Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors is a 2022 roguelike shoot 'em up video game developed and published by poncle (formerly just Luca Galante). Following an early access period from December 2021, it was released for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS in late 2022. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on August 17, 2023, and a port for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 was released on August 29, 2024.

The player controls an automatically attacking character while fighting against continuous waves of monsters, with the goal being to survive the onslaught for as long as possible and unlock additional characters, weapons, and relics for subsequent sessions. In spite of the game's name and key art, almost none of the monsters encountered are vampires.

Vampire Survivors received accolades at the Golden Joystick Awards, New York Game Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards. The game was nominated in five categories at the British Academy Games Awards, of which it won in two: Game Design and Best Game.

The game received multiple expansions since its release, some in collaboration with other companies.

The first collaboration with Konami was the Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns DLC, released on May 9, 2024, featuring characters, weapons, enemies, music and stages themed after the Contra series.

The following DLC was also a collaboration with Konami, Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania, released on October 31, 2024, featuring characters, weapons, enemies and music, as well as Dracula's Castle as the largest stage for the game thus far, from the Castlevania series. It was expanded with update 1.14 on October 28, 2025, featuring new characters, weapons, music, and a new adventure.

Plot[]

Vampire Survivors is nominally set in rural Italy in 2021. Hordes of monsters summoned by the evil Bisconte Draculó ravage the land, and the Belpaese family and other heroic survivors take it upon themselves to hunt down and defeat Draculó. This quest takes them through monster-infested locales such as a cursed forest, a haunted library, an abandoned dairy plant, an ominous tower, and an otherworldly chapel.

It is a well-known running joke that Draculó may or may not exist, as every stage description continues to describe the Survivors' hunt for a vampire losing steam as time goes on, believing that finally, this will be the place where a vampire will be found. However, every single coffin they find just contains another Survivor. Eventually, the player encounters the final boss, The Directer.

Two original DLC packs expanding upon the series have been released. Legacy of the Moonspell is set on Mount Moonspell, which has fallen to an army of yōkai and oni, leading the Survivors there in the hopes of finding clues as to where a vampire could be found. Tides of the Foscari takes the Survivors to Lake Foscari, where they encounter students from Foscari Academy, a school focused on teaching three different houses of students: mages, warriors and tacticians, and spies. However, the students discover an abyss below the lake, where they accidentally unseal a monster that has the potential to consume the world. Further released DLC focused on crossover content.

Adventures[]

Adventures have parallel or separate stories and function as standalone games, with their own separate gold tracking, upgrade screen, and character, weapon, and passive item pools, as well as different unlock conditions for these elements. Golden Eggs are also absent, and any collected by a character are transferred to that character in the main game, nevertheless, the game offers the possibility of ascending an adventure upon completion to reset progress in exchange for stat bonuses for its characters. However, some unlockables are shared between the main game and the adventures, especially Relics, Arcanas, and Darkanas, which can prove very useful for clearing certain stages.

There are a few different Adventures in the game:

A Garlic Paradise follows the elderly Poe Ratcho as he attempts to find the titular Garlic Paradise and retire.
World of Light and Dark focuses on Imelda Belpaese, whose newfound life as a holy woman is uprooted when enemies from both Heaven and Hell invade her small church. She is thus tasked with finding assistance in her battle against the forces of both light and darkness.
To End an Ice Age follows She-Moon as she attempts to rekindle the flame of life and revive frozen world.
Legacy of the Moonspell tells the story of Miang Moonspell as she searches for help in taking down the villainous dragon Orochimario.
Emergency Meeting is a crossover with Among Us - after Gennaro Belpaese, Pugnala Provola, and Sir Ambrojoe are transported to the mysterious planet Polus, an experiment goes awry, creating aggressive monsters and bringing in alien threats.
Operation Guns is a Contra crossover, focusing on the Contra Force as they fight against the villainous Red Falcon group and prevent an alien invasion.

The Tides of the Foscari and the initial release of the Ode to Castlevania DLCs have no Adventures, but have their own stories told through the stages themselves. The developers stated that they wanted to tell a story in Tides of the Foscari that isn't just a rehash of the base DLC story, and that there was too much content in Ode to Castlevania for an Adventure at launch, though one was added with version 1.14 of the game.

Gameplay[]

The player selects one of multiple characters with different starting weapons and bonuses, and controls them on a typically endless stage with an auto-generated, repeating layout. (DLC stages are the exception, as they are a finite level designed by hand.) The player attacks automatically, and the goal is to survive as long as possible against constant waves of monsters that inflict damage when they come in contact with the player. Defeating monsters and exploring the stage allows the player to collect experience gems, which are used to level up; "floor chicken", which restores the player's health; and other helpful items. Each level increase provides the player the choice of three or four weapons and passive power-ups; once the player has collected six weapons and six power-ups and upgraded them all fully, any further levels they gain offer only gold coins or floor chicken. Another way to upgrade weapons and power-ups is to open chests, which are dropped by particularly powerful monsters and may contain one, three, or five random items. Most weapons have an ultimate form that can be attained by opening a silver chest after fully leveling the base weapon and meeting other specific conditions, usually involving having a specific passive weapon.

After making enough progress, players are granted access to Arcanas, passive abilities obtained at the start of a run and from purple chests dropped by enemies. These abilities can affect items on the stage, player stats, or certain weapons held by the player. The Arcanas are named after music from the Castlevania series, and many of the characters released with the Ode to Castlevania DLC have some of them as a passive bonus due to some of them being their theme music.

Sessions of Vampire Survivors have a soft time limit of 15, 20 or 30 minutes, depending on the stage chosen. At the time limit, the stage is cleared of all enemies and a final, tremendously strong enemy named The Reaper will spawn. One additional Reaper will appear every consecutive minute thereafter to ensure the player's eventual demise. If the player manages to defeat The Reaper with either the Infinite Corridor or Crimson Shroud weapons, it will drop 5 Golden Eggs and trigger the spawn of the White Hand, which is completely invulnerable, to end the run definitely.

A session that reaches or exceeds the stage's time limit is considered a successful completion and rewards bonus gold coins. Between sessions, accumulated gold coins can be spent to unlock new characters and persistent power-ups. Additionally, by completing challenges and finding Relics, the player can also unlock new stages, weapons, and characters, as well as additional game modifiers, such as an endless mode that removes the soft time limit but increases enemy stats, a hyper mode that raises player and enemy speed while decreasing the stage timer, and a limit break mode that allows players to continue to improve weapon attributes even after fully leveling them. Furthermore, players can gain golden eggs from killing certain enemies or buying them from an in-game vendor, applying permanent attribute boosts to their currently selected character.

Several of the designs for the characters, weapons and enemies in the base game resemble those from the Castlevania series, though some have been renamed, for example, the Ricochet Rock is the Runetracer, and the Holy Water is the Santa Water.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania[]

Summary[]

The Vampire Survivors have come a long way in their honorable hunt, and after joining forces with the Belmont Family, they are the closest they've ever been. Finally, within their grasp... A vampire. Possibly, at least.

The sun has set on Dracula's Castle once more, and as the moon rises a hellish horde of murky Mudmen, ghastly ghosts, and frightening Fleamen take the stage as the battle of good and evil rages once again. Unleash an arsenal of new Vampire-vanquishing weapons upon these beasts and leave a trail of doom in your wake before attempting to rid the world of the unspeakable terror himself. Do not be blind to the shadow that looms over you Survivors, as your quest has only just begun! It's all very serious stuff, so now let's pump up the volume and let's go, this is Castlevania in Vampire Survivors, baby!

Exclusive content[]

Version 1.12:
- 80 playable characters (20 hidden, 40 secret)
- 111 equipment items
  - 104 weapons
    - 38 base
    - 10 union components
    - 1 partially evolved
    - 35 fully evolved
    - 3 gift components
    - 3 unions
    - 13 standalone
    - 1 gift
  - 6 selectors
    - 5 weapon selectors
    - 1 assist companion selector, with 11 options
  - 1 gift passive item
- A monstrously large stage, Ode to Castlevania (Dracula's Castle)
- 91 music tracks (36 new arrangements and 55 returning from Castlevania games)
Version 1.14:
- 16 secret playable characters
- 12 arranged music tracks
- 19 weapons
  - 1 base
  - 2 union components
  - 1 fully evolved
  - 2 unions for the new weapons
  - 13 unions for the previous standalone weapons
- 1 adventure

Gameplay[]

Ode to Castlevania contains a new handcrafted eponymous stage.

Pressure plates can be found across the map that summon bosses, which can be defeated to drop either new weapons (more specifically, spells) or Relics, with a special type called Gates, which unlock nearby doors, allowing players to progress further into the stage, as well as unlock their Warp Rooms. Certain boss rooms will also switch the players into a platforming style, allowing them to jump.

The final boss room can be reached by anyone, but only Richter is able to trigger the final battle. Leveling up isn't necessary for the final boss, as the battle is scripted. The weapons of each player are stolen and set to a level 1 whip and the character level is reset mid-fight (although passive items, Arcanas and Darkanas, as well as any stat boosts, are retained).

The DLC adds themed Weapon Selectors for different weapon types. As the series has many different weapons, spells, and more, the developers didn't want to limit players to just one for each character. Once all weapons of a specific type have been evolved, their corresponding Weapon Selector will be unlocked, showing up in runs occasionally and as a starting weapon for select characters. Unlocking them all will allow certain characters, like Soma Cruz, to start with a Candybox, a selector what allows the player to pick from the entire game's arsenal.

Stage[]

Ode to Castlevania is the largest non-procedural stage in the game, and similarly to most other non-procedural large stages in the game, a Relic is needed in order to draw the stage's map when accessing the menu, in this case, the Castlevania Map. If only the base game's Milky Way Map Relic is owned, the pause menu will only show the direction and location of rare pickups, weapons, passive items, characters and boss summoning pressure plates, but without drawing the map, making difficult to know the way. Also, if the Milky Way Map was not collected yet, no map will be shown, even if the Castlevania was collected.

The stage is divided into 9 biomes that determines the random enemies spawned:

The stage is further divided into areas, but that is just for visual representation, different locations share biomes, and thus enemy spawn lists. Known locations include:

Devious Woods
- Abandoned Chapel
- Dried Fountain
- Cemetery
  - Crypts
- Castle Moat
- Drawbridge
Entrance Corridor
Marble Gallery
- Garden
- Rooftop Bridge
- Portraits Gallery
Alchemy Laboratory
Long Library
Tower
Tower Bridge
Clock Tower
Castle Keep
- Carpathian Tower
  - Throne Room

After acquiring the Black Disk Relic, new areas become available and the menu map is expanded to reflect that.

Sunken City
Crystal Caves
- Frozen Caves
Underground Maze
Guest Rooms
- Catacombs
- Dining Halls
- Painting Gallery
Chapel
- Confession Room

Specific enemies, such as Cave Trolls, Frozen Shades, Amalaric Snipers, Axe Armors, and Bloody Paintings, spawn in very specific parts of the stage and at very specific times, and some of them only after certain Relics have been obtained, as they are related to unlocking certain characters.

Characters[]

Playable characters[]

Many of the characters are unlocked in three separate chains, starting with finding Leon Belmont, often by character defeating a specific boss in the Ode to Castlevania stage or evolving a specific weapon. Once all chains are complete, they will link back into with Maria, which is needed to unlock Richter.

Leon Belmont	Sonia Belmont	Trevor Belmont	Christopher Belmont	Simon Belmont
Juste Belmont	Richter Belmont	Julius Belmont	Grant Danasty	John Morris
Jonathan Morris	Soma Cruz	Charlotte Aulin	Sypha Belnades	Yoko Belnades
Alucard	Eric Lecarde	Hector	Maria Renard (adult)	Shanoa

Hidden characters[]

Once Richter is unlocked, he is the only character that can unlock the Throne Room and confront Dracula. A cutscene parodying the dialogue of the first stage of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will play, but instead of fighting, Dracula will join the playable cast, followed by a battle with Death. Winning the battle will award the Black Disk Relic, which will reveal the hidden slots in the character select screen and allows them to be unlocked, starting with the already unlocked Dracula.

Dracula	Lisa Tepes	Mina Hakuba	Cornell (human)	Rinaldo Gandolfi
Vincent Dorin	Nathan Graves	Julia Laforeze	Sara Trantoul	Quincy Morris
Maxim Kischine	Reinhardt Schneider	Henry	Carrie Fernandez	Saint Germain
Albus	Isaac	Elizabeth Bartley	Shaft	Barlowe

Secret characters[]

These characters are unlocked by finding the Pile of Secrets relic from Beelzebub's fight. This adds 37 new entries to the Secrets menu, with a majority being new characters. The characters' unlock conditions are told in riddles - for example, "make Death feel at home" involves finding the four Clock Tower weapons and uniting them into one, then replaying the final boss fight with Death; and "entrust the familiars' care to the gentlest soul twice" involves finding a Familiar Forge as Julia, either through leveling up or through the Candybox item, then finding the second one in the Ode to Castlevania stage.

Some characters can transform while in mid-gameplay upon fulfilling certain conditions, and killing 100,000 enemies with these characters will unlock their alternate forms, dubbed a "Megalo" form. Five of these are included in this DLC, with most
(except Cornell, whose form isn't labeled as a Megalo form) requiring the player to find the Ebony and Crimson Stones relic, which Legion drops upon its defeat.

Obtaining all the secrets, including the 19 base game ones, will unlock a final secret character slot, containing Chaos.

Maria Renard (young)	Familiar Character options: Faerie Sacred Cardinal Sacred Dragon Sacred Tiger Sacred Turtle	Innocent Devil Character options: Ukoback Bitterfly Alleged Ghost Imp Wood Rod Pumpkin	Blue Crescent Moon Cornell (werewolf)	Ferryman
Master Librarian	Hammer	Wind	Jonathan and Charlotte	Charlotte and Jonathan
Stella and Loretta	Loretta and Stella	Stella Lecarde	Loretta Lecarde	Brauner
Soleil Belmont	Dario Bossi	Dmitrii Blinov	Celia Fortner	Graham Jones
Joachim Armster	Walter Bernhard	Carmilla	Count Olrox	Cave Troll
Fleaman	Axe Armor	Frozenshade	Succubus	Keremet
Alamaric Sniper	Blackmore	Malphas	Death	Galamoth
Megalo Elizabeth Bartley (true form)	Megalo Olrox (true form)	Megalo Death (true form)	Megalo Dracula (transformed cape)	Chaos

Version 1.14 characters[]

Version 1.14, added 16 new secret characters.

Hugh Baldwin	Morris Baldwin	Annette	Tera	Genya Arikado
Stone Skull	Ruler Sword	Persephone	Astarte	Drolta Tzuentes
Witch Actrise	Atlantis Shrine Wizard	Fake Trio (Grant, Sypha and Trevor)	Slogra and Gaibon	Zephyr
		Jiangshi

Weapons[]

The base game already has weapons that reference multiple weapons, sub-weapons, accesories and consumable items from the Castlevania series, consequently the DLC focused on the ones that weren't referenced yet. However, some characters from the DLC, mostly secondary characters like some bosses and Innocent Devils, start with some base game weapons.

Base weapons[]

Base weapons are usually starting weapons of common characters. They are often a choice when leveling up once unlocked. By fully leveling them and often also by having a specific passive item in possession (which may or may not also need to be fully leveled, depending on weapon), and them acquiring an upgrade granting chest such as a silver chest, they are evolved into another (usually stronger) weapon, which itself often cannot be upgraded except when playing with Limit Break active. Most of them can be unlocked as level up options for adventures by buying then once during each adventure in the Planar Bazaar.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania base weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Location	Shop Price	Evolution	Game Version
	Alchemy Whip	Leon Belmont	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Vampire Killer	1.12
	Wind Whip	Simon Belmont	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Spirit Tornado Tip	1.12
	Platinum Whip	Richter Belmont	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Cross Crasher Tip	1.12
	Dragon Water Whip	Trevor Belmont	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Hydrostormer Tip	1.12
	Sonic Whip	Sonia Belmont	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Crissaegrim Tip	1.12
	Jet Black Whip	Christopher Belmont Soleil Belmont	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Mormegil Tip	1.12
	Vibhuti Whip	Juste Belmont Soleil Belmont	N/A	100 (Adventure only)	Daybreaker Tip	1.12
	Vanitas Whip	Julius Belmont Soleil Belmont	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Aurablaster Tip	1.12
	Shuriken	Quincy Morris	Condemned Tower	10 (Adventure only)	Yagyu Shuriken	1.12
	Curved Knife	Grant Danasty Pumpkin (option)	Entrance Corridor	10 (Adventure only)	Bwaka Knife	1.12
	Javelin	Jonathan Morris	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Long Inus	1.12
	Discus	Maxim Kischine	Long Library Rooftop	10 (Adventure only)	Stellar Blade	1.12
	Iron Ball	John Morris	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Wrecking Ball	1.12
	Silver Revolver	Henry	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Jewel Gun	1.12
	Hand Grenade	Soma Cruz	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	The RPG	1.12
	Wine Glass	Dracula (both versions)	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Meal Ticket	1.12
	Raging Fire	Charlotte Aulin Sacred Cardinal	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Salamender	1.12
	Ice Fang	Sypha Belnades Sacred Tiger	Brachyura boss drop (summon at Tower)	10 (Adventure only)	Cocytus	1.12
	Gale Force	Julia Laforeze	Zephyr boss drop (summon at Clock Tower)	10 (Adventure only)	Pneuma Tempestas	1.12
	Rock Riot	Carrie Fernandez Sacred Turtle	Behemoth boss drop (summon at the Dried Fountain)	10 (Adventure only)	Gemma Torpor	1.12
	Fulgur	Yoko Belnades Sacred Dragon	The Creature boss drop (summon at Marble Gallery)	200 (Adventure only)	Tenebris Tonitrus	1.12
	Keremet Bubbles	Rinaldo Gandolfi	Keremet boss drop (summon at Alchemy Laboratory)	200 (Adventure only)	Keremet Morbus	1.12
	Hex	Elizabeth Bartley	Mummy boss drop (summon at Underground Maze)	200 (Adventure only)	Nightmare	1.12
	Refectio	Mina Hakuba Faerie	Jiang Shi (summon at Chapel)	200 (Adventure only)	Sanctuary	1.12
	Mace	Hector	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Stamazza	1.12
	Star Flail	Sara Trantoul Astarte (hidden)	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Moon Rod	1.12
	Alucard Spear	Eric Lecarde	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Thunderbolt Spear	1.12
	Trident	Isaac Slogra Imp	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Gungnir-Souris	1.12
	Iron Shield	Vincent Dorin	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Dark Iron Shield	1.12
	Guardian's Targe	Maria Renard (adult)	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Sacred Beasts Tower Shield	1.12
	Tyrfing	Reinhardt Schneider	N/A	100 (Adventure only)	Rune Sword	1.12
	Alucart Sworb	Alucard	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Alucard Swords	1.12
	Confodere	Shanoa	N/A	50 (Adventure only)	Vol Confodere	1.12
	Globus	Saint Germain	N/A	10 (Adventure only)	Nitesco	1.12
	Optical Shot	Albus	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Acerbatus	1.12
	Sonic Dash	Nathan Graves	Sunken City	100 (Adventure only)	Rapidus Fio	1.12
	Luminatio	Lisa Tepes Celia Fortner	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Vol Luminatio	1.12
	Umbra	Shaft Celia Fortner	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Vol Umbra	1.12
	Pocket Knife	Genya Arikado Fake Grant	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)	Claimh Solais	1.14

Component weapons[]

Some character have component weapons as starting weapons, some of them are options when leveling up once unlocked, but they are more often stage pickups. They differ with base weapons in that, instead of evolving when fully upgraded with a passive item in possession, they are united into a single slot when the entire set is collected, freeing up slots and allowing the character to get new weapons, but often losing any further level they might have gained with Limit Break active. After fully leveling all components, they can be united by acquiring an upgrade granting chest such as a silver chest. Most of them can be unlocked as level up options for adventures by buying then once during each adventure in the Planar Bazaar.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania component weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Location	Shop Price	Union	Game Version
	Dextro Custos	Cornell (option)	Underground Maze	1,000 (Adventure only)	Trinum Custodem	1.12
	Sinestro Custos	Cornell (option)	Cave	1,000 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Centralis Custos	N/A	N/A	1,000 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Dominus Anger	Barlowe (option)	Underground Gallery	1,665 (Adventure only)	Power of Sire	1.12
	Dominus Hatred	Barlowe (option)	Chapel	1,665 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Dominus Agony	N/A	N/A	1,665 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Valmanway	Hugh Baldwin	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Million Cut (version 1.14 only) Requires the Thousand Edge evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Icebrand	Frozenshade	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Ninth Circle (version 1.14 only) Requires the Unholy Vespers evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Arrow of Goth	Alamaric Sniper	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Dies Irae (version 1.14 only) Requires the Mannajja evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Aura Blast	Wind	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Kardia Phlegeton (version 1.14 only) Requires the Hellfire evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Svarog Statue	Leon Belmont (level 5) (hidden) Ukoback	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Darkness Illusion (version 1.14 only) Requires the Valkyrie Turner evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Troll Bomb	Cave Troll Pumpkin (option)	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Carnage Heart (version 1.14 only) Requires the NO FUTURE evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Hydro Storm	Atlantis Shrine Wizard	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Hydro Pump Climax (version 1.14 only) Requires the La Borra evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Grand Cross	Tera	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Arch Angle (version 1.14 only) Requires the Heaven Sword evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Summon Spirit	Blackmore Alleged Ghost	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Spirit of Light (version 1.14 only) Requires the Holy Wand evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Soul Steal	Jiangshi	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Power of Lire (version 1.14 only) Requires the Vicious Hunger evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Dark Rift	Olrox (both versions)	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Legacy of Death: Soul River (version 1.14 only) Requires the Death Spiral evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Sword Brothers	Ruler Sword	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Vjaya Sisters (version 1.14 only) Requires the Thunder Loop evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Summon Spirit Tornado	Persephone	N/A	2,800 (version 1.12) 1,000 (version 1.14)	Venus Crescent (version 1.14 only) Requires the Gorgeous Moon evolved weapon from the base game	1.12
	Endo Gears	Annette (option)	Clock Tower	1,000 (Adventure only)	Clock Tower	1.12
	Peri Pendulum	Annette (option)	Clock Tower	1,000 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Myo Lift	Annette (option)	Clock Tower	1,000 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Epi Head	Annette (option)	Clock Tower	1,000 (Adventure only)		1.12
	Kaiser Knuckle	Morris Baldwin	N/A	1,000	Lapiste Tepisto (version 1.14 only) Requires the Tri-Bracelet evolved weapon from the base game	1.14
	Anura	Drolta Tzuentes	N/A	1,000	Dark Frogamorphosis (version 1.14 only) Requires the Soul Eater evolved weapon from the base game	1.14

Partially evolved weapons[]

Partially evolved weapons are evolved from a base weapon, but also have a third and final evolution. As with fully evolved weapons, they replace the base weapon when acquired, and fully leveling them and acquiring an upgrade granting chest such as a silver chest is necessary to evolve again.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania partially evolved weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Evolution	Game Version
	Vol Confodere	N/A	Melio Confodere	1.12

Fully evolved weapons[]

Fully evolved weapons replace their base or partially evolved weapon when acquired. They usually have a single level and thus cannot gain stats through leveling unless when playing with Limit Break active, however, there are some evolved weapons that can be further leveled up after acquiring when playing normally, such as Melio Confodere, while others can continue to grow through the use of certain Arcanas or even the weapon's own mechanics.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania fully evolved weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Game Version
	Vampire Killer	N/A	1.12
	Spirit Tornado Tip	N/A	1.12
	Cross Crasher Tip	N/A	1.12
	Hydrostormer Tip	N/A	1.12
	Crissaegrim Tip	N/A	1.12
	Mormegil Tip	N/A	1.12
	Daybreaker Tip	N/A	1.12
	Aurablaster Tip	N/A	1.12
	Yagyu Shuriken	N/A	1.12
	Bwaka Knife	N/A	1.12
	Long Inus	N/A	1.12
	Stellar Blade	N/A	1.12
	Wrecking Ball	N/A	1.12
	Jewel Gun	N/A	1.12
	The RPG	Hammer	1.12
	Meal Ticket	N/A	1.12
	Salamender	Dario Bossi	1.12
	Cocytus	Loretta Lecarde	1.12
	Pneuma Tempestas	Stella Lecarde	1.12
	Gemma Torpor	Actrise	1.12
	Tenebris Tonitrus	Galamoth	1.12
	Keremet Morbus	Keremet	1.12
	Nightmare	Succubus	1.12
	Sanctuary	N/A	1.12
	Stamazza	N/A	1.12
	Moon Rod	N/A	1.12
	Thunderbolt Spear	N/A	1.12
	Gungnir-Souris	N/A	1.12
	Dark Iron Shield	N/A	1.12
	Sacred Beasts Tower Shield	N/A	1.12
	Rune Sword	Joachim Armster	1.12
	Melio Confodere	N/A	1.12
	Nitesco	Walter Bernhard	1.12
	Acerbatus	N/A	1.12
	Rapidus Fio	Master Librarian	1.12
	Claimh Solais	N/A	1.14

Gift component weapons[]

Gift component weapons are fully evolved weapons necessary in the acquisition of powerful items called gifts. The components themselves usually are not replaced or removed, however Ode to Castlevania introduced a gift that free all fully evolved weapon slots, including the one from the gift component, without removing them from a character's arsenal, the Alucard Shield, however this also blocks leveling them up if playing with Level Break active. As with evolving or uniting weapons, acquiring an upgrade granting chest such as a silver chest is necessary.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania gift component weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Evolution	Game Version
	Alucard Swords	N/A	Alucard Shield	1.12
	Vol Luminatio	N/A	Universitas	1.12
	Vol Umbra	Graham Jones	Universitas	1.12

Union weapons[]

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania union weapons
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Game Version
	Trinum Custodem	Blue Crescent Moon Cornell	1.12
	Power of Sire	N/A	1.12
	Clock Tower	N/A	1.12
	Million Cut	N/A	1.14
	Ninth Circle	N/A	1.14
	Dies Irae	N/A	1.14
	Kardia Phlegeton	N/A	1.14
	Lapiste Tepisto	N/A	1.14
	Darkness Illusion	N/A	1.14
	Carnage Heart	N/A	1.14
	Hydro Pump Climax	N/A	1.14
	Arch Angle	N/A	1.14
	Spirit of Light	N/A	1.14
	Power of Lire	N/A	1.14
	Legacy of Death: Soul River	N/A	1.14
	Vjaya Sisters	N/A	1.14
	Venus Crescent	N/A	1.14
	Dark Frogamorphosis	N/A	1.14

Gift weapons[]

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania gift weapons
Icon	Item	Type	Game Version
	Alucard Shield	Weapon	1.12

Weapon selectors[]

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania weapon selectors
Icon	Weapon	Starting weapon of	Location	Game Version
	Morning Star	N/A	N/A	1.12
	Coat of Arms	N/A	N/A	1.12
	Spectral Sword	N/A	N/A	1.12
	Belnades' Spellbook	N/A	N/A	1.12
	Ebony Diabologue	Dmitrii Blinov Brauner	N/A	1.12
	Familiar Forge	Maria Renard (young)	Alchemy Laboratory	1.12

Passive items[]

Familiars and Innocent Devils[]

Familiar and Innocent Devils can be selected through the Familiar Forge selector. Each one has their own arsenal, with leveled weapons and appropriate behavior for their use. Unlike the playable versions, they cannot level up, but are invulnerable, and multiple ones can be acquired during a play session, even copies of the same one. Despite their aggressive nature and the fact they are an option of a selector, they occupy passive item slots, and can be selected even when the slots have already been filled.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania Familiar Forge options
Icon	Item	Weapons	Game Version
	Ukoback	Svarog Statue (level 3)	1.12
	Bitterfly	Garlic (base game weapon) (level 7)	1.12
	Alleged Ghost	Summon Spirit (level 7)	1.12
	Imp	Trident (level 8)	1.12
	Wood Rod	Fire Wand (base game weapon) (level 2) Lightning Ring (base game weapon) (level 2) Magic Wand (base game weapon) (level 2)	1.12
	Pumpkin	Curved Knife (level 8) Troll Bomb (level 1)	1.12
	Faerie	Refectio (level 3)	1.12
	Sacred Cardinal	Raging Fire (level 3)	1.12
	Sacred Dragon	Fulgur (level 3)	1.12
	Sacred Tiger	Ice Fang (level 3)	1.12
	Sacred Turtle	Rock Riot (level 3)	1.12

Gift passive items[]

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania gift passive items
Icon	Item	Type	Game Version
	Universitas	Passive item	1.12

Relics[]

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania relics
Icon	Relic	Location
	Castlevania Map	Devious Woods
	Stallion Gate	Garden (dropped by Giant Bat)
	Scorpion Gate	Alchemy Laboratory (dropped by Puppet Master)
	Capra Gate	Long Library (dropped by Paranoia)
	King's Gate	Clock Tower (dropped by Paranoia)
	Serpent Gate	Sunken City (dropped by Menace)
	Beast Gate	Chapel (dropped by Eligor)
	Black Disk	Castle Keep
	Wood Carving Score	Castle Forest (dropped by Treant)
	Pile of Secrets	Alchemy Laboratory (dropped by Beelzebub)
	Ebony and Crimson Stones	Catacombs (dropped by Legion)

Pickups[]

Pickups do not occupy any weapon or passive item slot when obtained. They usually produce instantaneous effects upon collection, however, some pickups grant permanent upgrades to characters, either due to a character’s special abilities or through the use of Arcanas and Darkanas.

As with the Operation Guns DLC, Ode to Castlevania pickups spawn for any characters playing in the Ode to Castlevania stage, or in any game where at least one player is using a Castlevania character.

Enemies[]

As the names of some enemies were already used in the base game, the letters "OG" were added as a prefix.

Reused base game bosses[]

001 - Pipeestrello
085 - Sun Atlantean (Gold Ring protector)
086 - Moon Atlantean (Silver Ring protector)
087 - City Atlantean (Metaglio Left protector)
088 - Volcano Atlantean (Metaglio Right protector)

Bestiary enemies[]

245 - Fleaman
246 - Flea Rider
247 - Flea Armor
248 - Spellbook
249 - Frozen Shade
250 - Harpy
251 - Hippogryph
252 - Imp
253 - Moldy Corpse
254 - Spittle Bone
255 - Ukoback
256 - Specter
257 - Valhalla Knight
258 - Warg
259 - Bitterfly
260 - Bloody Painting
261 - OG Merman
262 - Persephone
263 - OG Ghost
264 - Flying Zombie
265 - Dullahan
266 - Yorick
267 - Amalaric Sniper
268 - Gurkha Knife Master
269 - Gorgon
270 - Bone Golem
271 - Disc Armor
272 - Alastor
273 - Malachi
274 - OG Werewolf
275 - Axe Armor
276 - Killer Doll
277 - Corpseweed
278 - Bone Ark
279 - Bone Pillar

Bestiary bosses[]

280 - Jiang Shi (at Chapel)
281 - Keremet (at Alchemy Laboratory)
282 - Zephyr (at Clock Tower)
283 - Gaibon (at Portraits Gallery)
284 - Slogra (at Portraits Gallery)
285 - Behemoth (at Dried Fountain)
286 - Treant (at Devious Woods)
287 - Abaddon (at Clock Tower)
288 - Menace (at Sunken City)
289 - Eligor (at Chapel)
290 - Gergoth (at Tower)
291 - Giant Medusa Head (at Portraits Gallery)
292 - Puppet Master (at Alchemy Laboratory)
293 - Blackmore (at Long Library)
294 - Paranoia (at Long Library)
295 - Death (at Throne Room)
296 - Doppelganger (at Marble Gallery's Mirror Room)
297 - The Creature (at Marble Gallery)
298 - Bugbear (early boss, at different times depending on biome. Multiple can be fought per run)
299 - Devil (late boss, at different times depending on biome. Multiple can be fought per run)
300 - OG Minotaur (late boss, at different times depending on biome. Multiple can be fought per run)

Unlisted enemies[]

Unlisted bosses[]

Beelzebub (at Alchemy Laboratory)
Brachyura (at Tower)
Carmilla (at Tower Bridge)
Galamoth (at Underground Maze)
Giant Bat (at Garden)
Joachim Armster (at Crystal Cave)
Legion (at Catacombs)
Loretta and Stella (vampires) (at Clock Tower)
Malphas (at 25:00)
Maneating Plant (at Devious Woods)
Medusa (Symphony of the Night) (at Underground Gallery)
Mummy (at Underground Maze)
Olrox (at Chapel)
Soleil Belmont (at Marble Gallery)
Succubus (Symphony of the Night) (at Catacombs)
Walter Bernhard (at Rooftop Bridge)

Music[]

Most characters have theme music that overrides the default track of any stage, even when Inverse Mode is activated. As with any other stage in the game, Ode to Castlevania map features a different track for both normal and inverted modes. Additionally, music selection becomes available if the appropriate Relic from the base game is collected, allowing the player to choose from other Castlevania tracks not otherwise playable, as well as music from the base game or other non-associated DLCs.

Ode to Castlevania was released with 91 pieces of music related to the Castlevania franchise, with 36 new arrangements organized in an album titled "Ode to Castlevania", and 55 classic pieces ripped from previous Castlevania games, compiled in an album named "Castlevania Series". Some pieces are available on both albums, while others have multiple versions in the latter album. In both cases, each version is counted as a separate track.

The arrangements were created by four artists:

7 tracks by Daniele Zandara.
7 tracks by Filippo Vicarelli.
10 tracks by Keygen Church.
12 tracks by Evelyn Lark.

The arranged tracks were released on Poncle's official YouTube channel a few days before the DLC, between October 21 and 22, 2024.

Between October 24 and 27, 2025, 12 new tracks were released for the soundtrack, 3 from each of the arrangers. These additional tracks were added to the DLC with update 1.14 on October 28, 2025.

"Original" means the track is directly ripped from a previous Castlevania game. "Arrangement" means the track was specifically arranged for Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania tracks
Number	Title	Type	Character Theme	Origin	Arranger
01	Vampire Killer	Arrangement	Dracula's Castle default music.	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
02	Bloody Tears	Arrangement	Sonia Belmont Inverted mode Dracula's Castle default music.	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
03	Dracula's Castle	Arrangement	Alucard	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
04	Simon's Theme	Arrangement	Simon Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
05	Successor of Fate	Arrangement	Juste Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
06	An Empty Tome	Arrangement	Shanoa	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
07	Dracula's Castle (Bonus)	Arrangement	Chaos	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
08	Moonlight Nocturne	Arrangement	Maria Renard (adult)	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
09	Lost Painting	Arrangement	Sypha Belnades	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
10	Dance of Pales	Arrangement	Sara Trantoul	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
11	Pitch Black Intrusion	Arrangement	Soma Cruz	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
12	Dracula's Tears	Arrangement	Yoko Belnades	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
13	Amber Scenery	Arrangement	Mina Hakuba	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
14	Tragic Prince	Arrangement	Cornell (human)	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
15	The Beginning	Arrangement	Christopher Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
16	Aquarius	Arrangement	Trevor Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
17	Wandering the Crystal Blue	Arrangement	Lisa Tepes	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
18	Jaws of a Scorched Earth	Arrangement	Carrie Fernandez	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
19	Chapel Hidden in Smoke	Arrangement	Barlowe	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
20	Abandoned Castle	Arrangement	Hector	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
21	Baljhet Mountains	Arrangement	Rinaldo Gandolfi	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
23	Eneomaos Machine Tower	Arrangement	Saint Germain	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
22	Sarabande of Healing	Arrangement	Julia Laforeze	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
24	Wood Carving Partita	Arrangement	Dracula	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
25	Lament of Innocence	Arrangement	Leon Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
26	Mad Forest	Arrangement	Grant Danasty	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
27	Bloodlines Bequeathed	Arrangement	Richter Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
28	Reincarnated Soul	Arrangement	Elizabeth Bartley (both forms)	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
29	The Sinking Old Sanctuary	Arrangement	Eric Lecarde	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
30	Iron Blue Intention	Arrangement	John Morris	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
31	Heart of Fire	Arrangement	Julius Belmont	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
32	Invitation of a Crazed Moon	Arrangement	Charlotte Aulin Charlotte & Jonathan	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
33	Victorian Fear	Arrangement	Jonathan Morris Jonathan & Charlotte	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
34	Ebony Wings	Arrangement	Albus	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
35	After Confession	Arrangement	Vincent Dorin	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
36	Awake	Arrangement	Nathan Graves	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
37	Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab	Arrangement	Morris Baldwin	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
38	The Discolored Wall	Arrangement	Atlantis Shrine Wizard	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
39	Calling from Heaven	Arrangement	Drolta Tzuentes	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Evelyn Lark
40	Clockwork	Arrangement	Annette	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
41	Young Nobleman of Madness	Arrangement	Isaac	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
42	New Messiah	Arrangement	Hugh Baldwin	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Keygen Church
43	Ruined Castle Corridor	Arrangement	Genya Arikado	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
44	Dance of Gold	Arrangement	Ruler Sword	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
45	Wandering Ghosts	Arrangement	Stone Skull	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Filippo Vicarelli
46	Out of Time	Arrangement	Zephyr	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
47	Treasure Room	Arrangement	Persephone	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
48	Castlevania 64 Medley of Illusions	Arrangement	Actrise	Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania	Daniele Zandara
	Dance of Pales	Original	Count Olrox (normal form)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Dance of Illusions	Original	Megalo Dracula (transformed cape)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Festival of Servants	Original	Galamoth Malphas Megalo Olrox (true form) Shaft Doppelganger (boss) Legion (boss) Beelzebub (boss)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Guardian Maria Fight	Original	Maria (young)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	The Lost Portrait	Original	Ferryman	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Moonlight Nocturne	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Tragic Prince	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	Wood Carving Partita	Original	Master Librarian	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	N/A
	An Empty Tome	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	N/A
	Chapel Hidden in Smoke	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	N/A
	Ebony Wings	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	N/A
	Jaws of a Scorched Earth	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	N/A
	Wandering the Crystal Blue	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	N/A
	Bloody Tears	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	Iron Blue Intention	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	Reincarnated Soul	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	The Sinking Old Sanctuary	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	The Beginning	Original	Soleil Belmont	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	Vampire Killer	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines	N/A
	After Confession	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	An Empty Tome	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Aquarius	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Dance of Illusions	Original	Death (both forms)	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Divine Bloodlines	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Castle Dracula	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Ebony Wings	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Gaze Up at the Darkness	Original	Reinhardt Schneider	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Heart of Fire	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Into the Dark Night	Original	Quincy Morris	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Invitation of a Crazed Moon	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Pitiful Scion (Tragic Prince)	Original	Blue Crescent Moon Cornell (werewolf)	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Pitch-Black Intrusion	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Simon's Theme	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	The Hidden Curse	Original	Henry	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	The Lost Portrait	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	N/A
	Gaze Up at the Darkness	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	In Search of the Hidden Spell	Original	Loretta Lecarde Maxim Kischine	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	Invitation of a Crazed Moon	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	Iron Blue Intention	Original	Wind	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	The Hidden Curse	Original	Stella Lecarde	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	Victorian Fear	Original	Brauner	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	N/A
	After Confession	Original	Dario Bossi	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	N/A
	Amber Scenery	Original	Celia Fortner	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	N/A
	Dracula's Tears	Original	Dmitrii Blinov	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	N/A
	Into the Dark Night	Original	Graham Jones	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	N/A
	Pitch Black Intrusion	Original	Hammer	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	N/A
	Abandoned Castle	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	N/A
	Baljhet Mountains	Original	Joachim Armster	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	N/A
	Eneomaos Machine Tower	Original	Walter Bernhard	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	N/A
	Followers of Darkness - The First	Original	Isaac	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	N/A
	Sarabande of Healing	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	N/A
	Lament of Innocence	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Lament of Innocence	N/A
	Successor of Fate	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance	N/A
	Awake	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	N/A
	Mad Forest	Original	N/A	Castlevania Judgment	N/A
	Mysterious Curse	Original	N/A	Castlevania: Bloodlines Note: unselectable, used in the menu	N/A

Adventure[]

Dark Lord Soma Cruz's select profile.

Update 1.14 added an adventure for the Ode to Castlevania DLC. Finishing the adventure unlocks the Dark Lord Soma Cruz skin for both the main game and the adventure, which grants enormous stat boosts to Soma.

Stages in the adventure are simpler than the Ode to Castlevania stage, as they aren't divided into biomes or areas and don't have as much content within a single stage. They follow a more traditional approach of other adventures and of the base game stages, often looping indefinitely, horizontally, vertically, or both, with the stages that don't loop being significantly smaller, and with bosses spawning at specific times instead of mostly spawning by stepping onto pressure plates. Additionally, as with all other adventures, the Planar Bazaar Shop is available to unlock weapons and passive items from other adventures.

Like with other adventures, it functions as a standalone game, with its own separate gold tracking, upgrade screen, and character, weapon, and passive item pools, as well as different unlock conditions for these elements. Additionally, as with other adventures, Golden Eggs are absent, and any collected by a character are transferred to that character in the main game, nevertheless, the game offers the possibility of ascending the adventure upon completion to reset progress in exchange for stat bonuses for its characters. However, some unlockables are shared between the main game and the adventures, especially Relics, Arcanas, and Darkanas, which can prove very useful for clearing certain stages.

Adventure characters[]

Trevor Belmont is the initial character for the Ode to Castlevania adventure.

Trevor Belmont	Sypha Belnades	Grant Danasty	Alucard	John Morris
Eric Lecarde	Jonathan Morris	Charlotte Aulin	Soma Cruz	Yoko Belnades
Julius Belmont	Sonia Belmont	Simon Belmont	Christopher Belmont	Maria Renard (adult)
Richter Belmont	Juste Belmont	Hector	Leon Belmont	Shanoa
Antonio Belpaese (base game character)	Imelda Belpaese (base game character)	Porta Ladonna (base game character)	Dracula (hidden)

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

Trailer screenshots[]

Packaging artwork[]

Artworks[]

Official unlock guide[]

Other[]

Videos[]

Vampire Survivors - Ode to Castlevania DLC Coming - 31st October

Vampire Survivors - Ode to Castlevania - Launch Trailer

Vampire Survivors- Ode to Castlevania Spell Guide

Vampire Survivors- Ode to Castlevania Update - Announcement Trailer

Trivia[]

Vampire Survivors was originally created as an homage to the Castlevania series, and so many nods are present, from the various weapons being references to famous Castlevania sub-weapons, to various characters like the Belpaeses (who are based on the Belmonts).
Simondo Belmont, a secret miniboss from Contra: Hard Corps that references Castlevania, particularly the Belmonts from the classic games, was released in the Contra themed DLC, Operation Guns.
The Ode to Castlevania trailer uses the "Everyone is here" phrase, popularized by the second Super Smash Bros. Ultimate trailer. The original DLC released with version 1.12 of the game features nearly every playable character from across the entire game series, excluding those originating from mobile-only titles (Order of Shadows), fighting games (Judgment), unreleased games (The Bloodletting, Resurrection and Moonlight Rhapsody), and the Lords of Shadow universe. As it is based mostly on the games, content from other media such as manga, comics, novels, radio dramas, movies and animated series (Captain N: The Game Master and both Netflix adaptations) are also excluded.
- Some enemies that share names with those added in previous updates, before the collaboration, had the letters "OG" added as prefixes to differentiate them. Likewise, some playable characters that are based on enemies have their names spelled differently on the select screen.
  - The playable Frozen Shade is named "Fronzenshade".
  - The playable Amalaric Sniper is named "Alamaric Sniper".
  - The Ghost had a prefix added (OG Ghost) and has a playable version named "Alleged Ghost".
- Dmitrii Blinov had his name misspelled as "Dmitri" at release. This was corrected at a later patch.
- Pumpkin is an option for the Innocent Devil, being both playable and a possible support ally.
- Some bosses, both recurring and one-time enemies, as well as important supporting characters (including those who have never demonstrated combat potential) from the main timeline are playable for the first time. In contrast, games that have been removed from the canon (Legends).
  - Before the expansion of the DLC with version 1.14, alternate continuities (64 and Circle of the Moon) were represented only by their playable characters. The update, introduced, among other characters, Hugh and Morris Baldwin from Circle of the Moon, as well as Actrise from 64
- Hammer was considered for a playable character in Dawn of Sorrow and in a DLC for Harmony of Despair, but never made the cut, being technically playable for the first time.
- Lisa is playable for the first time, however the game attributes her name as "Lisa Tepes", just like in the Netflix animated series, as neither her maiden or married names have been established in the main timeline.
  - This contrasts with Henry Oldrey, who is referred only by his first name despite having a known last name.
- Quincy Morris technically makes his debut in this game, with a secret unlockable referring to him as "the Morris whose tale is yet untold." His appearance is based on Billy Campbell's portrayal in the 1992 Gothic horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula.
  - Quincy's inclusion and Lisa's name are the only elements not sourced from the games.
- The Fake Trio (Grant, Sypha and Trevor) use modified sprites from three base game characters, (Antonio, Imelda and Gennaro Belpaese), implying that they are actually cosplaying as Grant, Sypha and Trevor, hence being "fake". The joke further ties in with Vampire Survivors originally being a homage to the Castlevania series.
Jonathan and Charlotte's paired-up descriptions are references to a YouTube video of gameplay footage switching between the two quickly.
- Likewise, Death's description is also a reference - specifically, to the base game character Mask of the Red Death, whose description is "A blasphemous mockery."
The portraits from Portrait of Ruin, as well as various Castlevania posters and artwork inside large painting frames, make an appearance as decorations through the stage. They usually signal that the area can spawn the Bloody Painting enemy, necessary for unlocking Brauner.
The Black Disk relic references the PlayStation CD of Symphony of the Night; once acquired, it plays the original audio of Alucard warning that the CD-ROM has computer data on cut number one and shouldn't be played, and follows by playing the associated Bonus track of the disk.

External links[]

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