How to Unlock and Evolve the Shadow Servant into Ophion in Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC – Evolution Explained

This Ophion's got an Opinion about an Onion and refuses to go into Union.

Ophion is a very powerful weapon that came into Vampire Survivors with Tides of the Foscari DLC, and is the last weapon you can unlock in this DLC (assuming you’ve done the secret stuff). In this short guide, Prima Games delivers a guide on how to unlock Shadow Servant for all characters and how to evolve Shadow Servant into Ophion within Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari DLC. If you need any additional help regarding the DLC content, hop on to our game tag under the article. And now, back to the subject, which is the Evolution of Shadow Servant.

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How to Get Shadow Servant for all Characters in Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC

Shadow Servant is obtained by unlocking Genevieve Gruyere. After you do that, you need to play as Genevieve Gruyere on any stage and survive for 15 minutes. After doing this, Shadow Servant will be obtainable by any character in your roster during your runs.

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Genevieve Gruyere’s starting weapon is the Shadow Servant. The text is simple, so let’s remind ourselves of it.

Has a chance to slow enemies down.

  • Level 2 – Fires 1 more projectile.
  • Level 3 – Base Damage up by 10.
  • Level 4 – Base Damage up by 10.
  • Level 5 – Base Area up by 50%
  • Level 6 – Fires 1 more projectile.
  • Level 7 – Base Damage up by 10.
  • Level 8 – Base Damage up by 10.

It’s perhaps underwhelming when you try out, but hold your horses! Ophion might be overpowered.

Evolution of Shadow Servant into Ophion in Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC

The evolution of Shadow Servant is done by having these two inventory pieces at their max level:

When you have these two at max level, pick up a Treasure Chest and hope for the best!

The effect of Ophion has a very simple but deadly text:

Evolved Shadow Servant. Has a chance to instantly kill enemies.

Overpowered? Make sure to try it out yourself and form your own opinion about Ophion. In the meantime, check our Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC tag for more guides about this crazy DLC! We hope to see you again very soon at Prima!


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Nikola has been a Staff Writer at Prima Games since May 2022. He has been gaming since being able to hold an Amiga 500 joystick on his own, back in the early 90s (when gaming was really good!). Nikola has helped organize dozens of gaming events and tournaments and has been professionally attached to gaming since 2009.