Dragon's Dogma 2 - 16 Things to Do First

Dragon's Dogma 2 offers players an incredible level of freedom to do whatever and go wherever they want. With that freedom though, comes the possibility of missing some very valuable things that will certainly help you get a leg up once the going gets tough. To that end, here are our recommendations of all of the Things to Do First in Dragon's Dogma 2.
#IGN #DragonsDogma

[@Electric_Coconut]

Buy a house early on. Only 20k in the capital. A house acts like an inn for your save file

[@geofer.o.13.888]

4:04 btw, it is a permanent, stackable, carry weight increase. Do not ignore those beetles, especially if you're planning to play solo.

[@heyjulzdontmakeitbad]

Are they in static location or random spawns?

[@T_i_O_P_A_]

static@@heyjulzdontmakeitbad

[@heyjulzdontmakeitbad]

@@T_i_O_P_A_I see, thanks.

[@idontwanttosignupnow]

You can only play solo brother

[@undockingsalad6377]

@@idontwanttosignupnow They mean without pawns

[@SGVB22]

Every ign guide: " do everything in the game first" 😅

[@dannymack8653]

Things to do 1st... the things the game tells you to do lol

[@PotatoJonson]

Finding these things out on your own is part of the game design.

[@Art_english_time]

Thanks a lot for this guide, I'll try it

[@lucasthegamemasterporterfi84]

This game should have gotten Assassin’s Creed parkour and deeper climbing mechanics for climbing walls and cliffs

[@hawwy1987]

Number 17, if playing on PC, get a mod that allows ferrystones to drop from enemies. They don't sell for much but it fixes how limited / expensive the stones are in the early game.

[@Kevin-rf9sx]

Mod Name?

[@ProfessorChaos2050]

Looking forward to dragon's dogma 2 tonight🥂✌🏾😎

[@MrDarksbane]

Great tips! Thank you

[@nlvassassin]

Great video

[@_heffe_]

You can store all your upgrade materials and it will pull from your storage when you go to upgrade your items.

[@bmxxkillerxx5904]

wtf really?

[@_heffe_]

@@bmxxkillerxx5904 hell yeah. Makes life more tolerable seeing as how you have to run everywhere 😂😂

[@davidwhatsthatabout7404]

@0:20 ign guy says 14 things to do. Banner says 16.

[@TrumpSkillz]

IGN is cheeks nowadays

[@dt6esdff413]

did you just assumed IGN employees are smart?

[@mitchellsaltzman1559]

Unfortunate and embarrassing mistake. I had thought I fixed that. Sorry!

[@mrpuddingfinger9226]

its says 14 first then switches to 16 a second later lol. Cant count on IGN to review their videos before posting

[@kingshadow8782]

Awesome!

[@vishxification0]

Loving the game but my pc is turning into a sun running this above 60fps

[@356z]

Don't know if this gets mentioned but DO THE HOURGLASS MISSIONS IMMEDIATELY!!!! contemplating starting over or reloading my inn save 😅

[@zgc1429]

Lured the cyclops to trisha’s house. Very cool too if you lured it at night.

[@calebkammes7030]

Anyone else have a dead griffin in the way of that cave.

[@iitachiittv2331]

Watch the intro, griffin you ride in on gets shot down.

[@BahnYahd]

@@iitachiittv2331 yes. its blocking the cave still

[@nuggetsan5577]

​@@BahnYahdmine went away once you get to melee aka the burnt down town.

[@TheMayhem0808]

Yes but it disappears after a quest or 2

[@Tyson_A]

Curious if anyone in the comments has any input. Do you think you should main a vocation or try to bounce around to all of them?

[@bjneal5615]

Bounce. Stats completely changed between vocations now. So there’s no advantage to staying in one class the whole game. It’s designed to not punish you for switching classes and trying new things.

[@dantemiles689]

Bounce.

[@jn4126]

If it's like the 1st game, advance a vocation enough for the best augments you want then switch

[@lucasthegamemasterporterfi84]

How do we prevent the pawns from getting the Dragon Plague?

[@OttoNichols]

Yeet them into the brine. Seriously.

[@dantemiles689]

Number 1: Wait for sales and updates

[@yougottrolled5799]

Man I'm not gonna be able to finish this game. Due to being months stuck in character creation mode.

[@Portawolf]

It's quiet here after the release of this game! 😂😮

[@samslenderman]

Bad advice about immediately recruiting 2 additional pawns at the beginning. Wait, because the game will send you pawns if you have open slots, and there's 1 that is very helpful with questing direction.

[@gregorB92]

1- improve performance 2- remove microtransactions

[@LVLManga]

a quick summary:

[@nick2coo21]

Where are the microtransactions? They are no where in the in game menu or the main menu.... Theres not even a new game option you're telling me there is a store??

[@lucasgil9618]

@@nick2coo21there are optional packs that people that don’t play much can buy. People are just butthurt

[@justinpenrod88]

Why? The micro transactions were there in the first game over a decade ago. If people want to use them they can, if not just enjoy the game for what it is. The game isn’t stuck behind a paywall

[@letmetranslate4249]

😂 tell me you haven’t played a Capcom without telling me…. They are harmless mtx do chill

[@anchanz]

dont you get early bonus superior weapon, just use that early in the game

[@chukysleez]

First things first. Wait for the sale

[@svenknaepen9780]

17.. don't forgett to charge batterys

[@kjhansonkjhanson6643]

Dont tell me what to do

[@pkre707]

Don’t tell me not to tell you what to do

[@nakedsnake_]

Don't tell me

[@Grabnarnar]

Don't

[@Nutterbutter123]

don’t me tell do what to

[@amcspaceape1580]

Tell me what to do daddy uwu 🥺👉👈

[@Tamazudono]

Number 1 : Wait for an optimization patch/mod

[@JR-lv3xg]

Number 1 stop complaining

[@chicagoe6822]

@@JR-lv3xg thats what im saying 😂 u know this clown can’t wait to play tonight 🤣

[@joshnizzle]

No. It works perfectly so far on my series X.

[@sillkthashocker]

60 fps mode in 4 months after everyone is done with the game

[@jessey1729]

@@sillkthashockerhaha, that drives me crazy when they do that.

[@leocreuu3254]

I’m kinda suprised with the amount of detail the character creator is you can’t change their eye color

[@kellenmck]

This video stresses me out

[@intothevoid2046]

First thing to do: Buy stuff from the store.

[@jondagamer4466]

Wait until performance patches set in that's number 1

[@mattengland653]

Walk to Vernworth at night - badass and some epic battles

[@addyplatebody]

Made the last half of the trip at night. Fighting ghosts just outside of the Copper's Quarter was so cool

[@hunterofolde2225]

The harpies are fun when the goblins appear out of nowhere

[@nathanmitchell7961]

1.) Play the game 2.) Discover for yourself

[@TonyHulk]

First thing to do is wait a few months to play or buy... man that 1 character thing SUXXXX bad

[@luvz2spooch831]

What character thing?

[@TonyHulk]

@@luvz2spooch831 not being able to have more than one character or more than one save file

[@MrBrafgh]

Exactly the same as in the first. This game has shown me how many of you never played the first, and now want the second to change to suit your little modern sensibilities. Lol

[@paoloeustaquio2248]

Well, it's time. Let's make ourselves some Monty Python and the Targaryen Rick James. ✊😑

[@BabyKale-b]

Idk I've enjoyed the game a lot so far and haven't spent a cent beyond buying the actual game.

[@ChillaQueen]

0:20 Wait, what???

[@bryansmaximaful]

Ign having guides while dragging every game

[@kingshadow8782]

Wow.

[@potatofoxxiofficial]

Why the graphics kinda look bad

[@eljusticiero322]

05:10 No matter how hard IGN tries to give a 9, it's always a 7

[@ACameronUK]

This is a proper video game ☺️ if it was a book it would be dusty.

[@chibirex596]

From not being read? Lol

[@gabinidal6908]

1. Wait for the complete patch = game is already on sale.

[@my0866]

Do IGN actually play any of these games they give guides about

[@rob1nhood91]

Pray, I’ll do me

[@christianhoward7619]

“Without unlimited fast travel” you must not modd the game 😂

[@hunterofolde2225]

A lot of people aren't on PC lol

[@AlisonsteWWart]

Thats all there is to do...

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

All these people yelling about micro transactions like theyve never spent 99 cents in Candy Crush 😅

[@dantemiles689]

Speak for yourself I've never purchased a micro transaction from any game but especially not a mobile game.

[@rickardeltarzi9762]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@rickardeltarzi9762]

Jag

[@sc2shiiQ]

The difference is that Candy Crush dosent cost 70€

[@smachdos1593]

Imagine a game like Dragons Dogma 2 set in the D&D universe...

[@Estesflasks]

That’s what we all wished bg3 was. Games amazing don’t get me wrong but…..

[@LLachs283]

1. Dont load tavern safe 2. Dont load tavern safe 3. Dont....

[@CabraltGamer]

First: open the settings and try to get more than 40 FPS

[@jmcc6104]

First: get a life and stop living your life based on frames per seconds. Do you seriously hear yourself? Whining about something a couple of years ago never even entered your thought process. Or are you just bad at video games and can't play at less than 60 frames like everyone else?

[@gregorB92]

​@@jmcc6104imagine accepting that 30 fps is fine lmao hahaha clowns

[@jmcc6104]

@@gregorB92 imagine thinking Zelda oot is a less than game for running at an arbitrary number of 20fps. hahaha simple redneck clowns

[@addyplatebody]

​@@gregorB92 It's totally fine. Feels nostalgic

[@RockStarbleach101]

The game pretty much tells you all this lol

[@iguiste23]

1. Purchase the game. 2. Install. 3. Play it and discover. 4. You're welcome.

[@gutz4garterz735]

best game ever amazing

[@RoseForOnlyHer]

Level up to 40

[@jameswhitaker1519]

IS IT 14 OR 16 DUDE AND EVEN THE VID CHANGES FROM 14 TO 16

[@keyanghasemi7742]

To bad my RTX 3080 struggles to get 40fps at 1080p

[@DARkBLUnt609]

whaTTTTT no way seriously?

[@Rohgamu]

The game is cpu bound not gpu bound...

[@jn4126]

Then you need a new CPU. My 3080 mostly keeps it over 60 at 1080 with ray tracing. Using FSR 3 tho as DLSS somehow makes it really blurry, TAA gives nasty ghosting and native is jaggy as hell ... So yeh, I'm not denying the game needs a patch lol

[@alexanderbreems2921]

For people talking about FPS: remember thar RDR2 is very playable at 30 fps, you quickly stop noticing it!

[@Arkhestra]

settling for 30fps in a time where it’s no problem to have at least 60 is insane, for $70 it’s even psychotic that it’s something people are wanting to just accept like they didn’t straight rob you

[@dantemiles689]

30fps is fine. Unstable fps that drops to below 20? Not fine. It's 2024 not being able to maintain 30fps is pathetic even for ps4 standards

[@ihaveanxiety8093]

You won’t notice the 30fps. Stop complaining like little girls get a job and buy a pc

[@dantemiles689]

@@wasteddimension Exactly

[@TheAvocadoSlayer]

It's crazy how xbox and ps5 shamelessly print 8k on their boxes. Yeah, right.

[@shroomyart]

the first thing - to learn how to play in 15 fps

[@shinyreshades4653]

Number 1 should be :... buy the most expensive pc u can get ... to run a game that looks like it came out in 2018 :D

[@matheuskerr9222]

cry more, honey boo

[@stevenlobban8162]

It does look garbage and old

[@matheuskerr9222]

and yet here we are, playing like there's no tomorrow! thanks for your input! cheerios, ta-ta :*@@stevenlobban8162

[@dantemiles689]

@@stevenlobban8162 Dude it looks like a ps3 game and it runs poorly

[@Forest762]

Bro rdr2 came out in 2018...

[@luisenrique7415]

Number nine 7

[@user-mg3gp6dd5f]

All this crying in the comments what the babies gonna do, stop y’all bitching

[@kennethjones7129]

Pons 🤣🤣

[@GrippeeTV]

The first thing you should do is avoid watching this video and discover everything yourself!

[@CrimsonEsso]

1. Realize the game is riddled with predatory microtransactions and your game cant get more than 34FPS because the Denuvo DRM is using half of your resources, then promptly refund the game. The end.

[@ryproar11]

It was the npc ai systems causing the issues. Offing said npcs increases frame rate back to 60+ No idea why they decided to make the AI mandatory at all times.

[@zedgovos4914]

How are the MTX predatory?

[@AD3SPG]

IM HUNGRY 🥨 but don't eat rotten food.

[@glenn6284]

Number 1 - buy a key thats 15 dollars cheaper

[@TonicofSonic]

#1. DeezNuts

[@titans-fx8dj]

Mission level is a disappointing

[@sebp4379]

Thing Number 1 to Do First : Make sure you are 100% happy with your characters look , otherwise it costs 2 $ to change its Appearance.

[@ygnyung6603]

It doesn’t lol

[@sebp4379]

@@ygnyung6603 it does. Get your facts together

[@paulb4480]

you can get the item in game within 30 minutes

[@boochieboofer]

or just buy the item ingame from a merchant

[@dr6770]

Don't buy the MTX! Which they did mention until release day. SMH

[@albertozabeo77]

First thing: do not buy it unless they remove microtransactions

[@Boss__CQC]

16 things to do first: Number 1: Ask for a refund

[@ruinvixi]

#1 Refund the game and play something else, and only decide to give them your money when they give you a game that meets industry standards.

[@jawadbakhshi31]

Doesn’t the game just tell you to do this stuff?

[@gabrielziegler3369]

really an unbelievable amount of freedom? do you know what words mean? who doesnt believe? no one, literally no one. why even say words if theyre absolute nonsense? ffs

[@ezra6990]

Why do ign reviewers not mention any microtransactions ???

[@fredynuts]

Because there are not imparcial

[@paulb4480]

because theyre just junk you can ignore. everything is easily earnable in game.

[@ADarklore]

Because they don't impact the game and MTX are a CHOICE not a requirement.

[@artemesin4211]

The first thing to do is to leave a negative review for the predatory microtransactions

[@addyplatebody]

Don't listen to all these whiny midwits, game is amazing.

[@cookiemonster8z]

The first one is actually to refund the game

[@SaintJ92]

Cry

[@user-zy2mt3cl1z]

Game is a disappointment. Already long for Dogma 3, hope it's less old school and a bit modernized.

[@fredynuts]

Dragon's greed 2 The mtx saga

[@littlediddle2198]

So essentially you are just spoiling the first opening hours for new comers. Nice smh

[@warioscousin]

Oh so now everybody likes dragons dogma all of a sudden.

[@Mahilo]

Tell me about it. Us the Og we have known what an amazing game this was 10 yrs ago

[@jaden7918]

It's gained popularity the past 5 years or so and before it was a cult classic.

[@Y4NNI]

Bro the game literally just came out an hour ago of course everyone is gonna be talking about it lol

[@zegrasisinnocent]

everyone loved the game for years dude you might just be finding it out

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

It's been a cult classic for years what are you waffling about

[@dodgems4327]

1st: leave a negative steam review

[@jhonnyinojosa6625]

Yisus, can you people just play the game?

[@vintageoriginallegit]

No

[@vasheldiablo507]

No

[@Infamous88888]

This is sad .. every freaking game that comes out its just broken.. I'm passing on this one .. I'm not giving my money away .. 😢

[@ACameronUK]

It isn’t broken 🤷‍♂️ it just has a wobbly frame rate - it’s hardly game breaking.

[@geofer.o.13.888]

Another crybaby. Wahhh

[@ncpsurfgod6373]

3 more hours can’t wait 😂

[@yungraikage2731]

@@ncpsurfgod6373Same lol bro missing out

[@Infamous88888]

@Cyber7777 do w.e floats your boat mr cyber lmaooo..

[@user-zs3ly4qe5v]

Fing first : Refund

[@speedyx3493]

Number 1: Refund

[@rouvencocker]

First thing, make sure your credit card is up to date.

[@geert574]

game is clunky and.way worse than 1

[@motbus3]

First thing. REFUND stop giving money to these greedy bastards who are destroying gaming. Adding micro transactions after initial releases is dishonest.

[@stampiboy1]

THEY REMOVED ARK OF MIGHT- ARK DELIVERANCE - ARK OF OBLITERATION FROM WARRIOR SKILLS 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@ibrahimgulec2989]

They didnt

[@Clintdaddy412]

It's literally in the gameplay trailer.

[@HungryEatNow]

Fix the game

[@Kanoog]

Play a different game cry baby.

[@saltedfish8077]

first things first, refund

[@seanring684]

This was awful.

[@lupash]

1st thing: block dumb cheap sold IGN vids

[@robthecow5029]

First thing to do is refund this game

[@Forest762]

Why?