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In this work, Vanadis 6 cold work tool steel was vacuum austenitized, room temperature quenched, differently cryogenically treated (-75, -140 and -196 °C for different durations) and double tempered, in the range 170 – 530 °C. Two kinds of wear performance assessment were used: pin-on-disc and reciprocating sliding wear tests, by using a ball-on-flat contact configuration. Pin-on-disc testing was realized by using three different counterparts (alumina, 100Cr6 ball bearing steel and CuSn bronze) while only alumina was utilized for reciprocating sliding wear tests. Both testing types were carried out at wide ranges of sliding velocities, loads and sliding distances. The obtained results show that cryogenic treatments combined with low temperature tempering improves abrasive- and adhesive wear performance of the steel as well as its galling resistance. The best tribological properties were obtained when low-temperature tempering was combined with cryogenic treatment at -140 °C, due to the greatest carbides count and other microstructural alteration generated by this kind of treatment. The improvement in wear performance is accompanied with slight but undisputable increase in corrosion resistance of the steel, at almost no affected toughness as compared with the state after conventional heat treatment. In conclusion, the obtained results imply an opportunity to simultaneously improve wear performance, corrosion resistance and toughness of the examined steel, by choosing a proper combination of cryogenic treatment and tempering.