V Rising Best Base Locations: Early, Mid & Late Game

West Farbane Woods

• Farbane Woods: The game’s starting terrain, offering ample space regardless of starting direction.
• Early-game bosses, typically level 30 or below, are plentiful here and relatively manageable.
• Essential resources for the early game: wood, Copper Ore, and Copper Ingot.

• Optimal starting spot: West Farbane Woods, offering superior early-game advantages.
• Castle placement recommendation: near the old-age vampire Waygate for resource abundance.
• Abundant early game minerals and farming resources support castle construction and research.

• Access to low-level bosses nearby enhances power and structure progression.

East Farbane Woods

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• Offers a variety of bosses ranging from level 16 to level 78.
• Multiple terrain options for building, including flat and layered areas.
• Recommended castle location in the red box for proximity to the old vampire waygate and ample space.
• Bosses include Keely, Lidia, Rufus, Alpha Wolf, and Goreswine, each unlocking valuable abilities and structures.

Just west of the vampire waygate teleport, you will find Keely the Frost Archer, who is a level 20 boss. You will also get the Tannery structure, which will allow you to craft leather from animal hide, and you need this in the early game. Before reading further, why not go through our Pristine Hide guide? 

South Dunley Farmlands

• Close proximity to Farbane Woods.
• Access to farms, mills, and loot-rich areas. 

  

• Offers valuable resources like horses, Fish Oil, Wool Thread, Scroll, and Quartz.
• Features a farm near the vampire gate for obtaining your first horse, allowing faster travel.
• Mosswick Village to the North provides various valuable loot items.
• Consider South Dunley Farmlands if you want efficient item farming and quick access to a vampire waygate for fast travel.

Northwest Dunley Farmlands

• Recommended for your second base due to increased difficulty.
• Ideal location is northwest Dunley Farmlands for proximity to Silverlight Hills.

  

• Access to a cave that teleports you to the Cursed Forest.
• Valuable resources in this area include Horse, Plank, Cotton, Copper Ingot, Glass, Quartz, Mourning Lily, and Scroll.

Hallowed Mountains

• Located at the far east end of Dunley Farmlands.
• Unique terrain suitable for building an aesthetically pleasing castle.
• No key locations for farming resources, primarily focused on aesthetics.
• Excellent choice for those looking to create a visually impressive vampire mansion.
• Potential advantage in PvP servers for fortifying your castle.
• Note that this location may already be claimed on populated servers.

South Silverlight Hills

• Suitable for late-game due to high-level enemies and valuable loot.
• Build your castle in the southern region for access to endgame resources.

  

• Bosses in the area include Mairwyn the Elementalist and Morian the Stormwing Matriarch (both above level 50).
• Valuable loot items in the region include Schematic, Imperial Thread, and Horse.

North West Silverlight Hills

• Ideal for endgame with a gear score of 55 or above.
• Recommended base location to the north of Brighthaven Cathedral.
• Provides access to the Sacred Silver Mine for Silver Ore, Sulphur Ore, and Reinforced Plank.
• Valuable resources available in the area include Silver Ore, Sulphur Ore, Reinforced Plank, Golden Jewellery, Fresh Fish, Fish Oil, and Imperial Thread.
• Access to merchants and the ability to farm silver coins make it a top choice.

Cursed Forest

As mentioned before that, Cursed Forest has late-game content in V Rising. Along with the bosses, the enemies and the field bosses that roam the Cursed Forest are also challenging to defeat, and roaming this part of Vardoran on foot is a risky adventure no vampire should make. 

• Valuable endgame resources such as Ghost Yarn, Ghost Crystal, and Ghost Shroom.
• Build your castle to the southeast of the Cursed Forest for easy access to new map expansions when they become available.
• Five endgame bosses in the area offer valuable loot and recipes.

Choose your late-game base location wisely, considering the difficulty level, available resources, and your overall gameplay strategy.

As mentioned before that, to survive in Vardoran as a vampire who feeds on blood for life scavenges on resources to thrive, and obliterates bosses for new powers, then having a base at the center helps. Here are some important points you need to consider first.

• During the early game, a lot of resources such as Whetstone, stone, copper, wood, and other basic elements will be useful to your journey in V Rising.
• However, this changes in mid-game when you no longer need these materials to level up your gear score and craft some of the best weapons, armors, rings, and more.
• Additionally, when you reach the end game and get access to the human population towns or cities, you will need silver coins, gold, and other useful currencies to trade with merchants. Also, you will unlock your human form in the late game.

Keeping all the developments listed above under consideration, it is in your best interest to know which is by far the best base location in V Rising during the early, mid, and late games.  Of course, you can always create another base, but managing both will be a hassle and juggling resources back and forth from both bases will be an exhausting experience.