How to get rid of Silver Exposure

Learn how to remove Silver Sickness in v rising by managing Silver Exposure. Discover gear and potions to increase Silver Resistance.

When you carry anything silver, you’ll get a message telling you that you’re carrying silver as well as receive stacks of Silver Sickness.

What Silver Exposure Does

When you’re carrying silver whether that be coins or ore, you’ll get the “Silver Sickness” debuff. This debuff will slowly deplete your health depending on how many stacks of Silver Sickness you have, and whether you have any Silver Resistance. Whilst carrying 40 Silver Coins without any Silver Resistance, you’ll have 6 stacks, and take 4 damage per second. If you have the same coins with 15 Silver Resistance, you won’t take any damage, although you’ll still have the 6 stacks. At 70 Silver Coins without any Silver Resistance, you’ll have 11 stacks, and take 7 damage per second. Once again, having at least 15 Silver Resistance will negate the damage you take. Looking at the math, it appears that 1-6 coins will give you one stack of Silver Sickness, but as soon as you have 7 coins, you’ll gain another stack. When you have 14 coins, you’ll have 3 stacks, and 21 coins will give you 4 stacks, and so on. Also, it appears that providing you have at least 15 Silver Resistance, you won’t take any damage with 70 silver coins which’ll give you 11 stacks of Silver Sickness.

How to Remove Silver Sickness

The way that the Silver Sickness debuff works is that you’ll only get it whilst you carry anything silver. The second you remove it from your inventory, the sickness will immediately be removed. If you need to carry a lot of silver for whatever reason, you can nullify the damage you’ll take by increasing your Silver Resistance by drinking consumables, equipping gear or using powers.

Increasing Your Silver Resistance

Your resistances can be found on the character screen, to the right of your equipment. In the character screen accessed by tapping [Character Screen Button], you’ll see the resistances to the right of your character. This will display all of your current resistances against each harmful effect such as Sun, Garlic, Holy, Fire, and Silver. By increasing your resistance to Silver, it’ll reduce the damage you receive from Silver attacks by 7.5%, as well as the maximum stacks you can receive. For example, 15 Silver resistance will reduce the application of the stacks you can withstand up to 12 before you’ll take any damage. So it’s always recommended when farming areas where silver will be a problem by getting as much resistance to it as possible.

How to Increase Silver Resistance

There are various methods to increase your resistance to Silver. One way is by using consumables for a temporary buff which can last up to 20 minutes. The other and more permanent solution is by equipping gear that comes with Silver Resistance + X. Below you can find a list of all the consumables and equipment that can help you stave off Garlic Exposure.

All Silver Resistance Consumables

• Silver Resistance Potion: Increases Silver Resistance rating by 50 for 1200 seconds (20 mins). Recipe is a reward from defeating V-Boss Raziel the Shepard (Level 60). Crafting Station is a reward from defeating V-Boss Clive the Firestarter (Level 30) at the Alchemy Table.

All Silver Resistance Equipment

• Hunter’s Cloak: Provides +18 Health, +15 Sun Resistance, +15 Garlic Resistance, +15 Silver Resistance. Recipe is a reward from defeating V-Boss Beatrice the Tailor (Level 38) and requires 8 Cotton Yarn. Crafting Station is a reward from defeating V-Boss Quincey the Bandit King at the Tailoring Bench.

All Silver Resistance Powers

• Bear Form: Increases resistances by 25, Movement speed + 15%, Damage Reduction + 25%, Regenerate Health quicker. Obtain by hunting V-Boss “Ferocious Bear” (Level 36).