretically possible to kill him? My record is 30:27 so far.

All in all I really enjoy this game, kudos to the dev. King Bible feels too strong though, I am always looking for it, as it makes the run pointless easy (exept for the last minute).

And I would like it to be able to check my current upgrades and especially their level midgame.

[Raelic]

Originally posted by Hawky:

- Sometimes red gems give me an instant level up. Like I am lvl 60 and collect a red gem and get the level up regardless of my exp ammount. A few seconds later I collect the next one and it just gives some exp. Any idea why? (Could be a merged gem though, that would explain it)

- Sometimes I get multiple level ups at once. like 3 or 4 of them. I did not pick up that black hole item that sucks everything in, it just happens sometimes (again, maybe a giant merged gem).

- Skipping the chest animation does not work for 5 item chest

I experienced these three as well.

[Virgil Infernas]

Red gems are either dropped by bosses, or the results of gem merging. In the second case, it's normal they let you level up several times in a row if they've been left on the ground for a long time

[Rudolf-The-Traveller]

Heeey!

An amazing game to chill and grind mobs a lot of fun and for under 3 euros great buy thankyou so much for this gem!!
But can't wait for more updates. like more maps, characters, abilities and abilities upgrades! Also are you planning to put an almost infinite leveling system in the game?

ooow also an idea maybe put an infinite map in would be amazing where the mobs become stronger has time goes on?


Thanks again for this great game!!

[blackjack0929]

How do you get the stone mask?

[Patchumz]

Originally posted by blackjack0929:

How do you get the stone mask?

Walk right in the library map and you'll find it eventually.

[Raelic]

Originally posted by Patchumz:

Originally posted by blackjack0929:

How do you get the stone mask?

Walk right in the library map and you'll find it eventually.

Yep, it'll be on the top side as you walk right.

[SPUNKY]

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

what are the requirements to evolve the axe and the cross?

Axe is the area augement, the cross is luck.