Arcanas

Randomazzo relic unlocks access to Arcanas

Arcana is a modifier system in Vampire Survivors. Collecting the Randomazzo unlocks the Arcana system and the first Arcana, Sarabande of Healing.

Additional Arcanas in the base set are unlocked by reaching level 50 with certain characters, or by reaching minute 31 in certain stages. Collecting the Darkasso unlocks an additional set of "Darkanas", allowing even more Arcanas to be unlocked by achieving specific tasks with certain other characters.

Mechanics[]

Each Arcana modifies gameplay in a particular way. The player can choose to enable or disable Arcanas in the stage selection screen.

With Arcanas enabled, the player will obtain three Arcanas over the course of a run (although through certain means, more than three can be obtained):

At the beginning of a run, the player is allowed to choose one of any unlocked Arcana or Darkana. They are also given the option to select a random one.
At 11:00, a special boss will spawn that, upon death, will drop an Arcana Chest. Upon being picked up, the chest will allow the player to choose a second Arcana. Four randomly chosen Arcanas or Darkanas are offered as options, and the player may use Rerolls to get new choices.
At 21:00, another special boss will spawn, dropping another Arcana Chest.

If the player has three or more Arcanas, the Arcana bosses will instead drop regular chests. If Arcanas are disabled, the Arcana bosses will not appear in the stage.

If the player has unlocked a total of 23 or more Arcanas or Darkanas, Arcana Chests will instead offer six random Arcanas as opposed to four, and each Arcana Chest will allow the player one free Reroll.

In stages where the time limit is not 30:00, the Arcana bosses may appear at different times. In Boss Rash, Bat Country, and Tiny Bridge, the bosses instead spawn at 5:00 and 10:00.

Some characters automatically start with Arcana effects, such as Avatar Infernas with Heart of Fire (XIX). These Arcana effects do not take up an Arcana slot, and they will still be present if Arcanas are disabled.

Obtaining more than three Arcanas[]

There is no limit to the amount of Arcanas a player can have at one time, although more unique methods are required for obtaining more than three.

Queen Sigma is allowed to select an additional Arcana at levels 1, 2, 3, 77, and 108. All unlocked Arcanas are available as choices.
When Inverse mode is active, the Merchant will sell an Arcana for 20,000, regardless of how many Arcanas the player currently has. All unlocked Arcanas are available as choices.
- With Endless mode enabled, the Merchant will appear again every cycle of a normal game length (every 30 minutes in most normal stages), allowing the player to eventually obtain every Arcana in one run, provided they can afford it.
Chests dropped by bosses spawned by Moonlight Bolero (VI) can occasionally contain Arcanas. There is no limit to how many times this can happen, meaning one can obtain a theoretically infinite number of Arcanas from these bosses.

It is advisable to avoid picking up any extra Arcanas until the two collected from the Arcana bosses at 11:00 and 21:00 are obtained, as these bosses will not drop Arcana Chests if the player possesses three or more Arcanas.

Arcanas[]

There are 22 regular Arcanas total. Each Arcana is represented by a Roman numeral.

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#	Name	Description	Unlock	Affects	Notes
0	— Game Killer	Halts XP gain. Experience Gems turn into exploding projectiles. All Treasure Chests contain at least 3 items.	Defeat the final enemy in the Cappella Magna.
1	— Gemini	Listed weapons come with a counterpart.	Reach Level 50 with Pugnala.
2	— Twilight Requiem	Listed weapon projectiles generate explosions when they expire. Explosions damage is affected by Curse.	Reach Level 50 with Dommario.
3	— Tragic Princess	The cooldown of the listed weapons reduces when moving.	Reach level 50 with Porta
4	— Awake	Gives +3 Revivals. Consuming a Revival gives +10% Max Health, +1 Armor, and +5% Might, Area, Duration, and Speed.	Reach level 50 with Krochi.	Revival
5	— Chaos in the Dark Night	Overall projectile Speed continuously changes between -50% and +50% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% projectile Speed every level.	Reach level 50 with Giovanna	Projectile Speed	Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of Projectile Speed.
6	— Sarabande of Healing	Healing is doubled. Recovering HP damages nearby enemies for the same amount.	Find the Randomazzo.		Healing from Reviving is also affected.
7	— Iron Blue Will	Listed weapon projectiles gain up to 3 bounces and might pass through enemies and walls.	Reach level 50 with Gennaro
8	— Mad Groove	Every 2 minutes attracts all standard stage items, pickups, and light sources towards the character.	Reach minute 31 in the Mad Forest.	All Stage Items
9	— Divine Bloodline	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.	Reach Level 50 with Clerici.
10	— Beginning	Listed weapons get +1 Amount. The character's main weapon and its evolution gain +3 Amount instead.	Reach Level 50 with Antonio.	The respective character's starting weapon, its evolutions or unions, as well as:
11	— Waltz of Pearls	Listed weapon projectiles gain up to 3 bounces.	Reach level 50 with Imelda
12	— Out of Bounds	Freezing Enemies generates explosions. Orologions are easier to find.	Reach minute 31 in the Gallo Tower.
13	— Wicked Season	Overall Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse are doubled at fixed intervals. The character starts gaining +1% Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse every 2 levels.	Reach Level 50 with Christine.		Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of Growth, Luck, Greed, and Curse.
14	— Jail of Crystal	Listed weapons have a chance to freeze enemies.	Reach Level 50 with Pasqualina.
15	— Disco of Gold	Picking up coin bags from the floor triggers Gold Fever. Obtaining gold restores as many HP.	Reaching minute 31 in the Inlaid Library.		Big Coin Bags from Treasure Chests and level ups are also affected.
16	— Slash	Enables critical hits for listed weapons. Doubles overall critical damage.	Reach level 50 with Lama
17	— Lost & Found Painting	Overall Duration continuously changes between -50% and +50% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% Duration every level.	Reach level 50 with Poppea	Duration	Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of Duration.
18	— Boogaloo of Illusions	Overall Area continuously changes between -25% and +25% over 10 seconds. The character starts gaining +1% Area every level.	Reach level 50 with Concetta	Area	Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of Area.
19	— Heart of Fire	Listed weapon projectiles explode on impact. Light sources explode. Character explodes when damaged.	Reach level 50 with Arca		Explosion damage is based on the listed weapons' base damage.
20	— Silent Old Sanctuary	Gives +3 Reroll, Skip, and Banish. Gives +20% Might and -8% Cooldown for each active weapon slot left empty.	Reach minute 31 in the Dairy Plant.
21	— Blood Astronomia	Listed weapons also emit special damaging zones affected by Amount and Magnet. Enemies within Magnet range take damage based on Amount.	Reach level 50 with Poe.

Darkanas[]

Darkanas are unlocked by obtaining the Darkasso found due south in Room 1665. There are currently 5 Darkanas total. Each Darkana is represented by a Roman numeral.

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#	Name	Description	Unlock
1	— Sapphire Mist	All weapons have a chance to fire twice instead of once when activated. Listed weapons might fire more than twice instead.	Reach a Cooldown bonus of -85% with Space Dude.
6	— Moonlight Bolero	An extra treasure boss spawns every minute. The treasure it carries might occasionally contain arcanas and random passive weapons.	Be embraced by the Darkasso.
10	— Hail from the Future	Receive one of the listed items when levelling up.	Trigger a Weird Souls Purifier with Santa Ladonna.
12	— Crystal Cries	Defeating frozen enemies gives bonus MaxHealth, Recovery, and Growth. Triggers an Orologion when health reaches a critically low level.	Trigger a Starry Heavens with She-Moon Eeta.
21	— Wandering the Jet Black	Losing health generates exploding projectiles. Explosion damage is increased by total recovered health and Magnet bonus. Explosion Area is increased by Magnet.	Reach 665 Max Health with Bat Robbert.

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Trivia[]

Arcanas can be unlocked by typing the code "randomazzami" into the Secrets menu, granting the player the Randomazzo and Sarabande of Healing (VI).
Darkanas can be unlocked by typing the code "darkassami" into the Secrets menu, granting the player the Darkasso and Moonlight Bolero (VI).
All of the "Reach minute 31 in the [stage]" Arcanas (Mad Groove (VIII), Out of Bounds (XII), Disco of Gold (XV), and Silent Old Sanctuary (XX)), as well as Game Killer (0), can be unlocked by typing "aintnobodygottimeforthat" while on the main menu.
This deck of Arcanas is loosely based on the real Major Arcana used in Tarot card readings. For example, Boogaloo of Illusions (XVIII)'s real counterpart is The Moon (XVIII), which represents intuition, loneliness, and illusion.
In normal stages, the Arcanas are dropped by a Glowing Bat boss.
Placeholders for all Arcanas existed in the game files before all Arcana were officially released, with the unreleased ones having placeholder names being musical tracks from the Castlevania series. Most of them were slightly modified before being officially released. For example, what was once place held as "Tragic Prince" has since been released as Tragic Princess (III).
The pictures on the Darkanas are based on the pictures on their Randomazzo counterparts. For example, Gemini (I) and Sapphire Mist (I) depict the same two figures.
The correct singular form of the word is "arcanum", whereas "arcana" is already in plural. However, in-game, "arcana" is used to refer to a single card and "arcanas" is used for multiple.
With Game Killer (0), all treasure chests will always contain at least three rewards, allowing Arcana Chests to contain two additional chest rewards.

External links[]

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