Leather is one of the crafting materials in V Rising and is required to craft different types of armors and many other useful items. The following guide will walk you through how you can farm Leather for crafting in V Rising.
V Rising Leather Farm Locations
Although Leather in V Rising can sometimes drop as loot from random enemies, the best places to farm Leather directly without crafting it are Bandit Camps.
The Bandit Camps are scattered around the world of V Rising, and you can loot chests and loot boxes to obtain Leather. Depending upon your convenience, you can set up a base near a bandit camp and then loot.
You can check beforehand if a bandit camp has Leather held up, but it can sometimes be dropped even if it was not listed before.
How to Craft Leather
You can craft Leather through a tannery using Animal Hides, which is discussed below in detail.
Defeat Keely the Frost Archer
You must discover and defeat Keely the Frost Archer to open the Tannery and craft Leather. Keely, the Frost Archer, can be found in the Bandit Trapper Camp area of the game.
To defeat Keely the Frost Archer, you must first locate her. You’ll discover Keely in the Bandit Trapper Camp near the east of Farbane Woods vampire waygate.
You need to get in close for this encounter to reduce her advantage of long-range strikes. Continue to hit her with your firearm while Keely shoots AOEs at you, and the fight should be done in no time.
After defeating Keely, you’ll have control of Tanneries and leather, as well as the Frost Bat ability. You’ll need to also defeat Keely to obtain V Blood, which is required to unlock the Leather Formula in V Rising. You can drink V Blood to get the formula and create leather, among other things, once you have it.
Build Tannery
Once you have defeated Keely the Frost Archer, then you will be able to build a Tannery which you can be done using the following resources.
- 8 Planks
- 160 Animal Hides
Craft Leather in Tannery in Using Animal Hides
After defeating Keely, you’ll have control of Tanneries and Leather and the Frost Bat ability. You’ll need to also defeat Keely to obtain V Blood, which is required to unlock the Leather Formula in V Rising.
You can drink V Blood to get the formula and create Leather, among other things, once you have it. Once you have the formula, you can then use the Tannery and 16 Animal Hides to craft Leather.
Animal Hides Farm Locations
Animal Hide is the key resource in crafting Leather. You can obtain Animal Hide by killing animals and then looting them for hides. The main animals who will drop Animal Hides are Wolves and Bears.
Since Leather is a major resource in V Rising and is used to craft several items such as armor, you need 16 Animal Hides to craft 1 Leather. All of this adds up to the fact that you will need Animal Hides in abundance.
Luckily, Animal Hides are found in abundance in V Rising, as you can get it as much as you require by hunting Wolves and Bears.
The best locations to farm Animal Hides are:
- Wolf Den: The Wolf Den is located in the southeastern part of Farbane Woods. You will encounter a lot of wolves here, and it can be a good place to farm Animal Hides.
- Bear Caves: located in the very east of Farbane Woods, Bear Caves is the next best place to gather some Animal Hides in V Rising,
- Farbane Woods: Along with these two prominent locations, the whole of Farbane Woods is filled with bears and wolves, which you can take down to gather Animal Hides.
