V Rising: Blood Essence Guide
thegamer.comBlood Essence and Greater Blood Essence are essential for maintaining your castle in V Rising. Here's a guide on how to get both.
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Blood Essence is dropped by all living creatures - deers, wolves, humans, etc - but not by the living dead, i.e skeletons or your fellow vampires.
Blood Essence is a drop from living creatures in V Rising. Once you've got them down to a low enough HP number, you'll be able to hit F to Feed on them. This takes just a few seconds, and you'll get a drop of a few Blood Essence depending on the level of the creature.
Blood Essence is then used to power the Castle Heart in your base, as well as to upgrade pretty much everything else available to you. Just drag the Blood Essence from your inventory into the Heart to power vital crafting points around your base.
Greater Blood Essence works a bit differently from regular Blood Essence - you'll need to use the Blood Press and Unsullied Hearts to get the more powerful essence.
Unsullied Hearts are dropped by higher-level enemies. There is no reliable way to farm these yet, but once we've got one, we'll let you know. Your best bet is just to kill bosses over and over again, though you might also get random Unsullied Heart drops from 20+ level enemies.
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