Vampire Survivors – Guide to Optimal PowerUp Selection Order

Determining the optimal order and total number of coins needed to max all PowerUp Selections.

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Optimal PowerUp Selection Order Guide

Optimal PowerUp Selection Order Guide

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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 97,140 coins or more, this order should theoretically allow you to max all PowerUps (I do not have that many yet but am confident in my calculations). Note that you fully max each PowerUp before moving on to the next one.

Amount
Growth
Cooldown
Luck
Armor
Might
Recovery
Greed
Area
Speed
Duration
MoveSpeed
Magnet
Max Health

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 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.

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