The great thing about Dragon’s Dogma 2 is that the sport is totally unconcerned with how a lot of its content material you’re participating with, regardless of simply how a lot of it’s crammed into its dense, wealthy open world setting. The sport is brimming with secrets and techniques, hidden areas, missable quests, particular objects and weapons, and extra, quite a lot of which is all too simple to overlook for gamers, each due to how effectively a few of it’s hidden, and the way little the sport guides you in your efforts to hunt it out. Right here, we’re going to speak about a couple of such missable issues, from extra distinguished quests and enemies to smaller gameplay options that you could be not have come throughout in your time with the sport.
WATERFALL CAVE
Let’s begin with one of many earlier missable areas in Dragon’s Dogma 2– the Waterfall Cave, which is in shut neighborhood to the Borderwatch Outpost settlement the place the sport begins. Early on, the trail to the cave is blocked, however although it opens up earlier than too lengthy, given the truth that you encounter some fairly brutal enemies in there (like a Chimera, as an illustration), it’s nonetheless beneficial that you just maintain off on getting into it for some time. When you do discover the cave, nevertheless, throughout its two flooring, you’ll discover quite a lot of rewards, together with loads of consumables, gold, a Ferrystone, a Wakestone, highly effective grimoires, invaluable crafting sources, and the Peltflayer daggers for the Thief Vocation. In the event you’re within the comparatively early (and even mid-game) sections of Dragon’s Dogma 2, searching for out and exploring Waterfall Cave is well worth the effort and time (so long as you’re assured you can take care of the Chimera).
SPHINX
Capcom very distinguished marketed this explicit enemy and quest even earlier than Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched. The Sphinx is a novel, hidden boss that comes with its personal questline, and every part concerning the enemy is designed to obfuscate issues as a lot as potential. For starters, discovering the Sphinx in and of itself could be fairly difficult, and when you do discover it, the almost half dozen riddles that it duties you with fixing could be headscratchers in their very own proper as effectively. It’s one of the vital mechanically distinctive quests within the sport, nevertheless, towards a spectacularly designed foe, whereas the rewards it yields are additionally fairly helpful.
MEDUSA’S HEAD
Medusa is a distinguished foe in Dragon’s Dogma 2, so the easy act of even discovering it isn’t precisely difficult. Nevertheless, you do even have the choice to chop off the foe’s head each time you defeat it (which isn’t a cakewalk, by the best way) to then use on enemies to show them to stone your self. That in and of itself requires some precision and energy, and even then, likelihood is that you just’re going to get a much less sturdy model of its head that can wither away reasonably shortly, with or with out use. Getting a Preserved Medusa Head, in the meantime, requires quite a lot of talent and precision- and persistence, as a result of as soon as the foe is killed, it takes a few in-game weeks to respawn, which implies you’ll be able to’t immediately retry the struggle.
GRAND RIFTSTONE OF VERMUND’S SECRET TREASURE
You attain town of Vernworth fairly early on in Dragon’s Dogma 2, and very like basically the sport’s total world, it’s a spot that’s received greater than its fair proportion of secrets and techniques tucked away. For example, if you happen to take note of what your Pawns are recognizing and telling you about, you’ll be capable of discover a ladder in one of many inn’s balconies that can lead you to town’s rooftops and, in flip, the roof of a tower housing the capital’s Grand Riftstone. Within the three chests that you just open right here, you’ll discover a Ferrystone, in addition to a rapier and boots, all of which is beneficial gear to have available within the comparatively early hours of the sport.
THE EXALTED
There’s loads of secret, hidden weapons to be present in Dragon’s Dogma 2 for all Vocations. In the event you’re taking part in as a Fighter, one to control is The Exalted, an enchanted mace that does a hefty quantity of injury, and likewise comes with elemental properties. It’s present in Drabnir’s Grotto, an space that you just’ll seemingly be exploring after having put in a very good period of time into the sport. On high of its spectacular base stats, it could actually, after all, even be enhanced additional utilizing gathered supplies, so be sure that to maintain a watch out for the weapon.
DAUGHTER OF THE EVENING
One other one for the Fighters to maintain a lookout for. There’s loads of excessive worth shields to be discovered all through the sport, however there aren’t a lot of them which might be as efficient because the Daughter of the Night. This particular protect might not provide resistance towards slash and placing assaults, however on high of its excessive base stats, it will also be used to replicate enemies’ faces and horrors upon themselves, as its in-game description places it (so it could be notably helpful towards Medusa). It may be discovered within the Vernworth Fortress vault, which could be discovered by going by way of a tunnel near the fort’s kitchens- although you’re going to wish a key to get in, which implies it’s not so simple as simply strolling in and opening a chest.
BLACK MATTER
For the Warrior Vocation, Black Matter is a completely unmissable weapon. Discovering your technique to it and getting your fingers on it’s no simple activity – with enemies like skulls, an ogre, a cyclops, and a drake mendacity in your path – nevertheless it’s effectively price it. Situated in a chest within the Historical Battleground, the huge hammer not solely offers a hefty quantity of strike harm to foes with every hit, it additionally has unimaginable knockdown energy, which makes it an awesome weapon for knocking the notably bigger enemies to the bottom, and even ship lots of the smaller ones flying. Bear in mind, nevertheless, that the weapon has an enormous 10 kg stock requirement, which implies you’re going to wish to liberate quite a lot of house.
ANATHEMA
In the event you’re vibing with the Sorcerer Vocation, you’re positively going to wish to get your fingers on this workers. Present in an space that you just go to within the A New Godsway quest, it’s simply missable if you happen to merely rush by way of, so be sure that to maintain a watch out. On high of getting a excessive magic assault stat, the workers can be able to meting out a shocking quantity of bodily harm. Most helpful is its potential so Silence foes, which makes it considerably simpler to tackle enemies who’ve a knack for incantations and spells.
PAWNS’ SURPRISING USES
Pawns are a significant a part of the core gameplay expertise in Dragon’s Dogma 2 (to say the least), and so they show their effectiveness each out and in of fight time and time once more. For example, you’ll be able to seize them and throw them to out-of-reach ledges to then kick ladders down so that you can comply with. Equally, Pawns may catch you mid-air ought to they be round you whenever you’re falling from a peak. This occurs dynamically, so it’s not one thing that you just’re sure to see until the circumstances make it occur.
USING CATAPULTS
As you discover the world of Dragon’s Dogma 2, you’ll spot all kinds of medieval battle machines scattered all through the world. A few of these can clearly be interacted with, however others are much less clear about their utility. Catapults, as an illustration, can be utilized to typically open up beforehand locked components of the world. In the event you spot a catapult, seize a close-by rock, load it in, then fireplace the weapon, and there’s a good likelihood that when the projectile impacts, it opens up a brand new, secret path so that you can comply with. It isn’t assured to occur each single time (and typically even the spots the place it does work can take a few tries), nevertheless it’s one thing to maintain a watch out for nonetheless.
TRUE ENDING
Let’s shut this off with one thing a tad apparent, however price mentioning nonetheless. Unsurprisingly for a sport like Dragon’s Dogma 2, the true ending right here could be extremely simple to overlook. For starters, you want to be sure that you get the great ending first (which requires you to concentrate at essential factors within the story), following which, there’s one other gauntlet of notably grueling post-game challenges so that you can trounce earlier than you will get the true ending. If you wish to see the story’s full, precise conclusion although, it’s clearly well worth the effort.
