How to change the time of day in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Altering the time of day is an important side of mastering Dragon’s Dogma 2. The sport is notably totally different whether or not it’s day or evening. Nevertheless it’s not likely handy to attend round for 20 minutes whereas the solar units. In different phrases, you’ll need to management the time of day now and again.

Our Dragon’s Dogma 2 information will present you the way to change the time of day in two methods — dozing off for just a few hours or sleeping for longer — and the place you’ll need to be to do every.

How lengthy is a day in Dragon’s Dogma 2?

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a roughly 48-minute day-night cycle, based on our testing. Some quests solely happen a sure instances of day, totally different enemies seem at totally different instances, and a few sources can solely be collected at evening.

Some quests — timed quests — are additionally impacted by the passage of time, the place should you wait too lengthy to finish an accepted quest, you’ll both find yourself with a “unhealthy” ending or simply fail the search.

In the meantime, objects in your stock can change as time passes: An apple, for example, turns into a ripened apple (that heals extra) after which a rotten apple (that toxins) over the course of some days.

Methods to change time of day at an inn or camp

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Whenever you’re within the wild, you’ll periodically discover campsites. At these campfires, you should utilize a tenting package to make camp. Should you’re in a settlement, you may discover an inn — buildings with a blue hearth signal out entrance.

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In a camp, interacting along with your bedroll enables you to select to sleep till the following morning or night. At an inn, you’ll need to pay for a mattress. The value is fairly steep, and can often price you about 1,500 to 2,000 gold per evening.

Wherever you sleep, you’ll get the choice to relaxation until morning or relaxation until dusk. Both choice fast-forwards time to the following day or evening. Should you sleep at an inn, you additionally create a save you possibly can return to with the load final inn save choice — simply bear in mind that doing so overwrites your final autosave.

Methods to change time of day at a bench

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In cities and settlements, you’ll see benches round that you could work together with. You’ll be able to solely work together with those which have crimson material on the seat — the others are simply ornament. You’ll be able to observe down which benches help you go time by checking your minimap for a bench-shaped icon.

A pair seconds after you sit on a bench, you’ll get the choice to nod off (identical to you do in an oxcart whereas quick touring).

Whereas sleeping in camp or at an inn fast-forwards time all the best way to the following day or evening, dozing off takes you about midway there. If you wish to go all the best way from day to nighttime, you might need to nod off twice in a row.

For extra Dragon’s Dogma 2 guides, take a look at our inexperienced persons guides to fight and the pawn system, or peruse our listing of all vocations. We even have explainers on the way to change your vocation, the way to change your look, the way to enhance your stock measurement, and the way to quick journey.