Highlights
- Despite players’ pleas, crafting from storage was not added in the latest V Rising update, likely due to PvP concerns like resource raids.
- V Rising’s crafting system is intricate, with bonuses for closed room craft stations.
- It is unknown whether remote crafting from storage will ever be added to V Rising.
The latest update for V Rising introduced a number of quality of life features, but the ability to craft from storage was not one of them, despite players’ pleas to add it. Being able to store materials and have them automatically used without them being in the inventory is a highly requested feature in the survival crafting sub-genre. With multiple types of resources and storage containers, players were hopeful that it’d be added in V Rising‘s full launch update.
The crafting system in V Rising is an intricate one, with different bonuses for craft stations being in a closed room or having matching flooring. Players can summon rats, skeletons, or harpies to their base to ease resource collection. There are specific storage options for all skills, as well as general storage pieces that can double as Castle decorations. However, inventory management along with running back and forth between storage units to a workbench is an oft-mentioned drudgery that detracts from crafting, one of the main mechanics in a survival crafting title.
V Rising 1.0 Update Patch Note Breaks Down New Content
The full release 1.0 update for V Rising brings a plethora of new content, including the Castlevania crossover and Ruins of Mortium.
With the release of update 1.0 for V Rising, hopeful players realized that crafting from storage wasn’t an included feature. Reddit user Songslinger posted their frustration with the mechanic’s exclusion, noting that having to return to storage chests for materials is outdated. Others added their support for an automatic material addition system, stating that it could be an unlocked reward or recipe, or have room restrictions. With Castles being up to three floors high with multiple rooms on each level, gathering the correct resources for a recipe can be a tedious time suck.
V Rising Players Upset Over Missing Crafting from Storage Feature
With the full launch of the game, most players have given up on crafting from storage being included. One Reddit user, Talsiar, noted that the decision was probably intentional. Due to there being PvP in V Rising, Castle raids are an occurrence. These raids often focus on stealing resources and loot from another player by ransacking storage containers. If remote crafting was enabled, extra defenses like walls or armed servants would all but eliminate that threat.
Other survival titles, such as Enshrouded, have dealt with similar issues. The fog-focused game enabled Magic Chests, a recipe players had to discover that required rarer resources to make. Whatever was in those specific chests would automatically be used in crafting. Nightingale, on the other hand, is still searching for a solution that fits with its theme. There are multiple methods Stunlock Studios could explore in an attempt to please the player base while keeping PvP balanced. Having a single chest type that allows remote crafting to stations in the same room or of the same skill type is just one of those options.
While there are a number of interesting things players can do in V Rising, remotely crafting from storage isn’t one of them. Some of the player base seems to have given up on asking for it as a future feature. Whether the mechanic is added in updates after the full launch remains to be seen.
V Rising
In Stunlock Studios’ V Rising, players take on the role of a vampire rising from his slumber. Survival is key as players explore V Rising’s open world where they can discover villages, craft items, combat fantastical creatures and bandits, and find other secrets to aid them on their journey.
- Released
- May 17, 2022
- Developer(s)
- Stunlock Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Stunlock Studios
- How Long To Beat
- 40 Hours
