Vault Statues are props that spawns in specific areas. In preloop these include 3-2 and 5-2, while in loop also includes 1-2 and 7-2. Once three vaults are visited in a run, no more will spawn and crowns can no longer be swapped out.

Statues start off with 120 HP in preloop and will be triggered around 80 HP, which will summon IDPD. During this phase it will 'suck in' any nearby rads, and after taking in 24 rads it will be activated. Breaking the statue will then open the portal to the Crown Vault. If the statue is not filled before it is destroyed, then the Crown Vault will be missed. Player & IDPD attacks can break the vault open, but normal enemy attacks will not damage it.

The vault will have a glowing diamond-shaped pedestal with the default crown sprite on top of it. Stepping on this will exit the level, allowing for crown selection. IDPD will spawn an additional time in the following level once the crown is selected.

If a crown is already being ran or a vault has been visited already, proto statues will spawn in the vault. Stepping on the pedestal will activate them, and they must be killed before exiting the level and use high damaging attacks. If the proto statue is attacked before stepping on the pedestal, then crown selection will be skipped entirely.

This section is a subjective summary of every crown page's viability. There is no right way to play!

Many crowns are generally unbalanced and while some are good on paper, are actually terrible in practice. As such most are only ever taken to unlock once for each character and then are ignored afterwards.

Preloop crowns specifically have the worst bunch, as it's generally better to just play vanilla than run many of these.

• Life and Guns are considered to be the worst in the game with very detrimental downsides.
• Haste and Risk have upsides that are decent, but the downsides can sometimes come at great expense.
• Destiny is a utility crown used for higher modes of play, but is a pretty bad choice for new players.
• Curses is easily the best preloop crown for all modes of play, though new players should be particularly aware of its downsides.

Loop crowns are a lot more balanced in general, as the runs will usually benefit much more than be hindered by taking these.

• Hatred has a marginal upside and is easily ignored.
• Protection's trade-off is very arguable, putting it on the weaker end.
• Love is a straight upside if already running preferred weapons, but isn't a game changer.
• Death, Luck and Blood all give considerable upsides and downsides that have the biggest impacts on gameplay. Blood is considered the best in meta play (loop 3+), but is particularly dangerous for anyone learning loop.