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V Rising, the other vampire survival hit of 2022, is going free to play for Halloween

The Bloodfeast is coming to the hit indie vampire survival game V Rising, and while that sounds ominous and potentially horrific, what it means in practical terms is that you can play the game for free this weekend...
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V Rising becomes a free game for Halloween weekend, adds spooky event

V Rising is the perfect vampire survival game to top off your spooky season, and Stunlock has announced that it's going free-to-play for Halloween weekend. To kick off the freaky festivities in style, players will also be able to take part in the new Bloodfeast event, which is accompanied by free decorations and an all-new LTM.

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FREE Halloween DLC: Haunted Nights Castle Pack

Today we are releasing this FREE time-limited new DLC! Make sure to claim it before November 7th, 2022!

After logging in and claiming your DLC, it will be available in-game year-round, so don’t worry about losing your sense of style just because the season has passed. Don’t miss your opportunity to get your free castle skins for Halloween!

Surround yourself with dark symbols, candles within skulls, and hollowed-out cadavers of gourds. Pair them with tasteful windows and carpets that reflect the color of the falling leaves, and dress your walls with some tasteful spiderwebbing to set the mood.

This pack provides a host of options to decorate your castle in the theme of the autumnal season when the scorching sunlight hours begin to wane, and the creeping claws of death slowly take the verdant green plant life. Don’t be afraid of getting used to them, as once you acquire these decorations, you’ll be free to use them regardless of the time of year. What is time to an immortal creature of the night anyway?

The Haunted Nights Castle Pack contains the following:

New interior decor for the season of ghosts and gourds!

Haunted Nights Wall Decor (2x Wallpapers)
Haunted Nights Gourd Lanterns
Haunted Nights Stained Glass Window
Haunted Nights Carpets

Fresh ways to light your lair and… allow your servants somewhere to check their appearance.

Haunted Nights Floating Gourd
Haunted Nights Standing Mirror
Haunted Nights Skull Candles
Haunted Nights Laughing Pumpkin
Haunted Nights Grinning Pumpkin
Haunted Nights Wailing Pumpkin

Cursed caskets, caches, and cobwebs.

Haunted Nights Web Drapes for Pillars, Walls, and Windows
Haunted Nights Coffin
Haunted Nights Small Stash

[h3]Accessing the Contents[/h3]

The Haunted Nights Castle Pack DLC can be redeemed here at no cost.

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “Lord of Shadows” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Coffin (Skin variation of Wooden Coffin)
Haunted Nights Stash (Skin variation of Wooden Stash)

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “The First book in the Library” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Carpets
Haunted Nights Stained Glass (Window)
Haunted Nights Wall Decor (2x Wallpapers)
Haunted Nights Web Drapes (Wall / Window Wall / Pillar attachments)
Haunted Nights Gourd Lantern (Pillar attachment Light)
Haunted Nights Floating Gourd (Flying Light)
Haunted Nights Lanterns (4x Standing Lights)

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “Expanding my Domain” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Standing Mirror

Patch 0.5.44979 | Halloween Update: Bloodfeast

We will be patching V Rising today at 10:00 CEST / 8:00 UTC.

The following improvements will be added to V Rising with this patch:

General

The Servant Resurrection timer has been increased to 10 minutes from 15 seconds (Primarily to tackle PvP scenarios where the short resurrection timer could be abused).
We have rebalanced how Siege Golem health is calculated and have updated the Siege Golem health settings. By default, Siege Golems will have 250% more health (represented as shield value) than before. The Golem's health also scales based on the player's current health to a minimum of 50% of the total health (should the player transforming have less than 50% health, the golem’s shield value will be reduced accordingly).
The default time-slot setting for when PvP raiding is active has been reduced to 18:00-22:00 local server time from 17:00-23:00.
The maximum height travel for Mist Trance has been reduced; this fixes an issue where players could reach unwanted heights using this ability.
The mirror visuals of the Gothic Mirror and the Cabal Mirror have been updated.
Chandeliers and other rotating buildable objects no longer flicker when “temporal anti-aliasing” and “motion blur” is active.
The chat message that printed “We are experiencing technical issues on some hardware setups…” every 90 minutes, prompting users to restart their game has been removed periodically.
Old saves are now automatically backed up when they’re loaded in a new game version. The backed-up save is placed in \.BACKUP\\AutoSave_X.save
Added rocks north of the Farbane Bear Cave so that players in the future cannot build in such a way that it blocks the cave exit, trapping players. Also added a new route to take if there is an actual castle blocking the normal path.
Fixed a glitch in the Silverlight Silver Mines that allowed players to jump into the mountain.
Fixed a bug where some world teleporters could stop working for new players.

New Game Presets

Two new Game Presets have been added:

Mad Hunt - PvP
Mad Hunt - PvE

These presets enable three new server settings:

[h3]Shuffle V Blood Locations[/h3]
Shuffles the location of all V Blood units and alters their faction to reflect the faction of the V Blood they replace. V Blood units are shuffled using three pre-defined groups based on difficulty level.

When this setting is active, all V Blood units have their portrait and lore hidden in the V Blood Menu until they are defeated.

Note that the technology unlocked to progress is still unlocked in the same order and level, but a new V Blood unit will take its place and level.

[h3]Shuffle V Blood Abilities[/h3]
Shuffles all V Blood ability rewards randomly across the board. Some units will end up with one ability reward, others with two, and some with zero.

[h3]Shuffle V Blood Tech[/h3]
Shuffles the technology rewards of all V Bloods. Technology is shuffled using many pre-defined groups to ensure that players may progress with essential technology regardless of how rewards are shuffled.

Note: When Shuffle Tech & Shuffle Abilities are activated, some V Bloods may end up with no rewards.

Note: Enabling any Shuffle settings may only be done when starting a new server. These settings cannot be modified on a running server, nor can these settings be deactivated.

Halloween Free DLC

[h3]Accessing the Contents[/h3]

The Haunted Nights Castle Pack DLC can be redeemed by navigating to the DLC section of the steam page, clicking on the Haunted Nights Castle Pack, and then redeem it for no cost.

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “Lord of Shadows” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Coffin (Skin variation of Wooden Coffin)
Haunted Nights Stash (Skin variation of Wooden Stash)

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “The First book in the Library” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Carpets
Haunted Nights Stained Glass (Window)
Haunted Nights Wall Decor (2x Wallpapers)
Haunted Nights Web Drapes (Wall / Window Wall / Pillar attachments)
Haunted Nights Gourd Lantern (Pillar attachment Light)
Haunted Nights Floating Gourd (Flying Light)
Haunted Nights Lanterns (4x Standing Lights)

By unlocking the DLC and by completing the Journal Quest “Expanding my Domain” you unlock access to the following new items:

Haunted Nights Standing Mirror

Balance Changes

[h2]Weapons[/h2]

[h3]Axes[/h3]

Frenzy

Casttime increased to 0.35s from 0.3s.
Hitbox radius reduced to 4 from 4.2.

X-Strike

Range reduced to 8 from 10.

[h3]Sword[/h3]

Spinning Strike

Damage per hit increased to 35% from 30%.

[h3]Reaper[/h3]

Howling Reaper

Duration reduced to 2.2s from 2.5s.
Total area damage reduced from ~180/200% (this could vary depending on range before) to 160% (note that the initial projectile hit still deals 50% damage).

[h3]Spear[/h3]

A Thousand Spears

Reduced spear channel duration to 1.1s from 1.35s (effectively reduces the time a unit is stunned by the attack by 0.25s).
Damage per hit reduced to 20% from 25% (from a total of 200% damage to 160%).
The attack now hits all enemies in the area rather than only one.

These changes reduce the damage and stun duration for single-target attacks but make the spear overall stronger when hitting several targets (primarily affecting PvE).

[h3]Slashers[/h3]

Camouflage

Incapacitate duration reduced to 2s from 2.5s.

[h2]Spells[/h2]

[h3]Mirror Strike[/h3]

Hit Collider increased (now has the same hitbox as Merciless Charge and Heart Strike).

[h3]Arctic Leap[/h3]

Freeze duration on vampire targets reduced to 2s from 3s.

[h3]General Freeze[/h3]

The shield component of Freeze has been changed from a static 5 health shield to a spell-power-based shield. Freeze now shields the target for 50% of the owner Spell-Power resulting in a shield that scales from ~5 - 20.

[h3]General[/h3]

Shields now properly use the owner's spell power when calculating the power of a shield that is applied rather than using the target's shield power.

[h3]Crimson Aegis[/h3]

Duration reduced to 3s from 4s.

[h3]Crimson Beam[/h3]

Reduced duration to 3s from 4s.
Increased damage per second to 200% from 150%.
Increased healing per second to 150% from 100%.

[h3]Corpse Explosion[/h3]

Radius increased to 3.2 from 2.8.

[h3]Volatile Arachnid[/h3]

Increased movement speed to 4.8 from 4.5.
Reduces cast time for self-detonate to 1s. from 1.2s.
Detonation damage increased to 120% from 100%.

[h3]Spectral Wolf[/h3]

Bounce damage reduction per hit reduced to 85% from 75% (effectively increases the damage overall from hitting multiple targets).

[h3]Spectral Assassin[/h3]

Damage increased to 140% from 125%.
Spectral Assassin attack cast time reduced to 0.9s from 1s.

[h3]Chaos Burn Effect[/h3]

Reduced to 5 ticks from 7 (reduces damage to 50% from 70%).

[h3]Veil of Chaos[/h3]

Knockback tier reduced from illusion detonation to no longer affect vampire players.

[h3]Aftershock[/h3]

Cooldown reduced to 10s from 12s.
Damage increased to 125% from 100%.

[h3]Void[/h3]

Damage increased to 75% from 70%.
Fixed an issue where Void would consume Chaos Burn if it was active on a target.

REMINDER! You can report any issues after the patch here. Please include the patch number in the title so we can easily identify it.

ADDITIONAL REMINDER! Make sure to make backups of your server saves regularly!

See you in Vardoran, Vampires!

//The V Rising Development Team.

Halloween Event: Bloodfeast

[h2]The Bloodfeast is coming![/h2]

The dying seasons are upon us, and with it, we revisit a fond tradition. This time of year, we celebrate the passing of the leaves, the raising of ghouls and spirits, and human desperation to make the most of their last harvests before the winter comes to strangle the life from the land. Now is the time to crash the dwindling hopes of our prey! Bare your fangs, unsheath your blades, and gather every vampire from every corner of the world!

[h2]Halloween Free Weekend[/h2]

Play-For-Free this Halloween! The Bloodfeast is the time of year Vampires most freely engage in their savagery, and it’s not a private party. All creatures of the night are invited! We’re encouraging everyone who has an interest in engaging their bloodsucking desires to join us the weekend of October 28th through November 1st for a V Rising FREE WEEKEND! Bring all your friends, show them the way of the Vampire, and let them experience Vardoran for the first time.

In addition to the upcoming free weekend, we’re happy to announce that V Rising is going to be available on GeForce NOW on October 27, just in time to take advantage of the event! If you’ve wanted to stalk the night but have been limited by your hardware, now is the perfect time to indulge in your bloodlust..

[h2]Free DLC: Haunted Nights Castle Pack[/h2]

To help you get in the spirit of the season of spirits.

Not only that, but all V Rising players will be able to claim the Free Halloween-themed Haunted Nights Castle DLC Pack up through November 7th! You’ll find all manner of spooky castle decorations to keep forever. Drape your castles in webbing and light your dark corridors with skull candles now and all year long. Just make sure you claim the DLC before the celebration ends!

[h2]The Haunted Nights Castle DLC Pack contains...[/h2]

New interior decor for the season of ghosts and gourds!

Haunted Nights Wall Decor (2x Wallpapers)
Haunted Nights Gourd Lanterns
Haunted Nights Stained Glass Window
Haunted Nights Carpets

Fresh ways to light your lair and… allow your servants somewhere to check their appearance.

Haunted Nights Floating Gourd
Haunted Nights Standing Mirror
Haunted Nights Skull Candles
Haunted Nights Laughing Pumpkin
Haunted Nights Grinning Pumpkin
Haunted Nights Wailing Pumpkin

Cursed caskets, caches, and cobwebs.

Haunted Nights Web Drapes for Pillars, Walls, and Windows
Haunted Nights Coffin
Haunted Nights Small Stash

This DLC will be available October 24th and can only be claimed until November 7th, 2022. After logging in and claiming your DLC, it will be available for you year-round, so don’t worry about losing your sense of style just because the season has passed. Remember that this is only if you claim the DLC first, so don’t miss your opportunity to get your free castle skins!

[h2]Halloween Update: Mad Hunt[/h2]
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On October 24th, we’ll release an update to V Rising with some interesting new additions for returning and veteran players to experience the game in a new way! We’ll introduce a preset to the server defaults called MAD HUNT that will introduce an element of chaos so wild it makes Chaos Volley look like Regular Volley.

When playing in the new preset, V Blood locations, V Blood spell unlocks, and V Blood technologies will be randomized around the map. We’ve put certain limits in place to ensure that you’re still able to acquire certain technologies at certain points so as not to make progression frustrating or impossible, but otherwise, it’s a free-for-all! Have fun chasing Beatrice out of the Iron Mine and running face-first into Terrorclaw’s open mouth!

Please don’t interrupt Styx’s prayer time, he gets very upset.

If you happen to enjoy any of these elements but not the others, we’re also giving you the freedom to apply them as you like! Randomized V Blood locations, randomized V Blood spell unlocks, and randomized V Blood technologies will all be separate settings available to all private servers!

In addition to the new presets, we’ll be making some balance adjustments to spells and weapons, as well as a few fixes and changes to support a healthier endgame castle-raiding environment. This will include reducing standard raid time on Official servers to a 4-hour window instead of a 6-hour window. We’re hoping this makes it a bit easier to defend your territory.

The siege golem, now capable of taking more than two hits.

[h2]Let the Festivities Begin![/h2]

Happy Bloodfeast, Vampires! Celebrate Halloween with us and capture the essence of the season of decay. We hope you enjoy these Halloween treats in the wait for the bigger expansion of V Rising, coming 2023!

Don’t forget to submit your video entry to the V Rising Halloween Video Contest while there’s still time, only a few days left. Someone is going to win that scary powerful laptop, and that person could be you! Entries are closed on October 24th, and we’ll be announcing the winners on October 27th, so if you’re sitting on an entry, make sure you get it in as soon as possible!

If you’re looking for more spooky V Rising content to keep up with and want to be completely on top of all the latest V Rising news, make sure to follow our socials below, sign up for our newsletter, and join our discord! We only bite a little. Well, okay, we bite a lot.

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Lots of love and a pint of blood,

/The Marketing Team