The good news in being a vampire in a survival game is that food and water are streamlined into just blood. The bad news? Well, there aren't many willing blood donors in V Rising. Players will have to take that thick Kool-Aid juice by force. In doing so, feeding in V Rising can quickly turn into a frantic Morbin' Time.
Players might easily forego their vampiric pickiness and settle for low-quality blood. That's bad because blood quality dictates the buffs and playstyle of a vampire in V Rising. Players will have to be selective about whose blood they drink. So if players want to be Dracula these are types of blood that count.
Hint: To see the Blood Type of any enemy, place them under the cursor.
7 Frail
- How to obtain: Consuming rats
The Frail Blood Type isn't anything special. In fact, it's icky and often just serves as a desperate solution for players who are about to die and are in need of blood immediately where no other sources are available. Rats can be collected in the game and stored in the inventory like potions. They're practically the cheapest of the cheap blood packs and they offer no perks or benefits apart from refilling the Blood Pool.
Frail blood can be a lifesaver, of course, but players will have to be careful not to consume it during a salvageable situation as it will override any Blood Type currently in the system. It just so happens that any other Blood Type is better than Frail. Besides, eating rats is very unbecoming for a vampire, especially when there are prime slabs running around.
6 Worker
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 10-30% increased Resource Yield
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 15-25% increased Damage against Resource Objects
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): 10-20% increased Mount Gallop Speed
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 3% chance to instantly destroy a resource node and trigger a burst of speed
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: From laborers, peasants, or farmers
The Worker Blood Type in V Rising is more appropriate for players who plan a relatively peaceful but busy life. Those who want to forage or just collect resources instead will benefit well from this Blood Type.
Every perk level from the Worker blood contributes towards more resource yield or efficient resource gathering. Players can still fight and seek trouble even with this Blood Type in their system but they won't be as effective as those who specialize in combat. It's great for support roles in multiplayer.
5 Creature
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 3-15% Movement Speed
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 10-25 increased Sun Resistance rating
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): 10-20% Damage Reduction
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 150% increased Health regeneration
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: From animals
The Creature Blood Type is a well-rounded defensive specialization in V Rising. Players can merely obtain it by drinking blood from animals, meaning it's easy enough to reach the higher perk levels for this Blood Type.
The bonus movement speed, Sun Resistance, regeneration, and damage mitigation can turn any vampire into a tank. In certain setups, players can even use it to walk in daylight without much damage which leads to more in-game productivity and progress.
4 Scholar
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 12-25% increased Spell Power
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 9-15% reduced cooldown on Spells
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): 5-10% spell Life Leech
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 20% chance to reset spell cooldown on cast
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: From monks, priests, and intellectuals (in-game)
Scholarly blood, sure enough, is better for players who want to focus on having a smart vampire. That means a vampire who can use their vampiric spells and abilities more efficiently. Spellcaster builds offer a less direct avenue of gameplay in V Rising.
Initially, they do have an issue where their cooldown gets in the way of accessibility but the Scholar Blood Type perks alleviate such a concern. In order to farm this kind of blood, players will need to hang around in monasteries, cathedrals, and areas with lots of books.
3 Warrior
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 10-20% increased Physical Power
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 8-15% reduced cooldown on Weapon Skills
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): 7.5-15% reduced damage taken and 25% increased damage when striking enemies at full health
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 15% chance to parry an attack reducing damage taken by 50%. Parrying an attack increases your own damage by 25%
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: Typically from human combatants who wield standard melee weapons
Warrior blood is one of the most handy Blood Types to run in one's veins as it provides some hefty combat benefits. The Warrior Blood Type is all about increasing physical damage as much as possible while also mitigating damage taken.
So for players who like their weapons too much to prefer other methods of combat, then the Warrior blood will serve them well. It's a good mix of offensive and defensive capabilities and the reduced weapon skill cooldown ensures that players get more mileage out of their tools.
2 Rogue
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 10-20% chance to Critical Strike on Weapon Attacks
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 8-15% Movement Speed
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): 12-25% reduced cooldown on Travel Skill. 100% chance to critical strike on next physical attack after using a travel skill.
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 50% chance on critical strike to expose victim’s armor, increasing damage taken from all sources by 15% for 4 seconds.
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: Typically from ranged human combatants or those who wield small weapons
The Rogue Blood Type in V Rising isn't unlike the Warrior Blood Type except it puts more emphasis on damage and hit-and-run tactics. Seeing as vampires have an inherent weakness to sunlight and need to maximize their time under the moon, then this kind of playstyle results in less nighttime wastage.
Rogue blood provides players with increased Critical Strike occurrences as well as faster movement. For assassinating heavily-armored priority targets, having this kind of blood is almost mandatory, especially for those who use fast weapons like the Slasher.
1 Brute
Perks:
- Tier 1 (below 30%): 7.5-12.5% primary attack Life Leech
- Tier 2 (starts at 30%): 7.5-15% increased Primary Attack Speed and gain 1 Gear Level
- Tier 3 (starts at 60%): Healing received increased by 20-35%. Heal self for 4% of your victim’s health when striking a killing blow.
- Tier 4 (starts at 90%): 6% chance per relative health recovered to boost movement speed by 20% and damage of primary attacks by 25%.
- Tier 5 (needs 100%): Boost all above effects by 30%
How to obtain: Typically from human muggers or bandits
For those who want a mix of damage, resilience, defense, and longevity then the Brute Blood Type is just perfectly balanced, as all things should be. It gives Life Leech and boosts to damage and attack speed, making up the bulk of the offensive perks.
The beauty in using Brute blood is that players don't have to heal too often, meaning they don't have to put a dent into their blood healing ability too much. This will better preserve the Brute Blood Type compared to other Blood Types. This way, players can keep Morbing on their victims with reckless abandon.
V Rising is available in Early Access on PC.