Raziel the Shepherd Location and Guide
In V Rising, V Blood Bosses are powerful enemies who reward you with special items such as Vampiric Powers, structure blueprints, and crafting recipes. In this guide, we will show you how to find the V Blood Boss Raziel the Shepherd including how to defeat him and the rewards you will receive for defeating him.
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Where to Find Raziel the Shepherd
You can find Raziel the Shepherd preaching within a church inside the Dunley Monastery. Due to his fixed location, it is guaranteed that you will discover Raziel inside every single time. However, the Dunley Monastery is protected not only by several guard patrols but also by a holy enchantment—this will cause you to take constant damage when you are inside the monastery.
How to Defeat Raziel the Shepherd
It is highly recommended to craft a couple of Holy Resistance Potions at your Alchemy Table to prevent you from taking holy damage inside the monastery. The potion lasts 30 minutes each, an ample time to defeat him before it runs out.
- Taking the potion before entering the monastery will also allow you to transform into Human Form and sneak past the guards patrolling the vicinity.
- Also, be at least Gear Level 60 before facing Raziel the Sheperd.
Approach Raziel inside the church, ignoring the two Devouts guarding the entrance. Raziel has a variety of attacks, but the two that you need to pay attention to the most are his holy beam and his Tether Summons. The latter is used to lock you in place when it shoots out a pulse, allowing him to hit you with his beam from afar easily. You can easily counter this by destroying the Tethers if you get caught or avoid it in the first place.
Raziel will also call holy beams from the sky after his health fall below 50%. In conjunction with his Tether summons, this attack can be lethal if you're not careful—so always pay attention when he holds out both of his arms in the air.
Frost and Chaos spells work well against Raziel to slow his movement speed and cause burning damage while you deal with his Tether summons. It is not recommended to battle him with range attacks, as you always want to put pressure on him from melee range.
Rewards for Defeating Raziel the Shepherd
Defeating Raziel the Shepherd will reward you with the following:
- Vampiric Powers: Crimson Beam (Ultimate Ability)
- Structure Blueprints: Athenaeum
- Recipes: Silver Resistance Potion, Corrupted Artefact (Trinket)
The Crimson Beam Ultimate Ability is essentially the same ability Raziel used in the fight, except it is now imbued with Blood magic instead of Holy power. This ability will carry you for a good portion of bosses after Raziel.
The Athenaeum is used to uncover new technologies, items, and equipment. It will cost you 100 Schematics to discover one random technology. You'll need 40 Scrolls, 12 Scourgestones, and 8 Reinforced Planks to craft it.
The Silver Resistance Potions is aptly named to resist damage from holding silver-related items, like Silver Ores, Silver Coins, etc. The Corrupted Artefact is something you should craft immediately should you have the materials for it, as it will increase your spell power and help you against future bosses.
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