Highlights
- Crafting swords in V Rising follows a logical progression, with each level offering better materials and power upgrades for the player.
- The Merciless Iron Sword introduces a shockwave ability, but requires challenging materials to craft, making it a valuable but tricky weapon to obtain.
- The Gravecaller is the ultimate end-game sword in V Rising, offering significant bonuses like increased critical strike chance and life leech for both PvP and PvE combat.
V Rising spans multiple genres, selling itself as a vampire-themed survival, action role-playing game. It spent two years in Early Access and was released fully in 2024. Taking on the role of a recently awoken vampire, the player explores the game world in a hack-and-slash adventure, combining general combat with specialized vampire powers.
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Weapons in V Rising are organized into levels and generally follow the same pattern of upgrades across different types. For example, a low-level sword is made of bone, which can then be upgraded to the next level. As the player progresses through the game they will unlock additional materials such as copper, iron, and dark silver. Each of these has a corresponding tier of weapon that the player can craft.
8 Reinforced Bone Sword
The First Upgraded Sword
Stats:
- Level: 6
- Power: 6.5
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 928
Crafting requirements:
- Bone Sword: 1
- Plank: 3
- Stone: 96
The Reinforced Bone Sword is the first sword upgrade that V Rising players will craft. It is a minor upgrade over the basic bone sword that the player crafts as their first weapon in the game.
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With its damage bonus to vegetation, the Reinforced Bone Sword is a little on the strange side at first glance. Until the player realizes that swords can be used to gather materials as well as chop up enemies.
7 Copper Sword
Decent Low-Level Farming Sword
Stats:
- Level: 9
- Power: 8.5
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 1085
Crafting requirements:
- Copper Ingot: 16
- Plank: 12
It could be argued that it isn’t worth crafting any swords in V Rising until the player gets to level 9 and can use the Copper Sword. This is the first decent weapon in the sword lineup.
This is a very simple sword to craft, although the player is going to need to learn how to make copper ingots before they can craft this weapon. It is also good for farming materials due to the vegetation damage bonus.
6 Merciless Copper Sword
A Slight Improvement Over The Copper Sword
Stats:
- Level: 12
- Power: 10.9
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 1292
Crafting requirements:
- Copper Sword: 1
- Whetstone: 8
- Leather: 4
The Merciless Copper Sword in V Rising is a minor upgrade over the basic Copper Sword. That being said, it does have around 10% more power, so it may be worth crafting. Especially if the player has enough resources that they don’t need to use for anything else.
The player will need to find the blueprint for this item before they can craft it. This can be purchased from the Shady Book Dealer for just 40 copper coins, which is pretty cheap and might be worth the investment.
5 Iron Sword
Decent Weapon And Cheap To Craft
Stats:
- Level: 15
- Power: 13.8
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 1554
Crafting requirements:
- Iron Ingot: 16
- Plank: 12
As long as the player has access to Iron Ingots, the Iron Sword is well worth crafting at level 15 in V Rising. It offers a decent damage upgrade over any of the copper swords and is given as a free recipe.
The Iron Sword is used as a component for the Merciless Iron Sword. This means that materials invested in crafting the Iron Sword won’t be wasted. Overall, this is a pretty handy weapon and the first of the serious swords in V Rising.
4 Merciless Iron Sword
Enables Shockwave Ability
Stats:
- Level: 18
- Power: 17.3
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 1873
Crafting requirements:
- Iron Sword: 1
- Regular Sapphire: 1
- Greater Blood Essence: 4
- Reinforced Plank: 4
The Merciless Iron Sword is the first sword to enable a new player ability in the form of the shockwave skill. However, compared to the swords already covered for V Rising, it has quite high crafting requirements, with Greater Blood Essence being the most difficult material to source for this recipe.
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The player will need to buy the recipe for the Merciless Iron Sword in V Rising. It can be purchased from the Rural Book Merchant for 64 silver coins.
3 Dark Silver Sword
The First Epic Sword
Stats:
- Level: 21
- Power: 24.3
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 2545
Crafting requirements:
- Dark Silver Ingot: 16
- Reinforced Plank: 12
The Dark Silver Sword is the first epic sword that V Rising players will gain access to, and this is an excellent upgrade over previous swords mentioned already. Unfortunately, it isn’t the simplest weapon to craft, even though the blueprint is given for free.
The player will need to have access to Dark Silver Ingots to craft this weapon. These will be hard for the player to farm at level 21, so they may need to wait a few levels until a little later in the game to craft a Dark Silver Sword.
2 Sanguine Sword
Excellent Upgraded Dark Silver Sword
Stats:
- Level: 24
- Power: 29.3
- Damage: +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- Durability: 3037
Crafting requirements:
- Dark Silver Sword: 1
- Flawless Sapphire: 1
- Primal Blood Essence: 1
- Gold Ingot: 12
The Sanguine sword is one of the end-game weapons in V Rising. It takes a player-crafted Dark Silver Sword as its main component. The player will need to purchase the blueprint for this sword from the Treasure Hunter Trade Post for 260 Goldsun Coins.
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Finding the Flawless Sapphire and Primal Blood Essence to craft the Sanguine Sword may take some time, as these are rare crafting materials. However, this is one of the best weapons in the game so it might be worth spending some time farming for the required materials.
1 The Gravecaller
End-Game Legendary Sword
Stats:
- Level: 30
- Power: 33.7
- +25% Physical Damage to Vegetation
- +15% Physical Critical Strike Chance
- +5% Weapon Skill Life Leech
- +5% Movement Speed
- Durability: 3800
Crafting requirements:
- Sanguine Sword: 1
- The Gravecaller Shard: 1
- Onyx Tear: 4
The Gravecaller is the best sword in V Rising, and the only legendary tier one. With its extra critical strike, life leech, and movement speed bonuses, it is a significant upgrade over any other sword in the game. It is excellent for both PvP and PvE combat.
Unfortunately, crafting this weapon means farming for a Legendary Artifact Weapon Shard by completing Tier 2 rift incursions. It may take some time to loot this shard, as it is a rare drop. The player will also need to have crafted the Sanguine Sword before the Gravecaller, as it is used as a component for the blueprint.
