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Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2)

Best Side Quests Worth Doing

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Some side quests in Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2) are worth completing to receive special rewards on top of XP and Gold. See a list of best side quests to do and if they are worth doing!

Best Side Quests to Do

Side Quests with Special Rewards

Best Quests Rewards
Vocation Frustration New Vocations:
Warrior
Sorcerer
▶︎ How to Change Vocations
1. Claw Them Into Shape
2. Beren's Final Lesson
Allows you to receive the Champion's Fable after Beren moves to Battahl. This will allow you to learn the Warrior's Maister Skill, Arc of Might.
1. The Sorcerer's Appraisal
2. Spellbound
Allows you to learn the Sorcerer's Maister Skills, Maelstrom and Meteoron, and the Mage's Maister Skill, Celestial Paean.
▶︎ All Maister Locations and Skills
1. Readvent of Calamity
2. Trouble on the Cape
3. Home Is Where the Hearth Is
Ulrika Romance Questline
Every Rose Has Its Thorn Wilhelmina Romance
▶︎All Romance Options
1. Gift of the Bow
2. A Trial of Archery
3. The Ailing Arborheart
4. Out of the Forest, Into the Forge
Gives you access to Elven smithing together with multiple powerful equipments. These will also build your rapport with the elven people, which will benefit you in the late game.
A Game of Wits Grants you multiple valuable rewards upon completing the riddles.
▶︎ Sphinx Riddle Solutions and Location
1. Dulled Steel, Cold Forge
2. Steeled Resolve, Blazing Forge
Gives you access Dwarven smithing.
Put a Spring in Thy Step Unlocks Magick Archer Vocation and Martyr's Bolt Maister Skill. This also gives you access to another blacksmith capable of Dwarven smithing.
The Sotted Sage Unlocks Warfarer Vocation and Rearmament Maister Skill.

All Quests and Unlock Conditions

Are Side Quests Worth Doing?

Worth Doing for Levels and Resources

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Side quests usually players with XP and Gold. Some side quests may also give Dcp for learning Weapon Skills and changing Vocations.

It's definitely worth straying off the beaten path to complete side quests and get stronger by getting upgraded weapons and armor.

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Numerous Side Quests Are Time Sensitive

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Some side quests are affected by the passage of time and will progress or resolve without the player's involvement. Some side quests will have an hourglass icon signifying that it needs to be finished immediately, otherwise you'll fail the quest.

Make sure to take a look at your side quests before taking on new ones so you won't experience undesirable outcomes during your playthrough.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Related Guides

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All Quests and Unlock Conditions

Quests With Story Progression

# Story Quests
1 Gaoled Awakening
2 Tale's Beginning
3 In Dragon's Wake
4 One-Eyed Interloper
5 Seat of the Sovran
6 Monster Culling
7 Disa's Plot
8 The Caged Magistrate
9 The Stolen Throne
10 The Nameless Village
11 An Unsettling Encounter
12 Feast of Deception
13 Nation of the Lambent Flame
14 Flickering Shadows
15 Convergence
16 A New Godsway
17 The Guardian Gigantus
18 Legacy

True Ending Quest Guides

# Post Game Quests
1 Dreams Apart
2 Halls of the First Dawn
3 A Scholarly Pursuit

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Best Side Quests Worth Doing Vernworth Quests Recommended Order
Timed Quests

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All Side Quests
Clash and Conclusion A Noble Exchange
Crossing in Shadow Steeled Resolve, Blazing Forge
Brothers Brave and Timid Out of the Forest, Into the Forge
The Ailing Arborheart Tolled to Rest
‘Twixt a Rock and a Hard Place A Game of Wits
A Poisonous Proposal Masked Correspondence
Welcome to Battahl Tensions on the Highroad
Till Death Do Us Part Mercy Among Thieves
A Magisterial Amenity Spellbound
A Veil of Gossamer Clouds A Candle in the Storm
A Trial of Archery The Sorcerer's Appraisal
Dulled Steel, Cold Forge The Phantom Oxcart
Shadowed Prayers Home is Where the Hearth Is
Short-Sighted Ambition Trouble on the Cape
Put a Spring in Thy Step The Sotted Sage
Readvent of Calamity Gift of the Bow
A Case of Sculptor's Block The Gift of Giving
Saint of the Slums House of the Blue Sunbright
Prey for the Pack Hunt for the Jadeite Orb
Beren's Final Lesson A Beggar's Tale
A Place to Call Home The Provisioner's Plight
Oxcart Courier Claw Them Into Shape
The Arisen's Shadow The Ornate Box
Scaly Invaders Medicament Predicament
Every Rose Has Its Thorn The Heel of History
Nesting Troubles Vocation Frustration
Ordeals of a New Recruit

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