Vampire Survivors includes a built-in cheat code system accessed through a secret menu. The game also contains hidden characters, evolved weapons, and a Gold farming loop that dramatically shortens your time to full unlock.
HOW TO ACCESS THE CHEAT CODE MENU
From the main menu, click on the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane option.
This menu appears after you unlock the Randomazzo relic by completing the Gallo Tower stage.
Type cheat codes into the text field and press Enter.
WORKING CHEAT CODES
Add 5,000 Gold:
spam eggs
Unlock all starting characters immediately:
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Unlock Exdash Exiviiq (secret character):
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Unlock Toastie (secret character):
tramezzino
Unlock Smith IV (secret character):
don't stop me now
Unlock Big Trouser (secret character):
show me the money
Unlock all relic items:
help me
Note: Unlocking characters and relics through cheat codes does not disable achievements.
BEST WEAPON EVOLUTION BUILDS
Weapon evolutions require you to hold the base weapon and its paired passive item simultaneously at level 8 of each.
Evolution 1: Crimson Shroud (best defensive weapon):
Base weapon: Laurel (unlocked by surviving 20 minutes on any stage).
Paired passive: Metaglio Left plus Metaglio Right.
Effect: Caps all incoming damage at 10 per hit regardless of source. Makes you effectively invincible in most situations.
Evolution 2: Soul Eater (best healing weapon):
Base weapon: Garlic.
Paired passive: Pummarola.
Effect: Drains HP from nearby enemies and converts it to your health. Heals 1 to 5 HP per second per enemy in range.
Evolution 3: Infinite Corridor (kills all on-screen enemies):
Base weapon: Clock Lancet.
Paired passive: Silver Ring plus Gold Ring.
Effect: Slows all enemies to 0 speed for 5 seconds, then kills every enemy on screen instantly.
Union weapon (requires two evolved weapons):
Ashes of Muspell: Evolve Phiera Der Tuphello with Eight The Sparrow.
Both weapons must be in their evolved forms (Thousand Edge and Four Seasons).
Effect: Fires continuous beams in 8 directions that deal 1,000 damage per second to everything.
GOLD FARMING METHODS
Moongolow Stage:
Moongolow spawns loot boxes every 2 minutes in addition to standard enemy drops.
Each loot box gives 50 to 300 Gold.
A 30-minute Moongolow run gives 5,000 to 12,000 Gold with the Attracter relic equipped.
Inlaid Library Stage:
The library contains 4 candelabra clusters per screen. Each cluster gives 100 to 500 Gold on destruction.
Use a weapon with wide area coverage (Lightning Ring evolution or Runetracer) to break clusters passively.
30-minute run return: 8,000 to 15,000 Gold.
Equip the Stone Mask item (found in Inlaid Library stage as a pickup) to increase all Gold gains by 10 percent for the rest of that run.
HIDDEN CHARACTER UNLOCKS
Red Death: Survive 30 minutes on any stage with any character. Red Death spawns at 30 minutes as the final boss. Survive its attacks for 5 minutes without dying to unlock it as a playable character.
Leda: Reach level 80 or above in a single run. Leda spawns as an enemy at level 80 and drops a relic on death. Pick up the relic to unlock Leda as a character.
Poppea Pecorina: Reach level 45 with Pugnala Provola (starts with Phiera and Gatti weapons). Poppea spawns as a bonus character reward at that level threshold.