List of vampire traits in folklore and fiction

Table columns:
Setting
Immortal
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Senses
Enhanced Speed
Unnatural Healing
Flight
Shapeshifting/Absorption
Psychic Powers
Psychokinesis
Pyrokinesis
Other

Table rows:
cells: European Folklore
Implied
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some
Yes
Some
Some poltergeist-like activity
No
Various other powers based upon region such as control over nocturnal animals or the ability to spread plagues
cells: North American folklore
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some
Nocturnal animals and mist
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Daybreakers
Yes
No
Enhanced senses of smell
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
If they abstain from blood for too long they mutate into Subsiders.
cells: Varney the Vampire
Yes
Yes
?
?
Regenerates in moonlight[10]
?
?
Yes
?
No
?
cells: Carmilla (1871)
Implied
Yes, grip can paralyze limbs temporarily
?
Yes
Powers are enhanced in moonlight
?
Monstrous cat
?
?
?
Becomes incorporeal at will (vanishes, goes through solid barriers/doors)
cells: Bram Stoker's Dracula
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limited; Dracula still possessed a scar where Harker had struck him with a shovel months ago
Yes
Wolf, bat (also giant bat), dust, fog - possibly dog as well. Can also impersonate Jonathan Harker. Can impersonate a coachman and a doorman (though it is not known if he only used darkness to disguise himself or a little magic as well in addition to that darkness)
Yes, the hunters track Dracula through his telepathic link with Mina.
Improbable, as he would then have carried his boxes on his own (though he might still have been too weak to use that hypothetical magical power)
Plausible, since he started a massive fire and the characters who were not present when he did it simply had to guess he may have used a match, but they cannot prove anything
Control of nocturnal animals, wolves and rats mentioned specifically. At least one vampire (if not all) is able to shrink to fit under a door. Hypothetical array of other powers (due to former magical scholarship - undocumented, and very briefly mentioned by Dr. Van Helsing); lizard-like climbing abilities
cells: Nosferatu
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
?
Wolf
?
Yes
No
Rats and plague follow the vampire.
cells: Van Helsing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, but it resembles teleporting
Yes
In winged creature form
Winged bat/demon-like creature
?
No
No
Vampires can walk on walls and ceilings.
cells: Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Extremely old vampires
No
Most
Very old vampires
Very old vampires
Most are able to walk on walls and ceilings. Children of the Millennia can cause blood vessels to rupture. All vampires have enhanced memories.
cells: Twilight saga
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gifted
No
Gifted
Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities.
cells: Buffy
Yes[31]
Yes[31][30]
Yes[31]
Yes
Yes[31][30]
No[power 1]
Only Dracula
Gifted
No
No
?
cells: Blade
Yes
Yes
Yes; vampires can also see in ultraviolet
Yes
Yes; also, Frost/La Magra merger regenerates lost limbs instantly (see "other")
No
Only Dracula and La Magra, the latter can shed his skin, turning into a ball of fire to methodically stalk his prey (gained from the Ligaroo tribe).
Only La Magra, which can control minds, matter and the elements (gained from the Faustinas tribe).
No
No
Deacon Frost, when merged with La Magra was impervious to silver, is able to day-walk due to Blade's blood, and can instantly turn any human in his path into vampires.[power 2]
cells: Ultraviolet
Yes
Yes
Enhanced sense of smell
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: 30 Days of Night (2002)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Discworld
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Can be resurrected from ashes
As a bat or as a "human"
Yes
Yes
No
No
Overcome inherent weaknesses with psychological conditioning
cells: Batman & Dracula
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Vampire Academy
Only the Strigoi
Yes
Yes
Only the Strigoi
Spirit users can heal.
No
Yes
Some, not all.
No
Vampires that are fire users.
All Moroi have an extra power: water, earth, air and sometimes spirit.
cells: True Blood
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Only if they had the power before they turned.
Can "glamour" humans, erase memories and bend their will
Gifted
No
Standard: Eidetic memory, voice imitation, maker abilities (calling, commanding, empathetic link, and releasing); Unique Powers: advanced vampiric abilities, advanced progeny calling, astral projection, blood abilities, advanced glamour, haemokinesis, intangibility, invisibility, precognition, self-control, species detection, telekinesis, teleportation, and immunity to stakes, fire, silver, and invitations; vampire blood can heal humans and has numerous drug-like qualities.
cells: The Little Vampire
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Can climb any surface and may hang from the ceiling to sleep
cells: The Vampire Diaries
Novels: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
They can control the elements, animals and the weather.
cells: Television series: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only in the first episode; retconned soon after
No
Vampires can compel humans. Originals can compel vampires, vampire/werewolf hybrids and humans.
No
No
Dream manipulation; vampire blood heals humans; can "turn off humanity"
cells: Count Chocula
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
?
Yes
Bat
No
Able to levitate marshmallows
Electrokinesis
Turns into milk chocolate, 15 vitamins and minerals
cells: Count Duckula
?
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
?
No
No
Teleportation
cells: Vampire Hunter D
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Some can turn into mist.
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Various other powers that vary greatly between individual members of the Nobility.
cells: Sesame Street
Yes
No
?
No
?
No
No
Hypnosis, now discontinued
?
Can generate thunder by counting
Preternatural counting abilities
cells: Let the Right One In
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limited
Sending memories through kiss
No
No
Are able to walk on walls
cells: Young Dracula
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
They have other abilities, like weather manipulation, among others.
cells: Preacher
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Limited
Yes
No
Some
Ability to walk on walls and ceilings, briefly read the minds of those they drink from, other unspecified abilities
cells: American Vampire
Old World bloodline: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Gifted bloodlines
Gifted bloodlines
No
No
?
cells: American bloodline: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Hellsing
Yes
Yes
Long range vision
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
?
Powerful vampires can pass through walls, shadow and blood manipulation, can summon the souls of those he has previously consumed.
cells: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, but wounds from silver heal slowly. Holy water inhibits healing.
Gifted
Rare
Telepathy is stronger after biting, can enthrall with eyes
Gifted
Gifted
Call animals, drain power from sired vampires, rot without damage (dependent on bloodline)
cells: World of Darkness[power 3]
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Vast number of potential Disciplines; consumption of a vampire's blood three times causes blood bonding, an imposed state of intense love.
cells: Being Human (BBC)
Yes
Yes
Enhanced sense of smell
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gifted
No
No
?
cells: Being Human (Syfy)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
?
cells: The Saga of Darren Shan
Extended life
Yes
Yes
Yes
Saliva has healing powers
No
No
Among higher ranking full vampires and briefly during transformation into a vampire; not exclusive to vampires
Only illusion of telekinesis
No
Exhales gas that causes unconsciousness in humans, Runs at high speeds outside normal space
cells: Moonlight
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Can be developed with age
No
No
?
cells: The Parasol Protectorate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain
Yes
Yes
Enhanced sense of smell
Yes
Yes
Ancient Vampires were able to fly, Kain can levitate, and Raziel can glide
Wolf, bat swarm, and mist
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Corruptions caused some clans to gain abilities others did not. Some powers are also granted by the Reaver or by consuming the blood or the soul of some characters.
cells: Night Watch
Yes[power 4]
Yes
Yes[power 4]
?
Yes[power 4]
Gifted
Gifted (giant bat)
Yes[power 4]
Yes[power 4]
Yes[power 4]
Ability to lure prey to the vampire
cells: Underworld
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only Markus in his winged creature form
Only hybrids
Through drinking their blood
No
No
Selene and her daughter can perceive through each other psychically and can cling to surfaces.
cells: Chibi Vampire/Karin
Extended life, potentially beyond 1000 years
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some
No
Memory erasure and hypnotic barriers
No
No
Adult vampires and some children can control bats. Spring of Psyche vampires cannot control bats or erase minds, but produce blood rather than sucking blood.
cells: Night World
Lamias: They are immortal if they want to
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Only Maya Hearth-Woman
Yes
No
No
Maya can perform magic.
cells: Made Vampire: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Dungeons & Dragons
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
By shape shifting
Bat, wolf, cloud of smoke
Yes
No
No
They can walk on walls and ceilings, are resistant to the cold and electricity and any magic associated with either, and command over nocturnal animals.
cells: Forever Knight
Yes[14]
Yes[14]
Heat/night vision[39]
Yes[14]
Yes[34]
Yes[14]
No
Ability to persuade through mesmerism[14]
No
No
cells: Necroscope
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Some
Yes
Yes
No
No
Killglance, necromancy, and precognition
cells: Moon Child
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
?
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Hazy mist-like form
No
No
No
Can make themselves invisible
cells: The Lost Boys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Dark Shadows (1966)
Yes
Yes
?
Either this or teleportation
Yes
Yes
Bat
Hypnosis
Yes
No
Time travel, necromancy, possibly teleportation
cells: House of Night
Blue Vampyres: Yes
Stronger than humans, but not unnaturally so
Yes
Faster than humans, but not unnaturally so
Depends on vampire affinity
No
No
No
Depends on vampire affinity
Depends on vampire affinity
Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill.
cells: Red Vampyres: Yes
?
Yes
Faster than humans, but not unnaturally so
Depends on affinity
No
No
Yes
Depends on affinity
Depends on affinity
Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill.
cells: Frostbiten (2006)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Vampires can scale walls and roofs with no support at all and talk to dogs
cells: Dresden Files: White Court
Very long-lived, but may not be truly unaging
Only when boosted
?
Only when boosted
Only when boosted
No
No
Induce and harvest emotions
?
?
Normally about human in power, but can boost to superhuman using harvested emotional energy
cells: Dresden Files: Black Court
Either immortal, or very long-lived
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
?
?
Can create thralls and "renfields" (insane, violent, permanent thralls)
?
?
Can control or alter animals and are capable of learning and using magic
cells: Dresden Files: Red Court
Either immortal, or very long-lived
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
?
Can change from human-looking to natural bat-like form by removing outer skin
Potent narcotic, euphoric, addictive saliva
?
?
?
cells: The Sims
In The Sims 2, but not The Sims 3 where they only had an extremely long life cycle (might die from external causes)
Yes
No
Yes
No
In bat form
Bat
Some
No
No
Powers vary by entry in franchise
cells: Touhou
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Implied they can recover from anything as long as the head is undamaged
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Remilia Scarlet: fate manipulation; Flandre Scarlet: destruction of anything; magic
cells: Fright Night
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
By shape-shifting into a bat
Bat, wolf, mist
?
?
?
Stick to ceilings
cells: Marvel Comics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Some vampires can control the weather and some animals; pseudo-vampires don't have these powers.
cells: We Are the Night (2010)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Walk on walls.
cells: Blood: The Last Vampire
Extended life
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Except for Saya
Except for Saya
No
No
No
?
cells: Blood+
Only Queens and Chevaliers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only Chevaliers when they shape shift
Only Queens and Chevaliers
No
No
No
?
cells: Trinity Blood
Methuselahs: Extended life
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only a certain type called Fairies
No
No
No
Gifted
Methuselah also possess varying individual abilities, like the forming of a blades that come out of their arms, claws, or even prehensile hair; some Methuselah have displayed an ability to control some elemental powers such as fire and ice.
cells: Crusniks: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
All Crusniks have a variety of different abilities.
cells: Supernatural
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Only the Alpha vampire
No
No
?
cells: DC Comics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only Andrew Bennett
No
Andrew Bennett can do magic
cells: Sanctuary
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
They have the ability to understand another person's identity and native language by tasting their blood.
cells: Rosario + Vampire
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some, when shapeshift into bat
Gifted
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Charmed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
In bat form
Yes
Yes
No
No
They are immune to witches' powers and can hang or cling to ceilings.
cells: Wizards of Waverly Place
Yes
Yes
Smell
Yes
Yes
By turning her arms into wings
Yes
No
No
No
Sleep control
cells: Gantz
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Are able to spawn weapons from their bodies
cells: Blindsight (2007)
No, but can hibernate for decades to avoid overhunting its food supply
Yes; due to increased ATP production
Yes; due to tapetum lucidum and tetrachromatic vision
Yes; due to thicker axons increasing nerve impulse transmission speed
No
No
No
No
No
No
Altered brain structure provides omnisavantic pattern-matching and analytical skills.
cells: Adventure Time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Can drain the color red from objects instead of feeding on blood, become invisible, and animate corpses
cells: Vampire Knight
Only the Purebloods, the other levels are long lived
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted
Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities
cells: Castlevania series
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only the vampires in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Yes
Some can manipulate electricity, black magic, summon bats and Dracula can resurrect every 100 years.
cells: Split
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Some can possess people.
cells: Tsukihime
True Ancestors: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
?
?
Some can manipulate reality and move from one place to another by recreating their body.
cells: Dead Apostles: Imperfect Immortality
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Gifted; by absorbing mystical beasts
Gifted
No
No
Gifted Dead Apostles can summon familiars and become invisible; mages that became Dead Apostles through magical means, can still perform magic afterwards; when injured The Curse of Restoration turns their time backwards to a point in which they were unharmed.
cells: Stargate
Yes
Yes
Night and thermal vision
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Wraiths can take or give life-force
cells: Hollows series
Living Vampires (Low and High Blood): No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Living High Blood vampires are empath and pull an aura.
cells: Undead: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Black Blood Brothers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted bloodlines
Rare; Only the Warlock bloodline (the only known members of this bloodline are Cassandra Jill Warlock and Cain Warlock
Yes
Gifted; vampires of broken bloodlines are unlikely to master this ability
Only Zelman Clock’s bloodline of which he is the only survivor
Vampires can possess a variety of other powers based on bloodline or individual; The Dark Princess of the North can manipulate the weather.
cells: Stephen King
Type One: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Possibly; Barlow could cause an entire house to shake in the movie.
No
Can control magical bugs
cells: Type Two: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Type Three: ?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
No
No
?
cells: Vampirella
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Vampirella can manipulate shadows and blood, and induces sexual arousal.
cells: The Elder Scrolls
Yes
Yes, except for the vampires of the Sanguinare vampiris strain
Sight
Yes, except for the vampires of the Sanguinare vampiris
Yes
Gifted
Only Vampire Lords
Most vampire clans, but not all
Only Vampire Lords
Only the vampires of Arena
Various unique powers based on clan, such as invisibility, silencing mages, reanimating corpses, poisonous claws, summoning gargoyles, enhanced magic and skills, and numerous resistances
cells: My Babysitter's a Vampire
Vampires: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Gifted
No
?
cells: Fledgling: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Only by inserting a bit of own flesh into victim's head
No
No
Dio Brando can shoot blood from his eyes at high speeds and freeze a person's blood by touching them.
cells: The Librarian series
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
In dust
No
No
No
Dreams manipulation
cells: David Wellington
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Darkstalkers
Yes
Yes
?
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
He can manipulate his cape, create protective auras and temporarily change the gender of male opponents
cells: The Historian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
In animal form
Yes
No
No
No
?
cells: Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi
Possibly, or very long life. Do not age, and can change their apparent age to their liking
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Saitohimea has a lot of magic
cells: Monogatari series
Yes, but resurrections require energy and can only be done by vampires that had lived long enough
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
Ones that had lived long enough can grow wings at will
Yes, although it's implied that not all vampires possess this ability
?
?
?
Can drain the energy of others and generate matter; can change the length of their hair; can do very long jumps; if given massive enough energy source, Kiss-Shot can summon a temporary time portal.
cells: Saga of the Noble Dead
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Some vampires can control animals and all vampires have to obey the orders of the one who turned them.
cells: Doctor Who
Great Vampires: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
?
cells: Vampires: Extended life
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some
Some
Yes
Some
No
?
cells: Dance in the Vampire Bund
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only if they have wings in their true form
Some vampires can assume their true form
Some
No
No
Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities.
cells: BloodRayne
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted; in bat/raven form
Gifted; Zerenski could turn into a flock of bats and Rayne gained the ability to become a raven.
Gifted; Rayne's ghostly double can enter and control others
No
No
Gifted vampires and dhampir, like Kagan or Rayne, can have a variety of extra abilities others may not have.
cells: Vamps
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities
cells: The Strain
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
They can transfer their consciousness from one human host to another.
cells: Blood Alone
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
The elders have different special abilities.
cells: Anno Dracula series
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted bloodlines
Gifted bloodlines
Gifted bloodlines
Gifted bloodlines
Gifted bloodlines
Powers vary outside of their physical capabilities based upon their bloodline.
cells: Hotel Transylvania
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mostly in bat form
Bat; standard form can grow claws
Powerful hypnosis; can control beasts or men, rewrite memories; requires eye contact
Yes
No
Can walk on walls and ceilings in defiance of gravity; able to induce lasting paralysis in beasts or men.
cells: Vampireology
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
in animal form
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
cells: Blood Moon
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Can swap locations with their Bat familiars, making it appear as if they turned into the animal
cells: Shadowspawn series
Very long-lived, can become theoretically immortal post-corporeal night-walkers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only in some forms
Only when night-walking; can become anything or anyone they have the DNA of
Manipulation of chance, telepathy, possession of bodies emptied by a nightwalker's death
Yes
Yes
All of their powers derive from extreme manipulation of chance.
cells: Shadowrun (vampires and nosferatu)
Yes; they do not age and can live for centuries or even millennia
Yes, although they are not physically strong to a supernatural degree
Yes (also possesses thermographic vision)
Yes, although they are not fast to a supernatural degree
Yes
Gifted
Yes; all vampires are able to change into a misty form and vampire magic users may be able to use magic to assume animal forms.
Only the Nosferatu strain possess this as a natural ability and even then, it is limited; they can also invoke extreme fear in others.
Gifted
Gifted
Immunity to poisons, toxins, and diseases and they are capable of using magic and the transformation may unlock latent magical potential.
cells: AdventureQuest
?
Yes
?
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
cells: Vampire in Brooklyn
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wolf, bat, fog, and can shapeshift into other humans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Can cast spells of illusion, can possibly turn invisible or teleport
cells: The Shadowhunter Chronicles (The Mortal Instruments)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Can control certain mortals
cells: Penny Dreadful
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Only master vampires
No
No
?
cells: Kate Daniels novels
Immortal, or at least capable of reaching great ages
Yes
?
Yes
?
No
No
No, but they can relay communication from necromancer pilot.
No
No
Extraordinarily good climbers; non-sapient, telepathically piloted by a necromancer (bloodthirsty mindless monsters, otherwise)
cells: Den of Shadows
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
As a winged animal
Some
Some
?
?
They can teleport and some have special abilities.
cells: From Dusk till Dawn series
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only those who have wings
Yes
Yes
No
No
They are able to walk on walls and ceilings.
cells: Monster High
Yes
?
?
?
?
In bat form
In a bat
?
?
?
Can control bats
cells: inFamous: Festival of Blood
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Swarm of bats
Yes
Only Bloody Mary
No
All of Bloody Mary's vampires must obey her; Firstborns can disguise themselves as humans.
cells: Kitty Norville novels
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
?
?
Can hypnotically control to some extent, if you meet their eyes
?
?
Older vampires are more powerful.
cells: American Horror Story: Hotel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Implied
No
No
?
cells: Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
Yes
Gifted
Gifted
They can telepathically communicate with and control those they have bitten or turned; each vampire possesses their own special ability from the start of their birth/creation; can mimic the special abilities of other vampires, though not perfectly, by sucking their blood and/or eating their flesh.
cells: Vampire Cheerleaders
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Can "Glamour" humans, erase memories, and bend their will
No
No
Can enthrall humans through unexplained means
cells: Innistrad
Yes
Yes; they are twice as strong as a human and can enhance it further with magic
Gifted
Gifted; they can enhance their speed with magic
Gifted; Sangromancy magic can transfer consumed blood into health
Gifted; Falkenrath Elders are more likely to master this power
Gifted; the Voldaren Elders can more easily master magic that makes it possible to assume various animal forms and the Stromkirk Elders can dissolve their bodies into a cloud of mist.
Gifted; the Markov Elders possess a special affinity for psychic magic.
Gifted; the Markov Elders possess a special affinity for psychic magic.
Gifted; the Markov Elders possess a special affinity for psychic magic.
Vampires are magic users and are able to develop new powers through magickal study and may learn a vampiric form of glamer (quasi-illusion magic) that enables them to alter what nearby humans think they're perceiving when they look at the vampire and they can emanate a two-foot-wide aura of silence at will.
cells: Blood Lad
Possibly immortal or just long lived
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gifted
No
Gifted
?
?
Vampires are naturally able to use magic
cells: Shiki
Yes
No, but they are stronger than most humans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Can manipulate the body, mind, and soul of their victims by consuming their blood
No
No
They can command animals as well, not just humans.
cells: Warhammer
Yes; since vampires possess no true soul they are able to be resurrected quite easily compared to humans
Yes, although this power is best represented among the Strigoi and the Blood Dragons
Enhanced sense of smell
Gifted; Lahmians are well-known for their quick and brutal attacks.
Gifted; vampires are able to utilize their blood or dark magick in order to knit their wounds far more quickly than a mortal.
Gifted; can be achieved through magick or by shape-shifting
Gifted vampires can assume the form of a large bat, a swarm of bats, ravens, flies, beetles, or cockroaches, a wolf, or a supernatural cloud of mist, although most of these powers are more common/represented in certain bloodlines.
Gifted; best represented among the Lahmians, although all are capable of transfixing their prey
Gifted
Gifted
Vampires are a diverse race of beings whose powers vary greatly based upon bloodline and their own individuality.
cells: Seraph of the End
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
?
?
Vampire made weapons can "drink" vampire blood and become stronger.
cells: Interviews with Monster Girls
?
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
Yes
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
?
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
No, although this might just be because Hikari is still young
?
cells: The Witcher
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some, including all higher vampires
Some, including all higher vampires
Some, including all higher vampires
No
No
Invisibility, retractable claws, higher vampires can control weaker vampires.
cells: The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
?
Yes
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Smoke, Bat, Dog
?
?
?
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Questions about this table:
originalText: what is it called when a vampire hypnotizes you in vampire diaries
answer: answerTexts: compel