Ariana is likely the third character you’ll unlock in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. You might end upunlocking Probotectorfirst depending on what happens to you, but either way, here is exactly how to unlock Ariana in Vampire Survivors.

How to evolve the Short Gun in Vampire Survivors to unlock Ariana

The only way to unlock Ariana in Vampire Survivors is byevolving the Short Gun into Prototype B. Evolving weapons works differently in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. But before we get to that, here is the path you need to take to access the Short Gun and Ariana.

The reason it’s important to unlock the Short Gun by surviving 15 minutes with Lance Bean is that with the weapon unlocked, you canchoose to level it up when you level up. This will make evolving the Short Gun, the only requirement to unlock Ariana, much easier.

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What is the Short Gun evolution in Vampire Survivors?

While I recommend you look at our guide detailing all the weapons and evolutions for all the Vampire Survivors Operation Guns DLC, I can make your life easier by telling you the secret to evolving the Short Gun. You need to getShort Gun to level eight,Bracer to level eight, and pick up a Weapon Power-Upon Neo Galuga.

If you do those three things, you’llevolve Short Gun into Prototype B and unlock Ariana. It’s as simple, and as complicated, as that. Note that this will take time, but it’s the only way tounlocking Luciawhich is how you unlock Hectic Highway and progress toward unlocking more characters.

Noah Nelson

From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor’s Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.