Perhaps some of the most iconic characters in theVampire Survivors:Ode to CastlevaniaDLC are the bosses you face on your way to Dracula’s throne room. From the likes of the Giant Bat that welcomes you into the castle walls, to the motley duo of Slogra and Gaibon poised to stop you with their tag-team attacks, they’re all represented in some way in the expansion.
To progress through the castle, you’ll need to defeat them. Not all at once, mind, as that pesky Red Death is always on standby to stop a run after 30 minutes. No, instead, you’ll use them to open gates and warp between the different regions,thereby unlocking secret charactersand their various weapon sets a little bit more easily. To help you keep track of who you’ve beaten at least once, here is alist of all the boss encounters in theVampire Survivors: Ode to CastlevaniaDLC.
Updated July 02, 2025: We’ve added moreboss locations for theOde to Castlevania DLC for Vampire Survivors.
How to Fight Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania Bosses
To start, there are 15 runes inVampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevaniathat are immediately accessible. Each one contains bosses you encounter on your trip through Dracula’s Castle. To summon them, you need only walk over the rune until you see an exclamation mark. The enemy should then appear above you, and upon their defeat, they’ll always drop at least one chest. Sometimes, however, they drop a second item that can be handy for progression.
Many of these are optional, but you may find that beating them unlocks anew weapon for you to evolve, and thus more characters to use in your next run. Beating some of these bosses requires you to dodge their attacks, which will flash on the screen. They’re relatively easy to avoid so long as you keep moving. You also don’t need to stick around the same area as the boss will follow you, and you may have more than one rune active at the same time. Just make sure you don’t lose track of where they are, otherwise, you could bump into them and take damage; or worse, lose out on valuable treasure after they perish.
Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania Boss List
It should be noted that these bosses are separate from the enemies such as Bugbears, Medusas, or Malphas, who appear after a set amount of time has passed. Those foes, while also iconicCastlevaniabosses in their own right, are theVampire Survivorsequivalent of the checkpoint foes you’ll encounter as the clock ticks ever onward.
After you unlock Dracula, more bosses will appear in the new area to the south, while picking up the Pile of Secrets item for beating Beelzebub reveals a handful more in secret areas across the entire castle. In total, there are 31Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevaniabosses in the level, and below you’ll find a list of all of them, as well as details on any of the guaranteed items they drop in addition to regular chests:
