Vampire Crawlers Walkthrough: Zone Order, Relics & Unlocks¶
Vampire Crawlers doesn't hand you a map: the dungeon unlock order, the relics that unlock whole mechanics, and the character unlock conditions are scattered across 161 achievements. Here's the whole progression chain in one place.
How the nine dungeons are grouped¶
The wiki's dungeon table groups stages under a dungeon name, which is why the count is 9 and the stage count is higher: Mad Forest holds Furious Forest and Berserk Wood; Inlaid Library holds Library West Wing and Library Sanctum; Dairy Plant holds Milk Factory and Curd Refinery; Gallo Tower holds Gallo Dungeons; Cappella Magna holds Cappella Ultima; and Moongolow holds Moongohigh. Death Parade's three new stages are Moongolow, Moongohigh and Gallo Dungeons: Moongolow existed since 23 June 2026 only as a one-floor teaser (???), and Death Parade turned it into a full five-floor dungeon while adding Moongohigh inside it and Gallo Dungeons inside Gallo Tower. Meany Bridge is not new — it shipped on 21 April 2026. That is why the family count moves 8 → 9 despite three new stages.
The same zone gets meaner (and re-skinned) at higher difficulties, and each re-skin is a separate stage with its own tier and unlock condition (what each tier unlocks):
The dungeon/difficulty structure (how dungeons actually work)¶
| Zone | Difficulty variants |
|---|---|
| Zone 1: Mad Forest | Mad Forest (d1) → Furious Forest (d2) → Berserk Wood (d3) |
| Zone 2: Library | Inlaid Library (d2) → Library West Wing (d3) → Library Sanctum (d4) |
| Zone 3: Teeny Bridge | — |
| Zone 4: Dairy Plant | Dairy Plant (d4) → Curd Refinery (d6) |
| Zone 6: Gallo Tower | — |
| Zone 8: Cappella | Cappella Magna → Cappella Ultima (d9) |
Some dungeons have floors and difficulty published but no confirmed slot in the zone numbering. They are still real dungeons, and you will hit them:
| Dungeon | Floors | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeny Bridge | — | 5 | Unlocks at Dairy Plant level 15. Gates Gallo Tower and Power Ups Tier 3 |
| Moongolow | 5 | 9 | Death Parade. First run forces Galileo's Hand |
| Moongohigh | 7 | 10 | Death Parade. Where the Troubler coffin is |
| Gallo Dungeons | 3 | — | Death Parade. Leda appears at floor 14 in Endless |
| Meany Bridge | 1 | 7 | Launch content, easy to confuse with Teeny Bridge (zone 3) |
The numbers above come from the official wiki's dungeon pages; where a field says — the wiki does not publish it, so this page leaves it blank rather than guessing. For enemy HP per dungeon, see Enemies & Bosses; for the stage-by-stage boss ladder with armor and resists, see All Bosses.
All 19 relics and where they are¶
This is the location reference, with zone numbers and difficulty variants. What each relic actually does is on Relics & Arcana, including the Arcana list.
Each relic unlocks a whole system. Grab these in dungeon order:
| Relic | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|
 Combo Stack | The combo multiplier itself | Tutorial (hidden in Pancakes) |
 Gem Hammer | Socket gems into cards | Mad Forest (z1 d1) |
| Polentír | Fortune Teller's Arcana tent | Furious Forest (z1 d2) |
| Guiding Light | Breakables show on the map | Inlaid Library (z2) |
| Stardust Anvil | Blacksmith: add card sockets | Teeny Bridge (z3) |
| Overkill | Overkill defeated bosses → up to 500 coins | Teeny Bridge (z3) |
 Bomba Infernale | Vaporize floor 1 of a cleared dungeon (big red button) | Dairy Plant (z4 d4) |
| Ultimate Ultra Overkill | Overkill cap → 5,000 coins | Curd Refinery (z4 d6) |
| Lapidary Loupe | Jeweller: gem rarity control | Gallo Tower (z6) |
| Sorceress' Tears | Hurry Mode: faster travel/combat, doubled in-game timer | Gallo Tower (z6) |
 Arcana Finder | Arcana chests in dungeons | Library Sanctum (z2 d4) |
| Grim Grimoire | Tracks discovered evolutions | Library West Wing (z2 d3) |
| Tappo | Stops the Drowner appearing in normal stages | Gallo Tower dungeons |
| Seventh Trumpet | Unlocks Endless Mode (adds the Endless button) | ??? (undocumented) |
 Deck Box | Hidden relic, not shown in the Museum | Hidden |
| Galileo's Hand | Adds a Cap Hand Size button to the World Map | Moongolow |
| Ovenkilt | Overkill any encounter | Cappella Ultima (z8 d9) |
| Rilevatore | Shows weapon effects on targets | Owned from the start |
| Milky Way Map | Enemy positions on the mini-map | Owned from the start |
(The Relic Museum opens in the Village after two dungeons. It lists 17 of the 19 relics and lets you toggle their effects off. Deck Box is never listed there, and Galileo's Hand was added in Death Parade and is also not in the museum list.)*
Phase 0: Tutorial¶
- Grab the Pancakes in the tutorial: they're the Combo Stack relic. Yes, the tutorial hides a relic in breakfast food.
Phase 1: Mad Forest¶
Your first dungeon. Priorities:
- Gem Hammer relic: unlocks the entire Gem system. Non-negotiable priority.
- Break light sources constantly: coins, Stone Masks, Little Clovers and Vacuum cards drop from them.
- Farm 444 Skeletons → unlocks Mortaccio (300 gold at the Inn, +2 Amount: best budget buy).
- Defeat Mantichana → unlocks Gennaro.
- Reach level 10 → unlocks the Inlaid Library.
Phase 2: Inlaid Library¶
- Guiding Light relic: shows breakables on the map. QoL king.
- Level Imelda to 20 here → unlocks Pasqualina (the 100-gold value queen).
- Complete it → unlocks the Library West Wing.
- In the West Wing (difficulty 3): the shiny bookshelf hides the Grim Grimoire (tracks all your evolution recipes), and Yatta Cavallo unlocks after defeating 250 Lion Heads in the library.
- Reach level 15 here → unlocks the Teeny Bridge, home of the Overkill relic (excess kill damage → gold) and Stardust Anvil.
Phase 3: Furious Forest¶
- Polentír relic: unlocks the Arcana system (Chain Link lives here; get it).
- Complete it → unlocks Berserk Wood.
- In Berserk Wood, find the Coffin → unlocks Pugnala Provola.
Phase 4: Dairy Plant¶
- Defeat the Milk Elemental → unlocks Ramba.
- Bomba Infernale relic is here.
- Smash five Mine Carts → unlocks the Carréllo card.
- Collect 5,000 coins lifetime → unlocks Dommario.
- Complete it → unlocks the Milk Factory; reach level 15 → Weeny Bridge.
Phase 5: Library Sanctum (difficulty 4)¶
- Find the Coffin → unlocks Giovanna Grana.
- Arcana Finder relic is here.
- Complete the Library West Wing to open this zone.
The character unlocks that don't fit the dungeon chain¶
| Crawler | Condition |
|---|---|
| Arca Ladonna | Play Fire Wand cards 100 times |
| Poe Ratcho | Play Garlic cards 25 times |
| Lama Ladonna | Complete a dungeon with 10%+ Curse |
| Krochi Freetto | Defeat 6,666 enemies total |
| Suor Clerici | Recover 1,000 HP total |
| MissingN0 | Kill Red Death (how) |
 Ambrojoe | Switch 2 card label (not platform-exclusive) |
| Leda | Defeat her on floor 14 of the Endless-mode Gallo Dungeons; unlock cost 666 |
| Troubler | Inn purchase: 5,000 gold |
Phase 6: The endgame¶
Once a dungeon's final boss dies, you can descend one more level: that's where Red Death waits with 1,000,000 HP. Killing him is the real endgame, and it needs a specific deck: Secrets: Killing Red Death. Every loop below him adds +100% Curse and another, harder Red Death.