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Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2)

Out of the Forest Into the Forge Walkthrough and Location

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Out of the Forest Into the Forge is a side quest in Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2). Read our guide for a walkthrough on how to start and complete the Out of the Forest Into the Forge side quest!

How to Start Out of the Forest Into the Forge

Complete The Ailing Arborheart

Dragon
You'll immediately begin the quest after talking to Sara and gathering information about the Scalecinder during the Ailing Arborheart quest.

The Ailing Arborheart Walkthrough

Out of the Forest Into the Forge Location

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Out of the Forest Into the Forge starts at Brokkr's Smithy in Bakbattahl.

How to Complete Out of the Forest Into the Forge

  1. Return to Doireann
  2. Get a Rotten Apple and a Rotten Fish
  3. Go to Sara in Bakbattahl
  4. Gather as Much Scalecinder as You Can

Return to Doireann

Dragon

Go back to the Sacred Arbor and report to Doireann about the arrangement to a nutriabh, an elven dish, for scalecinder.

Sacred Arbor Location

Get a Rotten Apple and a Rotten Fish

Dragon

Gather an apple and a fish, and let them rot by passing the time. The game will notify you that you've gathered the necessary ingredients once they become rotten.

Return to Doireann and submit the ingredients she asked for to start cooking up the nutriabh.

How to Tell Time of Day

Apple Location

There are apples southeast of the Sacred Arbor which you can gather and let them rot in your inventory.

Fish Location

You can gather fishes near the shore in the Sacred Arbor. Be careful not to go off coast or else the Brine will get you!

Go to Sara in Bakbattahl

Dragon

Accompany Doireann to visit Sara in Bakbattahl to deliver the dish she requested. Sara will then ask you to follow her into Stragglers' Cave, located just outside Bakbattahl.

How to Get to Bakbattahl

Gather as Much Scalecinder as You Can

Dragon

Sara will give the dish to Brokkr, and you'll only have a limited time to gather as much scalecinder as you can in the cave.

You can either talk to Sara at the cave's entrance or wait until the time runs out, at which point Sara will inform you that your time is up. Submit the Scalecinder to Doireann to finish the quest.

Out of the Forest Into the Forge Quest Summary

How to Unlock and Rewards

Quest Type Side Quest (Time Sensitive) Dragon
Location Bakbattahl
Unlock Condition Complete The Ailing Arborheart
Quest Giver Sara
Rewards XP: 0
Gold: 13,000

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

Quest Guides

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Best Side Quests Worth Doing Vernworth Quests Recommended Order
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List of All Quests

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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