Gracia's Mirror (sometimes misspelled as "gracias mirror" in searches) is the Vampire Survivors relic that unlocks Inverse Mode, a toggleable run modifier that flips stages upside-down, buffs enemy health by 200%, and triples your gold income. It is one of two relics awarded by The Directer in the Eudaimonia Machine stage, and it is the primary farming mode for late-game gold, Golden Eggs, and Arcana collection.
This guide covers the exact unlock chain, the dialogue choice that matters, the freezearrow spell shortcut, the full stat modifier list (with one wiki inconsistency flagged), every item the Inverse Mode merchant sells and what they cost, the weird Sammy-only crash bug, and the character unlock that depends on picking this relic up.
Gracia's Mirror is a relic awarded by The Directer, the shadow-entity in the Eudaimonia Machine stage. Like its sibling relic the Seventh Trumpet, you do not find it on the ground with a green arrow. You are given it directly as a reward for answering a dialogue question correctly.
Its single function is to unlock Inverse Mode, a toggle that appears next to Hyper Mode, Hurry Mode, and Endless Mode in the Stage Selection menu. Once on, the selected stage changes in five specific ways that we will break down in detail further down the page.
A note on spelling: the keyword most people type into Google is "gracias mirror vampire survivors" with an S at the end, but the relic's actual in-game name is Gracia's Mirror, possessive. If you are looking it up in the Collection menu, look for "Gracia's" with an apostrophe-S, not "gracias".
Gracia's Mirror is locked behind the same late-game gate as the Seventh Trumpet. You cannot rush it; the game wants you to have completed most of the base-game relic chain first.
If you reach level 14 or higher before talking to The Directer, the game crashes. This is currently only possible with the DLC character Sammy, who levels up rapidly from his starting weapon. If you are using Sammy on this stage, make the trip to The Directer before grinding any XP.
If your first visit to Eudaimonia Machine awarded you the Seventh Trumpet (Endless Mode) instead of Gracia's Mirror, the Mirror is still reachable. The path is slightly longer.
A 1 April 2026 Steam beta update (patch 1.15.100) fixed a bug where Gracia's Mirror and Seventh Trumpet spell shortcuts could leave the unlock state incompletable. If you are on an older build and the fallback path is not triggering, update the game before troubleshooting further.
If you already have the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane unlocked, you can bypass the entire Eudaimonia Machine chain with a spell code:
freezearrow — cast in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane from the Secrets menu. This awards Gracia's Mirror instantly and unlocks Inverse Mode with no further steps required.
This is the fastest possible route if you are restarting a save or speedrunning progression. Remember that the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane itself has to be unlocked first, which happens when the Sketamari enemy drops it due south of The Bone Zone.
Inverse Mode is a multi-layered modifier. It is not just "enemies harder, gold better". Here is every stat change, straight from the wiki.
| Modifier | Effect |
|---|---|
| Stage Layout | Rotated 180° (toggleable) |
| Map Visual | Darker tint, different hue |
| Gold Gain | +200% |
| Luck Bonus | +20% (see note below) |
| Enemy Starting HP | +200% |
| Enemy HP Per Minute | +5% compounding |
| Enemy Move Speed | +1% every 2 minutes |
| Merchant Inventory | Adds Skip, Banish, Reroll, and an extra Arcana |
| Stage Music | Alternate theme on supported stages |
The enemy HP scaling is what makes late-run survival in Inverse Mode tough. By the 20-minute mark, base enemy HP is already up by 200% + (5% × 20) = 300% of their normal value, and that stacks on top of any other enemy-bonus modifiers the stage itself applies. The Bone Zone and Bat Country, which already have enemy-buff modifiers, become genuinely dangerous.
For transparency: the wiki's Gracia's Mirror page lists the Luck bonus as +25%. However, the wiki's Stages page, Luck page, and the Patch 1.0 official notes all list it as +20%. Three sources to one, we use +20% as the canonical value. If a future patch note overrides this, the Luck page will update first, so that is the one to check.
If the upside-down layout makes you nauseous, you can disable it without losing the stat bonuses. Go to Settings > Gameplay > Visually Invert Stages and toggle it off. Inverse Mode still applies its full stat modifier set (gold, luck, enemy scaling, merchant inventory), but the stage will render right-side up. One exception: the Ode to Castlevania stage ignores the visual flip entirely, so the toggle does nothing there.
The Merchant's inventory changes significantly when Inverse Mode is active. This is the single biggest gameplay reason most players toggle Inverse on for farming runs, because it is the only way to buy extra Arcanas mid-run outside of specific character abilities.
| Item | Price | Purchase Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Skip | 100 gold | Up to 20 total |
| Banish | 500 gold | Up to 20 total |
| Reroll | 1,000 gold | Up to 20 total |
| Pick a Card (extra Arcana) | 20,000 gold | Repeatable |
| Golden Egg | 10,000 gold | Repeatable |
The 20,000-gold Arcana card is the key purchase for power runs. Arcanas are normally capped at three per run (or five with Queen Sigma), but Inverse Mode lets you buy additional ones at the Merchant. The extra Arcana lasts only for the current run, so use it on builds that actually need a fourth, not farming runs where Golden Eggs are the priority.
If you also have Seventh Trumpet unlocked and toggle Endless Mode on alongside Inverse, the Merchant respawns at every cycle and keeps selling an additional Arcana. Across a multi-cycle Endless run, this means you can theoretically collect every unlocked Arcana in a single run if you can afford the 20,000-gold-per-pull price tag.
Inverse Mode is the game's primary late-game farming tool. Three reasons players toggle it on most often:
To counter the +200% enemy HP, the recommended passive pickup is Torrona's Box. It scales enemy health in a way that produces better XP and Gold drops, which partially offsets the tougher waves. Remember to Banish it at Level 9 if you do not need it for a Victory Sword or Flames of Misspell evolution, since Level 9 is where it starts pulling its weight backward.
Gracia's Mirror is a prerequisite for unlocking the Avatar Infernas character. The wiki does not specify the exact trigger conditions on the Gracia's Mirror page, only that the relic is required. If Avatar Infernas is on your completion checklist, do not skip this relic, even if you plan to speedrun with the Seventh Trumpet first.
This is another reason the Gracia's Mirror / Seventh Trumpet pair exists as a two-part gate: both relics are individually required for other unlocks later in the progression chain, so there is no point in picking just one.
The Directer's combat line \"But enough talk, have at you!\", which triggers after you have collected both Gracia's Mirror and the Seventh Trumpet, is a direct reference to Dracula's opening monologue in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It is one of several Castlevania callbacks the game maintains in its lore.
Collect every standard relic in the base game to unlock Eudaimonia Machine. Enter the stage, walk north to The Directer, and choose "Too Easy" when asked about your path. The relic is awarded immediately.
It permanently unlocks Inverse Mode, a toggleable stage modifier that flips the stage layout, triples gold income, adds +20% Luck, boosts enemy HP by 200% with scaling over time, and expands the Merchant's inventory to include Skips, Banishes, Rerolls, and extra Arcana cards.
freezearrow. Cast it in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane from the Secrets menu. This awards the relic instantly and bypasses the Eudaimonia Machine unlock requirement.
You get the Seventh Trumpet instead, which unlocks Endless Mode. To still get Gracia's Mirror, start and end a run with Endless Mode enabled, then return to Eudaimonia Machine. The Directer will award you the Mirror automatically on the second visit.
20,000 gold per pull at the Merchant. It is repeatable, so with enough gold you can buy past the standard three-Arcana run cap. In Endless + Inverse combined, the Merchant respawns every cycle and keeps offering Arcanas, letting you collect every unlocked Arcana in a single run.
Yes. Go to Settings > Gameplay and toggle off "Visually Invert Stages". The stat modifiers still apply; only the visual rotation is disabled. Ode to Castlevania ignores the toggle entirely and never visually flips.
+20%. The Gracia's Mirror wiki page lists +25%, but the Stages page, the Luck page, and the official Patch 1.0 notes all list +20%. Three wiki sources to one say +20%.
The relic is named after the character Gracia, so the possessive form is "Gracia's". Most search queries type it as "gracias mirror" without the apostrophe, but the Collection menu lists it with the apostrophe-S correctly.
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Wiki citations: Gracia's Mirror, Eudaimonia Machine, Stages (Inverse Mode), Merchant.
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