For all their supernatural powers and immortality, vampires do have several weaknesses that can irritate, incapacitate, and/or kill them.
Silver: Skin contact with silver is not harmful, however once it punctures the skin, silver can become deadly. Wounds caused by silver are slow to heal, resulting in scars. Critical wounds caused by silver, such as injections of silver nitrate and those that penetrate the heart or injure the brain are usually fatal.
- Some vampires are resistent to the effects of silver and will not die on the basis of a wound being made by a silver alone.
Sunlight: Vampires burn in sunlight. Prolonged exposure will cause them to combust and turn to ash.
Stakes: A stake, or any other rod-like implement, driven through the heart of a vampire will kill it.
Fang Removal: Removing a vampire's fangs effectively makes them unable to feed and strips them of most of their abilities, including their immortality and ability to feed on other sources. Their fangs will eventually grow back, but leaves the vampire in a very vulnerable position in the meantime.
Garlic: Garlic is an irritant to vampires, whether smelled or touched. Touching garlic will weaken the vampire.
Holy Water: Acts like acid on a vampire's skin.
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