All Arcanas and Darkanas Guide with Weapon Modifiers in Vampire Survivors

The Arcana and Darkana systems in Vampire Survivors add substantial strategic depth to run builds, modifying weapon behaviors through projectile bounces, critical strikes, and scaling damage multipliers. Originating from the Randomazzo and expanded with the Darkasso, these 34 cards can completely alter your survival strategy — complementing foundational relic progression in our how to unlock all relics guide.

Activating the Randomazzo and Card Selection Mechanics

To begin utilizing the Arcana system, you must first collect the Randomazzo relic located in the northern corridor of Gallo Tower. Once acquired, an Arcana draft menu appears at the start of every subsequent run (minute 0), offering three random cards from your unlocked collection. Additional drafts trigger at minute 11 and minute 21 from boss chests, allowing players to build synergistic card stacks across 30-minute runs. Reaching 23 or more unlocked cards provides a free draft reroll and displays 6 selectable choices instead of 4, significantly expanding tactical consistency.

Core Arcana Weapon Synergies and Evolution Combos

Standard Arcanas introduce dramatic offensive multipliers tailored to specific weapon families. Unlocking the Randomazzo immediately grants VI - Sarabande of Healing, which doubles all recovery and deals equivalent pulse damage to nearby monsters, creating an aggressive healing engine alongside Whip, Bloody Tear, Garlic, and Pummarola. Reaching level 50 with Lama Ladonna unlocks XVI - Slash, enabling critical strikes and doubling overall critical damage for bladed arsenals including Knife, Thousand Edge, Axe, Death Spiral, and Heaven Sword. For revival security against grim threats explored in our how to defeat Red Death guide, level 50 with Krochi Freetto unlocks IV - Awake (+3 Revivals with permanent Might, Area, Duration, and Speed buffs upon revival consumption, pairing seamlessly with Tirajisú and gun unions). Furthermore, XVII - Lost & Found Painting modulates duration between -50% and +50% for Spellbinder and King Bible, while XIX - Heart of Fire triggers fiery explosions with Fire Wand and Hellfire.

The Darkasso and Unlocking 12 Darkanas

Introduced in Patch 1.11, the Darkasso relic unlocks the corrupted sister deck known as Darkanas. Players obtain the Darkasso by navigating through the trial rooms of Room 1665, automatically claiming VI - Moonlight Bolero (which summons an additional stage boss every minute carrying chests that can hold extra Arcanas or bonus passive weapons). Completing high-speed runs with Space Dude at -85% cooldown unlocks I - Sapphire Mist, granting weapons a chance to trigger multiple activations per volley. Triggering Starry Heavens with She-Moon Eeta unlocks XII - Crystal Cries, generating Crystallized Souls from frozen foes that raise MaxHealth, Recovery, and Growth. Combining Stake to Your Heart halts XP gain and redirects incoming damage to gold reserves, offering specialized synergies with our The Bone Zone gold farming build. Additional cards like VIII - Edge of the Earth, X - Hail from the Future, and XXI - Wandering the Jet Black offer specialized wall-phasing and retaliatory explosions.

Complete 34 Arcanas and Darkanas Table

The table below provides a comprehensive breakdown of all 22 standard Arcanas and 12 Darkanas, detailing roman numerals, unlock prerequisites, passive combat rules, and primary weapon synergies:

Card Name	Type	Roman Numeral	Passive Effect	Affected Weapons
Game Killer	Arcana	0	Halts XP gain. Experience Crystals turn into exploding projectiles. All Treasure Chests contain at least 3 items.	All weapons
I - Gemini	Arcana	I	Listed weapons come with a counterpart.	Peachone, Ebony Wings, Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow, Gatti Amari, Shadow Pinion, Vicious Hunger
II - Twilight Requiem	Arcana	II	Listed weapon projectiles generate explosions when they expire. Explosions damage is affected by Curse.	King Bible, Unholy Vespers, Peachone, Ebony Wings, Shadow Pinion, Runetracer
III - Tragic Princess	Arcana	III	The cooldown of the listed weapons reduces when moving.	Garlic, Soul Eater, Santa Water, La Borra, Lightning Ring, Thunder Loop, Song of Mana
IV - Awake	Arcana	IV	Gives +3 Revivals. Consuming a Revival gives +10% Max Health, +1 Armor, and +5% Might, Area, Duration, and Speed.	Tirajisú, Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow, Phieraggi
V - Chaos in the Dark Night	Arcana	V	Overall projectile Speed continuously changes between -50% and +50% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% projectile Speed every level.	Bracer, projectile speed weapons
VI - Sarabande of Healing	Arcana	VI	Healing is doubled. Recovering HP damages nearby enemies for the same amount.	Whip, Bloody Tear, Vento Sacro, Fuwalafuwaloo, Garlic, Soul Eater, Pummarola
VII - Iron Blue Will	Arcana	VII	Listed weapon projectiles gain up to 3 bounces and might pass through enemies and walls.	Knife, Thousand Edge, Axe, Death Spiral, Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow
VIII - Mad Groove	Arcana	VIII	Every 2 minutes attracts all standard stage items, pickups, and light sources towards the character.	All standard stage items, passives, and light sources
IX - Divine Bloodline	Arcana	IX	Armor also affects listed weapons' damage and reflects enemy damage. Character gains bonus damage depending on missing Health. Defeating enemies with retaliatory damage gives +0.5 Max Health.	Cross, Heaven Sword, King Bible, Unholy Vespers, Garlic, Soul Eater, Santa Water, La Borra, Victory Sword, Armor
X - Beginning	Arcana	X	Listed weapons get +1 Amount. The character's main weapon and its evolution gain +3 Amount instead.	Starting weapon (+3 Amount), Bone, Cherry Bomb, Celestial Dusting, La Robba (+1 Amount)
XI - Waltz of Pearls	Arcana	XI	Listed weapon projectiles gain up to 3 bounces.	Magic Wand, Holy Wand, Fire Wand, Hellfire, Cross, Heaven Sword
XII - Out of Bounds	Arcana	XII	Freezing enemies generates explosions. Orologions are easier to find. Sorbettos could also be found.	Clock Lancet, Infinite Corridor
XIII - Wicked Season	Arcana	XIII	Overall Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse are doubled at fixed intervals. The character starts gaining +1% Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse every 2 levels.	All weapons (cycles Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse)
XIV - Jail of Crystal	Arcana	XIV	Listed weapon projectiles have a chance to freeze enemies.	Magic Wand, Holy Wand, Runetracer, NO FUTURE, Eight The Sparrow
XV - Disco of Gold	Arcana	XV	Picking up coin bags from the floor triggers Gold Fever. Obtaining gold restores as many HP.	Vicious Hunger, gold coin pickups
XVI - Slash	Arcana	XVI	Enables critical hits for listed weapons. Doubles overall critical damage.	Knife, Thousand Edge, Whip, Bloody Tear, Axe, Death Spiral, Heaven Sword, Victory Sword
XVII - Lost & Found Painting	Arcana	XVII	Overall Duration continuously changes between -50% and +50% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% Duration every level.	Spellbinder, King Bible, Song of Mana
XVIII - Boogaloo of Illusions	Arcana	XVIII	Overall Area continuously changes between -25% and +25% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% Area every level.	Candelabrador, area scaling weapons
XIX - Heart of Fire	Arcana	XIX	Listed weapon projectiles explode on impact. Light sources explode. Character explodes when damaged.	Fire Wand, Hellfire, Tri-Bracelet
XX - Silent Old Sanctuary	Arcana	XX	Gives +3 Reroll, Skip, and Banish. Gives +20% Might and -8% Cooldown for each active weapon slot left empty.	All weapons (Might and Cooldown per empty weapon slot)
XXI - Blood Astronomia	Arcana	XXI	Listed weapons also emit special damaging zones affected by Amount and Magnet. Enemies within Magnet range take damage based on Amount.	Garlic, Soul Eater, Pentagram, Gorgeous Moon, Song of Mana, Mannajja, Clock Lancet, Laurel
Stake to Your Heart	Darkana	0	Halts XP gain. Enemies drop Gold Coins. Damage is dealt to Gold Coins instead of HP. A special merchant spawns every minute.	Big Troubler, all weapons
I - Sapphire Mist	Darkana	I	All weapons have a chance to fire twice instead of once when activated. The effect is further augmented on listed active weapons.	Magic Wand, Knife, Axe, Cross, Fire Wand
III - Hidden Anathema	Darkana	III	Food pickups grant cumulative bonuses to random stats based on their rarity or healing value.	Food pickups, passive stat growth
V - Pale Diamond Incursion	Darkana	V	Listed weapons aim at the nearest enemy. They gain a Cooldown bonus affected by the character's projectile Speed.	Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow
VI - Moonlight Bolero	Darkana	VI	An extra treasure boss spawns every minute. The treasure it carries might occasionally contain arcanas and random passive weapons.	All weapons (minute treasure chest boss spawns)
VIII - Edge of the Earth	Darkana	VIII	Gives +3 Thorns. Fixes MoveSpeed to +100%. Allows you to walk through walls. Allows you to vacuum Treasure Chests, Light Sources, and Weapons.	All weapons, vacuum pickups (+3 Thorns, pass through walls)
X - Hail from the Future	Darkana	X	Receive one of the listed items when levelling up.	Candybox, Arma Dio, level-up items
XII - Crystal Cries	Darkana	XII	Defeating frozen enemies gives bonus MaxHealth, Recovery, and Growth. Triggers an Orologion when health reaches a critically low level.	Clock Lancet, freeze weapons
XIII - Call of a Mad Moon	Darkana	XIII	Effect depends on random results and player stats. Luck: improves Treasure Chests and Light Sources. Growth: improves XP crystals. Greed: improves gold pickups. Curse: enemies gain MoveSpeed and Health.	All weapons (Luck, Growth, Greed, and Curse scaling)
XVIII - Victorian Horror	Darkana	XVIII	Enemies within Magnet range receive Greed based damage. Once per life, triggers Cursed World Eater after receiving fatal damage.	Magnet range damage, fatal damage trigger
XIX - Heir of Fate	Darkana	XIX	Defeating enemies with FIRE gives bonus MaxHealth and Might. Triggers an Nduja Fritta when health reaches a critically low level.	Fire Wand, Hellfire, fire damage weapons
XXI - Wandering the Jet Black	Darkana	XXI	Losing health generates exploding projectiles. Explosion damage is increased by total recovered health and Magnet bonus. Explosion Area is increased by Magnet.	Magnet explosions from recovered health