Reaching Race V2 in Haze Seas is the single biggest power spike available in the late game. The awakening runs through one NPC, the Race Engineer, who hands you a three-part questline before selling you the upgrade for 1,000,000 Belly and 100 Gems. None of the steps are complicated on their own, but the whole chain only unlocks in the Second Sea around level 2,200, so there's no rushing it from Sea 1.
What do you need before starting Race V2?
The Race Engineer won't say a word until you've cleared the gate requirements. Check every box below before sailing to Starter Island, or you'll waste a trip.
The level gate is the one that trips players most. The game's wording leans toward "recommended" rather than a hard lock, but in practice the Race Engineer stays silent until you're close to 2,200. Treat it as a requirement, not a suggestion.
The other thing to sort out before you begin is currency. Most players grind Belly without thinking about the 100 Gems side of the cost, then arrive at the final step short. Haze Seas runs on Belly and Gems as separate currencies, so track both from the start.
Roblox Haze Seas Guide: How to Get Race V2
How to unlock Race V2 in Haze Seas
Step 1: Talk to the Race Engineer
Head to Second Sea Starter Island and go inside the main building near the spawn-point NPC. Hold E to talk to the Race Engineer and pick up the questline. Nothing else unlocks until you do this first.
Step 2: Defeat a Sea Beast
Your first objective is killing a Sea Beast in the Second Sea's open ocean. Beasts surface roughly every 30 minutes, so keep moving rather than anchoring in one spot. Players with a bounty in the 50,000 to 100,000 range or higher tend to see them appear more often, so running a bounty grind beforehand can cut waiting time significantly.
Sea Beasts don't spawn in the First Sea or in shallow bays, only in the open ocean of Sea 2. Hunting in the wrong zone is the most common reason players report this quest stalling.
Step 3: Return to the Race Engineer
After the kill, go back to the Race Engineer on Starter Island to receive the next objective. This mid-chain check-in is required before the chest quest activates.
Step 4: Open 50 chests
Loot 50 treasure chests from anywhere in the game. Chests from both the First Sea and Second Sea count, so farm wherever you're already spending time. Keep a running tally because miscounting near the end is the quiet reason this step stalls with no obvious error message.
Step 5: Defeat Zenith on Shadow Island
Zenith is the hardest part of the chain. The boss only spawns on Shadow Island during a storm, never in clear weather. Storms occur roughly every two and a half hours, though that interval can shift with patches, so server-hopping to find an active storm is a legitimate and common strategy.
Zenith sits at close to 190,000 HP and hits hard enough to punish aggressive melee approaches. Long-range fruit skills like Phoenix or Dragon let you chip the boss down from a safer distance. Bringing a second player to split aggro makes the fight considerably more forgiving.
Step 6: Buy the Race V2 upgrade
Return to the Race Engineer one final time and pay 1,000,000 Belly and 100 Gems to awaken your race. Make sure both currencies are in your wallet before the trip, not just the Belly.
What does Race V2 actually change?
The awakening pays off differently depending on which race you evolve. The bonuses lean toward sustain, mobility, and Haki perks across the board.
One number to hold loosely: Human V2's walk-speed trigger is listed as activating below 70% health in some places and below 50% in others. The exact threshold is still settling across patches, so test it yourself and expect a patch to nail it down.
For most builds, Dragonborne, D.Clan, and Demon are the popular first awakenings because their bonuses compound well with late-game combat. Dragonborne's +20% health and regen make it one of the strongest raw survivability pickups in the game at this stage.
Where to go after getting Race V2
The questline evolves one race at a time, so if you play multiple races the full chain repeats for each one. Having the route memorized makes the second and third runs much faster.
Funding each awakening comes down to maintaining 1,000,000 Belly and 100 Gems per run. Normal late-game grinding covers it, and if you want to cut the Gem grind between awakenings, check the latest Haze Piece codes for free Gems and spins to see what's currently active.
If you're building out a broader Roblox RPG roster, the Seabound race tier list and Slime Seas Anime RPG race rankings are worth a read for comparing how race systems stack up across similar games. For more Haze Seas and Roblox RPG walkthroughs, the full Roblox guides collection has everything organized by game.