V Rising

Garlic Exposure is a debuff encountered in V Rising when players spend too long in areas with garlic, typically found in Dunley Farmlands. It increases damage taken and reduces damage dealt, with effects worsening with more stacks, up to a maximum of 100.

How to Remove Garlic Exposure:

The primary method to remove Garlic Exposure is by waiting it out. Approximately 20 seconds are needed for one stack to disappear without any Garlic Resistance. Increasing your Garlic Resistance significantly speeds up this process. For instance, with 90 Garlic Resistance, four stacks disappear in about 20 seconds. Using items like the Hunter's Cloak, Garlic Resistance Potion, or transforming into Bear Form can instantly reduce your current stacks to 33, even if you were at 100.

Increasing Garlic Resistance:

Your resistances can be viewed on the character screen, to the right of your equipment. Increasing Garlic Resistance reduces the rate at which stacks are applied, speeds up recovery, and lowers the maximum stacks you can accumulate. For example, 15 Garlic Resistance reduces stack application by 60%, increases recovery by 60%, and caps maximum stacks at 89.

Methods to Increase Garlic Resistance:

• Consumables: Temporary buffs that can last up to 20 minutes.
• Gear: Equipping items with Garlic Resistance +X provides a permanent increase.

Garlic Resistance Consumables:

• Minor Garlic Resistance Brew: +25 Garlic Resistance for 1200 seconds. Crafted in the Character Screen with 40 Hell’s Clarion, 1 Rat, 1 Water-filled Canteen. (Reward from defeating V-Boss Polora the Feywalker).
• Garlic Resistance Potion: +50 Garlic Resistance for 1200 seconds. Crafted at an Alchemy Table with 20 Hell’s Clarion, 20 Sunflower, 4 Rat, 1 Water-filled bottle. (Unlocked via Study with 75 Scrolls, or as a reward from defeating V-Boss Clive the Firestarter).

Garlic Resistance Equipment:

• Hunter’s Cloak: +15 Garlic Resistance (also provides +15 Sun Resistance, +15 Silver Resistance). Crafted at a Tailoring Bench with 8 Cotton Yarn. (Reward from defeating V-Boss Beatrice the Tailor).

Garlic Resistance Powers:

• Bear Form: Provides +25 to resistances. Obtained by hunting V-Boss “Ferocious Bear”.

When you progress out of Farbane Woods and head into the Dunley Farmlands, you’ll find certain areas that inflict the Holy Radiation debuff. This debuff drains your health over time until you leave the area or run out of health. Symbols on pillars indicate the presence of Holy Radiation.

Holy Radiation drains approximately 10 health per second at 0 Holy resistance. Increasing your Holy Resistance reduces this damage. For example, at 50 Holy Resistance, you can explore the Dunley Monastery without taking damage from Holy Radiation.

To negate Holy Radiation, you can avoid areas with it, or increase your Holy Resistance through equipment, consumables, and powers. The Holy Resistance Potion grants 50 Holy resistance for 30 minutes, allowing exploration of most areas earlier. Crafting this potion requires two scourgestones, which are difficult to obtain early on.

Your resistances are displayed on the character screen, to the right of your equipment. Increasing your Holy Resistance reduces damage from Holy attacks and negates damage from Holy Radiation. At 50 Holy Resistance, you take 25% less damage from Holy attacks and negate up to 10 damage from Holy Radiation.

There are temporary buffs from consumables and permanent solutions from gear with Holy Resistance +X. Consumables offer buffs lasting up to 30 minutes, while equipment provides a more permanent increase.

All Holy Resistance Consumables:

• Holy Resistance Potion: Increases Holy Resistance rating by 50 for 1800 seconds (30 mins). This is a reward from defeating V-Boss Christina the Sun Priestess (Level 44). The recipe requires 45 x Mourning Lily, 2 x Scourgestone, and 1 x Water-filled bottle. It can be crafted at an Alchemy Table, which is a reward from defeating V-Boss Clive the Firestarter (Level 30).

All Holy Resistance Equipment:

• No specific equipment is listed in the source material.

All Holy Resistance Powers:

• Bear Form: Increases resistances by 25, Movement speed +15%, Damage Reduction +25%, and regenerates health quicker. This power is obtained by hunting the V-Boss “Ferocious Bear” (Level 36).