The game presents you with many different types of weapons and V Rising’s secret weapons. All of them have unique purposes and abilities, having dissimilar stats and bonuses. Just like you can use mace for mining ores, the Axe has the ability to chop up the woods easily.
- There are different weapons in V Rising with different abilities and purposes.
- You need to acquire different crafting recipes to upgrade these weapons in the game. With those recipes, the players can fight their enemies and jump to the next level.
- There are a total of seven weapons which include a Spear, Sword, Axes, Mace, Reaper, Slasher, and Crossbow.
- There are four best secret weapons in V Rising, and they cannot be crafted by the players but are only found in different places.
- Bone Crossbow is found at a bandit camp in Farbane Woods. You can fire it from a distance and do damage to the enemies.
- You can defend your castle with General’s Soul Reaper. It can be found in haunted iron mines or at the church of damn.
- Miner’s Mine can be obtained at Bandit camps near Farbane Woods.
- To acquire Lumberjack Axe, you need to go to the Bandit camps near Farbane woods.
There are seven weapons in total: Spear, Sword, Axes, Mace, Reaper, Slasher, and Crossbow. However, to upgrade these weapons, you must acquire different recipes to craft the weapons. You can check out our guide about weapons in detail here.
Here is a quick look at the Stats comparison between the Secret weapons of V Rising:
Weapons | Type | Gear Level | DPS | Durability | Physical Power | Attack Speed | Special Ability |
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Bone Crossbow | Crossbow | 6.0 | 67.69% | 928.0 | 6.8 | 1.63 sec | N/A |
General’s Soul Reaper | Reaper | 18.0 | 64.05% | 1873.0 | 18.5 | 2.24 sec | 25% Physical Damage to Undead 6% Spell Power 5% Spell Crit Strike Chance |
Miner’s Mace | Mace | 7.0 | 66.12% | 625.0 | 7.4 | 2.42 sec | 50% Physical Damage to Minerals |
Lumberjack Axe | Axe | 7.0 | 71.43% | 625.0 | 7.4 | 2.03 sec | 50% Physical Damage to Woods |
How To Get Secret Weapons In V Rising

In this guide, you will learn about Secret weapons in V Rising, their stats, and where to get them. The game has four secret weapons; remember, they are considered some of the best weapons because you cannot craft them; they can only be found in certain places.
While you are at it, consider reading our guide about V Rising Dark Silver Ingots. Those weapons are: Bone crossbow, Lumberjack Axe, Miner’s Mace, and the last one and a special one too is General’s Soul Reaper.
Bone Crossbow
Gear Level | 6 |
Physical Power | +6.8 |
DPS | 67.69% |
Durability | 928 |
Special Ability | N/A |
Attack Speed (per combo) | 1.63 sec |
Combo | 110% |
Abilities | Rain of Bolts, Snapshot |
The unique ability of the crossbow is that you can fire it from a distance and still inflict heavy damage on your enemies without even coming near to them, but be cautious because its rate of attacking is slow. Although, the weapon has snapshot skill, in which you fire an intense bolt, attack the enemy, and cause as much as 75% damage. However, its main attack does 115% damage to the enemy. This special Bone Crossbow requires a gear level of 6.
The special Bone Crossbow cannot be crafted, and this weapon can only be found as a drop at bandit camps in Farbane woods.
General’s Soul Reaper
Gear Level | 18 |
Physical Power | +18.5 |
DPS | 64.05% |
Durability | 1873 |
Special Ability | +25% Physical Damage to Undead +6% Spell Power +5% Spell Crit Strike Chance |
Attack Speed (per combo) | 2.24 sec |
Combo | 50% / 50% / 55% |
Abilities | Tendon Swing, Howling Reaper |
Reaper is a great weapon for defending your castle from the monsters in PVE situations. With the reaper’s swing, you can do huge damage to your foes. However, due to its slow movement, it might not be best against other players.
General’s Soul Reaper is no ordinary weapon, and it is perhaps the coolest and most powerful weapon that V Rising has. However, it has similar abilities to Merciless iron reaper, but with extra abilities like +6 spell power and +6 spell crit chance. The gear level of the reaper is 18. Regarding the V Rising Secret weapons, this weapon is the most special one.

Unlike other weapons that can be unlocked through research desk and study, you need a special recipe to acquire General’s soul reaper. Orb of knowledge is required to unlock the smithy, but these are hidden recipes that can only be achieved by killing the undead general. While you are at it, why not read our guide about V Rising Gear progression?
In order to kill the undead general, there are certain places where you can find him. One of the places is the haunted iron mines; another place you can approach him is at the church of damn. But be careful; he is at Level 49; killing him would be hellish. We suggest you have at least level 50 before challenging the enemy.
After you murder the creepy general, you will see the item dropped on the field. It will be a recipe for a general soul reaper. Moreover, it’s not a book but a rune stone that will be visible in the inventory.
After that, you can check out the smithy, you will find the recipe there, and along with that, you will find other necessary resources too, which are: 4 greater blood essence, 24 irons ingot, 16 planks, 120 gem Dust, and 4 Regular mist stone. Place all these in the input section, and you will get your General’s soul reaper.
Miner’s Mace
Gear Level | 7 |
Physical Power | +7.4 |
DPS | 66.12% |
Durability | 625 |
Special Ability | +50% Physical Damage to Minerals |
Attack Speed (per combo) | 2.42 sec |
Combo | 50% / 50% / 60% |
Abilities | N/A |
The specialty of Mace is that it is specifically used to get the minerals such as Iron. But that is not the only use case Mace has, and this weapon has the ability to hit the hardest and inflict the most damage. Also, the Miner’s Mace has crushing blow and smack abilities; with these, you can cause extra damage to your foes, which can be used simultaneously.
Mace does three attacks in a row, the first swipe attack does damage around 50%, and the last attack does 60% damage. To get Miner’s Mace, you need to have gear level 7.
This upgraded version of Mace cannot be crafted through any recipe but can only be obtained at Bandit camps near Farbane Woods.

Lumberjack Axe
Gear Level | 7 |
Physical Power | +7.4 |
DPS | 71.43% |
Durability | 625 |
Special Ability | 50% Physical Damage to Woods |
Attack Speed (per combo) | 2.03 sec |
Combo | 45%/ 45% / 55% |
Abilities | Frenzy, X-Strike |
Axes are dual-wielded weapons; therefore, they are very flexible when it comes to attacking the enemy, and Axes are pretty fast too. This deadly Axe is one of the best secret weapons in V Rising. Moreover, Axe has a unique ability, Frenzy; it allows Axe to lean forward and completely wipe out the enemy, causing 100% damage.
Aside from that, the true use of Axe is to cut down the trees smoothly. Its special ability is a slicing attack, which damages 45/ 45/ and 55. You need to have gear level 6 to have this weapon.
Lumberjack is a special kind of Axe, with its brute force ability and sparky design. To acquire the deadly weapon. You will need to go to the Bandit Camps in Farbane woods; only there will you find it, and the weapon cannot be crafted; hence a secret weapon.
Ending Words
V Rising is an open-world vampire-based game where you can hunt, build your own castle, and do farming and crafting. And only that, V Rising offers you various weapons you can have in your inventory, all of which have different powers and skills.
The inception of your adventures in Vardoran will start near Farbane Woods, and you can explore the vast world alone or with your teammates. You should be aware that since you are a vampire, you should not go out in the sun or you burned down to the ashes.
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