Vampire Survivors' evolution mechanic allows players to power up many of the weapons that are featured in the game. To perform these evolutions, fans must take several steps, some of which may not be immediately obvious.
Clarifying those steps is the precise purpose of this guide, and players that read on should have no trouble evolving their weapons in Vampire Survivors.
Updated on January 7th, 2023 by Hodey Johns: When this guide was first written, it was early on. Many evolutions in the base game remained undiscovered so the author had to rely on personal experience and community information for a more complete list. Now that the game has been fully explored by the community, every evolution from the original game is here and some corrections have been issued regarding how to unlock early evolutions. Additionally, with DLC now released, some new evolutions made their way into this game and are now on this list.
Weapon Evolutions
Before any evolution can occur at all, players will need to have certain items at a minimum level.
Item 1 (Minimum Level) | Item 2 (Minimum Level) | Item 3 (Minimum Level) | Evolution |
Whip (8) | Hollow Heart (1) | N/A | Bloody Tear |
Magic Wand (8) | Empty Tome (1) | N/A | Holy Wand |
Knife (8) | Bracer (1) | N/A | Thousand Edge |
Axe (8) | Candelabrador (1) | N/A | Death Spiral |
Cross (8) | Clover (1) | N/A | Heaven Sword |
King Bible (8) | Spellbinder (1) | N/A | Unholy Vespers |
Fire Wand (8) | Spinach (1) | N/A | Hellfire |
Garlic (8) | Pummarola (1) | N/A | Soul Eater |
Santa Water (8) | Attractorb (1) | N/A | La Borra |
Runetracer (8) | Armor (1) | N/A | NO FUTURE |
Lightning Ring (8) | Duplicator (1) | N/A | Thunder Loop |
Pentagram (8) | Crown (1) | N/A | Gorgeous Moon |
Gatta Amari (8) | Stone Mask (1) | N/A | Vicious Hunger |
Song of Mana (8) | Sull O'Maniac (1) | N/A | Mannajja |
Shadow Pinion (8) | Wings (1) | N/A | Valkyrie Turner |
Flames of Misspell (8) | Torrona's Box (9) | N/A | Ashes of Muspell |
Clock Lancet (7) | Silver Ring (9) | Gold Ring (9) | Infinite Corridor |
Laurel (7) | Metaglio Left (9) | Metaglio Right (9) | Crimson Shroud |
Bracelet (6) | N/A | N/A | Bi-Bracelet |
Bi-Bracelet (6) | N/A | N/A | Tri-Bracelet |
Phiera Der Tuphello (8) | Eight the Sparrow (8) | Tiragisú (1) | Phieraggi |
Peachone (8) | Ebony Wings (8) | N/A | Vandalier |
Victory Sword (12) | Torrona's Box (9) | N/A | Sole Solution |
Silver Wind (8) | Pummarola (5) | N/A | Festive Winds |
Sour Seasons (8) | Spinach (5) | Candelabrador (5) | Godai Shuffle |
Summon Night (8) | Duplicator (2) | N/A | Echo Night |
Mirage Robe (8) | Attractorb (5) | N/A | J'Odore |
Night Sword (8) | Stone Mask (5) | N/A | Muramasa |
Mille Bolle Blu (8) | Spellbinder (5) | N/A | Boo Roo Boolle |
Vento Sacro (8) | Bloody Tear (1) | N/A | Fuwalafuwaloo |
Activating Evolutions
After gathering the components and getting them to the correct level, players will then need some help from the chests to complete the evolutions. Evolving the Pentagram, for example, won't happen automatically. Open a chest after the timer reaches 10:00 with the ingredients to get a chance to unlock an evolution.
Vampire Survivors is in early access on PC.