This is a beginner's guide to Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2). Learn valuable things to know before you get started, as well as 23 tips and tricks for beginner and advanced players!
Body size and shape play a huge factor in Dragon's Dogma 2. Smaller and shorter characters will regenerate stamina a lot faster, while bigger and taller characters will regenerate stamina at a much slower pace.
Larger characters will also have a higher max encumbrance, which means they'll be able to carry more items in their inventory. Max encumbrance is the maximum weight of items that a character can carry, and bigger characters will likely be able to carry more than smaller ones.
In addition, other body parts such as the length of your character's arms won't make a noticeable difference to attack reach for melee attacks.
Does Your Character Size Matter?
Your character's appearance is not permanent and can be changed later on as soon as you obtain a Book of Metamorphosis. This book can be bought from Guild Vendors for 500 RC (Rift Crystals).
Once you have the book, take it to a Barber Shop, which is commonly found in major towns. You can choose to modify your character's appearance, including height if you wish to change your character's size.
How to Get and Use Art of Metamorphosis
At the start of the game, Arisens can choose between four (4) starter vocations each with a different playstyle:
| Starter Vocation | Playstyle |
|---|---|
 Fighter |
・Aggressive ・Makes the First Contact with Opponents |
 Mage |
・Support (Applying Buffs) ・Relies heavily on pawns |
 Thief |
・Strategic ・Stealth ・Outsmarting Opponents |
 Archer |
・Relies on Accuracy and Precision ・Plays from a Safe Distance |
Fighters are aggressive melee warriors specializing in the use of their shield skills. Their shields have other neat uses other than blocking attacks, such as launching an ally in the air, drawing aggro to themselves and away from party members, and can also be used to negate a bit of fall damage.
Fighter Vocation Guide and Builds
Mage is a great support vocation, capable of healing party members and applying buffs, such as applying elemental powers to other characters' weapons.
During the early game, Mages will be a bit slow in casting spells, since they need to charge them up a bit before unleashing the spells. But as soon as you level them up further, they'll be able to quickly cast spells in exchange for more stamina usage.
They are also great for exploration since they can levitate and float around, allowing you to access places that are somewhat difficult to reach.
Mage Vocation Guide and Builds
The Thief is a master of deception and has amazing evasive skills. It's the only vocation that can dodge and evade attacks and also can do wall jumps, letting you reach high places.
Thieves are also played out strategically as they can also be used to sneak up on monsters with their unique Stealth mode skill. They can also plant explosives near monsters for AoE damage.
To add to this, the Thief can also steal items from enemies while in combat with them.
Thief Vocation Guide and Builds
The Archer specializes in range attacks with their bow. They have the option to fire arrows either through manual aiming (which requires a bit of skill) or via auto locking on an opponent, the latter being less precisional.
Some weapon skills of the Archer require you to buy or craft specific arrows before you can use them, while some skills will just require stamina consumption to use.
Archer Vocation Guide and Builds
Feel free to choose any of the starting Vocations at the beginning of the game that appeals the most to you, as you can change this later on at any Vocation Guild, so don't feel too pressured to choose the Vocation that suits your playstyle.
Main Pawns are support characters that will assist you in combat. You can choose your main Pawn's Vocation early on, so try to pick one that complements your play style for a well-balanced party.
As an example, if you're playing range characters like Archer or Mage, it would be best to pick Fighter for your Pawn so that they can tank enemy hits and draw aggro away from you while you fire your arrows or spells from afar.
Combat is tied to the stamina gauge, but is only affected by certain offensive abilities, such as activating weapon skills, casting out spells, using core skills, and climbing onto a monster.
Keep in mind that light and heavy attacks will not consume stamina, so feel free to spam them during a fight without having to worry about running out of stamina.
Some quests are affected by the passage of time, and will progress or resolve even without the involvement of the player. This means that you'll risk being unable to act promptly if you take on multiple quests at once.
Failing quests may lead to undesirable consequences in your playthrough, so be mindful of your current quests when taking on new ones.
You might think that resting on campsites and inns is the only way to pass time but all Arisens can look for benches where they can pass time for free. This is especially useful when your quests are time-locked and you do not have money to rest inside inns.
If you see a shining, yellow beetle stuck on a tree trunk during your adventures, do not forget to get them! These so-called Golden Trove Beetles are special items that when consumed increase the overall carrying capacity of the Arisen. This is especially useful as you'll be picking up a lot of things while exploring.
It is also easier to spot Golden Trove Beetles at night as they glow brightly against the dark of night but be careful as nights tend to be a lot more dangerous in the world of Dragon's Dogma.
All Golden Trove Beetle Locations
All food items in Dragon's Dogma 2 will expire in your inventory or storage as time passes. To preserve food, combine items into their dried version using the combine menu. Dried food items will never expire and are the best way to carry food if you're going on a long exploration quest.
This essentially replaces the Airtight Flask item from Dragon's Dogma 1 as the item does not make a return in DD2.
If you find yourself with a mountain of rotten food items in your storage, do not throw them away! They can be used as a material to craft Lantern Oils which you can use to top up your lantern if it is low on fuel.
Lantern Oil Location and Effect
If you find yourself over-encumbered by carrying a lot of materials gathered from the world, do not hesitate to transfer these materials to any of your pawns. They would even comment if you're carrying a lot of items and suggest that you transfer some to their inventory.
Transferring items can be easily done by going to Items, and electing to give an item to a nearby pawn.
What Happens to Items of Dismissed Pawns?
If you accidentally find yourself fatally wounded in battle or have failed to protect a certain individual during a quest, you can use Wakestones to revive them. A Revive
prompt will usually show up over their bodies if you have a wakestone in your inventory. Similarly, if you die in battle you can also use a Wakestone to revive yourself.
A much more potent version of a wakestone, called the Eternal Wakestone, is also present in the game. Its effect is wide-range and can revive multiple dead NPCs in your vicinity. This is especially useful if you find all townspeople are dead due to Dragonsplague.
If a dead NPC is left at a certain spot for too long, the undertaker will take it to the morgue so check on their bodies if you aim to revive them. The morgue is mostly found in major towns and is denoted by a coffin icon on the map.
When near any point of interest like cable cars and ladders, your pawn will usually inform you that it may take you to an important treasure. This will then be shown in your minimap as an exclamation point (!) to denote the location of the said point of interest! Try to explore that area to get valuable loot or progress thru an area.
Landing directly on a Pawn will cushion your fall and completely mitigate any fall damage. However, do note that they won't catch you if you fall from a fatal height.
Larger monsters can be climbed onto to reach and attack their weak spots. Breaking their weak spots will also possibly drop bonus items and materials.
Some Vocations can use weapon skills while mounted on monsters, like the Thief being able to use Powder Charge to plant an explosive on their backs.
As a bonus tip, if you see a large monster wobbling and hopping on one foot, you can grab its leg to push it and topple it over the ground.
The Grab mechanic even allows you to latch onto aerial enemies such as a Harpie and slightly control the direction of where they're flying to. This is useful if you want to get to a high vantage spot as an Archer or Mage.
| Grab Control Key | |
|---|---|
 Xbox |
 PlayStation |
Grabbing also has other niche uses such as grabbing smaller enemies, Pawns, or objects and then throwing them at your opponents to damage them. You can even throw them at aerial enemies if you're not using a range Vocation, like Fighter and Thief.
Another trick you can do is to throw enemies at melee Pawns to perform a special combo that should decently damage them. If you're feeling creative, you can even throw a barrel of oil onto an enemy and then use a fire attack to set them ablaze.
During your adventures, you might encounter NPCs that speak in a very peculiar language. The subtitles aren't helping either as they are written in an unintelligible language. These characters are speaking in Elvish.
To understand them, you have to get a pawn that has the Woodland Wordsmith specialization with the easiest way is to hire one from a Riftstone.
How to Learn Elvish: Woodland Wordsmith Specialization
| Finisher Hit Key | |
|---|---|
 Xbox |
 PlayStation |
Always try to execute a strong, finisher hit that deals a significant amount of damage. You can only usually do this every time an enemy is down or when an enemy is stunned using skills. A strong, finisher hit is done by pressing the △ button for PS5 and the Y button for XBOX.
In Dragon's Dogma 2, there is a store in Checkpoint Rest Town that allows you to create a forgery of an item which essentially duplicates it. Though some important items do not carry over their effect when duplicated, this is especially useful when giving items as gifts as most NPCs do not check gifts for authenticity. It's the thought that counts, right?
Dragonsplague is a terrible illness that infects pawns as they travel between worlds in Dragon's Dogma 2. This is usually obtained by fighting Drakes and can spread simply by being in the same party with a pawn that has one. The Arisen is also the only one immune to this sickness.
Be wary of this plague as it can infect towns and decimate all people making it a ghost town in the process. Always check if your pawn has dragonsplague by checking if they have red, glowing eyes and observing a drastic behavior change.
There are some hidden areas in the game hiding behind destructible environmental hazards such as caves blocked by piles of rubble or water spouts that open up areas. You can grab and throw a large boulder at these interactable hazards to open it up and unlock a new area to explore. Be careful though! You can get hurt if you're close while breaking the hazards!
Pawns with certain Vocations can navigate to unreachable places that contain treasure chests. Like the Mage Vocation, you can command them to levitate to cross a gap and collect a treasure chest waiting on the other side.
One of the best ways to kill large mobs of enemies is to lure them onto bridges and then destroy the bridge to cause them to fall to their deaths. This is particularly useful if you find yourself low on health and will need a quick way to take out all those enemies chasing after you.
Do note thought that bridges take time to be repaired so assess if the disadvantage of not being able to use the bridge to cross outweighs the need to survive.
| Dragon's Dogma 2 Wiki Contents | |
|---|---|
 Walkthrough |
 Quests |
 Vocation |
 Tips and Tricks |
 Weapons |
 Armors |
 Interactive Map |
 Romance |
 Character Creator |
 Pawns |
 Items |
 Augments |
 Monsters |
 NPCs |
 Weapon Skills |
 Core Skills |
 Trophies and Achievements |
 Choices |
 Collectibles |
 News and Game Info |
 Updates and Patch Notes |
 Bugs and Errors |
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