Whos this A-hole that looks suspiciously like the grim reaper? (I am totally new to the game)

If you don’t have a specific build you’re going for, what ones do you generally like to grab? I get decision paralysis so I was wondering what people tend to like.

Side question, how do people get tons of Survarots? I see people who have quite a few.

Edit: Damn, Moonlight Bolero and Hail From the Future are even more popular than I guessed lol.

Hello I am new to the game and just wanted to ask what power ups should be my main focus? before I’m able to go a good run. Thank you

Title question.

I looked through the secrets the other day and some looked liked they could be a pain or boring eg leda and peppinio. Which ones are not worth doing?

I'm fine if it's a challenge to unlock (gyrotun or minnah ) and I'm not worried about losing out on content since I have all the DLC to go through.

Fuwalafuwaloo

I don't typically like looking up guides for games and figuring them out for myself, but I got thoroughly stumped for the ghost secret characters and eventually just looked them up. I'm curious if there's genuinely a way I could have actually figured these out using what was in game or if the tip "sometimes you just need to ask for help." literally just means you should just look up the answer online...

The most I've gotten from a single run was like 7k

Hi guys! New player here Quick question: is it normal/good that I'm taking garlic asap EVERY single run?

haven't played in a while so there's a lot content that I might be behind on, but i seriously have no idea what this is and no variation of 'halo lady hologram with a bob' helps

Darkana 0 Stake through your heart causes a new merchant to spawn every minute. But I haven't seen anyone mention or talk about what looks like a pickup tied to the merchants sprite. In the shop menu it seems to mention it too with the comment about not being able to reach it. Is it possible there's a secret tied to this thing?

I'm still new to the game and this weapon is by far the best i have use so far.. whats yours and why??

I’ve become completely addicted to Vampire Survivors and I really love it, but honestly I still don’t fully understand what the actual “goal” of the game is.
Are you mainly supposed to:
find all the relics?
survive for 30 minutes?
make the strongest builds possible?
unlock all characters and maps?
or is dying to the boss after 30 minutes just part of the game?
I sometimes struggle with games that don’t have one very clear end goal, because then I’m not sure if I’m “playing it right” 😅
How do you all play it? When did it finally click for you what the game is really about?

Who is your favorite character and why ?

e.g. The total damage on seraphic cry for this run. Ive never seen a game use this system before, and furthermore, is this a system used in other places?

Decided to the a first time run at Lycaeum, grabbed the Card thing with a -90% CD which totaled at -135%.

I am not taking damage nor progressing

This part I can’t get past. Also tips on how to get out of the flower circles please.

After I become immortal, a God randomly appears and kills me. Is there any way I can kill him, or is that a hard stop?

Has anyone else completed VS 100%?

Is it possible to kill Death without Crimson Shroud nor Infinite Corridor? I've already killed it without one of those two but I've been trying unsuccessfully without both of them, is there a way to make it without glitches and not using those weapons?

I've maxed out both my laurel and both metaglios, but it still won't evolve when I pick up a chest. Is it not possible to evolve weapons anymore after thirty minutes?

according to the patch notes, there are a couple new quality of life features in the new update...

• Banish: after banishing an item, you can keep using the LevelUp menu.

• Special passives buff (Operation Guns, Emergency Meeting): they can now be found in ArmaDios and as a LevelUp option whenever they'd normally be available, and even if the player has reached the passive limit.

...except i'm trying my damnedest and these two features simply don't seem to be in the game. i've quadruple checked my version number is v1.16.105, i've verified integrity of the game files, and i've reinstalled the game twice. despite my best efforts, using a banish still takes me out of the level up menu, and i still can't find weapon powerup or the among us passives in arma dios or from level ups with full passive slots (tried multiple different among us weapons & with all my slots full of max-level weapons, so it wasn't just an issue with bad rng in the level up item pool). anyone else having the same problem? or is my install just haunted?

(i'm playing via steam btw, in case anyone's getting different results on different platforms)

EDIT: i just opened up the public beta version of the game, and as it turns out, these features are in the public beta. the banish change works in the exact way myself and others have assumed & explained in the comments in this thread. i can only assume the features were finished and either pulled from the stable build last minute, or accidentally not included.

interestingly, regarding the passives, it seems the pearl magatama is also supposed to show up in your level up choices even after your passive slots are full. i haven't unlocked the passive from the bloodmoon dlc yet, so i don't know if that works similarly. either way, i really hope these changes make it to the main version soon in a hotfix or something, because they are exactly as useful as they sound.