It is coming as much as a 12 months since V Rising obtained its 1.0 launch, and forward of that anniversary developer Stunlock Studios shared a trailer earlier this week for the sport’s first huge replace, Invaders of Oakveil. The replace itself might be free (good!), and introduces a complete new space to discover, the titular Oakveil Woodlands, a woodsy space the place “corruption” is spreading (not good).
The large baddie of this replace is Megara the Serpent Queen, presumably the supply of mentioned corruption. She’s bought some minions referred to as The Venomblades, which appears like an amazing identify for a goth rollerblading group. By way of gameplay additions, there is a new arena-building characteristic to be present in your fortress, alongside one-on-one duels that may be discovered within the wild which might be consequence free. Oh, there’s three new weapon sorts to fiddle with, claws, twinblades, and throwing daggers, in addition to seven new spells in addition.
Fight can also be getting a giant refresh, with stats seeing a rework, gear receiving some stability adjustments, and the addition of “new customization instruments.” Blood sorts have been reworked too, passive spells are apparently “extra impactful”, and unlocking spell factors provides you some passive bonuses too. Numerous adjustments!
Crafting might be a bit simpler too now as you possibly can take elements out of your vault with out having to really go to your vault to get them. Horse ladies will enjoyment of the truth that there will be stables to retailer your horses in as nicely, alongside the flexibility to fill your prisons with creatures to take blood from (that one’s not a lot for the horse ladies).
Alongside just a few different adjustments you could examine on the sport’s official web site, there’s additionally the truth that V Rising will even be formally supported on Steam Deck. All of that is coming April twenty eighth, so you have solely bought a few weeks to attend.
