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Unlock all new weapons and characters in SaGa-themed Vampire Survivors update “Emerald Diorama”
A massive new expansion and a smaller update have been released for Vampire Survivors, adding even more characters and weapons to the game. Unlocking them all can be confusing, but this guide will help you navigate through unlocking everything from the Emerald Diorama and The Coop updates. First, go to the online store of whatever platform you're playing on to get the Emerald Diorama DLC. The game's recent update has the content, but you need to add the DLC to your account for it to unlock. It's free, but you still need to "buy" it. To know if you've got it or not, check the Unlocks button on the main menu of Vampire Survivors and look for the quest "Find and buy the Emerald Disk." How to unlock all 16 new SaGa characters To unlock the new Emerald Diorama content, players will need to find the new merchant in the Moongolow stage and buy the Emerald Disk for 50k gold. This will unlock the new stage and the series of quests to get the new content. The new map is called Emerald Diorama and features a stage mechanic of traveling to different locations. The Junction is the central area, though the first time you go to the stage, you'll be in a normal-looking location. Head East and beat the first boss to gain access to the door to The Junction. To get some of your unlocks, you need to know the names of each place. We've got a map for that, including the Inverted version of the stage. The locations are swapped vertically and horizontally, so referencing this map might be easier. Image by Destructoid Image by Destructoid Because this DLC is centered around the SaGa series, it uses mechanics from those games. Some of the terms from those games might not be familiar to you, so here's the breakdown of the three big ones you'll see: Glimmer - When a weapon "glimmers" something, it means it learns a new ability due to you using it. We're unsure exactly what you need to do to trigger it, but it's effectively automatic. Tech - Short for technique; these are independent skills each weapon can unlock. They're acquired in a run when a weapon is used multiple times, eventually "glimmering" a new ability. The Tech acts as a secondary attack for the weapon. Showstopper: Whenever a character's health gets critical, they'll enter a short overdrive mode. This is a great way to clear a path to safety before you're overwhelmed. You'll know it has triggered with the dramatic music change and swirling lights around the edges of the screen. Name Unlock Conditions Notes Tsunanori Mido Go east in Miyako, passed the Junction Gate to unlock his coffin Starts with Fleuret. Obtains a Kugutsu Follower every 20 levels (max 4) and triggers Showstopper at low health Bonnie Fully evolve The Splashers. These can be unlocked as Tsunanori's alternate weapons by fully evolving the Fleuret Starts with Punch, and can unlock Kick as a starter later. Gains Might when using glimmered techs. Also teams up with Formina as a second character by default. They will trigger Showstopper at low health Formina Fully evolve Kick the weapon by maxing it out, glimmering its technique, and having Pummarola Starts with the Saber Machine Gun or Eagle Gun, after unlocking it. Gains Duration when using Glimmered techs. Also teams up with Bonnie as a secondary character by default. Triggers Showstopper at low health Diva No. 5 Fully evolve the Eagle Gun by maxing it out, glimmering, and having the Spinach passive Starts with Super Missile or the Twin Dragon, after unlocking it. Has 6 different skins with different stats, all of whom trigger Showstopper at low health Ameya Fully Evolve the Twin Dragon by maxing it out glimmering, and having the Karoma's Mana passive Starts with Spirit Rings or Intuition. Gains stat bonuses when collecting her summoned cats, and triggers Showstopper at low health Siugnas After defeating the boss in each part of The Junction, go to the new door on the bottom that leads to Providence. Beat the last boss, and get the coffin to the east Starts with the Town Sword. Defeated enemies become followers. Increasing Max Health increases maximum followers. Triggers Showstopper at low health Final Emperor With Bonnie or Formina, defeat the Final Emperor's demon form in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Grelon Starts with Flamberge. Triggers glimmered techs more often, and triggers Showstopper at low health Dolores With Siugnas, defeat the Specter of Iwanaga-hime in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Yomi Starts with Bullova. Triggers Showstopper at low health and on revival, gaining a bonus to Cooldown every time it's triggered Macha Alter Ego With Ameya, defeat the Iron Maiden in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Avalon Starts with the Khukuri and a hidden Rings of Calamity. Increases enemy spawn by 50 and triggers Showstopper at low health Lita Caryx With Tsunanori, defeat the Earth Dragon in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Pulchra Starts with Glaive, knows the "Heaven's Thunder" tech, and triggers a Showstopper at Critical Health K
A massive new expansion and a smaller update have been released for Vampire Survivors, adding even more characters and weapons to the game. Unlocking them all can be confusing, but this guide will help you navigate through unlocking everything from the Emerald Diorama and The Coop updates.
First, go to the online store of whatever platform you're playing on to get the Emerald Diorama DLC. The game's recent update has the content, but you need to add the DLC to your account for it to unlock. It's free, but you still need to "buy" it. To know if you've got it or not, check the Unlocks button on the main menu of Vampire Survivors and look for the quest "Find and buy the Emerald Disk."
How to unlock all 16 new SaGa characters
To unlock the new Emerald Diorama content, players will need to find the new merchant in the Moongolow stage and buy the Emerald Disk for 50k gold. This will unlock the new stage and the series of quests to get the new content.
The new map is called Emerald Diorama and features a stage mechanic of traveling to different locations. The Junction is the central area, though the first time you go to the stage, you'll be in a normal-looking location. Head East and beat the first boss to gain access to the door to The Junction.
To get some of your unlocks, you need to know the names of each place. We've got a map for that, including the Inverted version of the stage. The locations are swapped vertically and horizontally, so referencing this map might be easier.
Because this DLC is centered around the SaGa series, it uses mechanics from those games. Some of the terms from those games might not be familiar to you, so here's the breakdown of the three big ones you'll see:
- Glimmer - When a weapon "glimmers" something, it means it learns a new ability due to you using it. We're unsure exactly what you need to do to trigger it, but it's effectively automatic.
- Tech - Short for technique; these are independent skills each weapon can unlock. They're acquired in a run when a weapon is used multiple times, eventually "glimmering" a new ability. The Tech acts as a secondary attack for the weapon.
- Showstopper: Whenever a character's health gets critical, they'll enter a short overdrive mode. This is a great way to clear a path to safety before you're overwhelmed. You'll know it has triggered with the dramatic music change and swirling lights around the edges of the screen.
| Name | Unlock Conditions | Notes |
| Tsunanori Mido | Go east in Miyako, passed the Junction Gate to unlock his coffin | Starts with Fleuret. Obtains a Kugutsu Follower every 20 levels (max 4) and triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Bonnie | Fully evolve The Splashers. These can be unlocked as Tsunanori's alternate weapons by fully evolving the Fleuret | Starts with Punch, and can unlock Kick as a starter later. Gains Might when using glimmered techs. Also teams up with Formina as a second character by default. They will trigger Showstopper at low health |
| Formina | Fully evolve Kick the weapon by maxing it out, glimmering its technique, and having Pummarola | Starts with the Saber Machine Gun or Eagle Gun, after unlocking it. Gains Duration when using Glimmered techs. Also teams up with Bonnie as a secondary character by default. Triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Diva No. 5 | Fully evolve the Eagle Gun by maxing it out, glimmering, and having the Spinach passive | Starts with Super Missile or the Twin Dragon, after unlocking it. Has 6 different skins with different stats, all of whom trigger Showstopper at low health |
| Ameya | Fully Evolve the Twin Dragon by maxing it out glimmering, and having the Karoma's Mana passive | Starts with Spirit Rings or Intuition. Gains stat bonuses when collecting her summoned cats, and triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Siugnas | After defeating the boss in each part of The Junction, go to the new door on the bottom that leads to Providence. Beat the last boss, and get the coffin to the east | Starts with the Town Sword. Defeated enemies become followers. Increasing Max Health increases maximum followers. Triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Final Emperor | With Bonnie or Formina, defeat the Final Emperor's demon form in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Grelon | Starts with Flamberge. Triggers glimmered techs more often, and triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Dolores | With Siugnas, defeat the Specter of Iwanaga-hime in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Yomi | Starts with Bullova. Triggers Showstopper at low health and on revival, gaining a bonus to Cooldown every time it's triggered |
| Macha Alter Ego | With Ameya, defeat the Iron Maiden in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Avalon | Starts with the Khukuri and a hidden Rings of Calamity. Increases enemy spawn by 50 and triggers Showstopper at low health |
| Lita Caryx | With Tsunanori, defeat the Earth Dragon in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Pulchra | Starts with Glaive, knows the "Heaven's Thunder" tech, and triggers a Showstopper at Critical Health |
| Kugutsu | Defeat the Divine Wood Spirit in Inverse Emerald Diorama, Miyako City | Starts with the Twin Dragon. Their other skins are Komachi, Boh, and Sukune. They start with the Khukuri, Eagle Gun, or Punch, respectively. Gains 1 revival and 5% Growth every time they glimmer a new tech |
| Mr. S | With Diva No.5, defeat Living Anguish in Inverse Emerald Diorama, which is the boss summoned in Inverse Providence | Starts with Intuition. Gains more projectiles every 20 levels (max +4,) and is good at using techs |
| Lolo, Hiss, Meow, and Purr | Use Ameya Aisling and an evolved Gati Amari | Trigger Showstopper at low health and gain a follower whenever Showstopper is triggered |
| Kina | After beating the stage once, start Emerald Diorama and then immediately quit out. | Has no weapon, but knows the Swallow Slice and Airwave techs for attacking. Gains bonus Recovery whenever Showstopper is triggered at low health |
| Imakoo | End anguish with an otherworldly melody as the greatest mechanical songstress - Defeat Living Anguish with Diva No. 5 and the Song of Mana evolution | Has no weapon, but knows the Hell's Fury and Blood Rage techs for attacking. Gains bonus might whenever Showstopper is triggered at low health |
| Malevolent Door Spirit | Defeat the boss in Grelon while they are frozen, using Clock Lancet and similar weapons should work | Starts with the Blood Chalice, and innately knows "Vermillion Sands" tech |
How to unlock all new Weapons for Emerald Diarama
With new characters comes a massive arsenal of new weapons. Almost all the new weapons each come with a Tech that can be "glimmered" by using it. If a weapon evolves, it retains its previous form's Tech as well as eventually "glimmering" a new one.
Weapon Name How to Unlock Notes Fleuret Tsunanori Mido's starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Crystalline Carve" Dress Sword Evolve the Fleuret into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Crystalline Carve" It can glimmer the "Shocking Rush" tech. Once it does, and reaches max level, opening a chest will cause it to evolve into Espada Ropera Espada Ropera Evolve the Dress Sword into this reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Shocking Rush" It can glimmer the "Mega Thrust" tech Super Missile The starting weapon of Diva No. 5, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Ballistic Missiles" Hydra Cannon Evolve the Super Missile into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Ballistic Missiles" It can glimmer the "Artificial Hailstorm" tech. Once it does, and reaches max level, opening a chest will cause it to evolve into Hyperion Bazooka Hyperion Bazooka Evolve the Hydra Cannon into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Artificial Hailstorm" Can glimmer the "Cosmic Rave" tech The Splashers Fully evolve the Fleuret to unlock as Tsunanori Mido's alternate starting weapon The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level, obtaining the Spellbinder passive, and glimmering its tech, "Dual Whirlwind" Pursuant Blades Evolve the Splashers weapon into this by reaching max level, obtaining the Spellbinder passive, and glimmering its tech, "Dual Whirlwind" Can glimmer the "Dual Torrent" tech Flamberge The weapon is dropped by the boss in the Grelon part of the map, and evolving it unlocks it for everyone. It is also the starting weapon of Final Emperor The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Bull Crush" Zweihander Evolve the Flamberge into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Bull Crush" Can glimmer the "Absentzen" Once it does, and reaches max level, opening a chest will cause it to evolve into Galatyn Galatyn Evolve the Zweihander into this by reaching max level and learning its tech "Absentzen" Can glimmer the "Vandalize" tech Punch Bonnie's starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Raksha" Pressure Point Evolve the Punch into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Raksha" The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Shenlong Firefist" Gilded Hand Evolve the Pressure Point into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Shenlong Firefist" Can glimmer the "Guanyin" tech Kick Fully evolve the Punch to unlock as Bonnie's alternate starting weapon, and leveling it to 8 unlocks it Can glimmer the "Thunder Kick" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Pummarola passive Triangle Kick Evolve the Kick into this by glimmering "Thunder Kick," reaching max level, and having the Pummarola passive Can glimmer the "Triple Dragon" tech Twin Dragon Diva No. 5's Virginia skin and Kugutsu's Musashi skin both start with this, and leveling it to 8 unlocks it Can glimmer the "Gravedigger" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Karoma's Mana passive Gekkabijin Evolve the Twin Dragon into this by glimmering "Gravedigger," reaching max level, and having the Karoma's Mana passive Can glimmer the "Scattered Petals" tech Spirit Rings Ameya Aisling's starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone Evolves when any 5 passives are at max level and you open a chest. It can trigger additional techs when Area, Speed, Duration, and/or Growth are at or above 155%. Rings of Calamity Evolve the Spirit Rings into this by evolving any 5 passive weapons Can learn the "Chaos Disaster" tech Saber Machine Gun Formina Franklyn's starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Shockwave" Hecaton Machine Gun Evolve the Saber Machine Gun into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Shockwave" The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Bombarding Fire" Divergence Evolve the Hecaton Machine Gun into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Bombarding Fire" Can glimmer the "Sunlight Shower" tech Eagle Gun Formina Franklyn's starting weapon, as well as Kugutsu's Boh skin. Can glimmer the "Falconfire" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Spinach passive Pendragon Evolve the Eagle Gun into this by glimmering "Falconfire," reaching max level, and having the Spinach passive Can glimmer the "Bounding Shot" tech Town Sword Siugnas' starting weapon, getting it to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Swallow Slice" Lordstar Evolve the Town Sword into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Swallow Slice" The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Airwave" Dayblade Evolve the Lordstar into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Airwave" Can glimmer the "Life Sprinkler" tech Sanguine Star Siugnas' other starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone Can glimmer the "Blood Rage" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Stone Mask passive Blood Chalice The Malevolent Door Spirit's starting weapon, and evolving the Sanguine Star by glimmering "Blood Rage," reaching max level, and having the Stone Mask passive Can glimmer the "Scarlet Harbinger" tech Khukuri Starting weapon of Macha Alter Ego and Kugutsu's Komachi skin Can glimmer the "Moonfall Slash" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Parm Aegis passive Jetstream Evolve the Khukuri into this by glimmering "Moonfall Slash," reaching max level, and having the Parm Aegis passive Can glimmer the "Kaleidoscope" tech Bullova It is the starting weapon of Dolores, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone Can glimmer the "Hell's Fury" tech. Will evolve after glimmering, reaching max level, and having the Skull O'Maniac Falconwind Evolve the Bullova into this by glimmering "Hell's Fury," reaching max level, and having the Skull O'Maniac Can glimmer the "Reverse Delta" tech Glaive The starting weapon of Lita Caryx The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Divine Lancer" Feather Spear Evolve the Glaive into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Stardust" The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Stardust" Lohengrin Evolve the Feather Spear into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, "Stardust" Can glimmer the "Triumvirate" tech Emerald Rapture Find and evolve the Emerald Rapture to unlock it for all characters. It drops from a secret boss in The Junction. You need a character who can fly out of bounds to go directly south and find a copy of The Junction's corridor. In the southern part will be a circle that summons the boss who drops Emerald Rapture Will evolve after reaching max level, and having the Crown passive Emerald Wave Evolve the Emerald Rapture into this by reaching max level, and having the Crown passive This teleports enemies away and drops their XP gems Intuition The starting weapon of Ameya Aisling and Mr. S, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone Allows you to choose from a selection of the Emerald Diorama weapons
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