Vampires

Species

Monsters

Status

Extant

Title/Alias

Vamps
Bloodsuckers
Fangs
Fangbangers

Family

Eve (originator) †
Alpha Vampire (progenitor) †
Leviathans (distant relatives)
Monsters (cousin races)

Most vampire lore is crap. A cross won't repel them. Sunlight won't kill them and neither will a stake to the heart. But the bloodlust -- that part's true. They need fresh human blood to survive. They were once people, so you won't know it's a vampire until it's too late.

Vampires, or Vamps for short, are a race of blood-drinking supernatural creatures that were once human.  It has been stated encountering a vampire is very rare as hunters have hunted them near to extinction although due to their ability to reproduce by transfusion there only needs to be one for them to repopulate.

All vampires originate from the Alpha Vampire.

Powers and Abilities

The blood of the Alpha Vampire in their veins gives vampires many unique abilities.

Super Strength - Vampires possess strength that is greater than humans. Young vampires experience a formidable increase in physical strength; able to lift heavy objects and overpower grown humans. Older vampires, however, can overpower their own makers and other creatures. One 3 year old vampire could put a teenager on the top of a flag pole. 

Fangs - Vampires possess a set of retractable fangs. Their teeth are superhumanly strong and can rip open a human's neck and leave huge bite marks on the corpse of the victim it has fed on.

Super Speed - Vampires can move at greater speeds than humans. It is possible that a vampire's speed, like their strength, increase with age.

Super Agility - Vampires possess amazing agility. They can climb up walls and jump off buildings without hurting themselves. Vampires also have greater reflexes than humans.  One could presumably climb a flag pole while carrying a teenager.

Super Senses - Vampires have extremely keen senses that are superior to those of humans. They can see in the dark, hear a human's heart beat, and possess enhanced sense of smell. A vampire can track a human's blood over long distances.  Like their strength, their senses seem to increase.

Immortality- Vampires can potentially live forever. They can't grow old and don't acquire conventional diseases that affect humans.

Invulnerability - Vampires can not be killed by conventional methods, such as stab wounds or gunshots. Vampires have an extreme resilience to pain. They still react to punches and kicks in a similar manner to humans.

Regeneration - As long as they have enough human blood, vampires can quickly heal any wound that does not include amputation.

Super Stamina - Despite their hunger, vampires don't tire easily. A new vampire who had yet to complete the transition, took on an entire nest of over twenty other vampires, in a fight to the death, and emerged almost unfazed.

Stealth - Vampires are often shown sneaking up on their victims-even experienced vampire hunters-without making a sound.

Weaknesses

As with other supernatural creatures, vampires have weaknesses that hunters can exploit to defeat them.

Harming and Banishing

Dead man's blood - The use of blood from the recently deceased can also be used as a method to incapacitate vampires briefly.

Sunlight - While sunlight can hurt them, it is more like a really bad sunburn; rather than being lethal it only causes pain to vampires. For this reason, vampires are primarily nocturnal, and will not go out while the sun is still on the horizon. They can also find other types of light uncomfortable, as vampires have increased sensitivity to light.

Scent-blocking Mixture - A mixture of saffron, skunk cabbage, and trillium into a fire or dusting one's clothes with the ashes of this mixture will cover a human's scent to attack vampires. This will even cover another vampire's scent. However older vampires with their stronger senses, may be able to overcome this.

Serious Physical Injury - While vampires can't be killed by serious physical injury and can heal, they are still susceptible to harmful injuries.

Killing

Weapons, Rituals and Substances

The colt - As it can kill almost anything, it can be used against all vampires including their alpha.

Vamptonite - Human blood with DNA altered by Leviathan corn syrup: This altered blood kills them quickly as though they have ingested a powerful acid.

Decapitation - Beheading is the most commonly used method to kill vampires, considered the only method for a long time. The head does not necessarily need to be removed; doing sufficient damage (such as incinerating) seems just as effective a method of killing, if somewhat more elaborate.

Vampire irradiation Gun - The British Men of Letters at some point invented this weapon through a combination of technology and magic that irradiates vampires and reorders their DNA, turning their own blood toxic and killing them.

Anti-Vampire Device - The British Men of Letters at some point invented this weapon through a combination of technology and magic that releases a gas that is poisonous to vampires.

Appearance

A vampire's appearance is that of a normal human. However, they all have common features, such as sharp, pointed, retractable teeth that emerge from their gums and extend beyond their human teeth. This set of fangs descend at the vampire's will, usually when about to feed, when threatened or when attacking. Some vampires have been shown to have sharp fingernails, but nowhere near as long as the Alpha's, which are more clawlike and can be made to extend at will.

(All information came from this site: http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Vampires )