The cost of a PowerUp in Vampire Survivors is determined by three factors: its initial cost, the rank of the PowerUp that is being purchased, and the total number of PowerUp ranks that have already been purchased. While this can be expressed as a formula, the important thing to know is that the order in which players buy PowerUps will determine the total number of coins that they must spend. This means that there is an optimal order for purchasing PowerUps in Vampire Survivors, and indeed it is detailed in this guide.
Prior to going into further detail, it is important to emphasize that this guide will not cover the best PowerUps in Vampire Survivors. Rather, this is a resource for fans that are trying to stretch their coins as far as possible. As such, it is recommended that players determine the specific PowerUps that they are interested in unlocking and then return to this guide for an optimal order of purchase.
Vampire Survivors: Optimal PowerUp Order
As of update 0.5.1, it is possible to buy all PowerUps for 208,770 coins. This can be brought down to 191,320 coins by removing Greed, which is associated with Vampire Survivor's Stone Mask and is not particularly useful when a player already has enough coins to purchase every PowerUp. For those fans that do have around 200,000 of the currency, here is the optimal order for buying all the PowerUps:
- Revival
- Amount
- Curse
- Growth
- Reroll
- Cooldown
- Luck/Armor
- Greed/Recovery/Might
- Magnet/MoveSpeed/Duration/Speed/Area
- Max Health
- Banish/Skip
If a player does not have enough coins to purchase all of the game's PowerUps, they can still get the most out of their currency by determining an optimal PowerUp order. To do this, fans should visit this Vampire Survivors Power Up Calculator and adjust the sliders for the PowerUps that they are interested in purchasing. This action will output the total cost and optimal order, and players can continue adjusting the sliders until they have reached their maximum amount.
To note, Vampire Survivors players can also quickly determine the optimal PowerUp order of any selection of PowerUp by using this formula: InitialPrice x (1 + Amount). In this formula, "InitialPrice" is the price of the first rank of the PowerUp before any other PowerUps have been purchased and "Amount" is the number of ranks that are to be purchased. Once this calculation has been performed for every PowerUp in the selection, fans should put them in descending order and follow that order when buying them.
Vampire Survivors is in early access on PC.