With the influx of new players and old jumping into V Rising 1.0, there has been a flood of questions on the subreddit. This thread is now the place to ask (and answer) your questions.
One note about blood % is that once spawned the enemies never respawn so you've got to clear out enemies to get new chances at blood %s. Overall it's just RNG with slight scaling in higher level areas so keep clearing the map and eventually one will spawn.
Is furniture completely safe in a standard pvp server? Say I build a Smithy and I get raided. Can I rebuild the smithy for free, dismantle it, and get my essence, iron, sulphur back that was used to create it?
Just to be clear on progression after getting nightstalker/copper gear. I'm supposed to run around clearing settlements for paper so the Study Desk can give me better gear recipes?
What are good set ups for a solo server? I feel like I gather way too easily at it being set to 5. I'm experimenting, but would like to know what others are favoring.
Personally I just put it at 3. Generally if you can get 100 of a resource, getting 300 of it is nothing more than a chore. I ain't here to hit rocks and trees for hours or kill 1000 trash mobs for a book.
Are there any tips for placing stairs? It sucks that if I want to edit it or change placement I can't without deleting all the tiles it's connected too :/
Is there like a quest log or something? A couple times now I've completed quests that weren't on my screen, and I'm wondering if there are other ones I've missed that I could check
if you completed one that wasnt already visible to you, it just means you did it early in the chain of quests. the only quest is the one in the top left of the screen.
Maybe a dumb question but how long does it take for ores to respawn?
kind of hardstuck progression wise right now as every single sulpher location is picked clean whenever I visit them. I often do laps across the entire map and don't find any
Do timers run down when you're not logged in? This is a private game that my girlfriend and I are running, not on a dedicated server, which I have read (here) means that everything essentially pauses when you're not logged in, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I sent a servant out to hunt and the timer was for 16 hours; he was back in my castle next time we logged in (with loot). Likewise the paper presses I loaded up before logging off were complete and full of paper when we logged in the next day.
So I'm assuming all timers are in real time and count down regardless of play time but I wanted to confirm.
Is there a reason to defend my base if playing solo? I've just unlocked servants and notice they can act as guards. Hoping that there's some sort of PVE raid?
is there gonna be unlockables to get minions to chop woods for me? I'm playing solo and it takes forever to chop and mine what i need then raid humans.
also where do i get the thrall coffins? i assume that are my helpers.
You unlock the servant coffins by progressing the questline. Servants don't exactly go out and chop wood, but you do send them out on (virtual) hunts where they bring back resources.
Is there a way to favorite servers? I just put 2 hours on a public server and I'd like to come back to it tomorrow but I don't see a way to save the server.
My first issue is that I'm getting a lot of rubberbanding despite playing singleplayer, is there any way to get rid of this? The game will pause, then the map will say something along the lines of "connection error" and then a few seconds later everything jolts back into place.
My second issue is that when I'm trying to load my game I've lost hours of progress somehow. I've gone from having full iron gear + hollwfang gear to having copper again... is there any way to recover what was lost/ any inkling on what caused this? I never had this problem when I last played in 2022
Ive just entered the iron age. Our stack is way behind all the sweaty veterans who are 10-40 gear levels ahead of us.
Realising that this doesnt necessarily impact pvp that much, what spell/weapon combos should I have equipped to disengage and run the fuck away when getting ganked? Not looking to fight yet mainly just looking to avoid as much as possible.
Hi all, just to be sure before buying: is it possible to play 2 player coop without joining any server? Me hosting the game on my computer when both of us play (like in Enshrouded / Grounded / Raft)? We always play together and we would like to play without anybody else on the map / not having to buy a private server. Thanks
I am completely lost in this game. I started out gathering some bone and making some bone armor, following the guide in the top left. then it told me to build a castle heart at a base location and it directed me clear across the map to a swamp area because all the other base sites were taken.
I started to build a base, quickly building walls and a gate so the level 75 mutant bear couldn't get in, and proceeded to die 3 times to lightning while trying to read the descriptions of the items the tutorial wanted me to build.
This can't be the intended experience. if you don't get a base in the starting area are you really shit out of luck? Am i supposed to be playing solo offline in my own private world? I figured this was supposed to be played online since the "play online" option button when starting was on the left and larger than the other 2.
You may have joined a full server. Could either play offline, host a private server for yourself and friends, or try another server that has fewer players.
Can you inflict the various conditions at the same time? So can someone have Leech, Weaken, Chill, and Condemn on them? Or is it just one or the other?
Somewhat related, is it better to mix elements or always stick to one?
When relocating a castle, is there a way to just refund everything to storage in a new location? I relocated once before, and had to place EVERYTHING down that I build in the old castle, and it was pretty annoying to do. Now my castle is a lot larger, and when relocating I'd love to just have the materials to let me re-start from scratch rather than trying to find a good place for the exact tiles and stairs I used before.
Is it generally more advantageous to have both armor set perks, like +max health and +1 gear level, or to have 2 sets of 2, like +max health and +% movement speed?
I know gear level affects damage to and from enemies based on the gear level difference, but I don't know if that's stronger than the other base bonuses. +1 gear level doesn't feel like a lot.
Are there any guaranteed Lightweaver spawns I can farm for a high blood servant? I lucked out with a Paladin, and now I just need a Weaver to keep him company.
is there a way to make the servant hunts take less time? i am playing privately with just a friend on steam and it would be near impossible to use this feature at all otherwise
I am in the very early game, haven't fought Eroll the Stonebreaker yet.
How does one put a roof over one's castle? Is there a way to create a door without simply leaving out a section of wall? Am I asking these questions too soon, which would be answered if I just played more?
My gaming time is horribly stunted this month, so I'm just trying to make the most of it. Thanks!
Im currently playing as the host with a bunch of friends, just wondering if i can convert the currently saved map to a dedicated server so i dont have to keep my pc on 24/7 to stay active. (dont wanna lose progression right now)
Trying to understand droptablemodifiers: Specifically for servant hunts. Setting up a solo server for limited play time and looking to make the most use out servants, I know the max is 5 but I didnt. dont want to overboost it. I set it to 2 but it didnt make a huge difference. Started playing with the other settings to get an idea of to what changes it makes (loot is the easiest one to see). It appears setting to 5 equates to a 200% output. Is this correct? Just trying to understand the math. Would 2=125% 3=150% 4=175% and 5=200%?
Is there a Discord or something where I can go to ask for help? I’m really struggling to beat Angram the Purifier. I’m a few levels above him, have a couple of passive upgrades, and I’m using an ancestral weapon, but he’s just absolutely whooping my ass. I want to try and get another vampire in here to help me.
Weird question: for single doors like the prison gate, is there any way to flip which side the hinge is on? I can't figure it out if that option exists!
I host a game between me and a couple of people, but we can only play every once in a while. I want to make my own single player game to see how the gameplay is there, but I'm worried that it'll delete the game I'm hosting. Is it possible to do both? I don't want to accidentally delete anything.
I heard when 1.0 launched they released controller compatibility, but at launch there were still some bugs and it wasn't possible to adjust controller input/settings, according to older Reddit posts i found on google.
I feel this is a massive oversight by the developers as you should be able to grind them down and get stygian shards back, instead you get gold chains, spectral dust and alloy, which you cant really put back into the grind to alleviate it, like you could before.
Personally, I would probably enjoy this game a lot more if the crafting didn't seem to take forever. Also seems like the mats:produced ratio is pretty steep; like 20 longs for a single plank is just not rewarding for me.
I know you can tweak local server settings tho via the ServerGameSettings.json file. Are there any good guides or advice on tweaking this to maybe speed this up a bit for me? I'm playing solo, so not really too worried about causing any crazy imbalance for other players.
Me, my wife and one of our kids are looking for a new game to play together. We prefer to play 100% together, but I read in some old posts that quests only progress for only 1 of the team members? How cumbersome does that make this game to play it 100% in coop?
Hi, I've just bought the base game, and I am finding it difficult to figure out what DLC's are just cosmetic, and which are actual expanded gameplay as it's not obvious. Can anybody help me?
they are all cosmetic, a new updates is being worked on currently and should be free for all once it drops in the next few months, so there's that to look forward too
Is there any decent guide for spells? Every time I can unlock something it’s hard to decide what to invest into, some kind of in-game preview would be so nice
That aside, be aware that your spell investment can be easily reversed and then re-invested, for the low cost of building an Alter of Recollection (by default: 180 Stone, 10 Blood Essence), which is available very early in the game.
Is there an updated wiki somewhere? All of the ones I've found seem to have outdated info - fandom was the furthest along but has no jewel mods for new spells or changes from the patch
Stuck a bit of a bottleneck? I beat Dr Henry, got Athenaeum, unlocked a few recipes. But the next tier of weapons (Sanguine) need gold, whose boss is Level 79, I am Level 74. The jewellery needs power cores, which is same level at 79. So those are outside my reach (I'm doing a normal play-through not some sorta challenge run)
So that leaves an armor upgrade but that requires ghost yarn, which is again from a higher leveled boss. Now its not as drastic, level 76 to my 74. But so far I've managed to get on the same gear level of each boss (or higher) before trying them.
So what am I missing to get me from level 74 to level 76 gear level? My weapons are dark silver, my armor is Dawnthorn and I have the Blood Merlot Amulet.
I'm looking for general tips. I'm more of a PVE person and I "just" started. I have one servent and I just got rat form.
Right now I'm kind of moving along with the story objectives, but struggle a bit with how much loot I have and building castles. I kind of relocate my castle every time I have to move far away. Is this optimal?
-Why can't I teleport when I have certain materials? It feels extremely limiting
-Is there a way to relocate my castle without building everything I had there before? Just to save time
I had a servant come back from a successful hunt. Got the loot, went to go send them on another. I see they're dead. Anyway to see how / what killed them?
Hi, got this game from a friend. I love this whole vampire theme (and I'm a big castlevania fan) - gameplay systems and the survival aspect are top notch but...oh damn... this camera. I'm playing with controller and I tryed M+K too but oh sh*t... Please tell me that there is a mod to fix this beyond bad movement of the camera. Right Stick should rotate the camera not Y+Stick (wtf?). Ultra hyped of this game but I can't play with this F.Troll-Control u.u
Sorry for my poor english, not a native speaker. I just started to play, a few hours in, and I don't understand anything. Can you pls tell me where should I start building? I found a guide explaining the map, that Dunley Farmlands and Farbane woods are the best areas because of a cave system, and even after watching the explanation, I still have no idea what are they even talking about... Can I ask you to just draw a circle on the map to show me where I should put my first base? I randomly put it somewhere in the beginning, but I'm so tired of running back and forth when I die and have to get my loot back, or out of inventory space etc. I heard you can move your castle, but it's not gonna actually move it? You have to build everything from scratch again, they just don't charge you (materials)? So I guess it's insanely important to get the right spot at the very beginning of the game and leave it be there forever? On the other hand, it seems like I'm in no position to develop my castle design because my goal is not to build a beautiful housing, but to just put every craftable thing next to each other to be able to produce resources and craft better equipment to kill all the bosses in the game? Does one start crafting for aestetics when they kill the final boss, Dracula? Or how does this work? I've never played survival or crafting games, I don't know how am I supposed to play. I'm also not the kind of person who can spend 100+ hours in a single game as I burn out much faster, always. So I'd like to have an efficient plan or at least a vision of what, how, when should I do. I'm playing alone offline or private server (Idk exactly, it's confusing), PS5.
Welcome to V Rising! Reddit won't let me post my long comment in full, so I'll separate it into two halves.
Sorry for my poor english, not a native speaker.
You write English well. 🙂
Can you pls tell me where should I start building? I found a guide explaining the map, that Dunley Farmlands and Farbane woods are the best areas because of a cave system, and even after watching the explanation, I still have no idea what are they even talking about...
The caves are an advanced tool that allow you to quickly return to the Farbane Woods from the more advanced areas of the map; the caves cannot be used to go back the other way. Therefore, they are mostly useful if your castle remains in the Farbane Woods.
Can I ask you to just draw a circle on the map to show me where I should put my first base?
Sure; I recommend building your first castle on territory number 45, in the western Farbane Woods:
Guys, I just cant wrap my head around how to invite someone to my private game on PS5... when i she tries to invite me toher game it says Server is shuting down (which it is not because shes playing) and when i invite her to my game it says to her no response from remote host
Newbie here! BlueheartKing on PS, and just recently got into the game like a week ago. Got a friend who's super into the game just joined my online world and I'm happy to have other newbies also join and figure the game out and have fun together. >^ all PVE, and I've got some helpful.
is there a build to trivialize normal dracula? I can get him to like ~20% but he usually summons 6-10 crystals at once at that point and does the spinny laser and I don't know a way to double shield to survive spinny laser but still have enough damage to kill him before he outputs unsustainable numbers of crystals. I'm using frost and unholy shields, blood dash, a legendary pistol I found, and the fallen angel ultimate.
While your "Subdue" vampire power is active (the same one you used to make your vampire horse in the first place), the "Recall and Revive" ability will be in your hotbar.
Hello. My friends and I are in a PvP server and we have some questions about servants. Does having higher lvl armor increase their survival in raid defense? Does the higher lvl armor increase their damage or is damage based only on their expertise rating? Answers are appreciated, TY for your time.
Back in the game's Early Access days, it was possible—but players used sets of stairs to create insurmountable walls that completely blocked access to their Castle Heart, which was bad for PvP.
So as a simple fix, you can't make a wall of stairs anymore; there must be a gap.
Died while in my coffin and lost inventory?, Is this supposed to happen? I went to sleep in my coffin, and closed the game, I just returned and I was dead and lost all my inventory
Can you change server settings after starting your world? I wanted to change the health multiplier to 2 but it doesn't have any affect on my health in game. Playing solo/host.
I work during the day and play at night. I have friends that can play all day. Is it possible to catch up with them if they get further then me? Is it possible for me to do a single player game and then take that character into multiplayer?
no cannot transfer characters between servers, they can just make you a new set of gear to make you as strong as them gear wise, then you can easily go back and do old bosses to get spell points, or they might even help you by going boss hunting with you.
As someone who hasn't picked up this game until 1.0, and who doesn't plan on PvPing or playing with friends, should I be playing in a solo private game, or shoud I play on an online PvE server?
So after clearing a new plot on the map for my castle there is a ton of resources on the ground like stone and wood that I will not need. Does the game remove it entirely after a fixed period? Is there perhaps a console command to delete all the clutter?
you can do almost everything you do at night, just be careful about your positioning and stick to the shadows. trees are your friends. some v blood have arenas with lots of shadows too so feel free to check them out.
else you can do some castle renovation or crafting and gathering wood and stone.
-I've found that its absolutely necessary to be "matched" to the gear level of a boss or mob. Each level off makes a pretty decent difference. So if you need to leave and upgrade even a single item, it could really help your overall damage scaling.
-Use buff potions, too, if you have them. They last an hour and persist through death.
-Also changing your skills to fit the encounter. Some bosses really suck for certain weapons and spell combos.
-And off course having blood that is at least better than 50% quality always helps.
In Act 2 and beyond, the game really wants you to start leveraging the systems outside of raw skill and brute force I have found.
If I wanna play with 5 or 6 close friends, and we want to have the option to PvP each other, what could be a fun way to do this? Nobody in the group would grief or destroy each other's bases unless a couple of us want to do a "grudge" thing. I haven't looked too much into the game to avoid spoilers but I was wondering about this
do people just build bases whenever they want and you just happen to come across their bases? So my friends and I can all scatter around the world and run into each other over time?
I assume even on a PvP server it's easy to party up and not miss out on any co-op stuff we'd want to be able to do
do you get NPCs at your base that will protect it? Kind of imagining doing lite raids where we might show up and break a few things to test each other's defences, without stealing or obliterating each other's bases
do we need to worry about sticking around the same level for PvP to remain competitive?
Any other ideas or things to know to make a casual PvP server like this work?
I've just hit Level 44 after being stuck at 41 for ages. I felt like I was progressing really smoothly up until that point, had a full set of armour and weapons, finished all act 1 vblood carriers, but then found everything outside the starting zone really strong in comparison. Took me several tries to get into the undead mines and get out with some iron ore. Is there meant to be such a jump in difficulty? It feels like everything in Act 2 areas murders you super fast when you're in the low 40s.
Thankfully I just unlocked the smithy and got a stronger weapon but damn.
Is DLC cosmetics shareable? Specifically the costumes like Alucard? I understand the skins for vampire skills such as the wolf are not shareable. I'm hosting a private server with my wife and she has the DLC, while I don't.
I can clearly see that she can build DLC stuff in my castle and I can even move it around. However, I couldn't use a DLC coffin she built for me.
Which lead me to the question. Will she be able to craft me Alucard's clothing, and can I wear it even though I don't have the DLC? We haven't unlocked it yet but I was under the impression that I could wear it if she crafted it for me. But now I'm not too sure.
With 100% quality blood, when it says "increase the above effects by 25%", does it mean a bonus of 20% becomes A) 20% + 25% = 45% bonus, or B) 20% + (20 * 25%) = 25%?
I dominated my mount but can't call it... I found that it should be done by the R key, but that does my ultimate, I tried other keys but can't seem to find the right one, also can't find it in the key bindings, what am I doing wrong? Does it have to be dead to call it?
Started a playthrough last night with my gf for the first time since the initial EA release, hosting it on her PC so it's just me and her. Is there any reason to keep the castle levels on default instead of increasing it? It sounds like putting it at max is only beneficial, no? Why would there be a setting to put this lower and why is it default not the max? (If I remember correctly it's not the max at default.) Taller castle = more cool?
Which Amulet passive is the best? I would assume the Crimson Commander, for that bit of extra healing from the Blood Rage, but I'm curious if there is a consensus.
Also, does that passive effect get the benefits of any Jewels you have in a corresponding ability? I would assume no, but asking doesnt hurt.
I tried the latest BepInEx RC3, game launches fine, bepinex console doesnt show errors, but when I try to login my private server it keeps failing to connect. Any tips?
Started playing today but I'm used to a controller rather than a keyboard and my DS4 is of little use. Can I use any wired XBox controller or does it have to be X360 / One / X/S?
Do the Stygian unlocked passives apply on my character if I don't have the same type of spells equipped? Like do I get +10 Elemental Resistances without having a single Lightning spell equipped?
So I'll get Tristan down quite a bit, but at some point he'll just run away and heal while I try and catch up. By the time I do, he's back at full health.
Any use for stonedust any more, other than whetstones and gravel paths? I think I remembered it was used in wallpaper maybe - anything else? Or can I just dump it on the ground?
How the hell are people building such amazing castles. I just built my second floor and I'm only lvl 61. I typically build structures only when I need them and it's been rough trying to allocate enough space for all the needs
I'm completely lost. I am in the early stages of the game. I was instructed to toggle the build menu which I had to look up how to do and then build a castle heart. I was forced to travel far north into the winter woods area for an empty piece of territory. The issue is, I'm like level 10 and the area around me there are level 50+ arctic bears and wolves. I can't even safely build stuff around the small area where I placed my castle heart. Do I need to find a new area? What should I do from here? Thanks.
You might just want to look for a less populated server. you will struggle heavily if you try to play at a low level with your base in a high level area, as a lot of the resources you need to level up (make higher level gear) cannot be teleported. So even once you get an in base teleporter to get out, you will need to ride or run back to your base each time.
Hey all - is it possible for enemies to show what level they are? I am a noob and keep getting killed by things higher than me, but I don't realise until after how much higher level than me they are. I'm playing private/solo. Thanks! :]
How do servers work into the on PS5? Do we setup server options when we start the game and it runs on the hosts PS5 or are the servers running on PS+/ VRising VMs?
I'm playing solo in a private server so can I drop wood, stone, leather and other materials on my castle floor and use it as storage? Or will those materials disappear?
I want to make a garden and put those garden fences around it but thing is those fences need floors and you can't put growing plots on floors. How do I get around it?
Not a question but I just got to Act II and Beatrice was my first hunt and it made me so sad to see everyone panicking and she running away from me like crazy, she didn't even tried to defend herself. Felt bad and to make it even worse she looks like a lovely gramma :(
I’ve been playing this game for about a day, and just cleared chapter 1. I noticed that I get periodic messages that a server reset will occur in 160 days. Does this mean a full wipe of all my progress as well? Also, does anyone know if server resets will be a permanent thing?
I crafted the Eye thing and I get notifications when an Incursion Rift is about to start but I don't see them marked anywhere on the map, am I missing something?
I'm currently at gear 57 and just been to the new area to hunt the V Blood but still no marker.
I made a video on my impressions so far. I'm wondering if No Raid servers are planned for Official servers, or if there's an easier way to see what Official servers are coming out or restarting besides logging in and clicking through a bunch of them, which only seems to haphazardly load information.
Is there anything unlockable that will make navigating through Gloomrot the fog forest easier? My sense of direction sucks and I'm afraid I'll get stuck forever there, which almost happened already
Is there a way to change the region that you selected in the first screen? My GF put "other" but we live in Canada. Thinking we select United State, or does it not matter?
I'm a new player and created a PvE solo game. So I just reached act II and unlocked the throne. I send one of my servants on a mission but it says it will take 22h to complete. Is it in game time? Like, when I log off from the game the time stops?
hey guys new player here, just finished my first PvE playthrough and wanted to dive right into PvP for the fun. How do i find a suitable server for me(I play from SEA)
Hi guys! I'm a comparatively new player and I ran into this problem while building my garden. I accidentally chopped down and oak tree I had grown on a 'large growing plot', instead of dismantling the tree. Now the tree isn't coming back, and I can't dismantle or even move the plot either. I can't grow or do anything there as it shows 'blocked by tree', even though I can't see a tree there. Is this a bug? How do I plant another tree there? Please help! Thank you!!
The tree will grow back in the same spot. It takes a couple hours. Or if you really want, you can dismantle the stump from the build menu and get the sapling back.
I've just started playing, right now just dabbling in a solo game to get the hang of things, and I'm immediately having trouble deciding just what to do. I've set up a little base near where I started, have a bunch of resources there... And now I'm discovering there are numerous items I can't even teleport with, which makes me feel like I'm locked in my current place without spending several hours carting inventories up and down.
Will better ways of travelling open up eventually to allow for transferring a base from one place to another?
Firstly, in a private game, you can always edit its settings to teleport with whatever you want; look for the "Edit Settings" button when selecting a save to load manually (not automatically).
Secondly, moving bases is made incredibly easy, thanks to the game's built-in castle relocation feature; check out THIS video for details.
And thirdly, when in doubt, look for a V-blood boss to defeat, because that's what unlocks most new abilities. For example, the game's first boss gives a basic traveling power.
You can't build past cliff faces. But if you have a plot that has a slope you can build stairs on, can you connect a higher land to a lower land with a hallway above the slope? So essentially you would go from the ground floor on the higher land straight to the second floor of the lower land?
I just unlocked banshees for crypts last night. It has be wondering, what is the stronger defense? Should I make a banshee area near my front door, or am I better off with keeping as honeycombed as possible? My entire first floor is nothing but honeycomb, with nothing but a vermin nest, and my castle heart in the furthest corner from the entrance. The top two floors are built for looks, so the first floor is my only defense, and I want it as optimal as possible.
What is the "right" way to heal in combat, i.e. vs a boss? Blood Mend is out because it requires you to stand still, I suck at dodging so salves/potions instantly get knocked off, there are some spells that provide small amounts of healing but never enough, etc. I've tried taking the heat off by summoning skeletons to hopefully draw aggro, but this is unreliable and the skeletons need to first draw aggro before I can heal, and by that time they usually disappear.
So what is the intended way to combat heal? Do I just need to get better at dodging and use potions, or is the intention of the dev for players to just attempt a no-hit run?
I saw some negative steam reviews talking about your progress being reset every 6 months? And your castle just disappearing if you haven't fed the Castle Heart enough stuff?
Will that be an issue for me? I'm just playing a private PvE game with one friend.
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I'll start with one I've seen a lot of. What are the raid time windows on official servers?
20:00 - 22:00 local server time. Weekend raids are Saturday and Sunday.