Vampire Survivors’ mix of bullet hell action and roguelite gameplay has been something of a surprise hit, and developer poncle is looking to keep the game’s momentum going with a new update. This new update adds in six new achievements to unlock for a new hard Challenge Stage, a new character with one new weapon, another rank for reroll and skip power-ups, and two new Arcanas for players to unlock.
Apart from the above, bug fixes such as Phieraggi getting affected by Arcana V – Chaos in the Dark Night have also been implemented, along with the addition of a new backup system to save data. There are also a few tweaks here and there, such as an option to pick a random first Arcana, reduced long term gains of Gatti’s attack power when stealing a chicken, and more .
You can get the details on all the changes, tweaks, and additions Vampire Survivors has made with patch 0.5.1 in the patch notes below.
Vampire Survivors Patch 0.5.1
New Content
Contains 6 new achievements to unlock:
- 1 new, hard Challenge Stage
- 1 new Character and 1 new Weapon
- 1 more rank for Reroll and Skip powerups
- 2 new Arcanas
Tweaks:
- Added a toggle in Stage Selection to disable Arcanas. Disabling them also disables the extra minibosses at 11:00 and 21:00.
- Added the option to pick a random first Arcana.
- Reduced long term gains of Gatti’s attack power when stealing chicken.
- Halved projectile explosion damage from Arcana XIX – Heart Of Fire.
- Reduced cost of Reroll, Skip, and Banish.
Bug fixes:
- Tentative fix to chicken/coinbag choice presenting itself when there are still items that can be leveled up
- Phieraggi is now affected by Arcana V – Chaos in the Dark Night.
- Added an extra backup system for save data in %appdata%/Vampire_Survivors/saves/backups. These backups will not sync with Steam Cloud, so you can restore them manually if needed.