How To Get Whetstone In V Rising

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V Rising challenges players in a number of different ways. From simply learning the mechanics of the game to trying to establish a fully-functioning castle, players have their cut out for them in the world of Vardoran. Fortunately, many of your goals in V Rising will overlap with each other. The game has designed its mission system to act this way, allowing players to accomplish one goal to start another. One of the best examples is allowing players to build a starting base and then upgrading it with different items. A necessary addition to any base is the roof, which can't be crafted without a whetstone.

While the whetstone does serve other purposes in V Rising, you will mainly need it to craft roof slabs for your starting base and eventual castle. In the early game, the only way to acquire a whetstone is to find it out in the world. Later on, you'll be able to craft your own whetstone but that's not until several other missions are completed. For now, you want to focus on which areas can produce a whetstone so you can at least get a roof over your head to avoid the dangerous sun.

We've outlined the best places to acquire a whetstone and how to eventually craft one yourself in the guide below.

The easiest and perhaps earliest location you can find whetstones at is Bandit Strongholds. These are points of interest on the map, which are marked by yellow circles. Of course, not every point of interest will be a Bandit Stronghold but there are a couple in the starting region of Farbane Woods. You will need to head a few hundred meters north to stumble across Bandit Strongholds and other Bandit camps. Once you do, you can clear out the bandits that are there to loot their bodies. These bandits themselves might actually drop