Vampire Survivors: A Guide to Unlocking Smith IV

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First, there was the secret character named Exdash, who used Ebony Wings as its starting weapon. Later, Toastie was introduced into Vampire Survivors; it uses Ebony Wings' counterpart, Peachone, as its starting weapon. Many players were sure that at some point another secret character, whose sprite is a palette swap of Exdash (like Toastie), that uses Vandalier as a starting weapon.

Vampire Survivors: How to Survive For 60 Minutes (With Ease)

Well, those players were right. One of the newest characters in Vampire Survivors, named Smith IV, uses Vandalier as its starting weapon. Smith IV is a ghost-like character like Exdash and Toastie and possesses similar passive bonuses — or rather, passive penalties in the case of Smith IV.

This is not the hardest of characters to unlock in Vampire Survivors. Instead of having to traverse a stage looking for a coffin to open, or defeating a boss, the player must instead enter a series of codes at specific times. At the main menu the player needs to type the word «spam»; then progress to the character select screen. Type «spam» again at the character select screen, followed by typing it again at the stage selection screen. When the player enters the stage they need to type «humbug».

There is a 30-second timer that starts when the first «spam» is typed. The player needs to type «humbug» at the start of the stage before this timer runs out. If done correctly the player can then exit the stage and return to the character select screen — where they still have to pay 7,777 gold to actually unlock Smith IV as a playable character.

Smith IV is an interesting, and challenging, character to use. Even long-time players of Vampire Survivors might have trouble surviving for 30 minutes the first few