In Vampire Survivors, how do you develop weapons? Not to be confused with upgrading weapons, which is a relatively straightforward case of lowering stats and a few bonuses, weapon evolutions require you to apply certain ingredients to a base weapon in order to create an entirely new weapon form.
Different types of evolved weapons are often enhanced by unique effects compared to their base versions. Read on for more information about each evolved and united weapon form in Vampire Survivors and their motivations.
On this page, see the following:
- Vampire Survivors weapon evolutions list
- Vampire Survivors weapon unions list
- How to evolve weapons in Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors weapon evolutions list
The majority of customized weapon forms in Vampire Survivors are created by combining a base weapon and a passive item. The full list of weapon evolutions in Vampire Survivors is
| Base Weapon | Passive Item | Evolution | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whip | Hollow Heart | Bloody Tear | Attacks horizontally, passes through enemies. Can deal critical damage and absorb HP. |
| Axe | Candelabrador | Death Spiral | High damage, high area scaling. Passes through enemies. |
| Pentagram | Crown | Gorgeous Moon | Erases everything in sight. Generates extra gems and gathers all of them. |
| Cross | Clover | Heaven Sword | Aims at the nearest enemy, has a boomerang effect. Can do critical damage. |
| Fire Wand | Spinach | Hellfire | Fires at a random enemy, deals heavy damage. Passes through enemies. |
| Magic Wand | Empty Tome | Holy Wand | Fires at the nearest enemy. Fires with no delay. |
| Santa Water | Attractorb | La Borra | Generates damaging zones. Damaging zones follow you and grow when they move. |
| Song of Mana | Skull O''''Maniac | Mannajja | Attacks vertically, passes through enemies. Might slow enemies down. |
| Runetracer | Armor | NO FUTURE | Passes through enemies, bounces around. Explodes when bouncing and in retaliation. |
| Garlic | Pummarola | Soul Eater | Damages nearby enemies, reduces resistance to knockback and freeze. Power increases when recovering HP. |
| Knife | Bracer | Thousand Edge | Fires quickly in the faced direction. Fires with no delay. |
| Lightning Ring | Duplicator | Thunder Loop | Strikes at random enemies. Projectiles strike twice. |
| King Bible | Spellbinder | Unholy Vespers | Orbits around the character. Never ends. |
| Shadow Pinion | Wings | Valkyrie Turner | Generates damaging zones when moving, strikes when stopping. Bigger, longer, faster, stronger . |
| Gatti Amari | Stone Mask | Vicious Hunger | Attacks vertically, passes through enemies. Might turn anything into gold. |
Vampire Survivors weapon unions list
In a few rare instances, you may instead create a weapon union. This is quite similar to weapon evolution, but involves combining two base weapons together (with or without a passive item as well) to create the new weapon form. Vampire Survivors'' complete list includes three weapons unions:
| Base Weapon 1 | Base Weapon 2 | Passive Item | Union | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phiera Der Tuphello | Eight The Sparrow | Tiragisu | Phieraggi | Quickly fires four lasers that rotate around the character. Projectile speed is lowered, but projectiles can now pass through walls. Amount and Damage scales with Revivals. |
| Peachone | Ebony Wings | N/A | Vandalier | Bombards two circling zones with projectiles. Amount and Base Damage are reduced and Cooldown is increased, but Projectile Speed and Pool Limit are also increased. |
How to evolve weapons in Vampire Survivors
Before you can create a weapon in Vampire Survivors, you must have upgraded the base weapon to Level 8, which is the game''s max weapon level. In the event of weapon unions, both base weapons must have been upgraded to Level 8.
With all of the required crafting ingredients in your inventory, you must collect a Treasure Chest. These are generally dropped by bosses who spawned 10 minutes or more into a stage, although in some rare cases it''s possible to collect one sooner. Any Treasure chest dropped after this point except one containing an Arcana should be able to develop a weapon.
If you have all of the crafting supplies required for a weapon evolution in your inventory, the evolution will take place automatically. In the case of weapon unions, both base weapons will be removed and replaced with a single united weapon, thus clearing the weapon slot.
Only one evolved weapon may be generated per Treasure Chest under almost all circumstances. However, this isn''t a tough rule, and some particular Treasure Chests may in certain situations be able to generate up to five evolved weapons.
Have you ever discovered how to maximize every weapon in the game? Check out our guide to unlocking new characters in Vampire Survivors to ensure your team is as complete as their arsenal?
