In the dark and dangerous world ofV Rising, survival hinges on your ability to gather resources, craft essential structures, and steadily grow your vampiric empire. One of the earliest and most important structures players must build is the Tannery. Without it, you’re unable to process animal hides into leather a critical component for upgrading your gear and crafting better equipment. Understanding how to make a Tannery in V Rising is vital for progressing through the early stages of the game. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about building and utilizing the Tannery efficiently.
Understanding the Role of the Tannery
The Tannery is a workstation that transformsanimal hideintoleather. Leather is a refined material used for crafting armor, upgrading the Castle Heart, and creating other mid-tier structures. Since animal hide is a commonly dropped resource in the wild, the Tannery becomes your bridge to converting these raw materials into something more useful for progression.
Why You Need Leather
In the early game, leather is required for:
- Crafting better armor sets like the Nightstalker Armor
- Upgrading the Castle Heart to Level 2
- Unlocking mid-tier gear and weapons
- Progressing through certain quest objectives
Without a Tannery, you’ll find yourself stuck with basic gear while your enemies become increasingly difficult to fight. It’s important to build this station early and keep it running regularly to maintain a steady supply of leather.
How to Unlock the Tannery
Before you can build the Tannery, you need to unlock it by defeating a specific V Blood Carrier. V Blood Carriers are powerful bosses scattered throughout the world of Vardoran. They drop special abilities, recipes, and structures once defeated.
Defeat Keely the Frost Archer
To unlock the Tannery in V Rising, you must defeatKeely the Frost Archer, a Level 20 V Blood boss. She is located in theBandit Trapper Campin the Farbane Woods area. You can use your Blood Altar to track her location if you’ve already built one.
Tips for Defeating Keely
- Make sure you are at least level 20 and wearing decent gear
- Bring healing items and feed on higher-blood-quality enemies before battle
- Use ranged abilities to keep pressure on her from a distance
- Watch out for her frost attacks and traps
Once you defeat Keely, you’ll automatically unlock the recipe to craft the Tannery and start producing leather at your base.
How to Make a Tannery in V Rising
Now that you’ve unlocked the recipe, it’s time to actually build the Tannery. You’ll need to gather a few basic materials before you can construct it.
Required Materials
- Planks (8)– Made by processing lumber in a Sawmill
- Animal Hide (160)– Dropped from wolves, bears, and other wild creatures
Steps to Build the Tannery
- Open the Build menu (default key:
B) - Navigate to the Production tab, then go to Refinement
- Select the Tannery and place it inside your castle area, preferably on a floor to improve efficiency
- Make sure the Tannery is powered by your Castle Heart with enough blood essence
Once placed and powered, the Tannery is ready to start producing leather from animal hides.
Using the Tannery
Using the Tannery is straightforward. Interact with the station and insert animal hides into the input slot. After a short processing time, the hides will be converted into leather.
Production Time and Ratios
- 16 Animal Hide=1 Leather
- Processing takes a few seconds per unit, so it’s best to keep the Tannery running constantly
To optimize your crafting speed, place the Tannery on a specialized floor type like the Workshop Floor, which boosts efficiency. Keeping the Tannery close to storage chests can also help streamline your crafting workflow.
Where to Get Animal Hide
Animal hide is a common drop from wildlife enemies. You’ll find it by exploring forested areas and hunting creatures such as:
- Wolves
- Bears
- Deer
- Bandits with animal-themed roles
Farbane Woods is one of the best areas early in the game for farming hide. You can even create dedicated farming runs to stockpile materials for your Tannery.
Expanding Leather Production
As you progress, one Tannery may not be enough. Depending on how quickly you burn through leather, it can be smart to craft multiple Tanneries in your base. Group them together and design your base layout for efficiency with dedicated resource input and output zones.
Automation and Upgrades
Although full automation is limited in V Rising, upgrading your gear and castle systems will streamline production. Don’t forget to keep your Castle Heart fed with blood essence to ensure that all stations, including the Tannery, remain active. As you upgrade your castle and unlock new technologies, refining materials like leather becomes less of a bottleneck.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Building and using the Tannery is simple, but there are some common pitfalls you should avoid:
- Not defeating Keely early– This delays access to leather
- Forgetting to power the Castle Heart– Makes the Tannery go offline
- Letting animal hides pile up– Slows your progression
- Not placing the Tannery on the right floor– Reduces production speed
By staying on top of your material needs and optimizing your base layout, you’ll always have enough leather to support your growing vampire empire.
The Tannery is an essential building inV Risingthat unlocks your ability to refine animal hides into leather. Without it, you won’t be able to upgrade your armor or castle, making survival much harder in the harsher regions of Vardoran. By defeating Keely the Frost Archer, gathering the right materials, and placing your Tannery in an efficient base layout, you’ll set yourself up for long-term success. Keep hunting, refining, and building your rise to power depends on it.