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How to get Whetstone in V Rising: Where to find Stone Brick and Stone Dust

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Stone Brick, Stone Dust, and Whetstones are some of V Rising’s most precious materials, mainly because you need them for several important crafting recipes.

Getting them is a bit circuitous, though after a bit of grinding and patience, you’ll eventually be able to craft what you need. Like most crafting in V Rising, just make sure you set aside time to gather the materials. You'll need a lot of them, especially cotton, and never neglect harvesting quartz when you find it.

How do you get Stone Bricks in V Rising?

Getting Stone Brick requires a Grinder, and you have the Grinder recipe as soon as you start the game, unlike the Tannery in your castle, though you’ll need to do some exploring to get all the required materials for it.

The Grinder needs:

  • 8 planks
  • 4 copper ingots
  • 4 whetstones

You’ll need the Sawmill and Furnace to get planks and ingots, respectively,

Once your Grinder is up and running, add 12 Raw Stones to it to get 1 Stone Brick.

What is Stone Brick used for?

Stone Bricks are fundamental to your castle heart. You will need them for crafting your castle hearts floor and walls. Additionally, stone bricks should be used to reinforce the wooden walls of your castle. Once upgraded, you'll be able to then add a roof to your castle, too.

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How do you get Stone Dust in V Rising?

Stone Dust is a natural byproduct of making Stone Bricks. For every 12 Raw Stones added, you get 1 Stone Dust (and 1 Stone Brick).

What is Stone Dust used for?

As mentioned earlier, Stone Dust is used to craft Whetstone in V Rising. However, the resource can also be used to craft Gravel Paths for your castle. When place, these paths give you a 15% speed movement buff, but they can only be used within the bounds of your base.

How do you get Whetstone in V Rising?

Obtaining Whetstones is a bit more complicated, at least initially. When you’re first starting out, the only way to get Whetstones is obtaining them as loot earned for clearing bandit camps. Whetstones are often among the loot earned for clearing the bandits, and you can sometimes find Whetstones on the corpses of bandits as well.

Once you have a Furnace – which also requires whetstones to make – and reach level 27, you can actually craft Whetstones. Go and challenge Grayson the Armorer. He’s in the Bandit Armory in Farbane Woods, and defeating him unlocks the recipe for crafting Whetstones.

To craft one Whetstone, you’ll need:

  • 12 Stone Dust
  • 1 Copper Ingot

What is Whetstone used for?

In V Rising, you can use Whetstone to craf the castle structure, the Grinder. In addition, as a Blacksmith component, you can use them for crafting higher level gear. They're pretty important on the whole, so you'll want to have a decent supply of them in your castle!

If you're after more materials in V Rising, check out how to craft leather and how to mine for iron too.

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