V Rising: Simon Belmont boss location and strategy

The recent 1.0 launch of V Rising brought a ton of new content including some new boss encounters, items, and more. One of the new encounters is Simon Belmont, a mysterious new vampire hunter on a mission to eradicate Monster and Vampire alike. Here’s the location where you can find Simon Belmont as well as how to defeat him, and the rewards for doing so.

Simon Belmont location

You can find the Simon Belmont the Vampire Hunter boss roaming between the northwestern area of Farbane Woods and the southern area of Silverlight Hills. Simon Belmont spawns either in a canyon in Silverlight Hills, or at a crossroads in Farbane Woods, and then will continuously patrol back and forth along the main road between those two locations.

Your best bet for tracking him down is to head to his spawn point in Farbane Woods as indicated by the red circle in the map above, and then follow the road north all the way to the canyon in Silverlight Hills. Just stick to the main road as indicated by the red line in the map, and you will come across Simon Belmont eventually in one of those two zones.

How to kill Simon Belmont

It’s recommended you’re at least Gear Level 84 to take on Simon Belmont, which can only be achieved with the new high-level gear added in V Rising 1.0. Even at Level 84 it will be a challenging encounter, so if you want to have an easier time, you can go even higher before taking on the encounter.

Simon Belmont will be the toughest boss you encounter yet, so you want to make sure you’re prepared to do so. Do not encounter him during the day, as dodging his attacks while also avoiding sunlight will be near impossible. Once it’s nighttime, head to the location above and start the encounter with Simon Belmont the Vampire Hunter.

Belmont will consistently throw AOE fire damage abilities at you, so be sure to keep moving out of the attacks. It’s best to fight Simon Belmont at a range, overall, using skills like Chaos Valley and the Phantom Aegis. Make sure of your Dash and use a versatile mobility weapon like Dual Axes.

Eventually, Simon will shoot beams in four directions and spin around, healing him in the process. You can’t really do anything about this, so take this opportunity to heal yourself as well as buff up by drinking flasks and getting prepared for the rest of the encounter.

Defeating Simon Belmont will earn you his V Blood as well as the power new Sanguine Whip weapon.