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How to Find and Kill the Putrid Rat
V Rising

How to Find and Kill the Putrid Rat

Learn how to summon and defeat the Putrid Rat in V Rising. This guide covers building the Vermin Nest, crafting requirements, fishing for Twilight Snappers, and combat strategy.

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Learn how to summon and defeat the Putrid Rat in V Rising. This guide covers building the Vermin Nest, crafting requirements, fishing for Twilight Snappers, and combat strategy.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Construct a Vermin Nest: Build the Vermin Nest in your castle using 360 Stone and 120 Bone. This structure is found in the Refinement tab of the Production build menu. If you need more Bone, target undead enemies in Graveyards or Haunted sites.
  2. 2
    Obtain the Fishing Pole Recipe: Defeat Rufus the Foreman, a level 20 V Blood boss located at the Bandit Logging Camp in eastern Farbane Woods. He drops the Fishing Pole recipe, Hunter’s Crossbow, Sculptured Wood, Painting Frame, Woodworking Bench, and the Blood Rage ability.
  3. 3
    Craft the Fishing Pole: Construct a Woodworking Bench (requires 12 Planks and 60 Animal Hide). Craft the Fishing Pole using 8 Planks, 4 Copper Ingots, and 4 Course Thread. Planks are refined from lumber, Copper Ingots from Copper Ore, and Course Thread is found from bandits.
  4. 4
    Gather Summoning Materials: You need 1 Twilight Snapper, 4 Fish Bones, and 8 Grave Dust. Fish Bones are common fishing results or enemy drops. Grave Dust can be refined using the Grinder (requires 8 Planks, 4 Copper Ingots, 4 Whetstones) or found as a rare drop from undead enemies. Refining Grave Dust costs 100 Bone per dust.
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    Summon the Putrid Rat: With the Vermin Nest built and materials gathered, interact with the Vermin Nest to craft and summon the Putrid Rat. The summoning process takes 24 seconds.
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    Defeat the Putrid Rat: The Putrid Rat is a Gear Level 30 boss. Use high-damage attacks and ensure you have a healing source, such as Purgatory, Vermin Salves, or Blood Rose Potions, to manage its substantial health pool.
Tips
  • Fishing requires finding specific spots of water that bubble on the surface. Equip the Fishing Pole and click on the bubbling water to cast. A loud splash sound and visual cue indicate a bite; click immediately to catch.
  • The Twilight Snapper is a rare fish; be prepared for a potentially long fishing session.
  • Grave Dust can be a bottleneck. Farming undead enemies or refining bone is necessary if you lack sufficient materials.

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