Vampire Survivors Optimal PowerUp Selection Order v0.7

As Of 7.0, This Guide Is Now Obsolete

The purchase order of powerups does not affect total cost as of the newest update, so this guide is no longer necessary. Feel free to purchase in any order you choose! Please consider everything below an archive.

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Game Version

Putting this right at the top - This guide was made for version v0.6.660. As the game is in early access with frequent updates, the guide may become out of date frequently. I'll try and keep it updated. This version has 19 PowerUps.

How Does PowerUp Selection Work?

You earn coins as you play. These coins can be used to unlock permanent PowerUps across all games. Each PowerUp you purchase increases the price of the next purchase by 10% of the base price. For example, buying Amount as your first purchase would cost 5000, but if you purchased a few upgrades in Might, Area, Recovery, etc and Amount is your 10th purchase, it would cost 9500. Since the PowerUps vary in the amount of upgrades you can purchase and price, this means that buying the same PowerUps in a different order could lead to a different total amount of coins spent.

Note that there is a Refund PowerUps button at the bottom, which resets everything - the 10% base price will be reset also. Feel free to purchase in whatever order at the beginning of the game, you can always start over.

When Can I Max Everything?!

I have done some preliminary calculations and I believe the smallest total number of coins to max all PowerUps is 217,590.

Spaceboy commented asking what the amount would be if you do not include Greed (which only has the benefit of giving you more coins and nothing else), and that amount is 199,490. So you could get every combat bonus over 10,000 coins earlier!

If you do not include Curse (which only serves to make the game harder), the total needed is 155,639. If you do not include both Curse and Greed, the total needed is 139,039.

What Is The Order To Max Everything?

If you have 217,590 coins or more, this order should allow you to max all PowerUps. Note that you fully max each PowerUp before moving on to the next one.

Revival

Amount

Curse*

Growth

Reroll

Cooldown

Luck

Armor

Might

Recovery

Greed**

Area

Speed

Duration

MoveSpeed

Magnet

Max Health

Banish

Skip

*If Curse is skipped, total will be 155,639.

**As noted in the previous section, by skipping Greed the total cost would be 199,490. Credit to Spaceboy for pointing this out.

What's The Best Strategy Before I Can Max Everything?

The best strategy is to get a general idea of mow much you can purchase for the PowerUps you want, and go from most expensive total average* cost per PowerUp to least expensive. Note that while Growth total cost is higher than Amount, Amount should always be purchased first (feel free to experiment and see why). You shouldn't follow the list above for maxing everything if you do not have the required number of coins, as you will miss out on cheaper purchases for the PowerUps at the end of the list.

I don't really have advice on what PowerUps are good/bad for gameplay, you'll have to find another guide for that.

*Credit to Le Doctor Bones in the comments for pointing this out!

Prices Of All PowerUps

Name Price 1 Price 2 Price 3 Price 4 Price 5 Total Price Average Price* Might 200 400 600 800 1000 3000 600 Armor 600 1200 1800 3600 1200 Max Health 200 400 600 1200 400 Recovery 200 400 600 800 1000 3000 600 Cooldown 900 1800 2700 1350 Area 300 600 900 450 Speed 300 600 900 450 Duration 300 600 900 450 Amount 5000 5000 5000 MoveSpeed 300 600 900 450 Magnet 300 600 900 450 Luck 600 1200 1800 3600 1200 Growth 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 13500 2700 Greed 200 400 600 800 1000 3000 600 Curse 1666 3332 4998 6664 8330 24990 4998 Revival 10000 10000 10000 Reroll 1000 2000 3000 4000 10000 2500 Skip 100 200 300 400 1000 250 Banish 100 200 300 400 500 1500 300

*Credit to Le Doctor Bones in the comments for pointing out the average cost is what is driving optimization.

I Found A Cheaper Way To Max Everything!

Awesome! I'm not 100% sure this is the cheapest way (I was playing around with the values in Excel, when I started the guide my number was 99,720 before Revival was added) so feel free to correct me in the comments and I will update the guide and give you credit.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2728285116

Optimal PowerUp Selection Order v0.7