[Spoilers] Discussing Secrets in Ode to Castlevania

[Wesk Alber]

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Really weird oversight but hey, what can you do. Back to the normal topic now.

Alright, so some of you may know already that there are nearly 40 secrets to discover and I wanted to see if people are onto ideas/have already unlocked many? This seems to be secrets made specifically for big fans of Castlevania Lore.

I did a few runs. Through that, I have unlocked five characters.

Doing my final run as Dracula, I have unlocked;
You don't need his services if you can walk on water (Ferryman)
Bring bad luck to the Count's belligerent bosses (Graham)
Kill fleamen? I killed only 220 though, so must count all variants (Fleaman)
Give the deceiver a taste of her own medicine (Succubus)
Hold the stones that birthed your lineage and prove dominance over all your monstrous minions (Megalo Dracula)

I do not even know how I got most of these, as they were by accident. Theories;
Walk on water, but the fact that I was walking on water seems to be a bug, since I was able to go through EVERY wall from pure speed. Actual trigger idk.
I didn't do any runs with a character with negative luck, so not sure for that.
I did do a run with a reflect build with Richter, and Soul Steal for Soma. There is no Succubus enemy in the castle I've found though so idk
Dracula I simply killed every boss but one in a single run. There's a boss panel next to the top left room I never figured out how to activate. Walking over did nothing. Bug?

As for theories for other secrets:
A secret so big it won't pass through the castle doors, potentially never enter the castle at all?
Reconnect the youngest hunter.... Unlocks Young Maria. Her pets could be her guardians? So familiars/the birds and the Gemini card?
Make it feel at home unlocks Death. Bring Red Death? If castlevania characters only, idk
Go low and kill 3mil of those jokers unlocks a Cave Troll. Kill a specific enemy in Drac's basement area 3mil of?
Burn bright until the end... Assuming only castlevania characters are to be used, Charlotte and use only her starter weapon/evo. If all non-other-DLC characters are included, Avatar?

Any ideas people?

[nod for bj]

what exactly does “Coat of Arms” mean?

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

what exactly does “Coat of Arms” mean?

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Coat_of_Arms?so=search

[nod for bj]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

what exactly does “Coat of Arms” mean?

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Coat_of_Arms?so=search

it was so easy the whole time omg..... I tried to find it but nothing came up for me, anyway thanks a lot!!!!

[themazingness]

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

Originally posted by Moonbane:

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Coat_of_Arms?so=search

it was so easy the whole time omg..... I tried to find it but nothing came up for me, anyway thanks a lot!!!!

I tried to look up stuff on the wiki while I was doing all this, and it didn't have anything yet the few times I tried. It takes time to catch up when everything is new.

[DEsolitor]

Originally posted by Jaeus:

Originally posted by Timijinn:

My fault. Didn't see where you said that you evolved it.

I probably didn't specify BUT I also camped the early rooms with them anyway and probably killed at least a thousand with just basic Discus before evolving too. Can never been too sure sometimes.
Either way, I got the tip I needed to get over the hurdle of just finding these things with consistent spawns.

I had the same situation. I didn't find this room right away, but only after 3 runs. During which I farmed a large number of these mobs, but the quest didn't count. I even have a suspicion that the quest condition is not "farm a certain amount", but "farm a certain amount of Axe Arms in this specific room".

[nod for bj]

Okay, just because I have the concept of Coat of Arms doesn't make it any better.
At first I just chose weapons that are on the Coat of Arms list, evo, survived until 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.
Then I took a character who has Coat of Arms in his gear and took the first weapon from it, then I leveled up the ones that are on the list (wine glass, cross, king bible, shuriken, santa water and axe) evo all of them and waited 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.

What exactly do i need to do? Maybe I need to remove Arcana and other level upgrades? I've heard that they can make a difference. Also I'm playing on the Castlevania map.

Btw, when I picked up the character with the Coat of Arms, the Coat of Arms itself was not in my collection. It appeared only after my last unsuccessful attempt, can this also affect it? I've been suffering with this for god knows how long...

[themazingness]

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

Okay, just because I have the concept of Coat of Arms doesn't make it any better.
At first I just chose weapons that are on the Coat of Arms list, evo, survived until 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.
Then I took a character who has Coat of Arms in his gear and took the first weapon from it, then I leveled up the ones that are on the list (wine glass, cross, king bible, shuriken, santa water and axe) evo all of them and waited 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.

What exactly do i need to do? Maybe I need to remove Arcana and other level upgrades? I've heard that they can make a difference. Also I'm playing on the Castlevania map.

Btw, when I picked up the character with the Coat of Arms, the Coat of Arms itself was not in my collection. It appeared only after my last unsuccessful attempt, can this also affect it? I've been suffering with this for god knows how long...

For the Hammer unlock, you need to evolve 6 weapons from the Coat of Arms that are new to the Castlevania DLC and finish the level. The choices are Curved Knife, Shuriken, Javelin, Iron Ball, Discus, Silver Revolver, Hand Grenade, and Wine Glass. You don't have to start with the Coat of Arms, but it helps. You can go to the rooms to pick up Curved Knife, Shuriken, and Discus to make it easier. Curved Knife is probably the easiest one to get to early.

[nod for bj]

Originally posted by themazingness:

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

Okay, just because I have the concept of Coat of Arms doesn't make it any better.
At first I just chose weapons that are on the Coat of Arms list, evo, survived until 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.
Then I took a character who has Coat of Arms in his gear and took the first weapon from it, then I leveled up the ones that are on the list (wine glass, cross, king bible, shuriken, santa water and axe) evo all of them and waited 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.

What exactly do i need to do? Maybe I need to remove Arcana and other level upgrades? I've heard that they can make a difference. Also I'm playing on the Castlevania map.

Btw, when I picked up the character with the Coat of Arms, the Coat of Arms itself was not in my collection. It appeared only after my last unsuccessful attempt, can this also affect it? I've been suffering with this for god knows how long...

For the Hammer unlock, you need to evolve 6 weapons from the Coat of Arms that are new to the Castlevania DLC and finish the level. The choices are Curved Knife, Shuriken, Javelin, Iron Ball, Discus, Silver Revolver, Hand Grenade, and Wine Glass. You don't have to start with the Coat of Arms, but it helps. You can go to the rooms to pick up Curved Knife, Shuriken, and Discus to make it easier. Curved Knife is probably the easiest one to get to early.

it worked. Words cannot describe how grateful I am to you

[themazingness]

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

Originally posted by themazingness:

For the Hammer unlock, you need to evolve 6 weapons from the Coat of Arms that are new to the Castlevania DLC and finish the level. The choices are Curved Knife, Shuriken, Javelin, Iron Ball, Discus, Silver Revolver, Hand Grenade, and Wine Glass. You don't have to start with the Coat of Arms, but it helps. You can go to the rooms to pick up Curved Knife, Shuriken, and Discus to make it easier. Curved Knife is probably the easiest one to get to early.

it worked. Words cannot describe how grateful I am to you

Glad it helped!

[zye1984]

Originally posted by themazingness:

Originally posted by Граф Трахула:

Okay, just because I have the concept of Coat of Arms doesn't make it any better.
At first I just chose weapons that are on the Coat of Arms list, evo, survived until 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.
Then I took a character who has Coat of Arms in his gear and took the first weapon from it, then I leveled up the ones that are on the list (wine glass, cross, king bible, shuriken, santa water and axe) evo all of them and waited 30 minutes on the timer and nothing worked.

What exactly do i need to do? Maybe I need to remove Arcana and other level upgrades? I've heard that they can make a difference. Also I'm playing on the Castlevania map.

Btw, when I picked up the character with the Coat of Arms, the Coat of Arms itself was not in my collection. It appeared only after my last unsuccessful attempt, can this also affect it? I've been suffering with this for god knows how long...

For the Hammer unlock, you need to evolve 6 weapons from the Coat of Arms that are new to the Castlevania DLC and finish the level. The choices are Curved Knife, Shuriken, Javelin, Iron Ball, Discus, Silver Revolver, Hand Grenade, and Wine Glass. You don't have to start with the Coat of Arms, but it helps. You can go to the rooms to pick up Curved Knife, Shuriken, and Discus to make it easier. Curved Knife is probably the easiest one to get to early.

😐 You know, it would have been nice if that tidbit was hinted at in the game. But I guess it's assumed that we're only supposed to use the Castlevania DLC weapons.

[Moonbane]

The original set of Vampire Survivors was themed after Castlevania. Of course they had to make it in.

[Captain Hydrodus]

Any word on DLC items making it into arma dio? I'd like to have a bit more control over my runs and use the academy badge whenever I'd like.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Captain Hydrodus:

Any word on DLC items making it into arma dio? I'd like to have a bit more control over my runs and use the academy badge whenever I'd like.

Not likely to happen for Academy Badge given its sheer power. It should remain map and character locked. Think about it, it completely outclasses multiple items.

But the 2 new Castlevania accessories got added.

[Captain Hydrodus]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Originally posted by Captain Hydrodus:

Any word on DLC items making it into arma dio? I'd like to have a bit more control over my runs and use the academy badge whenever I'd like.

Not likely to happen for Academy Badge given its sheer power. It should remain map and character locked. Think about it, it completely outclasses multiple items.

But the 2 new Castlevania accessories got added.

nah balance will not be considered in this house, fun rules all. blessed be the insane multishot buffs

[galacticranger411]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Originally posted by Captain Hydrodus:

Any word on DLC items making it into arma dio? I'd like to have a bit more control over my runs and use the academy badge whenever I'd like.

But the 2 new Castlevania accessories got added.

if i remember correctly those are going to be added to the base game in a later update, but since the update wasn't finished yet and they had/wanted to release the update on Halloween they just put them into arma dio if you wanted to use certain evos outside of the castlevania stage