All Vampire Survivors Weapon Evolutions and Unions with Complete Upgrade Catalyst Requirements

Complete breakdown of all 133 weapon evolutions, 3-way weapon unions, and solitary morphs with required passive items and catalyst stats in Vampire Survivors.

Weapon Evolution Mechanics and Chest Timing

In Vampire Survivors, Standard evolution requires leveling a starting base weapon to its maximum level cap, typically level 8. Alongside the maxed offensive tool, the survivor must possess at least one level in the designated passive catalyst item within their six passive equipment slots. Unlike the base weapon, the passive accessory does not require reaching maximum rank to trigger the transformation, allowing survivors to evolve gear swiftly.

Once level requirements are satisfied, the player must open a treasure chest dropped by a qualifying elite enemy or mini-boss. In early maps like Mad Forest and Inlaid Library, evolutions appear from chests dropped after the 10-minute mark, whereas certain later stages allow chest upgrades earlier. Inspecting all weapons in Vampire Survivors reveals starting damage scalings before pairing them with matching catalysts.

Standard Weapon Evolutions and Passive Synergies

Pairing the Whip with Hollow Heart evolves it into Bloody Tear, enabling critical strikes and health absorption on hit. Combining the Magic Wand with Empty Tome yields Holy Wand, which eliminates projectile cooldown delay to fire a relentless stream of magic bolts at the nearest adversary. Similarly, combining the Knife with Bracer creates Thousand Edge, directing a continuous stream of daggers straight in the character's facing direction.

Area-of-effect defensive builds frequently rely on pairing the Axe with Candelabrador to obtain Death Spiral, releasing expanding rings of scythes that pierce every enemy on screen. Combining the Cross with Clover results in Heaven Sword, launching giant boomeranging swords with elevated critical multipliers. The defensive circle of King Bible paired with Spellbinder creates Unholy Vespers, eliminating duration downtime so that a permanent rotating boundary of runes surrounds the survivor. Pairing Fire Wand with Spinach creates Hellfire, unleashing slow-moving fireballs that pierce walls and hordes. To optimize accessory combinations, consult our comprehensive all passive items directory for detailed stat bonuses.

Advanced Weapon Unions and Solitary Morphs

Beyond standard single-catalyst combinations, advanced weapon unions combine two or three weapons together into a unified weapon slot. A primary example is Vandalier, which requires reaching maximum level 8 on both Peachone and Ebony Wings. Upon collecting Vandalier from a treasure chest, the two birds merge, freeing up an empty weapon inventory slot while providing its own standalone 8-level upgrade progression.

A three-part weapon union is Phieraggi, formed by uniting maxed Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow alongside a passive Tirajisú. Rotating four-directional laser beams scale directly with the character's available Revivals counter. Similarly, Fuwalafuwaloo unites the evolved Bloody Tear with a maxed Vento Sacro, generating explosive critical explosions while continuously restoring health. In specialized late-game challenges, such as learning how to defeat Red Death, combining Clock Lancet with Silver Ring and Gold Ring forms Infinite Corridor, which halves enemy health pools across the screen. Solitary morph weapons like Bracelet advance directly into Bi-Bracelet and Tri-Bracelet through consecutive max-level chest rewards without requiring any secondary equipment items.

Complete Weapon Evolution Directory

The following comprehensive table catalogs all 133 weapon evolutions, weapon unions, and solitary morphs extracted directly from the game data across the base game and expansions, specifying required base attacks, catalyst items, and evolutionary archetypes.

Evolved Weapon	Base Weapon	Required Partner	Archetype	Effect
Bloody Tear	Whip	Hollow Heart	Standard Evolution	Evolved Whip. Can deal critical damage and absorb HP.
Fuwalafuwaloo	Bloody Tear	Vento Sacro	Weapon Union	Union of Vento Sacro and Bloody Tear. Critical hits might generate explosions.
Holy Wand	Magic Wand	Empty Tome	Standard Evolution	Evolved Magic Wand. Fires with no delay.
Thousand Edge	Knife	Bracer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Knife. Fires with no delay.
Death Spiral	Axe	Candelabrador	Standard Evolution	Evolved Axe. Passes through enemies.
Heaven Sword	Cross	Clover	Standard Evolution	Evolved Cross. Can deal critical damage.
Unholy Vespers	King Bible	Spellbinder	Standard Evolution	Evolved King Bible. Never ends.
Hellfire	Fire Wand	Spinach	Standard Evolution	Evolved Fire Wand. Passes through enemies.
Soul Eater	Garlic	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Garlic. Steals hearts. Power increases when recovering HP.
La Borra	Santa Water	Attractorb	Standard Evolution	Evolved Santa Water. Damaging zones follow you and grow when they move.
NO FUTURE	Runetracer	Armor	Standard Evolution	Evolved Runetracer. Explodes when bouncing and in retaliation.
Thunder Loop	Lightning Ring	Duplicator	Standard Evolution	Evolved Lightning Ring. Projectiles strike twice.
Gorgeous Moon	Pentagram	Crown	Standard Evolution	Evolved Pentagram. Generates extra gems and gathers all of them.
Vandalier	Peachone	Ebony Wings	Weapon Union	Union of Ebony Wings and Peachone.
Phieraggi	Phiera Der Tuphello	Eight The Sparrow	Weapon Union	Union of Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow. Scales with Revivals.
Vicious Hunger	Gatti Amari	Stone Mask	Standard Evolution	Evolved Gatti Amari. Might turn anything into gold.
Mannajja	Song of Mana	Skull O'Maniac	Standard Evolution	Evolved Song of Mana. Might slow enemies down.
Valkyrie Turner	Shadow Pinion	Wings	Standard Evolution	Evolved Shadow Pinion. Bigger, longer, faster, stronger.
Bi-Bracelet	Bracelet	None	Standalone Evolution	Fires three projectiles at a random enemy.
Tri-Bracelet	Bi-Bracelet	None	Standalone Evolution	Fires three projectiles at a random enemy.
Mazo Familiar	Pako Battiliar	Hollow Heart	Standard Evolution	Evolved Pako Battiliar. Damage and Amount affected by Max Health.
Gunastrophe	Ammo Appalate	Bracer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Ammo Appalate. Fire unorthodox projectiles at enemies in sight.
Spirit Disturbance	Unearthly Bolt	Tirajisú	Standard Evolution	Evolved Unearthly Bolt. Always deals critical hits.
Sole Solution	Victory Sword	Torrona's Box	Standard Evolution	Gift of Victory Sword. The more enemies are defeated, the stronger it grows.
Ashes of Muspell	Flames of Misspell	Torrona's Box	Standard Evolution	Evolved Flames of Misspell. The more enemies are defeated, the stronger it grows.
Celestial Voulge	Glass Fandango	Wings	Standard Evolution	Evolved Glass Fandango. Might deal critical damage and freeze enemies. Turns Orologions into Starry Heavens.
Seraphic Cry	Santa Javelin	Clover	Standard Evolution	Evolved Santa Javelin. Critical damage affected by Luck. Turns Rosaries into Weird Souls Purifiers.
Embrace of Gaea	Gaze of Gaea	Parm Aegis	Standard Evolution	Evolved Gaze of Gaea. Damage is increased while invulnerable. Retaliates.
Kyra-Stones	Magi-Stone	Karoma's Mana	Standard Evolution	Evolved Magi-Stone. Damage increases when Player Level is above 80. Amount increases with visible enemies.
Photonstorm	Phas3r	Empty Tome	Standard Evolution	Evolved Phas3r. Multiplies number of projectiles by up to 5, depending on Luck.
Cardinal Rain	Scarlet Needle	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Scarlet Needle. Endless rain can hit in any location.
Bloodlust	Ashella	Duplicator	Standard Evolution	Evolved Ashella. Critical damage affected by Amount.
Dust to Dust	Incineration	Candelabrador	Standard Evolution	Evolved Incineration. Infernal ashes blow back, erasing enemies.
Forbidden Siren	Screams from the Void	Attractorb	Standard Evolution	Evolved Screams from the Void. Pulls and defangs enemies.
Damnation	Blacken Firmament	Torrona's Box	Standard Evolution	Evolved Blacken Firmament. Draws enemies to ruin.
Road to Heaven	108 Responsive Prayers	108 Bocce	Weapon Union	Union of 108 Bocce and 108 Responsive Prayers. Activate 108 times to glimpse enlightenment.
FireStall	FireFall	FireBall	Weapon Union	Union of Firefall, FireWall, and Fireball. Grows stronger after every singularity.
Shimmering Sands	Descent Into Misery	Kyra-Stones	Weapon Union	Union of Kyra-Stones and Descent Into Misery. Quicksand drags enemies down to hell.
Emergency Meeting	Report!	Mini Crewmate	Standard Evolution	Evolved Report! Occasionally destroys all of one type of enemy.
Crossed Wires	Lucky Swipe	Mini Engineer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Lucky Swipe. Attacks in up to four directions.
Paranormal Scan	Lifesign Scan	Mini Ghost	Standard Evolution	Evolved Lifesign Scan. Periodically grants a random stat boost for the rest of the run.
Unjust Ejection	Just Vent	Mini Shapeshifter	Standard Evolution	Evolved Just Vent. Sucks in enemies.
Clear Asteroids	Clear Debris	Mini Guardian	Standard Evolution	Evolved Clear Debris. Amount creates cluster explosions.
Impostongue	Sharp Tongue	Mini Impostor	Standard Evolution	Evolved Sharp Tongue. Deals high damage to the strongest enemy and anything in its path.
Rocket Science	Science Rocks	Mini Scientist	Standard Evolution	Evolved Science Rocks. Triggers a finisher when the right conditions are met.
Dress Sword	Fleuret	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Fleuret. Can glimmer the "Shocking Rush" tech.
Espada Ropera	Dress Sword	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Dress Sword. Allows to glimmer the "Mega Thrust" tech.
Lordstar	Town Sword	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Town Sword. Can glimmer the "Airwave" tech: damage x5.
Dayblade	Lordstar	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Lordstar. Can glimmer the "Life Sprinkler" tech.
Pursuant Blades	Splashers	Spellbinder	Standard Evolution	Evolved Splashers. Can glimmer the "Dual Torrent" tech.
Zweihander	Flamberge	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Flamberge. Can glimmer the "Absetzen" tech.
Galatyn	Zweihander	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Zweihander. Can glimmer the "Vandalize" tech.
Pressure Point	Punch	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Punch. Can glimmer the "Shenlong Firefist" tech.
Gilded Hand	Pressure Point	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Pressure Point. Can glimmer the "Guanyin" tech.
Triangle Kick	Kick	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Kick. Glimmers "Triple Dragon": damage affected by overheal total.
Hecaton Machine Gun	Saber Machine Gun	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Saber Machine Gun. Can glimmer the "Bombarding Fire" tech.
Divergence	Hecaton Machine Gun	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Hecaton Machine Gun. Can Glimmer the "Sunlight Shower" tech.
Hydra Cannon	Super Missile	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Super Missile. Can glimmer the "Artificial Hailstorm" tech.
Hyperion Bazooka	Hydra Cannon	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Hydra Cannon. Can glimmer the "Cosmic Rave" tech.
Pendragon	Eagle Gun	Spinach	Standard Evolution	Evolved Eagle Gun. Can glimmer the "Bounding Shot" tech.
Jetstream	Khukuri	Parm Aegis	Standard Evolution	Evolved Khukuri. Critical hits may give temporary invulnerability. Can glimmer the "Kaleidoscope" tech.
Gekkabijin	Twin Dragon	Karoma's Mana	Standard Evolution	Evolved Twin Dragon. Can glimmer the "Scattered Petals" tech.
Falconwind	Bullova	Skull O'Maniac	Standard Evolution	Evolved Bullova. Can glimmer the "Reverse Delta" tech.
Blood Chalice	Sanguine Star	Stone Mask	Standard Evolution	Evolved Sanguine Star. Can glimmer the "Scarlet Harbinger" tech: damage affected by Greed, might steal hearts.
Feather Spear	Glaive	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Glaive. Can glimmer the "Stardust" tech.
Lohengrin	Feather Spear	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Feather Spear. Can glimmer the "Triumvirate" tech: damage x3.
Rings of Calamity	Spirit Rings	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Spirit Rings. Also triggers the "Chaos Disaster" tech.
Emerald Wave	Emerald Rapture	Crown	Standard Evolution	Evolved Emerald Rapture. Teleports any enemy on its path and they always drop their best XP gems.
Prototype A	Long Gun	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Long Gun. Calls forth 2 drones for support fire.
Prototype B	Short Gun	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Short Gun. Calls forth 2 drones for support fire.
Prototype C	Spread Shot	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Spread Shot. Calls forth 2 drones for support fire.
Pronto Beam	C-U-Laser	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved C-U-Laser. Lasers split into multiple beams when they hit.
Fire-L3GS	Firearm	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Fire Arm. Fires again when destroying a light source or destructible item.
Wave Beam	Sonic Bloom	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Sonic Bloom. Charges up a more powerful auto-aimed blast when standing still.
Multistage Missiles	Homing Miss	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Homing Miss. Projectiles split into smaller ones when they hit.
Atmo-Torpedo	Diver Mines	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Diver Mines. Creates damaging zones that attract enemies.
BFC2000-AD	Blade Crossbow	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Blade Crossbow. Calls forth divine intervention with a Luck-based frequency.
Time Warp	Prism Lass	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Prism Lass. May freeze, slow down, or DeFang enemies.
Big Fuzzy Fist	Metal Claw	Weapon Power-Up	Standard Evolution	Evolved Metal Claw. Pummels the most powerful enemies in sight.
SpellStrom	SpellString	SpellStream	Weapon Union	Union of SpellString, SpellStream, and SpellStrike. Grows stronger after every singularity.
Legionnaire	Eskizzibur	Armor	Standard Evolution	Evolved Eskizzibur. Generates additional projectiles that deal retaliatory damage.
Millionaire	Flash Arrow	Bracer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Flash Arrow. Fires additional projectiles based on Amount and when picking up gold coins.
Luminaire	Prismatic Missile	Crown	Standard Evolution	Evolved Prismatic Missile. Increases the value of gems and coins on the ground.
Ophion	Shadow Servant	Skull O'Maniac	Standard Evolution	Evolved Shadow Servant. Has a chance to instantly kill enemies.
Festive Winds	Silver Wind	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Silver Wind. Weakens enemies defenses.
Godai Shuffle	Four Seasons	Candelabrador	Standard Evolution	Evolved Four Seasons. Generates an additional explosion.
Echo Night	Summon Night	Duplicator	Standard Evolution	Evolved Summon Night. Also generates damaging zones below the character.
J'Odore	Mirage Robe	Attractorb	Standard Evolution	Evolved Mirage Robe. Projectiles move and confuse enemies.
Boo Roo Boolle	Mille Bolle Blu	Spellbinder	Standard Evolution	Evolved Mille Bolle Blu. Projectiles can hit the same target more than once.
LunarFlight	LunarMight	LunarSight	Weapon Union	Union of LunarMight, LunarSight, and LunarBight. Become one with the lunar glyphs.
Muramasa	Night Sword	Stone Mask	Standard Evolution	Evolved Night Sword. Enables critical hits and combo finisher. Drains Health.
Vampire Killer	Alchemy Whip	Tirajisú	Standard Evolution	Evolved Alchemy Whip. Every 3rd activation fires additional projectiles. Intense sunlight incinerates boss enemies.
Spirit Tornado Tip	Wind Whip	Crown	Standard Evolution	Evolved Wind Whip. Every 7th activation summons a spirit that violently collects XP gems for you.
Cross Crasher Tip	Platinum Whip	Clover	Standard Evolution	Evolved Platinum Whip. Every 7th activation also fires special projectiles.
Hydrostormer Tip	Dragon Water Whip	Attractorb	Standard Evolution	Evolved Dragon Water Whip. Every 13th activation generates damaging waves based on Projectile Speed and Duration.
Crissaegrim Tip	Sonic Whip	Skull O'Maniac	Standard Evolution	Evolved Sonic Whip. Every 5th activation also triggers a blast of damaging waves.
Mormegil Tip	Jet Black Whip	Stone Mask	Standard Evolution	Evolved Jet Black Whip. Every 8th activation also triggers damaging zones.
Daybreaker Tip	Vibhuti Whip	Candelabrador	Standard Evolution	Evolved Vibhuti Whip. Critical hits maximise amount of projectiles.
Aurablaster Tip	Vanitas Whip	Hollow Heart	Standard Evolution	Evolved Vanitas Whip. Every 7th activation generates an explosion.
Yagyu Shuriken	Shuriken	Empty Tome	Standard Evolution	Evolved Shuriken. Fires with no delay.
Bwaka Knife	Curved Knife	Bracer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Curved Knife. Projectiles bounce forever until Duration expires.
Long Inus	Javelin	Spellbinder	Standard Evolution	Evolved Javelin. Projectiles reappear after leaving the screen.
Stellar Blade	Discus	Parm Aegis	Standard Evolution	Evolved Discus. Travels along walls. Deals critical damage if the user is invulnerable.
Wrecking Ball	Iron Ball	Armor	Standard Evolution	Evolved Iron Ball. Fires a very heavy projectile.
Jewel Gun	Silver Revolver	Karoma's Mana	Standard Evolution	Evolved Silver Revolver. Critical hits instantly kill enemies and turn them into jewels.
The RPG	Hand Grenade	Candelabrador	Standard Evolution	Evolved Hand Grenade. Explosions propagate.
Meal Ticket	Wine Glass	Tirajisú	Standard Evolution	Evolved Wine Glass. Soulful food deals Revival-based damage to unrefined palates.
Salamender	Raging Fire	Spinach	Standard Evolution	Evolved Raging Fire. Also summons a snake of fire.
Cocytus	Ice Fang	Spellbinder	Standard Evolution	Evolved Ice Fang. Also triggers a freezing wind.
Pneuma Tempestas	Gale Force	Bracer	Standard Evolution	Evolved Gale Force. Also triggers a spinning tornado.
Gemma Torpor	Rock Riot	Stone Mask	Standard Evolution	Evolved Rock Riot. Also triggers a rain of crystals that can turn enemies into valuable jewels.
Tenebris Tonitrus	Fulgur	Duplicator	Standard Evolution	Evolved Fulgur. Also triggers ball lightnings.
Keremet Morbus	Keremet Bubbles	Armor	Standard Evolution	Evolved Keremet Bubbles. Also triggers a slimy swarm that chases enemies down.
Nightmare	Hex	Skull O'Maniac	Standard Evolution	Evolved Hex. Also triggers a negative energy zone that doubles Curse when stepped into.
Sanctuary	Refectio	Clover	Standard Evolution	Evolved Refectio. At fixed intervals, also fully heals characters and purifies all enemies in sight.
Stamazza	Mace	Hollow Heart	Standard Evolution	Evolved Mace. Has a catastrophically high critical damage multiplier.
Moon Rod	Star Flail	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Star Flail. Projectiles are shot in the faced direction.
Thunderbolt Spear	Alucard Spear	Wings	Standard Evolution	Evolved Alucard Spear. Every 7th activation triggers a special attack based on Speed.
Gungnir-Souris	Trident	Duplicator	Standard Evolution	Evolved Trident. Critical hits also fire a damaging beam.
Dark Iron Shield	Iron Shield	Parm Aegis	Standard Evolution	Evolved Iron Shield. Critical hits retaliate with spinning swords.
Sacred Beasts Tower Shield	Guardian's Targe	Pummarola	Standard Evolution	Evolved Guardian's Targe. Overhealing also triggers a period of invulnerability.
Rune Sword	Tyrfing	Spinach	Standard Evolution	Evolved Tyrfing. Critical damage also affected by Area, Speed, and Duration.
Alucard Swords	Alucart Sworb	None	Standalone Evolution	Evolved Alucart Sworb. Apparitions of the sword's true bearer seek out enemies.
Vol Confodere	Confodere	None	Standalone Evolution	Attacks nearby enemies. Speed affects damage.
Melio Confodere	Vol Confodere	None	Standalone Evolution	Attacks nearby enemies. Speed affects Cooldown and damage.
Nitesco	Globus	Empty Tome	Standard Evolution	Evolved Globus. Fires a piercing energy beam in the faced direction.
Acerbatus	Optical Shot	Karoma's Mana	Standard Evolution	Evolved Optical Shot. Damage is affected by the amount of defeated enemies.
Trinum Custodem	Dextro Custos	Sinestro Custos	Weapon Union	Union of Dextro Custos, Sinistro Custos, and Centralis Custos.
Power of Sire	Dominus Anger	Dominus Hatred	Weapon Union	Union of Dominus Anger, Dominus Hatred, and Dominus Agony. Deals critical damage to anything in sight. Drains health.
Rapidus Fio	Sonic Dash	Wings	Standard Evolution	Evolved Sonic Dash. Also triggers a single shield charge.
Vol Luminatio	Luminatio	Crown	Standard Evolution	Evolved Luminatio. Damage, Speed, Area, and Duration affected by Growth.
Vol Umbra	Umbra	Attractorb	Standard Evolution	Evolved Umbra. Damage, Speed, Area, and Duration affected by Magnet.
Claimh Solais	Pocket Knife	Torrona's Box	Standard Evolution	Evolved Pocket Knife. Globally increases Might, Armor and Crit Damage for each enemy in sight.