In Vampire Survivors, there are multiple characters you can play. Each one has a different starting weapon and a unique passive. You start with Antonio, who isn’t bad by any means, but he does fall short compared to many of the unlockable characters. Let’s take a look at how to improve your roster.
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How to unlock every playable character in Vampire Survivors
If you want to unlock the rest of the playable characters, you will first need to get a lot of gold. Most of the characters require you to purchase them with gold you find throughout the game, and as you get better, you will be able to rake in plenty of it. In addition to needing gold, some of the characters have an unlock condition that you need to fulfill before they can even be purchasable on the character select screen. Be sure to do that before trying to purchase them.
| Character | How to Unlock | Passive |
| Ambrojoe | Kill 6,000 Stage and Elite Stage Killers over all your runs or cast the spell “languorino” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu. | Starts off with +10 Amount (how many extra projectiles your character has), which then gets decreased by two with every level up until level six where the bonus is reduced to 0. After that, he gains +1 Amount every 20 levels until level 60. |
| Antonio | N/A, the starting character. | He starts with +20 Max Health and +1 Armor. Then, he gains 10% Might every 10 levels until level 50. |
| Arca | Get Fire Wand to level four. | Weapon cooldown is reduced by 5% every 10 levels, up to a maximum of 15% cooldown reduction |
| Avatar | You’ll first need to beat the final boss. After beating the final boss, go to the Inlaid Library and make sure it’s inverted. Next, have the Ebony and Peachone birds. Do not combine or evolve the birds. After getting the birds, go right until you see a Purple Death playing the piano. Defeat it. After defeating it, go up to the piano to begin playing it. The birds will fly to the different keys, showing you which ones to press. After playing the piano correctly, you’ll be teleported elsewhere. You’ll need to open up the nine coffins on the map, as one of them contains Avatar. After getting the correct coffin, Avatar will be unlocked. | Starts off with +60 Max Health, +50% Might and Luck, +100% Magnet, one revive, and +10 rerolls. |
| Big Trouser | Collect all 16 of the stage items on Moonglow and get them to max level. You need to have Tiragisú at the end of the run or else you will not unlock Big Trouser. Big Trouser can also be unlocked by going to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane and casting “earrivatolarrotino”. | Gains +1% Greed every level. Starts off with 20% Greed and 30% Movement Speed. |
| Cavallo | Unlocked by killing 3,000 Lion Heads or by going to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and casting the spell “yattapanda”. | Gains +1 Amount every 20 levels until level 60. |
| Christine | Upgrade Pentagram to level 7. Can also be unlocked by casting the spell “crystalmakeup” in Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with an extra level. Also has -25% Cooldown, -50 Max Health, -35% Might, and +30% Movement Speed. |
| Concetta | Unlocking her chest in Gallo Tower, which is hidden in a secret room. To access the room, you’ll need to enter a mirror on the side of the tower near the coffin. Can also be unlocked by casting “ifeellovevenus” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Gains +1% Area every level up and there is no cap on this. Also starts off with +10% Curse and +20% Movement Speed. |
| Cosmo | You need to have unlocked the Yellow Sign and Zi’Assunta. When you do, enter Cappelle Magna with a character who has no eggs. Toggling eggs off will not count. Then, collect Ebony Wings and Peachone. Once you get the birds, go north where a Nduja Fritta can be found. Picking it up will spawn Cosmo. Can also be unlocked by casting “lhovistoio” into the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. The first letter in that code is a lower-case L. | Starts off with 20 Max Health, one revive, +20% Luck, +30% Movement Speed, and +1 Recovery. There is no cap on any of these bonuses. |
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| Divano | Obtain the Crimson Shroud or cast the spell “quandolodicelui” in Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu. | Starts off an additional level and has +6 Banish, -50% Greed, +30% Luck, and +1.0 Recovery. |
| Dommario | Earn 5,000 coins in a single run | +40% Duration and Speed, -30% Movement Speed |
| Exdash | Input the code x-x1viiq on the title screen. | +100% luck stat |
| Gains Boro | Head north of the spawn in The Bone Zone until you get to a ring of flowers. Stay in the ring for 10 seconds until a jungle appears. After the jingle, the flowers should disappear, meaning you unlocked Gains Boros. Can also be unlocked by casting “highfive” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Gains +2% Growth every level. |
| Gallo | Obtain the Infinite Corridor or go to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and cast the spell “waitreaction”. | Gallo gains an additional level at the start. They also start off with -15% Cooldown, +15% Duration, -50% Greed (gain fewer coins per rank), +3 Reroll, and +3 Skip. |
| Gennaro | Can be purchased for 550 gold. | Permanent +1 projectile for every weapon he gets |
| Giovanna | Unlocked by opening her coffin in the Inlaid Library or by going to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and casting the spell “thetwoassassins”. | Gains +1% Projectile Speed every level. Also starts with +20% Movement Speed. |
| Gyorunton | Survive 15 minutes in Boss Rash with only one item. Gyorunton can also be unlocked by casting “secondevolution” into the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with 300 Max Health, +30% Might, and two revives. Additionally, Gyorunton will gain +1% Curse with every level up. |
| Imelda | Requires 10 gold to unlock. | Gains 10% more experience every five levels, up to a max of 30% |
| Krochi | Defeating 100,000 enemies across all your runs. Can also be unlocked by going to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and casting the spell “accidenti”. | Starts off with one revive and gains an additional one at level 33. Starts off with 30% Movement Speed. |
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| Lama | Survive with 10% Curse for 20 minutes. | Starts off with +10 Max Health, +10% Might, +10% Movement Speed, and +10% Curse. She gains 5% Curse, Might, and Movement Speed every 10 levels. |
| Leda | Defeat Leda in the Gallo Tower. She’s located south of the starting location. When you get near her, the entire will become shrouded in darkness with a circle of light on your character. You can easily miss her because of the area change. She will appear in the middle of the area so when you start to see the area shift, move toward the middle. Can also be unlocked by casting “iwillneverletyouforgetaboutme” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with +5 Armor, +10% Area, -10% Cooldown, -80% Greed, +100% Might, and -20% Movement Speed. |
| Marrabbio | Collect 100 Floor Chickens over the course of all your runs, obtain the Yellow Sign, and enter the Mad Forest. When you’re there, remove the Skull O’Maniac and Pummarola stage items by picking them up (you can discard them afterward). When these conditions are met, Pies will appear and lead you to a specific part of the map. Follow Pies to meet a shadowy figure who you have to defeat. Defeating the figure will unlock Marrabbio. Alternatively, you can unlock Marrabbio by casting “fettinepanate” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts with +20 Max Health, +30% Movement Speed, +20% Might, -80% Greed, +10% Curse, and -110% Speed. |
| Mask of the Red Death | Kill Death. You can also unlock Mask of the Red Death by casting “ablasphemousmockery” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with +100% Movement Speed, 255 Max Health, and +20% Might. |
| Minnah | Obtain the Yellow Sign and enter the Dairy Plant. Get the cheese which is near the Armor on the West. After getting the cheese, seven werewolves will spawn. Defeating them all will unlock Minnah. You can also unlock Minnah by casting “foldinthecheese” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with 150 Max Health, 0.5 Recovery, and -70% Might. She gains 10% Might every three levels until level 24, where then her stats will change every minute. |
| missingN▯ | Unlock the Yellow Sign. Then, enter the Green Aces in Hyper Mood and Hurry Mode enabled. Head south 18 titlesets and then west 18 tilesets. Doing this will make the stage’s appearance change. After this, giant winged eyes will begin to spawn. Killing 128 of them will unlock missingN▯. You can also unlock missingN▯ by casting “rightninetyseven” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | This character’s stats are randomized. |
| Mortaccio | Kill a total of 3,000 skeletons. You can find skeletons on Mad Forest. | Gets more projectiles every 20 levels, up to a maximum of 3 additional projectiles |
| O’Sole | Killing 3,000 Dragon Shrimps. You can also unlock this adorable dog by casting the spell “reset” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu. | Gains +1 Amount every 20 levels until level 60. |
| Pasqualina | Requires 110 gold to unlock. | Projectiles speed gets increased by 10% every five levels, up to a maximum of 30% |
| Peppino | On II Molise, use Celestial Dusting to attack the plants, which will heal them instead. Restoring 100,000 HP to the plants will play a jingle, meaning you’ve unlocked Peppino. Alternatively, casting “pinociampino” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane will also unlock Peppino. | Starts off with +20 Max Health, +2 Armor, -60% Area, +100% Magnet, and -100% Movement Speed. Peppino also gains +10% on levels 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and 21. |
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| Poe | Level up the Garlic to level four. | Permanent +25% pickup radius (allows him to pick up items from further away) but has -30 Max Health. |
| Poppea | Open the coffin in the Dairy Plant. Can also be unlocked by going to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and casting the spell “feldschlacht”. | Gains +1% Duration every level with there being no cap on it. Starts off with +20% Movement Speed. |
| Porta | Get Lightning Rod to level four. | Permanent +30% Area of Effect. Starts off with a temporarily reduced Cooldown. |
| Pugnala | Opening her coffin in the Mad Forest (located in the upper right of the map). | Gains +1% Might every level with there being no cap on it. Starts off with 20% Movement Speed. |
| Queen Sigma | Completing all the entries in the Collection. | She starts off with 333 Max Health, 3.0 Recovery, 3 Armor, +50% Movement Speed, +50% Might, +50% Duration, +1 Amount, 1 Revival, +100% Magnet, +50% Luck, +10% Curse, +108 Rerolls, +108 Skips, +108 Banishes, and -25% Cooldown. She gains +1% Might and Growth every level up with no cap. |
| Random | Open one of the coffins for a second time. Can also be unlocked by casting “igottagettotheedgeofsoul” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | The character’s stats and bonuses are randomized. |
| Ramba | Kill 3,000 Milk Elementals or go to the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane menu and casting the spell “carramba”. | Gains +1 Amount every 20 levels. |
| Smith | After unlocking Exdash and Toasie, you’ll be able to get Smith. Smith is unlocked by typing “spam” in the main menu. This will start a 30-second time. Go to the character screen and enter “spam” again, go to the stage selection, and enter “spam” once more. Go into a run and then type “humbug.” After leaving the run, you’ll unlock Smith. Smith can also be unlocked by casting “maybeimastallion” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with a Max Health of seven. Also starts with -10% Area, +10% Cooldown, -10% Duration, +100% Luck, -10% Might, +20% Movement Speed. Smith will gain 0.01 Recovery, 0.7% Area, Duration, Might, and Speed, -0.25% Cooldown, and 1% Luck with every level. |
| Suor Clerici | Recover 1,000 HP total over the course of all your runs. | Gains a permanent +0.5 Recovery to her health and then +50 added to her max health. She starts off with 400% area which decreases by 100% every time she levels up. |
| Toastie | Defeat either the Drowner, Stalker, or Trickster after unlocking Exdash through the secret code. After doing this, Toastie will appear on the bottom right of the screen for half a second. When they appear, press the down arrow and the Enter keys at the same time. If successful, you’ll hear a jingle. Alternatively, Toaste can be unlocked by casting “tramezzini” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Starts off with -10% Area, +10% Cooldown, -10% Duration, +100% Luck, -99 Max Health, +20% Movement Speed, -10% Might, -50% Speed. Toastie will gain more Armor, Max Health, and Luck at certain levels. |
| Zi’Assunta | Open her coffin in Cappella Magna or by casting the spell “paradigmshift” in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. | Gains +0.5% Area, Duration, Might, and Projectile Speed every level and this isn’t capped. She starts off with +10% Curse and +20% Movement Speed as well. |
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