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Strong blood can be hard to come by in V Rising, so you will definitely want to set up a prison room. In a prison, you can place cells and keep strong-blooded enemies and feed on them whenever you need strong blood. Setting up a prison can't be done at the start of the game, so we are here to help.
In this guide, we are going to go over how to set up a prison and manage your prisoners. Doing this is completely optional, but it will provide you will blood so you don't have to rely on tainted hearts or rats. First, let's take a look at how to unlock Prison Cells.
Updated July 9, 2023 by Jacqueline Zalace: V Rising has seen a few updates since the original publication of this guide. As such, we've updated this with the most up-to-date information, so you can get to building your prison as soon as possible.
Unlocking Prison Cells
To unlock the Prison Cell, you will first need to defeat Vincent the Frostbringer. This is a level 40 V Blood Carrier that you can find near the Militia Encampment in the center of Dunley Farmlands.
Be careful when fighting Vincent; there are a lot of other enemies here, including other V Blood Carriers that might walk along the path.
Once you defeat Vincent the Frostbringer, the recipe for the Prison Cell will unlock. To build a Prison Cell, you will need the following materials.
- 8x Iron Ingot
- 2x Reinforced Plank
Making A Prison Room
With the Prison Cell unlocked and enough materials in your inventory, you can now build your very own prison room. This can be done by creating a closed room in your castle with enough space for a few Prison Cells.
By default, you can have a maximum of 16 prison cells built, but this can be changed in the server settings menu.
For maximum efficiency, you will also want to have Prison Flooring. This is a recipe that can unlock once you have the third tier of the technology research station, called the Athenaeum. This will unlock once you defeat Henry Blackbrew the Doctor in Gloomrot North.
At the Athenaeum, you will be able to use schematics to research various blueprints. This is a bit RNG based, but you will have a chance to unlock the Prison Flooring. Alternatively, you may also find the Prison Flooring book while killing enemies. This can be used in place of schematics to unlock a specific recipe.
With the Prison Floor, you will Blood Drain & Essence Extraction costs by -25 percent. You can also unlock the recipe for Prison Walls, but this will not impact the Prison Cell.
Luring In Prisoners
To have prisoners, you will first need to charm human enemies to follow you back to your castle.
'Dominate Human' is an ability that will gain through completing main objectives. After targeting someone and using this spell, you will have the charmed human following you. This spell works better on enemies with low HP, so be sure to attack your target first.
With the human in tow, you can return to the prison room of your castle and interact with a Prison Cell. If your charmed human followed you back without dying, then you can place them inside the cell.
Dusk Caller
The Dusk Caller consumable will cause a group of bats to appear and carry the human under your control back to your realm. The human will be deposited into an empty cell, so you don't have to escort them through the map.
To make a Dusk Caller, you will need to craft it with the following materials at the Alchemy Table.
- 4x Scourgestone
- 60x Hell's Clarion
This can only be used once. To transport more prisoners, you will need to make additional Dusk Callers.
Prisoner Interaction Screen
Now, it's time to interact with your prisoner. When you do so, you will see a screen with the following options.
- Blood Potion
- Blood Merlot
- Extract Blood Essence
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Feed Prisoner
- There are five feeding options to choose from, including rats and a variety of fish.
To drain blood, you will need to have an empty glass bottle on hand. This will fill the bottle while causing them to lose some HP. Luckily, you can increase a prisoner's HP by feeding them.
Prisoners will also have Misery. This will influence how much damage the prisoner takes while you drain their blood. For example, with higher levels of Misery, draining blood will take a large chunk of HP.
To decrease Misery, be sure to feed your prisoners. Sage Fish and Rainbow Trout can reduce Misery, which is essential if you plan to keep your prisoner for a long period of time.
Irradiant Gruel
In addition to fish and rats, you will also be able to feed your prisoner Irradiant Gruel. This is a consumable that will increase their blood quality by a few percentage points, but have a 35 percent chance to turn your prisoner into a mutant.
Mutant Blood can still be consumed, but it will provide different stats than the prisoners' previous blood type. The first tier of mutant blood will provide you with a slower blood drain rate.
To make Irradiant Gruel, you will need to combine the following materials at the Alchemy Table.
- 20x Plague Brier
- 20x Mutant Grease
This recipe unlocks after defeating Angram the Purifier.
Can You Release Prisoners?
Prisoners can be re-charmed or killed if you want to remove them from the cell that they are currently in. With a prisoner re-charmed, you can bring them to other cells or turn them into a servant. If you choose to kill the prisoner, you will no longer be able to use them.