How to reach the cave passages in V Rising

As a fledgling vampire trotting around Farbane Woods in V Rising, you’ll probably have noticed the cave icons on the mini map. Heading over to investigate will reveal seemingly inaccessible glowing red portals. What are these cave entrances in V Rising and how do you reach them?

The caves in V Rising are fast travel points, similar to the Waygates, though they only go one way. The four caves that appear on the map in Farbane Woods are exits, apparently just there to taunt you.

The cave entrances and exits in V Rising

• Dunley Farmlands > Farbane Woods Central, near Bandit Logging Camp
• Silverlight Hills > Farbane Woods East
• Cursed Forest > Farbane Woods West
• Cursed Forest > Dunley Farmlands North
• Gloomrot South > Farbane Woods Central, near Bandit Copper Mine

There are five connections, meaning 10 total caves, in V Rising. The exits are on unreachable ledges, so once you’ve traveled through and jumped down, there will be no going back.

What are the caves in V Rising for?

Since there are already numerous Waygates for foot-weary vampires to use in V Rising, you might wonder what purpose the caves serve. By default, there are many items in the game that are marked “Cannot Be Teleported” and can’t be taken through a Waygate. Likewise, humans that you’ve enthralled in V Rising to become servants or prisoners cannot be taken through Waygates.

The caves, however, allow you to transport these locked items, including people. So they’re useful on farming excursions when your castle is perhaps an inconvenient distance away. Particularly, the caves can literally be a lifesaver for servants and prisoners, as they’re often already low health from being captured and can be killed before you get them safely home.

So if you’re a low-level vampire, puzzled by the tantalizing yet unreachable glowing cave entrances, you’ll just have to wait to progress to Dunley Farmlands before you can finally enter one.