How to beat the Purple Reaper in Vampire Crawlers (The Trickster Secret Boss)

Players will encounter many bosses as they progress through each stage of the Vampire Crawlers. However, some bosses may actually be missing. The Drowner is a secret boss that players can face when they end their turn without playing any weapon cards, but players don't actually have to defeat it 100 percent Vampire Crawlers – however, that is not the case with The Trickster.

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Vampire Crawlers: How to Find and Beat The Drowner (Secret Boss)

The Drowner is a secret boss in Vampire Crawlers whose appearance players can only accidentally trigger – here's how it occurs and how to beat it.

To get the Uncrackable gem and achievement, players must find and defeat The Trickster. Since there are no tips on how to do this in the game, this guide will tell you exactly what to do to get The Trickster to spawn in Vampire Crawlers.

How to meet the trickster in vampires

Vampire Crawlers: cracked cards, explained

High combos are how players can improve their stats significantly Vampire Crawlers. As the combos get higher, the damage dealt by a weapon card increases and so do the item card effects.

With boosts from certain cards, such as Attractorb and Bracer, players can create card loops to create endless combos. To discourage players from doing this, a card will begin to crack after it is removed from the discard pile and returned to the player's hand. After a card has been played four times in the same turn, it will break, permanently removing it from the player's deck, and The Trickster – a purple reaper – will appear.

How to defeat the trickster in Vampire Crawlers

How to unlock the unbreakable gem in Vampire Crawlers

To get the Uncrackable Gem Vampire Crawlersplayers will need to get The Trickster to spawn and then successfully defeat it. Unless players want to farm this enemy, they should immediately end their turn when it appears; if the cards keep breaking, more purple reapers will appear.

The Trickster deals 30 damageso players should have enough armor to prevent massive damage from being dealt to them. Although this is a bulky boss fight, players don't have to worry about the eye mechanic (which causes the boss to attack mid-turn), so players can keep playing their cards and building up their combos to get stronger as long as they avoid breaking them.

vampire crawler's uncrackable gem

With the unbreakable gem, a card is less likely to crack when played after being removed from the discard pile.


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Released

April 21, 2026

ESRB

Teenager / blood, violence

Developer

Poncle

Publisher

Poncle


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