Where to find the Putrid Rat in V Rising Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Where to find the Putrid Rat in V Rising Here's how to summon the Putrid Rat in V Rising Guide by Ollie Toms Guides Editor Published on May 23, 2022 Trying to find the Putrid Rat boss in V Rising? Usually in V Rising you must take to the Blood Altar in order to track, find, and slaughter the formidable V Blood carriers dotted about Vardoran. It's an important part of the progression in Stunlock's new survival game, because the more bosses you slay, the stronger your vampire becomes. But the Putrid Rat is a special case, because it cannot be tracked using the Blood Altar. So how do you find it? The answer is that you need to summon it into the world yourself. Below you can find out exactly how to summon the Putrid Rat in V Rising, and how to defeat it once it has arrived. Watch on YouTube Where to find the Putrid Rat in V Rising The Putrid Rat is unique amongst the V Rising bosses, because it does not appear anywhere on the map naturally. This is why you can't track it using the Blood Altar as you would normally track a V Blood carrier. To fight the Putrid Rat, you must summon it using the Vermin Nest. You can build a Vermin Nest out of 360 Stone and 120 Bones. Then interact with it and you'll see the "recipe" for summoning the Putrid Rat: 1x Twilight Snapper 4x Fish Bone 8x Grave Dust Put these three ingredients into the "Input" section of the Vermin Nest, and after 30 seconds the Putrid Rat will be summoned at the Vermin Nest's location. As for the Putrid Rat itself, it's a fairly straightforward fight. The Rat likes to either stay in melee range and bite you constantly, or disappear and summon a host of smaller rats to keep you occupied. A crowd-control ability like Whirlwind (a weapon ability of the Sword, one of the best weapons in V Rising) or Corpse Explosion is ideal for cutting through the smaller rats, while single-target abilities like Shadowbolt or Chaos Volley are great for defeating the Putrid Rat while staying out of its bite attack range. That's all there is to summoning the Putrid Rat and defeating it in V Rising. If you want some more general advice progressing through the game, check out our V Rising tips and tricks while you're here. You can also brush up on your knowledge of how to get the important mid-game resources such as Iron and Explosives. More On V Rising V Rising Blood Types and Blood Quality Learn more about every Blood Type in V Rising, and how to raise Blood Quality Hayden Hefford 2 months ago Our favourite games of 2022 so far The 20 games that have kept us glued to our screens since January Katharine Castle 3 months ago 45 V Rising is fiddly, but playable on the Steam Deck following Proton update Turns out vampires can go out in the sun James Archer 4 months ago 6 V Rising early access review: streamlined survival for all types of bloodsucker Will encourage you to keep a vampire diary Ed Thorn 4 months ago 3 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here