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A Whole New World
Venture into the Farbane Woods area. · 60.7% of players
Easy~Tutorial
Enter Farbane Woods area.

Starting area. Unmissable on first quest progression.

A First Taste
Feed from a living creature. · 59.3% of players
Easy~Tutorial
Feed on a living creature.

Tutorial action. Use the feed key on a knocked-down human or animal. Unmissable.

Lord of the Land
Place a Castle Heart and claim an unoccupied territory. · 56.6% of players
Easy~Tutorial
Place a Castle Heart in unoccupied territory.

First major progression. Find an empty territory marker. Place Castle Heart. Achievement on placement.

Instant Gratification
Teleport using a Vampire Waygate. · 52.2% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Teleport via a Vampire Waygate.

Build a Vampire Waygate in your castle (research-locked). Activate to teleport between connected waygates instantly.

First of Many
Drink the blood of a V Blood. · 51.5% of players
Easy~Early game
Drink the blood of a V Blood boss.

After defeating any V Blood (orange-glowing boss enemy), the prompt to drink their blood appears. Drink it. Grants new abilities + recipes.

A Creature of Many Forms
Use your Vampire powers to shapeshift into another form. · 51.3% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Shapeshift into another form.

Forms: Wolf, Rat, Bear, Human, Bat. Unlock any from V Blood drops. Use the form transformation key.

A Fox in the Hen House
Venture into the Dunley Farmlands area. · 39.0% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Enter Dunley Farmlands.

Mid-game region. Story progression unlocks the path. Unmissable.

Ultimate Power
Cast an ultimate ability. · 36.2% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Cast an Ultimate ability.

Ultimate abilities unlock from V Blood bosses. Cast any one — they're the highest-tier abilities with long cooldowns.

Work Smart, Not Hard
Interact with a work station that has the room and floor bonus active. · 36.2% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Interact with a workstation with both room + floor bonus.

Build a workstation (Refinery, Forge, etc.) in a room with the correct bonus floor type AND room theme (e.g., Refinery in a Refinery-themed room). Both bonuses trigger together = achievement.

Upon a Pale Horse
Ride a horse. · 36.0% of players
Easy~Early game
Ride a horse.

Find a wild horse in the Farbane region. Approach + interact to mount. Horse is your basic transport.

Completed Act 1
Defeat Quincey the Bandit King and complete Act I. · 34.7% of players
Medium~Early game
Defeat Quincey the Bandit King.

Act 1 final boss in Farbane Woods. Defeat him + complete the act questline. Story-locked.

Larger Pockets!
Equip a bag. · 34.1% of players
Easy~Early game
Equip a bag for extra inventory slots.

Bags drop from chests + craftable at the tailor. Equip in your gear slot. Adds inventory capacity.

The Allure of Coin
Trade with a Shady Merchant in the Farbane Woods. · 30.7% of players
Easy~Early game
Trade with a Shady Merchant in Farbane.

Find the Shady Merchant in Farbane Woods. Trade any item with him for coin. Use Master of Disguise (Human Form) to approach.

Footsteps in the Snow
Venture into the Hallowed Mountains area. · 30.4% of players
Easy~Mid-late game
Enter Hallowed Mountains.

Snow biome. Equipment + resistances required. Story progression unlocks.

Blood Donor
Extract blood from a prisoner. · 29.7% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Extract blood from a prisoner.

Capture a human (knock out, drag to your castle). Place in a Prison Cell. Use the Blood Extractor on them. Blood is used for crafting + research.

The Forgotten Reaches
Venture into the Ruins of Mortium area. · 28.8% of players
Hard~Endgame
Enter Ruins of Mortium.

Endgame ruins. Final V Blood bosses live here. Heavy-tier gear required.

Godless Intrusion
Venture into the Silverlight area. · 28.3% of players
Medium~Late game
Enter Silverlight Hills.

Holy biome — silver damage from religious enemies. High-level resistance gear needed. Story-locked.

Vampire Rising
Place a staircase. · 28.3% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Place a staircase in your castle.

Once you've built a second castle floor, place a staircase to connect them. Requires the multi-floor building tech.

A Vampire with a Hobby
Plant a seed in a planter. · 27.9% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Plant a seed in a planter.

Unlock planters via research. Build one in your castle. Insert any seed (Plant Fiber drops, Sunflower Seed, etc.). Wait for harvest.

Don't Drink the Water
Venture into the Gloomrot South area. · 27.7% of players
Medium~Late game
Enter Gloomrot South.

Tech-biome zone added in expansions. Reach via the southern map exit. Toxic-damage gear recommended.

Collector of Forgotten Lore I
Interact with a Research Desk that has all technologies unlocked. · 26.1% of players
Medium~Cumulative
Research all technologies at a Research Desk.

Research Desk (tier 1) holds 30+ techs. Each requires Paper + Scrolls (drops + crafting). Unlock all of them at the Research Desk.

Exquisite Blood
Drink blood from a 100% blood quality source. · 26.0% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Drink blood from a 100% quality source.

Use the blood-quality detector ability on humans. Find a 100% creature (rare). Drink for max blood-type bonus. Tarot/scholar/warrior variants exist.

Completed Act 2
Defeat Octavian the Militia Leader and complete Act II. · 25.5% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Defeat Octavian the Militia Leader.

Act 2 boss in Dunley Farmlands. Defeat him. Story-locked.

Forbidden Footsteps
Venture into the Cursed Forest area. · 25.3% of players
Medium~Late game
Enter the Cursed Forest.

Endgame biome. Curse damage + tough enemies. Reach via Hallowed Mountains north exit.

March of the Machines
Venture into the Gloomrot North area. · 24.5% of players
Medium~Late game
Enter Gloomrot North.

Northern industrial zone. High-tier mechanical enemies. Endgame loot.

Your Number One Fan
Fully equip a servant. · 24.0% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Fully equip a servant.

Convert a human to your Servant via Dominating Presence. Bring them home. Equip them with armor + weapons via the Servant Coffin menu.

Riftslayer
Participate in closing a rift to the Shadow Realm. · 23.5% of players
Medium~Specific event
Close a rift to the Shadow Realm.

Rifts spawn randomly. Approach a rift, defeat the wave of shadow enemies, close it via the interaction prompt.

Every Corner of the World
Venture to all major regions. · 23.4% of players
Medium~Cumulative
Visit all major regions.

Step foot in every named region: Farbane, Dunley, Hallowed Mountains, Silverlight Hills, Cursed Forest, Gloomrot, Ruins of Mortium. Auto-tracks across regions.

A Weapon From a More Civilized Age
Reforge a shattered weapon at the Ancestral Forge. · 22.7% of players
Medium~Mid-game
Reforge a shattered weapon at the Ancestral Forge.

Unlock the Ancestral Forge via research. Find a Shattered Weapon (drops from V Blood + treasure). Reforge it into a usable +V weapon.

Completed Act 3
Defeat Cyril the Cursed Smith and complete Act III. · 21.8% of players
Hard~Mid-late game
Defeat Cyril the Cursed Smith.

Act 3 boss in Hallowed Mountains. Cyril uses fire damage + smithing AoE. Bring resistance gear.

Symphony of the Night
Interact with a music box. · 21.0% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Interact with a music box.

Music boxes are decorative items unlocked from late-game research. Place one in your castle, interact. Castlevania reference.

Gone Fishing
Catch a fish using a fishing rod. · 20.8% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Catch a fish with a fishing rod.

Unlock fishing rod via research. Use at any fishing spot (small ripples on water). Press interact when the bobber jerks.

Master of Disguise
Trade with a merchant as a very ordinary human. · 19.0% of players
Easy~Early game
Trade with a merchant while disguised in Human Form.

Unlock Human Form ability. Approach a town merchant in Human Form (vampires can't enter towns without disguise). Trade.

Collector of Forgotten Lore II
Interact with a Study that has all technologies unlocked. · 18.0% of players
Hard~Cumulative
Research all techs at a Study (tier 2).

Study upgrades the Research Desk. More techs available. Unlock all. Requires high-tier materials.

To the Skies
Find a way to fly. · 17.6% of players
Hard~Late game
Find a way to fly.

Unlock the Bat Form via the late-game V Blood Lord Styx. Use it to fly anywhere. Game-changing mobility.

An Eye for Quality
Successfully charm a human that has 100% blood quality. · 15.3% of players
Very Hard~Find rare human
Charm a 100% blood-quality human.

100% blood quality humans are extremely rare. Use the blood-quality vision ability to scan. Once found, use Dominating Presence to convert them as a servant.

Completed Act 4
Defeat Solarus the Immaculate and complete Act IV. · 14.8% of players
Very Hard~Late game
Defeat Solarus the Immaculate.

Act 4 boss in Silverlight Hills. Solarus has holy damage + high HP. Final gear-tier required. Bring blood mosaic + holy resist.

Dressed to Impress
Equip an item in a Cosmetic Slot. · 14.4% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Equip a cosmetic-slot item.

Cosmetic slots are unlocked alongside the appearance menu. Equip any cosmetic chest/legs/etc. Doesn't affect stats.

Collector of Forgotten Lore III
Interact with an Athenaeum that has all technologies unlocked. · 12.9% of players
Very Hard~Endgame
Research all techs at an Athenaeum (tier 3).

Athenaeum is the top-tier research station. Endgame techs only. Requires Schematics dropped from late-game V Bloods.

Oh No!
Eat the wrong mushroom. · 11.4% of players
Easy~Forest exploration
Eat the wrong mushroom.

Find a red mushroom in the forest. Eat it. Hallucinations + damage trigger. Don't actually do this on a real run.

It's a Tight Squeeze
Use Rat Form and traverse through a small hole. · 10.1% of players
Easy~Mid-game
Use Rat Form through a small hole.

Unlock Rat Form via research. Find a small wall hole. Transform + crawl through. Used for sneaking + exploration shortcuts.

Slayer of the Immortal King
Defeat Dracula, The Immortal King. · 9.2% of players
Very Hard~Endgame
Defeat Dracula, the Immortal King.

Final boss of V Rising. Multi-phase fight in his lair. Endgame gear + maxed abilities required. Defeat him for the canonical ending.

Completed Act 1 on Brutal Difficulty
Defeat Quincey the Bandit King and complete Act I on Brutal Difficulty. · 9.1% of players
Very Hard~Brutal playthrough
Complete Act 1 on Brutal difficulty.

Brutal mode: enemies have 50%+ more HP/damage, your damage is reduced. Defeat Quincey on Brutal. Significantly harder than standard.

A Perfect Test Subject
Feed a prisoner with Irradiant Gruel and have them reach 100% blood quality as a result. · 8.2% of players
Very Hard~Long farming
Feed a prisoner Irradiant Gruel until 100% blood quality.

Capture a prisoner. Craft Irradiant Gruel (high-tier consumable). Feed prisoner repeatedly. Each feed adds to their blood-quality stat. 100% takes 20+ feeds.

Master of All
Defeat and drink the blood of every V Blood. · 7.7% of players
Very Hard~Full V Blood hunt
Defeat and drink the blood of every V Blood boss.

~40+ V Blood bosses across all regions. Each drops abilities + recipes when their blood is drunk. Track via the in-game V Blood log. Wiki list essential.

Completed Act 2 on Brutal Difficulty
Defeat Octavian the Militia Leader and complete Act II on Brutal Difficulty. · 7.0% of players
Very Hard~Brutal playthrough
Complete Act 2 on Brutal.

Octavian on Brutal. Even harder than Act 1. Maxed gear + strategy required.

Completed Act 3 on Brutal Difficulty
Defeat Cyril the Cursed Smith and complete Act III on Brutal Difficulty. · 6.2% of players
Very Hard~Brutal playthrough
Complete Act 3 on Brutal.

Cyril on Brutal. Fire damage punishing. Stack fire resist.

Completed Act 4 on Brutal Difficulty
Defeat Solarus the Immaculate and complete Act IV on Brutal Difficulty. · 4.5% of players
Very Hard~Brutal playthrough
Complete Act 4 on Brutal.

Solarus on Brutal. Holy damage spike. Endgame gear minimum.

Brutal Slayer of the Immortal King
Defeat Dracula, The Immortal King, on Brutal Difficulty. · 3.0% of players
Very Hard~Mastery
Defeat Dracula on Brutal difficulty.

Final fight at peak difficulty. The hardest single fight in V Rising. Master all mechanics + optimised build.