How To Build A Castle In V Rising [Complete Guide]

V Rising offers an exciting world you can explore solo or with friends. You can go fishing, explore caves, or enjoy a relaxing castle construction session. Then you can start kidnapping people to make them unpaid workers for your castle or slaves. In this guide, we will inform you how to build a castle in V Rising so you can look over your domain of darkness in style. 

Building Your Castle in V Rising

Dedication is vital if you’re wondering how to build a castle in V Rising. The first step in building a castle is to put down the Castle Heart, which allows you to claim the area and mark the boundary where you can build your castle. Once you have marked your territory, you can start building your castle to protect your home from being invaded by other players.

To start building, head into the Fundamentals Tab in the Build menu, which can be accessed after pressing “B.” Now you can start building your castle’s walls, floors, and windows. You can also build crafting stations such as the Woodworking Bench, Grinder, Blood Press, and more for your castle.

If you accidentally build a wall where you want to build a door, there is no need to fret because V Rising allows you to build stuff over stuff. 

How To Obtain Castle Heart

The Castle Heart is a fountain of Blood that powers everything in your castle. It is basically an energy source for your Castle. In order to obtain the Castle Heart, you first need to be at least level 10 and accept the Lord Of Shadow quest. Afterward, you must go to the build menu and build a castle heart in V Rising. The materials required to build a Castle Heart are  

• 240 Stones
• 30 Blood Essence

Decaying Castle Heart

If your Castle Heart starts decaying, then that’s bad news because the Castle Heart acts as an energy source for your castle. As your Castle Heart starts decaying, your castle will also start decaying. The walls of your castle will start to crumble, and you won’t be able to use crafting stations in your castle because they rely on the Castle Heart, and the Castle Heart will not be able to spare the resources to keep those Crafting Stations running.

Also, your castle will become the ideal target in the eyes of the invaders. Consider reading our Best Weapons guide, as these weapons will give you an extra edge in battle.

Fortunately, it is very easy to fix a decaying Castle Heart in V Rising. You only need to feed it Blood Essence, which is easy to get because you get it automatically after drinking the blood of living beings during your adventures.

So always stockpile Blood Essence in your castle; you never know when you might need it. You can also upgrade your Castle Heart to hold even more Blood Essence.

Greater Blood Essence

Certain structures in your Castle will require the Greater Blood Essence to work. You can craft the Greater Blood Essence at the Blood Press Crafting Station. There are two methods to obtain the Greater Blood Essence in V Rising.

Unsullied Hearts

Crafting Greater Blood Essence requires 4 Unsullied Hearts, but they are tough to get because of their low drop rate. Currently, there are no confirmed ways of getting Unsullied Hearts because enemies drop them randomly. According to the community, You need to defeat enemies above Level 20 to get Unsullied Hearts.

Recipe of Greater Blood Essence

In mid-game, If you are around level 50, we recommend exploring the Farbane Woods to find and defeat Tristan the Vampire Hunter to obtain the recipe that will allow you to craft Greater Blood Essence with 150 Standard Blood Essence.

Getting standard Blood Essence is much easier and more convenient than getting Unsullied Hearts; thus, getting the recipe should be your top priority when you hit level 50, but until then, you will be forced to farm Unsullied Hearts.

Building Castle Roofs In V Rising

One of the main reasons for building a castle roof in V Rising is to be protected from the deadly sun. Building roofs for your castle is essential for fulfilling that purpose. But building roofs are locked behind a little bit of progression.

In order to build a roof, you first need to build a room that uses Reinforced Walls and Proper Castle flooring. Once you have constructed the room, a roof should automatically generate over the room. The game also allows you to expand the room by adding additional walls. The roof will be placed over those walls at no additional cost. Wooden Structures can not generate a roof.

We would recommend building roofs over essential rooms of your castle first, as non-priority rooms can wait. You can protect yourself from sunlight in the other rooms by crafting Mist Blazers.

Mist Blaziers

Mist Blaziers allow you to block Sunlight for a limited amount of time. They require 120 stones to be crafted and can be found in the Fundamentals Tab. They use bones as fuels, consuming one bone per minute, so don’t forget to switch them off at night to save resources. One thing to note is that Mist Blaziers only cover a small area, so start building roofs as soon as you get the resources.

Increasing Crafting Efficiency In V Rising

V Rising encourages the players to keep their castles organized. This is directly connected to choosing the right floors for the rooms of your castle. V Rising encourages you to make different rooms for different types of crafting stations, such as the Research Desk, Grinder, Blood Altar, Sawmill, Furnace, and more.

Choosing the appropriate floor and making separate rooms will increase the efficiency of your crafting stations. Making a separate confined room for your Sawmills and Grinder will increase the Crafting and Refinement Rate by 25%. Choosing the appropriate floor, which in this case will be the Workshop Floor, will reduce the cost of refining materials by 25%.

The Furnace will require a Forge Floor, while the Blood Press will require an Alchemy Floor for more efficiency, so making separate rooms for different crafting stations is highly recommended.

Acquiring Slaves

As you progress through the game, you will unlock the servant coffin recipe and will gain the Dominating Presence Power ability that will allow you to turn humans into slaves and send them to your castle. Your slaves can perform different tasks for you. They can also defend your castle from invasion. We recommend using your slaves to defend your castle if you play in a PvP server. 

V Rising is a recently released MMORPG that can potentially be one of the biggest MMORPGs. Despite being in early access, the game has already crossed the 100,000 concurrent players mark. 

That concludes our guide on how to build a castle in V Rising. The game is still in early access and is available now on PC through Steam. Let us know your thoughts about the game in the comment section below.