Vampire Survivorscontinues to grow even larger withThe Coop, a free update that arrives alongside the freeEmerald Dioramacrossover expansion. While theSaGacollaboration in theEmerald DioramaDLC is a huge highlight of thisVampire Survivorspatch, The Coop still has a bunch of secrets to discover and new items to unlock, including weapons like the Gaze of Gaea and the all-new chicken character Gazebo.
As the name implies,The Coopis a chicken-themed update forVampire Survivors. It adds an all-new map to the game, a new relic that modifies the game’s speed, and more. Gazebo is the only new character added inThe Coopupdate (the rest are reserved for theEmerald DioramaDLC), and he’s fairly easy to unlock once players learn what to do.
How to Unlock The Coop inVampire Survivors
To unlock Gazebo inVampire Survivors, players must evolve the new Gaze of Gaea weapon into Embrace of Gaea. Both weapons are newVampire Survivorsin this update. Before players can do that, though, The Coop stage must be unlocked first by collecting a lifetime total of 500 Floor Chickens.
Floor Chickens are the health pickups that spawn periodically throughoutVampire Survivorsstages. There’s not really any strategy to grinding Floor Chickens, so players may have to grind for a few hours if they don’t already have aVampire Survivorssave file with the criteria met.Grinding for goldwill net players at least a few Floor Chickens per round, so that’s a good place to start for newcomers.
How to Evolve the Gaze of Gaea in Vampire Survivors
Once The Coop is unlocked, players can unlock the Gaze of Gaea weapon by avoiding enemies for one full minute at the start of a round. If players avoid killing any enemies for the first minute of a run of The Coop, the Gaze of Gaea weapon will be unlocked.
At that point, players can venture to the right end of The Coop stage to find a Parm Aegis and the new Roast Chicken With a Clock in the Middle relic, which makes the game run at double speed. The relic is nice to have, but only Parm Aegis is required for the weapon evolution. Parm Aegis was initially introduced in theOde to CastlevaniaDLC, but players don’t need to own that expansion to collect the item on The Coop stage. With Gaze of Gaea and Parm Aegis in hand, Gaze of Gaea can evolve into Embrace of Gaia.
Once players have obtained Embrace of Gaia for the first time, Gazebo the chicken will be permanently added to theVampire Survivorsroster. Gazebo’s starting weapon is Gaze of Gaea, and this chicken has a passive bonus that grants it +50% move speed. With Gazebo unlocked, players will have completed the majority of The Coop content inVampire Survivors.That leaves plenty of time for grinding thenewSaGa Emerald Dioramacollaboration DLC.
