V Rising developer Stunlock Studios announced on their official blog on Wednesday that the first of three major content updates will be coming to players this May.
Titled the Secrets of Gloomrot, the expansion promises to provide a new region to conduct their nightly activities, along with new weapons and skills, an increase in enemy variety, and other small but impactful changes to the overall game.
Further details coming straight from the blog:
Enter Gloomrot, a land of equal parts filth, ambition, brilliance, and madness! Navigate polluted valleys and lightning-scorched highlands to face the uncontrollable horrors of the Trancendum’s mutated experiments alongside the mechanical wonders born of their twisted imaginations. Suck the blood of the brilliantly insane to gain their knowledge and enter a new age of technology.
This new biome will be almost the same size as Dunley Farmlands and is divided into two unique sections, Gloomrot South and Gloomrot North. Each area will bring a new wave of challenges, technologies, and enemies, both great and small, with plenty of space to stretch out and settle your multi-floor strongholds.
More on Gloomrot as it comes. It is, after all, The “Secrets” of Gloomrot.
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Furthermore, the developer has teased two more expansions, which will introduce multiple castle floors, new spells, trading posts, legendary weapons, and more to the MMO vampire sim.
Dev Update #15: Future Visions
- New weapons and weapon skills, such as the much-requested Greatsword.
- Changes to the current map to make it more visually attractive.
- New areas and points of interest.
- New enemy varieties in the current biomes.
- Changes to progression to make the whole journey smoother.
Dev Update #16: Experiments, Creations, and Dreams
- A brand new biome with new enemies, factions, and V Bloods.
- Multiple castle floors.
- Expansion of Dunley Farmlands, such as the Quartz Mine and Glass Factory.
- A new spell school.
- Quality of life improvements.
- Trading Posts to buy valuable goods with your silver coins.
Dev Update #17: Dark Magic Designs
- The Jewel system, which will allow you to customize your spells.
- Large overhaul to the entire spell system and spell schools to improve combat.
- Legendary weapons.
- Territories, a revamp on the land claiming system.
V Rising first became available via Steam’s Early Access program in May 2022, and quickly became a runaway indie success. To date, the game has sold more than 3 million copies. If you’re interested in learning more on the vampire survival game, check out review HERE. Note that the review is based off the 0.5.42591 build of the game, and because it is in Early Access and frequently changing, some details may have changed.
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