Vampire

The Vampire is a both an NPC and a playable character in Streets of Rogue. They wear typical vampire attire.

They are unlocked by destroying 20 gravestones in a single run.

NPC
Vampires appear in the Park, Downtown, and Uptown and generally spawn in cabins at the Park or Houses and Mansions at Uptown, one also appears in a cage at the Zoo.

Walking past a Vampire will use Bite to drain their victims' blood including the player. Unlike the Thief, the Vampire doesn't become Hostile and doesn't run away and they will continue to walk off after draining some blood from their victim, however followers witnessing you being bitten will become hostile towards the vampire and will attack them in retaliation, turning the Vampire Hostile towards you. Vampires do not use Bite to drain from Robots or characters with the Electronic trait since they lack blood.

Drops

 * Money.png Money

Tips and Strategies

 * How to fight: Against single enemies, open with Bite if you are not at full health. However, if you have to fight a group or know more enemies will appear, focus on melee combat using your strength and speed.
 * How to finish a mission: The Vampire works well as a stealthy character. You need to attack from behind to use Bite. You can also invade hideouts rather casually as Camera Shy allows you to traverse hideouts without worrying about Security Cameras. You can also use this to your advantage to sneak up on Goons and other guards within the hideout.
 * Out of combat, Bite allows Vampires to recover health much more reliably than most other classes, which means that you can take a lot more risks with it. During combat, however, it is very difficult to get behind an opponent, and since you don't have access to most ordinary forms of healing items, you probably won't be recovering much health mid-combat. Try to avoid drawn-out fights.
 * Bite is considered an assault, so Cops, as well as anyone allied with the NPC you bit, will attack you if they catch you. It will also cause some NPCs that would normally be okay with murder to become Annoyed with you. Some NPCs are still relatively safe targets, however. Slum Dwellers especially are good to eat, as they are plentiful and often walk in the streets alone.
 * One of they many ways to lose health so you can Bite is by using Cigarettes, damaging yourself with Fire-Spewers, Flaming Barrels, Mine Carts or getting poisoned by Slime Barrels.
 * Despite Jugularious, you can still heal from Regenerate Health Syringes and leveling up.
 * In Uptown, the Vampire is safe from getting deported and getting items confiscated by Cop Bots, and doesn't have to worry when passing through them, thanks to Camera Shy. Cop bots will still however become Hostile and attack you if you commit a crime or attack another officer outside of their camera vision and in their line of sight.
 * You can ask a Doctor to 'administer a Blood Bag' up to three times per level, then recover the lost health by biting people. You can also buy one per level from a Loadout-O-Matic. As long as you have the Jugularious trait, you can heal yourself with these blood bags.

Quotes

 * "I wish I could be one of those sexy teen vampires." (General Chat)
 * "Just once, I would love for someone to invite me into their home."
 * "Please don't ask me to turn into a bat, it's really hard on my joints."
 * "What is a man?! A miserable pile of secrets!!...  I'm so sorry, I had to."
 * "Who need mirrors when you know you look good?"

Trivia

 * The Vampire was added in Alpha 11
 * One of the quotes of the Vampire references the infamous line from Castlevania Symphony of The Night.
 * And one of the quotes about teen vampires could probably be a reference to the Twilight saga or Vampire romance novels.