Vampire Survivors

• The monsters wreathed in a blue outline and the ones that are way bigger than normal have a chance to drop a treasure chest. In addition to the chest including equipment upgrades, it also gives you a big chunk of gold all in one lump sum, which makes them doubly worth going for if you'd like to unlock characters and meta progression at a reasonable pace.

• You get 6 weapon slots and six passive buff slots. Every weapon has a passive item combo that will allow it to "evolve" into a super version by opening a chest after the weapon reached level eight (provided you spent at least 10 minutes in the level). Evolutions you've discovered are recorded in-game (or you can just google).

• A single level eight (or evolved) weapon is generally better than 6 level twos. Focus.

• Even if you have a full set of items, if you come across something in the level you can pick it up & power it up as normal. Whether or not it's worth waiting until you've filled your loadout to go pick up that 'extra' item is up to you.

• Once you unlock the second map (Inlaid Library) don't be afraid to play it. It's arguably easier than the map you start on, so don't feel like you need to beat the first map before playing it.

• The third map (Dairy Plant) has a "relic" that will unlock an in-game map for all levels, allowing you to see where the items are.

• Spend your gold on powerups!

• Banishing something you've already picked up doesn't remove it from your loadout; it just prevents any further level-ups for that item from appearing.

• As more and more experience gems are left on the ground, they are eventually concentrated into a single red gem. So if you don't have to pick up every single gem as you move through the level - backtrack a bit to pick up the red gem and you'll get all that xp.