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Vampire Survivorshas introduced Patch 1.11, dubbed The Darkasso update, which includes a new stage and relic, some special character skins, five additional Arcanas, and nine achievements for players to discover. The Darkasso update forVampire Survivorshas also fixed some bugs related to Arcana selection, text overflow, and specific issues for each paid expansion.
The latest free update forVampire Survivorsarrives three months after the launch of the game’s fourth paid expansion,Operation Guns. Asa crossover DLC with Konami’sContraseries,Operation Gunsintroduced new characters, explosive weapons, and new maps forVampire Survivorsplayers to comb through. Some of theContracharacters that arrived withOperation Gunsincluded series protagonists Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, along with the wolf-like Brad Fang fromContra: Hard Corps.Operation Gunswas just the second major part ofVampire Survivors' ambitious 2024-25 Chaos Roadmap, which previously included free updates such as the Laborralory.
As part of the Chaos Roadmap, the latestVampire Survivorsupdate seeks to give players some experimental content to try. According totheVampire SurvivorsSteam page, Patch 1.11, dubbed the Darkasso update, is now available for all players to download for free and requires over 170MB of storage space. Players can also dive intoa particularly challenging stage forVampire Survivorscalled “Room 1665,” which can be unlocked via the Secrets menu by typing “forbiddenbox” in the text field. Unlike mostVampire Survivorsstages, Room 1665 will see enemies grow stronger alongside the player. In addition, five thematic Arcana cards, dubbed Darkana this time around, can be unlocked via the Randomazzo screen, and function the same as Arcana cards. These can be unlocked by finding the Darkasso Relic at the bottom of the Room 1665 stage.
Vampire Survivors Releases Free Darkasso Update
Two new special skins for Imelda Belpaese and Poe Ratcho can also be obtained by completing two base game Adventures. The Darkasso update forVampire Survivorsarrives just a few weeks beforethe game launches on PS4 and PS5on August 29. Poncle previously stated that each PlayStation version ofVampire Survivorswould have separate trophy lists, including one Platinum Trophy each. However, collaboration expansions such asOperation Gunswill not have Trophy support.
The dev also confirmed that some VS-Experiments will be pushed back to 2025, and provided a screenshot of where the Darkasso update isplotted on the Chaos Roadmap. Between the Darkasso update and the PlayStation launch ofVampire Survivors, fans of the hit indie title still have plenty to look forward to.
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Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements.Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.Hell is empty, the devils are here, and there’s no place to run or hide. All you can do is survive as long as you can until death inevitably puts an end to your struggles. Gather gold in each run to buy upgrades and help the next survivor.The supernatural indie phenomenon that lets you be the bullet hell!
