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Turns out that being a picky eater in a survival game can literally save your character’s life. At least that’s the case in V Rising where you control a vampire. The quality of blood on which you feast dictates what ‘class’ you assume in the game or what buffs you get. It can practically define your build. Hence, here’s a V Rising blood types table to help you determine which ones to pick and be picky about.
How to Change Blood Types in V Rising
In order to change blood types, all you have to do is ‘Feed’ on a victim. The ‘Feed’ command should appear when the victim is in low health or is unaware of your presence. Feeding on a certain target will make you assume their blood type. So if you already have a blood type you want, don’t just haplessly feed or it will get replaced.
In combat, you should be careful not to accidentally kill a victim whose blood you want to consume. Moreover, every victim has varying percentages of their blood quality or purity; higher percentages are better since you unlock more buffs.
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How to Get Sage Fish in V RisingAlso, take note that percentages are not additive, and feeding on the same blood type with a lower percentage than the one you currently have will replace the higher percentage blood type. Think before you feed.
Blood Types in V Rising (Best Blood Types)
These are the different blood types in V Rising along with the buffs they give. You unlock higher levels the higher their percentage or blood quality is.
| Blood Type | Effect Per Level |
| Frailed (rats) | No effect or bonuses |
| Creature (animals) | Level 1: 3 – 15% Movement Speed Level 2: 10 – 25 Increased Sun Resistance rating Level 3: 10% – 20% Damage Reduction Level 4: 50 – 100% Increased Health Regeneration Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Brute (big humans) | Level 1: 5% – 10% Primary attack Life Leech Level 2: 8% – 15% Increased Primary Attack Speed and gain 1 Gear Level Level 3: Healing received increased by 15% – 30%. Heal self for 4% of your victim’s health when striking a killing blow. Level 4: 6% chance per relative health recovered to boost movement speed by 20% and damage of primary attacks by 20% Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Rogue (agile humans) | Level 1: 10% – 20% chance to Critical Strike on Weapon Attacks Level 2: 8% – 15% Movement Speed Level 3: 12% – 25%’ Reduced cooldown on Travel Skill, 100% chance to critical strike on next physical attack after using a travel skill Level 4: 50% Chance on Critical Strike to expose victim’s armor, increasing damage taken from all sources by 15% for 4s Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Warrior (soldier humans) | Level 1: 10 – 20% Increased Physical Power Level 2: 8 – 15% Reduced cooldown on Weapon Skills Level 3: 8 – 15% Reduced damage taken and 25% increased damage when striking enemies at full health Level 4: 15% Chance to parry an attack reducing damage taken by 50%. Parrying an attack increases your own damage by 25%. Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Worker (laborer humans) | Level 1: 10% – 30% Increased Resource yield Level 2: 15% – 25% Increased Damage against Resource Objects Level 3: 10% – 20% Increased Mount Gallop Speed Level 4: 3% chance to instantly destroy a resource node and trigger a burst of speed Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Scholar (educated humans) | Level 1: 10 – 20% Increased Spell Power Level 2: 8 – 15% Reduced cooldown on Spells Level 3: 5 – 10% Spell Life Leech Level 4: 15% Chance to reset spell cooldown on cast Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
| Mutant | Level 1: 25 – 50% reduced Blood Drain rate Level 2: 10 – 25 Increased All Resistance rating Level 3: 10% – 20% Increased movement speed while Shapeshifting Level 4: 40% chance to convert the victim to a random Mutant when killing them with a Bite Level 5: Boost all above effects by 30% |
It basically boils down to “you are what you eat.”
If you want to be a tank, feed on Brutes, if you want a shapeshifter build, feed on Mutants. For easier construction, feed on Workers, for combat, pick on Warrior or Rogue. Scholars for mage builds. And for exploration, make sure to go for Creatures or animals.
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V Rising: How to Unlock Bat FormRogue is a good all-around blood type if you want to stick to one blood type to avoid disruptive changes. Whatever you do, avoid reverting yourself back to the Frail blood type by eating rats to heal. Or if you had to do it to survive, just don’t tell the other vampires.
