Vampire Survivors Synergies, Item Combinations, and Evolution Guide

Vampire Survivors is a top-down survival roguelike pitting you, a lone warrior, against the creatures of the night. Use a variety of weapons to mow down massive hordes of undead monsters to level up and grow stronger. Today, we’ll explore all the weapon and item options in our Vampire Survivors synergies, item combinations, and evolution guide!

Vampire Survivors Weapons & Items Synergy, Combo, and Evolution Guide

There are two types of equipment you can obtain during any run in Vampire Survivors: weapons and passive items. Weapons will add new attacks to your arsenal, while passive items grant you a bonus attribute or effect.

Your character can hold up to six weapon and items each, for a total of twelve items altogether. You can find equipment inside chests or earn them through level ups, which is the most common method. Choosing the same item again will level it up, increasing its potency.

Vampire Survivors has a lot of basic weapons to utilize, and they each synergize differently with the passive items you can find. We’ll show you a list of the best items for each basic weapon in the game, but first we need to talk about a couple important items.

The following items synergize extremely well with practically every weapon in the game due to their powerful effects, so you should snatch them up as soon as you see them. They are:

• Spinach increases your weapon damage by 10% per level.
• Empty Tome reduces your weapon cooldown by 8% per level.
• Candelabrador increases your weapon area attribute by 10% level.

For every other passive item, some work better than other for specific weapons. Here are some good combinations and synergies:

• Whip: Duplicator, Clover
• Magic Wand: Bracer, Duplicator
• Knife: Bracer, Duplicator
• Axe: Bracer, Duplicator
• Cross: Bracer, Duplicator, Clover
• King Bible: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator
• Fire Wand: Bracer, Duplicator
• Lightning Ring: Duplicator
• Pentagram: Clover
• Song of Mana: Spellbinder
• Runetracer: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator
• Clock Lancet: Spellbinder
• Bone: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator
• Carréllo: Bracer, Duplicator
• Phiera Der Tuphello & Eight The Sparrow: Bracer, Duplicator, Tiragisú
• Peachone & Ebony Wings: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Wings
• Santa Water: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Wings
• Cherry Bomb: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Clover
• Gatti Amari: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Clover
• Celestial Dusting: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Wings
• Shadow Pinion: Bracer, Spellbinder, Duplicator, Wings

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Weapon Evolutions & Unions

Weapons can be evolved, which essentially combines them with a passive item that improves the weapon’s strength dramatically. Evolving weapons is the key to hitting huge power spikes with your character, so we’ll walk you through the process.

First off, you need to upgrade your weapon to level 8. Once you do that, you’ll also need the matching passive item in your inventory as well, though it doesn’t need to be level 8, save for special combinations. Once you have both the weapon and passive item, defeat any boss monster after you’ve survived for at least 10 minutes, and pick up the chest to evolve your weapon.

If you don’t know the evolution combinations, it might be a little confusing, as you won’t know what weapons and items to look out for. Here are all the different combinations so that you can plan ahead!

Weapon	Passive Item	Evolution
Whip	Hollow Heart	Bloody Tear
Magic Wand	Empty Tome	Holy Wand
Knife	Bracer	Thousand Edge
Axe	Candelabrador	Death Spiral
Cross	Clover	Heaven Sword
King Bible	Spellbinder	Unholy Vespers
Fire Wand	Spinach	Hellfire
Garlic	Pummarola	Soul Eater
Santa Water	Attractorb	La Borra
Runetracer	Armor	NO FUTURE
Lightning Ring	Duplicator	Thunder Loop
Pentagram	Crown	Gorgeous Moon
Gatti Amari	Stone Mask	Vicious Hunger
Song of Mana	Skull O’Maniac	Mannajja
Shadow Pinion	Wings	Valkyrie Turner
Clock Lancet	Silver & Gold Ring*	Infinite Corridor
Laurel	Metaglio Left & Right*	Crimson Shroud

* Infinite Corridor & Crimson Shroud both require their passive items to be at max level.

In addition to the normal evolutions, there are also weapon unions. Unlike evolutions, weapon unions combine two weapons together to form one powerful weapon, while also freeing up a weapon slot.

Weapon 1	Weapon 2	Union
Peachone	Ebony Wings	Vandalier
Phiera Der Tuphello	Eight the Sparrow Tiragisú*	Phieraggi
Vento Sacro	Bloody Tear	Fuwalafuwaloo

* Phieraggi’s union also requires Tiragisú, a passive item.

That concludes our Vampire Survivors synergies, item combinations, and evolution guide. That was quite a lot to get through, but we hope we helped you understand Vampire Survivor’s item system more. It’s very fun to see what kind of combos you can come up with, so experiment! What’s your favorite weapon combo? Let us know in the comments below!