Vampire Survivors (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.9.0 – Space 54)

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On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Vampire Survivors on Nintendo Switch (originally released in August 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!

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Vampire Survivors – Ver. 1.9.0 – Space 54

Release date: March 4th 2024 (North America, Europe) / March 5th 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:

New Content:

7 new EXTRA achievements

1 new bonus stage

2 new characters

4 new weapons (of which 2 evos)

1 new relic

Tweaks and fixes:

Optimisation for spawning of gems and coins

Optimisation for weapons that interact with pickups (Gatti Amari, Vicious Hunger, etc.)

Fixed red XP gems sometimes flying away and taking forever to come back

Fixed Coffins not spawning if the corresponding character had been unlocked via a spell

Fixed Crimson Shroud not triggering retaliation damage

Fixed a layering issue with CosmicEgg enemy

Fixed merchant alignment upon multiple opens

Fixed some particle emitters leaving gaps

Fixed collision shape of Valkyrie Turner

Fixed bought weapons in Adventures that wouldn’t always level up in the same run they had been bought

Fixed multiple evos of the same weapon appearing in treasure chests when only one should be present

Fixed some animations going at insane speed on certain monitors

Fixed Victory Sword not instant-killing some reapers that should have been weak to it

Fixed text scaling sometime being off in Stage Selection

Fixed display of secret characters sometime showing question marks when they shouldn’t

Fixed timing of events tied to music in Gallo Tower, Astral Stair, Eudamonia Machine

Fixed “Show Guides” option resetting after every run

Fixed The Directer sometime not getting counted as defeated in the Bestiary

Tentative fix for Linux launch issue and missing Steam Overlay

[MOONSPELL] Fixed time limit in Adventure Chapter 5

[FOSCARI] Fixed Arcana XIX – Heart of Fire sometimes not applying to Prismatic Missile

[FOSCARI] Optimisation for Shadow Servant at high Amount

[FOSCARI] Fixed Je-Ne-Viv’s World Eater’s offset

[EM] Fixed Mini Impostor and Impostongue appearing as level up options when they shouldn’t anymore

[EM] Fixed the medical scan not clearing its projectiles when the character dies

[EM] Fixed interaction between Just Vent and Pentagram triggering errors

[EM] Fixed Magnet bonus from Paranormal Scan being 10 times smaller than it should have been

[EM] Fixed white box shown on some maps while in Adventures

Other minor bugfixes, tweaks, memory optimisations

A lot of background work for accounts management and Cross-Save

Additional notes: none.
Source: poncle (Steam)

Vampire Survivors – Ver. 1.8.200 (Adventures)

Release date: January 24th 2024 (North America) / January 25th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

1 relic, Atlas Gate: Enables base game Adventures. Found in Boss Rash, minute 7, only after seeing the Yellow Sign.

1 new achievement for obtaining the Atlas Gate (in-game only. Will be added to the list on Steam together with the next content patch, your 100% is safe for the rest of the year!)

2 base game Adventures

1 Adventure for the Legacy of the Moonspell DLC

Locked characters can now be previewed in Character Selection (Secret characters aren’t shown until the Forbidden Scrolls relic is found)

Added filters to the Collection page. You can now see easily what you need to unlock Queen Sigma for example.

Tweaked Whiteout bosses’ HP pool

Fixed Whiteout treasure chests not containing evos

Fixed Celestial Voulge not being available in Super Candybox II Turbo

Reduced self-harm from Muramasa

Fixed Millionaire’s projectiles not being affected by the direction faced by the player

Seal 2power-up now gives 2 seals per rank instead of 1

Fixed Area and Duration scaling of Fuwalafuwaloo

Additional notes: none.
Source: poncle (Steam) / poncle (Steam)

Vampire Survivors – Ver. 1.7.0 (Whiteout)

Release date: November 2nd 2023 (North America, Europe) / November 3rd 2023 (Japan)
Patch notes:

New Content:

6 new EXTRA achievements

1 new bonus stage

2 new relics to get a new PowerUp and morph an existing character

1 new weapon with its evolution

1 new playable character

1 new music track

Patch notes

Added more treasure chests in Il Molise

Fixed weapon spacing in arcanas list to accommodate new weapons.

Fixed text overlap in collection where there are 3 line descriptions.

Fix for some missing translations in the options menu.

Fixed Je-ne-viv world eater logic causing slowdown.

Fixed bought character’s in secrets menu.

Fixed revive animation not being scaled correctly.

Fixed issue with Je-ne-viv crashing Il Molise.

Fixed quit button audio cutoff.

Fixed bestiary enemies scaling up and down incorrectly.

Fixed resolution dropdrop displaying incorrect resolution.

Fixed Cosmic Egg display in Bestiary.

Fixed World Eater crashing with lots of eggs.

Fixed Trinacria in Bestiary.

Fixed Bestiary Information cutoff/display issues.

Fixed incorrect No Future particles.

Fixed Hellfire projectile rotation on bounce.

Fixed Goshadokuro losing it’s head in the Bestiary.

Fixed Directer fight inconsistencies vs old engine.

Fixed the pause menu not animating the first time it is opened.

Fixed missing red death particles in Holy Forbbiden.

Updated Traditional Chinese display name on the languages page.

Updated pickup logic to better match old-engine behaviour.

Minor optimisation on damage number display.

Removed incorrect screen flash on Gorgeous Moon.

Removed various flashes if Flashing VFX is disabled.

Added translations for “Mobile FAQ”.

Added bounds on death particles.

Added missing flash vfx on Directer intro.

Additional notes: none.
Source: poncle (Steam)

How to download updates for Vampire Survivors for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Vampire Survivors, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.