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Vampire Crawlers Gold Farming: Fastest Ways to Make Money

Short answer

Run Gallo Valetto as lead (+25% coins), break every light source, and stack Stone Mask (+10% coins, self-destructs). Mid-game, the Overkill chain (Teeny Bridge → Curd Refinery → Cappella Ultima) converts kills into coins. Late game, Coin Count turns gold into damage.

Gold in Vampire Crawlers buys Crawlers, Power Ups and Inn discounts, and late-game, it is damage (see Coin Count below). Here's every real coin mechanic in the game, ranked by effort.

The short version

  1. Run Gallo Valetto as lead (+25% coins), or Troubler if you like discard decks.
  2. Break light sources everywhere: coins, Little Clovers and Stone Masks drop from them.
  3. Grab the Overkill relic and overkill everything: excess kill damage converts to gold.
  4. Bank Stone Masks early (+10% coins each, self-destroys so it doesn't clog your deck).
  5. Late game: millions of gold + Coin Count = one-shot Red Death.

Every coin multiplier, listed

Source Effect Notes
Greed stat +% gold earned Caps at 1,000%
Gallo Valetto (lead) +25% coins Best greed lead: also starts with Clock Lancet
Gallo trigger +10% coins per Wild card Wild-heavy decks print money
Troubler +1 Coin card per card discarded Coin per discard; also makes a random card free when you gain coins
Stone Mask +10% coins, then destroys itself Free stat, no deck bloat
Vicious Hunger (evolution) May turn enemies into coins RNG scales with Luck
Overkill (Teeny Bridge, zone 3) Keep attacking defeated bosses → up to 500 coins The base version only works on bosses
Ultimate Ultra Overkill (Curd Refinery, zone 4 diff 6) Limit-breaks Overkill → up to 5,000 coins The big cap raise
Ovenkilt (Cappella Ultima, zone 8 diff 9) Overkill any encounter, not just bosses The full farming engine
Midas gem Played cards earn coins while in hand Collect 5,555 coins to unlock
Overkill relic Excess kill damage → gold Stack with Gallo's Greed for the full engine
Ovenkilt relic Makes the Coin Count strategy trivial Pairs with overkill farming
Disco mode 5% off Inn purchases 10% chance on entering the Inn once you own 5 Crawlers

The coin cards

Card Coins Extra
Coin +1 Destroy
Coin Purse +10 Draw 1, Destroy
Big Coin Bag +25 Destroy
Rich Coin Bag +50 Destroy

Wild coin cards are destroyed when the play stack clears: socket them with a Fireproof gem to keep them forever.

The endgame: Coin Count

Coin Count deals damage equal to your current gold. The combo: the full Overkill chain (relic → Ultimate Ultra Overkill → Ovenkilt) + Gallo's Greed + the Midas gem = millions of gold per run. Play Coin Count at Red Death and the 1,000,000 HP boss just... dies. (Details in the Red Death guide.)

Where to kill skeletons (Mortaccio unlock)

Mortaccio, one of the best cheap Crawlers (300 gold, +2 Amount), unlocks after defeating 444 Skeletons, found in the Mad Forest and its higher-difficulty variants. Skeleton farming and gold farming stack: same dungeon, same light sources to smash.

Worth knowing

  • Dommario unlocks at 5,000 coins collected: a natural milestone on any greed run.
  • Coin gain triggers Troubler's "random card temporarily free": a free extra play per coin pickup.
  • The Power Ups shop in the Village unlocks at 250 coins: that's your first real money sink, and Might/Growth ranks pay for themselves.

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