Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon is coming this summer!

Hi everyone! As anticipated several months ago, we’ve been working on several core systems of VS to be able to keep making more content, increase stability, and improve performance. It’s been a while so we have quite a few things to cover today:

• a new expansion for VS
• a new update
• a new poncle team in Japan

the very sensible reason why Vampire Survivors has a sub-title now 🤷‍♂️

Vampire Survivors Update 1.15 (The Wet One) is out now on Steam!

You can find all details about 1.15 below, now here’s a stupid summer trailer about it:

Major QOL improvements

• Multiple Save Slots (about time!)

• Character Setup panel for skins, egg selection, etc…

• Content filters in Character Selection and Unlocks menu

• Stability improvements for late game and low-end platforms

• Reduced loading times (more noticeable on other platforms than PC)

New content

• 1 New Stage: The Lycaeum

• 2 New Characters

• either 2 or 10 new weapons 🤷‍♂️

• 3 New Darkanas

• 1 New Music Track

• 3 new Relics, of which 1 Secret rather than Unlockable

Other tweaks and features

• "Random LevelUp" can now be toggled during a run if it is already unlocked on the Stage menu

• Added option to Unbanish a weapon when picking it up from the stage

• Buffed a few weapons like Magi-Stone and Mille Bolle Blu

• Rendering fixes for a few weapons, including birds, Prismatic Missile, Runetracer…

Patch 1.15 will be released on all other platforms a bit later, by the end of the month, due to platform-specific optimizations and differences in save slots management. On the bright side, we will also be releasing a Nintendo Switch 2 version, with better performance and mouse support!

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon is coming Summer 2026

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4781330/Vampire_Survivors_Legacy_of_the_Bloodmoon/ Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon is our “accidental” next expansion and the evil twin to Legacy of the Moonspell.

The original plan was just to make a little content update to Legacy of the Moonspell. Since it’s the first and smallest VS expansion, it felt right to try to balance its value a little. Needless to say, ideas started to flow and everything spiraled into a much bigger project. I’m not sure I’ll ever learn at this stage.

In the end, Legacy of the Moonspell will be getting its content buff (7 new unlocks) and Legacy of the Bloodmoon will live a life of its own.

This expansion pack follows Clan Bloodmoon as they retrace the pilgrimage of Saint Baal’Thasar, in search of a paradise lit by (you guessed it) a bright red moon. There is also an ancient manor that may or may not hide the secret of immortality.

Legacy of the Bloodmoon will contain:

• 12 new villains friendly characters

• 16+ new weapons and evolutions, including a FireBall

• 8 savage new music tracks

• 1 new adventure

• 1 new very large stage

• Interesting bits and bobs I won’t spoil at this time

But there’s more. Legacy of the Bloodmoon will cost approximately 1 money (0.99 USD), and Legacy of the Moonspell will receive a price cut and also be priced 1 money :)

You can find all details about Legacy of the Bloodmoon below, now here’s a villainous trailer about it:

Vampire Survivors - First Survivaton

Among the many projects we’re working on (approximately 15 projects, not 15 games, please don’t panic) there is also a lineup of Survivaton games. It’s definitely a meaningful word that means “survive a ton” and nothing else.

These are games like Vampire Survivors, developed internally at poncle, tied to IPs that might need unique game mechanics, a different graphic style, or are so expansive that ultimately deserve their own standalone game (compared to making a DLC for VS). I’d love to make examples, but I’d have to spoil way too much.

Being developed internally, we’ll be able to guarantee affordability and worthwhile titles.

Since a good 90% of global VS players aren’t reached by the Steam news (or are not interested in gaming news in general), the best way to also let them know that the Survivatons are tied directly to VS is to also call VS a Survivaton, hence the new sub-title.

Please note there’s a dash before First Survivaton instead of a semi-colon, because DLCs exist... The next time I name a game I’ll remember to not use something as generic as “Monster Hunter” as inspiration

please know I love Monster Hunter 💌

poncle Japan

We can finally say we are building poncle Japan! It will be poncle, but in Japan.

The new studio is headed by Sawaki Takeyasu, known for his work on Devil May Cry, Ōkami, and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

Having a studio in Japan will simplify and speed up the work we do with all our Japanese partners, and also bring new opportunities for collabs.

It’s too soon to say what the team will be working on; we are planning to fully open the studio by the end of 2026.

Now it's time for all the FAQs and info blocks, thanks for reading and waiting patiently for this update!

• Luca

Legacy of the Bloodmoon FAQs When does it release? Summer 2026. What do you define as summer? Not winter. How much does it cost? Around £0.95, with regional pricing varying by platform and country. Why will Legacy of the Moonspell’s price change too? It felt right to adjust the price so that it’s more balanced compared to the amount of content of the other expansions. Please note that some stores have minimum prices in certain countries. In some places, Moonspell was already too cheap to make it cheaper. What about Tides of the Foscari then? Please at least wait for Moonspell and Bloodmoon before asking for more, we know we know 😭 Will Moonspell get new content too? Yes, 7 new unlocks for a few more weapons and characters. Is Vampire Survivors still getting free updates? Yes of course, there’s still plenty on the roadmap.

Update 1.15 Full spoilers ♫ Murder on the Seafloor Composed and arranged by Filippo Vicarelli. Quick content guide: Collect a total of 50 Vacuums to unlock The Lycaeum stage Find the Penshin Fatcha in The Lycaeum and see all its evolutions to unlock it permanently Survive 20 minutes in The Lycaeum to unlock Para Kooleo Trigger a Lavatrix Machina with Para Kooleo to unlock Darkana VIII - Edge of the Earth Buy the Survarocchi at the top of The Lycaeum to unlock them for any character Buy the Green Eyes Vizard at the top of The Lycaeum to be able to find Bat Dragons in other stages Defeat any Bat Dragon (Currently available in Mad Forest and Il Molise) to unlock the Unearthly Bolt wea;on Evolve the Unearthly Bolt with a maxed Tirajisú to unlock Big Troubler Defeat any Bat Dragon with Big Troubler and Arcana 0 - Game Killer to unlock Darkana 0 - Stake to your Heart Survive 15 minutes in Inverse Boss Rash with Random Events and Random Level Ups to unlock Darkana XIX - Heir of Fate Defeat 2 unique Bat Dragons to unlock a new set of Survarots to purchase from Big Troubler Detailed info New stage: The Lycaeum [spoiler]An underwater-themed stage where you press some buttons, beat some crabs, run to the center, kill more things, press more buttons, don’t die. The Drowner can only be defeated via raw damage or by reaching the top of the stage. Hidden treasures can be collected only using Mad Groove or Lavatrix Machina. Teleporters become active after reaching the top once.[/spoiler] New character: Para Kooleo [spoiler]Starts with a Move Speed and Duration bonus. When his HP drops below a certain threshold it triggers a Vacuum. He also likes to evolve weapons. He has an abundance of skins.[/spoiler] New character: Big Troubler [spoiler]Loves gold and gets trigger happy when he gets gold. The gold also loves him and will protect him at all costs.[/spoiler] New weapon: Penshin Fatcha [spoiler]& Tonno Subito / Tonnado / Tonn’omoto / Tonn’oddeeo / Tonne / Unsurpassed / Miracle of Multiplication. Starting weapon for Para Kooleo. Select one of six tuna forms. Evolve it from one to another, stacking stats as you go. Evolve at least once to transform all the Vacuums pickup into "Lavatrix Machina". Then, if you choose to, evolve into the secret evolution, Miracle of Multiplication where everything happens at once. Does not require any items to evolve, but many, many treasure chests.[/spoiler] New weapon: Unearthly Bolt & Spirit Disturbance [spoiler]Starting weapon of Big Troubler. Spawns green bolts that attack the closest enemy. It deals increasingly high damage if it Crits in rapid succession. The cap for this damage bonus is determined by Revivals. Evolve with a maxed out Tirajisú. The evolution spawns a green dragon that always deals critical hits. [/spoiler] New relic: Green Eyes Vizard [spoiler]Bat Dragons will appear on the Stage Selection menu until they have been defeated at least once. They will appear on the map during a run, and they have to be activated by getting hit. Once active, time stops and enemy waves are changed until they are killed. You can fight them again in new runs, they simply won't be signaled in Stage Selection anymore after getting killed once.[/spoiler] New Darkanas: 0 - Stake to your Heart [spoiler]Unlocked by defeating a Bat Dragon with Big Troubler while using the Game Killer Arcana. You will no longer be able to level up using experience gems. Instead, when defeating an enemy, they will also drop a Gold Coin, that you’ll be able to spend at a special merchant to buy weapons. Gold coins will also become your health: don't reach 0 (and quit before Red Death deals the usual 65535 damage per hit to you)[/spoiler] New Darkanas: VIII - Edge of the Earth [spoiler]Unlocked by triggering a Lavatrix Machina with Para Kooleo. Gain Thorns and Move Speed locked at 200%, ignore walls, destroy light sources upon contact, and attract things that normally aren’t attracted by a Magnet, like treasure chests.[/spoiler] New Darkanas: XIX - Heir of Fate [spoiler]Unlocked by surviving 15 minutes in inverse Boss Rash with Random Events and Random Level Ups enabled. While active, defeating enemies with Fire damage causes them to drop Scorched Souls. Additionally, a Nduja Fritta Tanto will trigger when the character's Health dips to a certain point.[/spoiler] New Relics: Survarocchi [spoiler]Unlocked by purchasing it from the Big Troubler merchant in The Lycaeum. Allows Survarot cards to spawn from light sources. Previously available only via the Ante Chamber dlc and a secret character, Survarots [/spoiler] Enemahs (Secret rather than Unlockable) [spoiler]Unlocked by purchasing it from the Big Troubler merchant in The Lycaeum after defeating any two unique Bat Dragons. Adds an extra 18 cards based on various enemies to drafts of Survarot.[/spoiler] For the full list of bugfixes, please see here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1794680/view/693137145499484509 1.15 FAQs How much is 1.15? It’s a free update. Can I now share DLCs when playing online? Not yet, in this patch we managed to do the groundwork to allow for DLC sharing, but we still have to complete the feature. Can I now use Cross-save on PS and Apple+? Not yet. We still don’t have the right policies in place to do that. What platforms is update 1.15 available on? Update 1.15 is launching on Steam first. Other platforms are planned to follow by the end of the month, including Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, and Epic Games Store. Is update 1.15 coming to Nintendo Switch 2? Yes! Update 1.15 will bring Vampire Survivors to Nintendo Switch 2 for the first time. It won’t arrive at the exact same time as the other platforms, but the current plan is for Nintendo Switch 2 support to follow around two weeks after update 1.15 (but don’t hold us to that). Where are the new achievements? We will sort out the new Steam achievements in the next patch (they will pop automatically). Hey are you still updating Vampire Crawlers? Yes of course, it’s taking longer than expected to release the first QOL improvements patch and a cute looking roadmap because we got stuck for days trying to exit the game.