Tides of the Foscari, the latest expansion DLC for the indie hit Vampire Survivors, adds two new maps and eight new unique characters for fans of bullet hell games to play around with. Unlocking each of them requires you to complete certain tasks, from finding a specific item to defeating huge numbers of enemies, as players should expect from the base game and the previous DLC. To learn how to unlock all the new characters in Tides of the Foscari expansion, keep reading this Vampire Survivors guide.
Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari – How To Unlock All New Characters
Eleanor Uziron
- How to unlock: Find the open Coffin in Lake Foscari.
Head to the northwest of Lake Foscari, and you should see a black coffin; thankfully, its location will always be the same. Open it and Eleanor Uziron should be unlocked.
- Weapon: Prismatic Missile
- Level 2: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Area up by 40%.
- Level 3: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Damage up by 5.
- Level 4: Cooldown reduced by 0.3 seconds.
- Level 5: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Area up by 40%.
- Level 6: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Damage up by 5.
- Level 7: Cooldown reduced by 0.3 seconds.
- Level 8: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Speed up by 40%.
Genevieve Gruyere
- How to unlock: Break the Seal of the Banished with Maruto.
Go to the Abyss Foscari map, then from the starting area, go to the Seal of the Abyss location, where you unlock Luminaire Foscari. From there, keep going to the left until you get into a hallway. Then keep heading up until you reach the Stone Mask and Attractorb. Use Eleanor Uziron and Luminaire, the evolved Prismatic Missile, to break the Seal of the Banished (Blue Gem).
- Weapon: Shadow Servant
- Level 2: Fires 1 more projectile.
- Level 3: Base Damage up by 10.
- Level 4: Base Damage up by 10.
- Level 5: Base Area up by 50%
- Level 6: Fires 1 more projectile.
- Level 7: Base Damage up by 10.
- Level 8: Base Damage up by 10.
Je-Ne-Viv
- How to unlock: Defeat 10,0000 enemies in a single run with Genevieve Gruyere.
Out of all eight, this is pretty much the hardest character that you can unlock in the Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari DLC. First, you have to get Genevieve Gruyere by breaking all three Seals in the Lake Foscari map. Then, of course, blowing up 10,000 enemies in one run is easier than done. The best way to do it is doing a run in Endless Mode so you won’t get interrupted by the Reaper.
Keitha Muort
- How to unlock: Evolve the Eskizzibur
Before you can get the Eskizzibur and upgrade it into Legionnare, you need to unlock Maruto Cuts. Then you have to survive using Maruto Cuts for 15 minutes if you wish to unlock Eskizzibur for other characters. Meanwhile, to max out and evolve Eskizzibur, you have to max out Armor and look for a Treasure Chest.
- Weapon: Flash Arrow
- Level 2: Base Speed up by 25%. Cooldown reduced by 0.5 seconds.
- Level 3: Base Damage up by 10. Passes through 7 more enemies.
- Level 4: Base Area up by 20%. Cooldown reduced by 0.5 seconds.
- Level 5: Base Damage up by 10. Passes through 7 more enemies.
- Level 6: Base Area up by 20%. Cooldown reduced by 0.5 seconds.
- Level 7: Base Damage up by 10. Passes through 7 more enemies.
- Level 8: Base Speed up by 25%. Cooldown reduced by 0.5 seconds.
Luminaire Foscari
- How to unlock: Break the Seal of the Abyss with Maruto
Before you can unlock the new character Luminaire Foscari in Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari, you have to first get the other character named Maruto Cuts. Once you have Maruto and the Legionnaire evolved weapon, then go to the Lake Foscari and look for the Seal of the Abyss (Red Gem); somewhere to the southwest of the map. If you’ve found two bridges then you should be near. Cross the bridges until there’s a darkness that blocks your way, and then head to the north.
- Weapon: Prismatic Missile
- Level 2: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Area up by 40%.
- Level 3: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Damage up by 5.
- Level 4: Cooldown reduced by 0.3 seconds.
- Level 5: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Area up by 40%.
- Level 6: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Damage up by 5.
- Level 7: Cooldown reduced by 0.3 seconds.
- Level 8: Fires 1 more projectile. Base Speed up by 40%.
When I got the call to voice Maruto in the Tides of the Foscari trailer for #VampireSurvivors, I was hyped.
Excited for you all to check out the DLC release today!
Just make sure you keep Maruto alive, will you! 🗡️#TidesOfTheFoscari@poncle_vampire https://t.co/uHU7JmWwR3 pic.twitter.com/Lb6JHHweOU
— Inel Tomlinson (@inel) April 13, 2023
Maruto Cuts
- How to unlock: Unite SpellString, SpellStream, and SpellStrike.
To be able to unite the SpellString, SpellStream, and SpellStrike weapons, you will need to unlock and play as Eleanor Uziron. As you level her up, you will unlock those weapons and be able to combine them all into a powerful weapon called SpellStorm. Afterward, Maruto Cuts will be available to be purchased.
- Weapon: Ezkibbur
- Level 2: Fires 1 more projectile.
- Level 3: Base Damage increased by 5.
- Level 4: Base Damage increased by 5.
- Level 5: Every fifth activation becomes an AoE attack.
- Level 6: Base Damage increased by 5, and base Area increased by 10%.
- Level 7: Base Damage increased by 5.
- Level 8: Base Damage increased by 10.
Rottin’Ghoul
- How to unlock: Kill 6,000 Rotting Ghouls.
Unlocking Rottin’ Ghoul is pretty simple, just a bit tedious. Just like unlocking Gav’Et-Oni’s weapon in the previous Vampire Survivors DLC, Legacy of the Moonspell, you will have to kill 6,000 of the same type of enemy; this time it’s the Rotting Ghouls. These foul creatures can be easily found in the secret chamber in the southwestern part of Lake Foscari, somewhat nearby of the Seal of the Abyss, and mostly during minutes 5 and 6.
- Weapon: Party Popper
Sammy
- How to unlock: Defeat a total of 6,000 Sammies.
Sammies are weird, worm creatures that can be spawned in the Lake Foscari. However, finding them is much less straightforward than any other enemies. The first thing you need to do is to look for the Seal of the Lake (Green Gem) in the northeastern part of the map. Go straight down from the seal location until you hit some trees then try pushing through the trees until the worms spawn. Keep pushing and tilting to the right if you can’t find the secret room where hundreds of Sammies will show up.
- Weapon: Vicious Hunger
Related:
Vampire Survivors: How to Unlock All of the Secret Characters
Vampire Survivors is available now on PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass and on iOS and Android for mobile.