When first digging into V Rising, you’ll quickly get the opportunity to build a little vampiric stronghold all your own. One of the objects you can add to your castle right away are Growing Plots, though it might be a struggle to figure out how exactly to plant any seeds in them.
How to find Seeds in V Rising
To plant anything in your castle in V Rising, of course you’ll need seeds. I got my first lot after chopping down some Blood Rose bushes as I terrorized the local townsfolk. Another way to get your claws on seeds is by breaking crates and barrels — a great location to do this is the Brighthaven Traders Market in Silverlight Hills — scouring shelves in houses, and even happening upon them in chests.
There are also merchants who will give you coveted seeds in exchange for Silver Coins, and another method is to take down V Rising’s various V Bloods and other tough foes you’ll encounter in the game’s open world.
Planting the seeds
Okay, seeds obtained. Now the puzzle is how to actually get them into the ground. When interacting with most other items in V Rising, you just approach it until the button prompt appears. However, Growing Plots don’t give a button prompt, and dragging/dropping the seeds from the inventory onto that confounded pile of dirt just drops them on the ground.
To plant seeds in V Rising, add them to your hotbar. Then press the corresponding hotkey, and a glowy outline of the plant will appear. It’s similar to other objects when you’re building. Move the plant to the desired location on the Growing Plot and confirm as usual.
Figuring out how to plant the seeds I’d collected took an embarrassingly long time, and its inconsistency with the other interaction mechanics in the game is still a little baffling. But at least I got it done!
Where to buy Seeds in V Rising, map and locations
Although you can purchase seeds from different merchants available in the game, they don’t all carry the same stock. So you’ll want to make sure to hit up the correct trader if you have a particular crafting recipe in mind.
Gavyn the Shady Dealer, who patrols the southern half of Farbane Woods, sells seeds for 15 Silver Coins.
- Blood Rose Seed
- Fire Blossom Seed
- Snow Flower Seed
- Mourning Lily Seed
- Hell’s Clarion Spores
Berk the Traveling Trader, who patrols the roads of Dunley Farmlands, sells seeds for 45 Silver Coins.
- Sunflower Seed
Ottar the Merchant, who lives in a house on the south end of Brighthaven Slums, sells seeds for 200 Silver Coins.
- Ghost Shroom Spores
- Highland Lotus (removed from the game)
Getting seeds from plants
If you want to get seeds the old-fashioned, and less expensive, way, you’ll need to head to the zones where the different plants grow.
- Blood Rose Seed – Dunley Farmlands, Farbane Woods, Silverlight Hills
- Fire Blossom Seed – Farbane Woods
- Snow Flower Seed – Dunley Farmlands, Farbane Woods, Silverlight Hills
- Mourning Lily Seed – Dunley Farmlands, Farbane Woods
- Hell’s Clarion Spores – Dunley Farmlands, Farbane Woods
- Sunflower Seed – Dunley Farmlands
- Ghost Shroom Spores – Cursed Forest
Now you know where to find or buy the different seeds available in V Rising and, most importantly, how to plant them. The flora you’ll grow as a result can be used to craft various potions and other magical items like yarn, cursed wood, and even Ghouls that can be animated after building a Tomb.
