Vampire Survivor Releases New Update

Key Takeaways

• Vampire Survivors patch 1.12 brings the Ode to Castlevania DLC, which includes over 20 new characters and over 40 weapons and evolutions.
• The collaboration with Konami includes covers of 36 Castlevania songs and the largest map in gaming, featuring unique biomes.
• Quality of life changes in patch 1.12 include improved music selections, map zoom, and memory usage optimizations.

vampire survivor Patch notes for update 1.12 have been released. Ode to Castlevania Crossover DLC. cooperation between vampire survivor and castlevania The result is one of Poncle's larger patches for the hit indie title, featuring numerous new characters and remixed songs from Konami's iconic franchise for players to enjoy.

that Ode to Castlevania The expansion pack is the third crossover DLC. vampire survivorHowever, this is not the first time Konami and Phonecle have worked together. May 2024, vampire survivor intersected with contra to launch the series operational gun expansion. The DLC includes fan-favorite characters like Bill Rizer, Lance Bean, Brad Fang, and more, as well as a variety of explosive guns and weapons to annihilate legions of enemies. Weapons like the Long Gun, Sonic Bloom, and Blade Crossbow can also evolve into more powerful firearms, giving players more options for their character builds.

while castlevania We moved on to the same game Dead by Daylight In 2024 vampire survivor It was one of the latter's most requested projects. According to the patch notes, vampire survivor Patch 1.12 includes over 20 new characters, over 40 weapons and evolutions, and 36 song covers. castlevania Series such as ‘Vampire Killer’, ‘Tears of Blood’, and ‘Requiem’. that castlevania Stages are the largest maps. vampire survivor To date, it offers a variety of biomes and power-ups for players to collect. However, Pocle said that the expansion's large scale necessitates an adventure mode. Ode to Castlevania It wasn't included at launch, but we're leaving the door open to add it when the opportunity presents itself. download size vampire survivor With patch 1.12 Ode to Castlevania The expansion packs are a combined 345MB on Steam, and the DLC is about 282MB.

Pocle noted that the Switch version is: vampire survivor We'll be getting another update in two weeks to fix certain late-game issues. furthermore castlevania crossover expansion, vampire survivor Patch 1.12 introduces several quality of life changes available to all players. An advanced music selection menu, the ability to zoom in and out on the map in the pause menu, and optimizations to reduce memory usage are among the changes players will see once patch 1.12 is installed.

Pocle has added more free updates for: vampire survivor We are working on it as part of our Chaos Roadmap for 2024 and 2025. vampire survivor and castlevania Lastly, it remains to be seen how this will shape the future of both franchises.

Vampire Survivor Patch 1.12 Notes (October 31, 2024)

Our dreams have come true and Castlevania is now officially part of Vampire Survivors. Thank you so much to KONAMI, the poncle team, our partners, and all of our fans for finally making this a reality!

And remember: It’s big. It's big.

• 20+ new characters
• Over 40 new weapons and evolutions
• 30+ new music tracks
• 1 huge castle

How to Jump into Ode to Castlevania

1. Reaching level 20 in the first stage unlocks the Inlaid Library and stage selection.
2. Select “Ode to Castlevania” at the bottom of the stage selection.

Problems after importing Ode to Castlevania

1. Right click on Steam icon -> Quit Steam
2. Please wait a few seconds.
3. Restart Steam.
4. Go to Downloads and make sure VS is updated to the latest version (1.12).

Gameplay of Ode to Castlevania

• Every character from Ode to Castlevania has the ability to find special pickups at any stage. You're initially limited to the Wall Chicken (the Floor Chicken's big brother, of course), but as you progress through the Ode to Castlevania stages, three more types of pickups are unlocked.
• Every character has at least one unlockable weapon selector that can be selected in character selection by clicking/pressing the button on the character icon at the bottom of the screen. All weapon selectors must be unlocked. To do so, you must first unlock all weapons in that specific weapon selector.
• There are a ton of bosses in the Ode to Castlevania stages, but most of them require you to actively seek out them rather than waiting for the right moment for them to appear. New icons appear on the map to help you navigate the stages.
• Evolutions are simple and work the same as the base game. Find the right passive to pair with your active weapon (in some cases, the passive may need to be at max level).

Music from Ode to Castlevania

There are 36 new covers and over 50 original Castlevania music tracks to choose from. All of the covers can be seen in the VS playlist on YouTube. (…excluding the two tracks that will be released on November 7th for some reason…)

As fans of Castlevania and its music, we expected people to be excited to see the cover, but we actually couldn't have anticipated all the hype!

We originally planned to do 24 covers, but we asked all the musicians to do more if they had spare time. Thus, a total of 36 cover songs were born!

As with the rest of the content in the DLC pack, we tried to strike a balance between homages, reinterpretations, experiments, and general remixes.

The only real rule I have for selecting tracks is “tracks that already have an official version that fits VS. You can include that too” (this is a purely arbitrary and stylistic choice, Luca, sorry!) so I I know we ended up leaving out some amazing tracks that were remixed in a new style. Looking back, what we could have done… was start earlier so we would have time to get more done!

I couldn't swap my current track for another.

I can't make any promises right now, but I'd like to cover and add more tracks if I get the chance in the future.

In the meantime, we hope everyone can find a new favorite among the many more niche tracks selected for this collaboration! Thank you so much to Daniele Zandara, Filippo Vicarelly, Evelyn Lark and KEYGEN CHURCH for this amazing soundtrack!

More FAQs

The content of the DLC is mostly simple, but since it is a collaboration, there are some differences. For example, there are no Steam achievements and music covers are not available on paid soundtracks on Steam (but I will post them on YT as usual). For more information, read the FAQ here: https://poncle .games/ode-to-castlevania-faq

Patch 1.12 Quality of Life

1. Advanced Music Selection There are so many tracks in the game that the small menus had a hard time working any more, especially if you had some of the DLC packs. And that's coming from someone who remembers the order of the music tracks… That's why we added an advanced menu that allows you to easily navigate through the different albums and music tracks you can choose from.
2. After purchasing the MEGA SEAL Seal power-up, you will also unlock the Mega Seal panel in the Collection menu. This panel allows you to easily seal content from entire DLC or the entire base game. Who needs weapons anyway?
3. Pause Menu Map Zoom You can now zoom in and out on the pause menu map. No. 2024!
4. Pause Menu Arcana Information You can now be notified of what the selected Arcana is doing. Affected weapons are also highlighted. Another big step for humanity.
5. New passive weapons in preview mode To complete Ode to Castlevania's evo, I needed two future passive weapons that can be used starting today! So a patch to properly unlock them will arrive sometime next year, but for now you can access these two new passives, Parm Aegis and Karoma's Mana, through Arma Dio's selection menu.
6. Memory Usage Improvements Several optimizations have been made to reduce memory usage, which will help late-game games run better on consoles and mobile.

Other platforms

Releasing on all platforms simultaneously required some compromises in the patch version. This simply means that versions of the game may differ slightly across platforms, but we're working to achieve parity between versions as quickly as possible.

Special note about the Nintendo Switch version: It's already scheduled to receive a patch in about two weeks to fix some late-game issues.

The expanded file size is about 260 MB, which is much larger than average (the sum of all music tracks adds up quickly). So, if you are using mobile, we recommend downloading over Wi-Fi.

What's next?

Due to the size of this update, it will take a little longer than usual to release the next patch, but as always, it will come with free content. We will try to make it bigger with fewer updates. This will reduce the stress associated with achievement and give you a little more to experiment with. What exactly is the next content update? Explore the updated Chaos roadmap to find the answers.

We hope to see you all in our annual recap posts, which will also cover general topics like cross-save, online, and experiments (all of which are in progress but not yet ready for full release).

(Just kidding. The next Steam News post will be about hotfixes for this huge expansion.)

Thank you to everyone for your support and we hope you enjoy the surreal Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania!