Ode to Castlevania weapon evolutions

November 5, 2024

It’s been several years in the making, but Ode to Castlevania is the latest Vampire Survivors DLC that’s an homage to its inspiration, and it comes with its own set of weapon evolutions for budding Belmonts to discover. In addition to the existing weapons that help keep Dracula’s minions at bay, there are a host of new whips, spellbooks, and tossable objects to evaporate any potential threats.

However, in order to upgrade all the Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania DLC weapons, you’ll need to combine them with their respective passive items. This is simpler said than done, particularly as the unlockable Grimoire only shows you after you’ve got each individual evolution. Progression is locked behind getting a handful of them, but the survival game does not indicate which ones go with each other. Below, you’ll find a list of all the Ode to Castlevania weapon evolutions, as well as any with unique conditions to unlock them.

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How to Get Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania Weapon Evolutions

Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania Weapon Evolutions: the Darkasso with the Moonlight Bolero option selected.

Much like the base game, the method for progression in the DLC is to upgrade your weapons into their evolved forms and unlock new characters. This is done by maximizing their ranking by leveling up or collecting chests. If you have invested a lot of time into Vampire Survivors, you should take full advantage of reroll, skip, and banish powerups. These can filter the ever-expanding list of items and weapons to get the ones you need to complete your current run. You could always cheat to skip parts of the DLC, but where’s the fun in that?

Another powerful set of tools for you to use to help with the weapon evolution hunt are the decks of Randomazzo Arcana cards you choose during your run. Some of the more useful ones here are the new Darkasso Cards which have powerful abilities. The VI – Moonlight Bolero makes enemies with chests appear more frequently, while X – Hail From The Future gives you an item every level up. The latter of these gives you the chance to pick up the Candybox or an Arma Dio, which gives you a weapon or passive item of your choice, making getting weapon evolutions a lot easier.

By default, there are six slots for weapons and six for items. The most efficient way to fill them in each run is to use level-ups but focus on any that aren’t currently present on the map. Getting the Ode to Castlevania level map is as easy as following the green arrow by pressing the pause button. Once you have it, you should see icons of all the items available around the map screen, which can be found in the pause menu. This includes cursed items like gold and silver rings, which you don’t need to evolve any of the Castlevania DLC-exclusive weapons, so be careful as you approach them so as not to awaken the spirits within.

Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania Weapon Evolution Recipes

Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania Weapon Evolutions: a vampire hunter has opened a chest and found a green whip and 379 gold coins. Zombies surround him.

Below is a table with all the possible weapon and item combos. Note that where it says “(Max)” next to a passive item, you need to rank the passive item in addition to the base weapon fully.

Up to and including Melio Confodere, the first half of this list includes weapon evolutions that are available before unlocking Dracula. The rest appear alongside the new additions to the roster, with one exception that appears when you find the pile of secrets, so here are all the Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania weapon evolutions:

Weapon Evolution	Weapon and Passive Item combos	Notes
Vampire Killer	Alchemy Whip + Tirajisu
Spirit Tornado Tip	Wind Whip + Crown
Cross Crasher Tip	Platinum Whip + Clover
Hydrostormer Tip	Dragon Water Whip + Attractorb	Game refers to the required passive item as “Magnet”
Crissaegrim Tip	Sonic Whip + Skull O’Maniac
Mormegil Tip	Jet Black Whip + Stone Mask
Daybreaker Tip	Vibhuti Whip + Candelabrador
Aurablaster Tip	Vanitas Whip + Hollow Heart
Yagyu Shuriken	Shuriken + Empty Tome	There is a Shuriken pickup in the Ode to Castlevania map.
Bwaka Knife	Curved Knife + Bracers	There is a Curved Knife pickup in the Ode to Castlevania map
Long Inus	Javelin + Spellbinder
Stellar Blade	Discus + Parm Aegis (Max)	There are Discus and Parm Aegis pickups in the Ode to Castlevania map.
Wrecking Ball	Iron Ball + Armor
The RPG	Hand Grenade + Candelabrador (Max)
Salamender	Raging Fire + Spinach (Max)
Cocytus	Ice Fang + Spellbinder (Max)
Pneuma Tempestas	Gale Force + Bracer (Max)
Gemma Torpor	Rock Riot + Stone Mask (Max)
Tenebris Tonitrus	Fulgur + Duplicator (Max)
Stamazza	Mace + Hollow Heart (Max)
Thunderbolt Spear	Alucard Spear + Wings
Gungnir-Souris	Trident + Duplicator (Max)
Sacred Beasts Tower Shield	Guardian’s Targe + Pummarola
Alucard Swords	Alucard Sword	The Alucard Swords can also level up and are required for a second Weapon Evolution.
Alucard Shield	Alucard Swords + any 6 passives + any 6 evolutions	When you evolve this weapon, all your weapon slots merge with this one, allowing you to pick up more weapons to evolve.
Vol Confodere	Confodere	The Vol Confodere can also level up and is required for a second Weapon Evolution.
Melio Confodere	Vol Confodere	The Melio Confodere can also level up.
Jewel Gun	Silver Revolver + Karoma’s Mana
Meal Ticket	Wine Glass + Tirajisu
Keremet Morbus	Keremet Bubbles + Armor (Max)	Weapon found by beating Keremet boss.
Nightmare	Hex + Skull O’ Maniac (Max)	Weapon found by beating Mummy boss
Sanctuary	Refectio + Clover (Max)	Weapon found by beating Jiang Shi boss
Moon Rod	Star Flail + Pummarola (Max)
Dark Iron Shield	Iron Shield + Parm Aegis
Relic Sword	Tyrfing + Spinach
Nitesco	Globus + Empty Tome (Max)
Acerbatus	Optical Shot + Karoma’s Mana (Max)
Trinum Custodem	Dextro Custos (Max) + SInistro Custos (Max) + Centralis Custos (Max)
Power of Sire	Dominus Anger (Max) + Dominus Hatred (Max) + Dominus Agony (Max)
Rapidus Fio	Sonic Dash + Wing (Max)
Vol Luminato	Luminato + Crown (Max)	You can rank up this weapon three times after evolving.
Vol Umbra	Umbra + Attractorb (Max)	You can rank up this weapon three times after evolving.
Universitas	Vol Luminato (Max) + Vol Umbra (Max)
Morning Star	Evolve all eight magic whip lines (not in one run)	This is a new default weapon that gives you the choice of a whip upon selecting it.
Coat of Arms	Evolve all 16 vampire killing tool lines (not in one run)	This is a new default weapon that gives you the choice of a weapon upon selecting it.
Belnades’ Spellbook	Evolve all eight spell lines (not in one run)	This is a new default weapon that gives you the choice of a tome upon selecting it.
Spectral Sword	Evolve all eight magic weapon lines (not in one run)	This is a new default weapon that gives you the choice of a magic weapon upon selecting it.
Ebony Diabologue	Evolve all eight glyph lines (not in one run)	This is a new default weapon that gives you the choice of a glyph upon selecting it.
Clock Tower	Endo Gears (Max) + Peri Pendulum (Max) + Myo Lift (Max) + Epi Head (Max)	Appears after unlocking the Pile of Secrets item.