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Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2)

The Sotted Sage Walkthrough and Location

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The Sotted Sage is a side quest in Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2). Read our guide for a walkthrough about how to start and complete The Sotted Sage, including where to get Newt Liqueurs and how to unlock the Warfarer vocation.

How to Start The Sotted Sage

Speak to Lamond in Volcanic Island Camp

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Make your way to the Volcanic Island Camp and head up the wooden ramps and up a ladder to find Lamond. He'll automatically approach you and give you the quest, regardless of your dialogue choice.

The Sotted Sage Location

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The Sotted Sage begins in the Volcanic Island Camp in Agamen Volcanic Island.

How to Complete The Sotted Sage

  1. Obtain Three Newt Liqueurs
  2. Purchase Newt Liqueurs in Higg's Tavern (Optional)
  3. Return to Lamond

Obtain Three Newt Liqueurs

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You'll need to give Lamond 3 Newt Liqueur for him to teach you the ways of the Warfarer. You can make Newt Liqueur yourself by combining Saurian Tail and Fruit Wine.

Saurian Tails can be easily farmed by cutting their tails. Fruit Wine on the other hand is harder to come by but you can get three of them by completing Feast of Deception, Welcome to Battahl, and A Noble Exchange quests.

Get Newt Liqueur in Gautstafr's Home

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You can get a Newt Liqueur inside Gautstafr's house during the Put a Spring in Thy Step quest. You'll find it on top of the table near the door.

Purchase Newt Liqueur in Higg's Tavern (Optional)

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If you lack the ingredients to craft your own, you can get 3 Newt Liqueur easy by doing a short task in Bakbattahl.

Proceed to Higg's Tavern and look for a small, fenced area with two sacks next to it. Pick up a sack and place it inside the fenced area. This will be translated as a secret code, and you'll be allowed to enter the tavern and purchase Newt Liqueurs for 5000 Gold each.

Note that you'll have to wear a Beastren Mask while doing this, or else the guy standing next to the fence will call for guards to attack you.

How to Get Gold Fast

Return to Lamond

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Once you have all 3 Newt Liqueurs, make your way back to the Volcanic Island Camp and deliver the alcohol to Lamond.

As thanks, he'll grant you access to the Warfarer vocation. This concludes the quest, but speak with him again to get the Grandmaster's Path, which is the Maister's Teaching for the Warfarer vocation.

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What if the Sacks are Missing in Higg's Tavern?

Force Spawn them by Resting at an Inn

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There's a possibility that the sacks that you'll need to place in the fenced area won't spawn. Since moving the sack is a requirement for unlocking the secret merchant in Higg's Tavern, you might not be able to purchase Newt Liqueur if this happens.

If ever it occurs, we recommend resting at the inn in Bakbattahl to force spawn the sacks in the fenced area. If this doesn't work, then your only choice is to create the Newt Liqueur on your own or by talking to wandering merchants you may pass by when traveling.

The Sotted Sage Quest Summary

How to Unlock and Rewards

Quest Type Side Quest
Location Agamen Volcanic Island
Unlock Condition Talk to Lamond and he will give you the quest regardless of your choice
Quest Giver Lamond
Rewards XP: 980
Gold: 500
・ Warfarer Vocation; Rotten Soft-Boiled Egg; Grandmaster's Oath Tome

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

Other Quest Guides
Best Side Quests Worth Doing Vernworth Quests Recommended Order
Timed Quests

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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1 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

I found newt liqueur in the chemical stores at the forbidden research lab

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