Dragon’s Dogma 2 Magick Archer Guide & Beginner Build (And How to Unlock)

[@Fextralife]

Written Guide: fextralife.com/dragons-dogma-2-mystic-spearhand-build-guide/ DD2 Wiki: dragonsdogma2.wiki.fextralife.com/Dragons+Dogma+2+Wiki Interactive Map: dragonsdogma2.wiki.fextralife.com/Interactive+Map

[@tlotpwist3417]

That's a link for Spearhand, nor Magick Archer. Trickster abuser detected :p

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

When it comes to breaking down the mechanics of a game your guide videos really are the best on KZbin. Thank you!

[@Tobykanobi1]

Fextra if you had to pick between mystic spearhand or magic archer you would choose??

[@freezax4]

To bad he running it wrong and is mostly wrong through the video 😂

[@freezax4]

@@Tobykanobi1spear is balanced while Magic archer is a dmg build

[@Fextralife]

Archer 100%@@Tobykanobi1

[@Tobykanobi1]

Thanks

[@WeaponOfMyDestructio]

Gonna do my Quincy build!

[@Kameraspie]

Glad I'm not the only one lol

[@KaiKrimson56]

I hope Militant Dove is in the game! It was basically Uryu's Bow from the Hueco Mundo arc of Bleach!

[@bwestacado9643]

I can get behind this lol. RP as a Quincy

[@Nuhqoha]

Didn’t even think of this till now! Epic!

[@BarnzTT]

I am amazed at the rate of contents and information that you guys release. More power to you, and thank you for your guides. Lost without it.

[@miniboy23]

just as some information, you don't need the gate to open up in order to get there, if you go north west from harve village and then down around the shoreline there's a path through a cave system that gets there as well

[@jvd3339]

Im guessing quick shot is for when enemies run up on you, because it doesnt target like the regular Archer. It seems to just randomly spits 3 arrows out into the aether, but if something is in ur face it makes contact. Lol

[@MGC-XIII]

Switching to this as soon as I get it, I got a bow from the elves and got hyped. I really like the archer, but it lacks some oomph. I hope the Magick Archer will do, otherwise I might just to Mystic Spearhand or Warfarer

[@bvwalker1]

Appreciate all your hard work. You provide top quality information and analysis. I have no idea how you get so many videos out, but appreciate your hard work!!

[@ZiggyZoggy]

Looks like a fun one. Kind of interesting that the advanced classes seem to have some intentional depth into the game that they are intended for.

[@Eso233]

Can we just get a skill video? No one has made one yet, and a lot of people would appreciate some basic information over opinions.

[@cosmicpepe3973]

Type in magick archer skills. Like wtf. Why are you waiting on them?f

[@The25thWanderer]

Bro if you don’t look up the skills yourself. Wtf lmao

[@papaditto]

Or you can just run whatever skills you like.

[@Hikabusha]

Aiming in this game is trash fyi, better to go melee

[@michaelfernandez9436]

@@Hikabushaever try tweaking the settings or remapping buttons i did that and it made it sooo much better

[@Yorabasura]

These videos are desperately needed 😅 so thank you and keep em coming! Also perfect videos for rewatching

[@loveunit21]

Thanks for this! Finally unlocked magick archer. It’s really great fun. Never tried it in the first game on account of having to level as a separate class for many levels to be effective.

[@APUREIVY]

Do you know how far you have to be in the main quests to have access to it? I went super early in my play through and couldn’t find the dwarf

[@zephyrlostzz]

@@APUREIVYfollowing - interested in this as well. I read something about the dwarf depending on time of day or prior interaction 🤔 “HOW TO UNLOCK THE MAGICK ARCHER VOCATION IN DRAGON’S DOGMA 2 Once you reach the far side of Drabnir’s Grotto, follow the path over to the island and you’ll find a dwarf just standing in the middle of the road, clutching his back - you can’t miss him. His name is Gautstafr, and he’ll give you the “Put a Spring in Thy Step” quest.”

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

@@APUREIVY Not at all. I went and unlocked both Magick Archer & Warfarer last night and I haven’t even talked to the captain in the tavern of the main city yet.

[@dv487]

Can you use daggers as in DD1 ? I mained MA on DD1 but my bow was only to support me engaging as a magic dagger 😊. Cheers

[@loveunit21]

@@dv487 unfortunately not unless you’re using the Warfarer vocation which lets you switch weapons. Without Warfarer, you’ll need to be a Thief to use daggers.

[@Skott62]

So glad you made this video. I went back and forth on my main pawn mage or fighter. I finally just went with mage for the heal support. Hoping to find a decent fighter pawn for my party. In my game all these early fighters have inclinations that just suck to me. Trying to get the one where they rush in to attack but the game just doesn't want to give me one so far. Other than that I'm having fun. I heard someone ran into the area where the gate is to the south and got to the quest where you can pick up Magic Archer. He waited for the gate to open then rushed past everything. The way the game works however doesn't make this easy so I don't think I'll try it. Somebody will eventually make a video on how its done most likely. Would be fun to watch.

[@JacobSauers]

Just a tip: Hailstone bolt has incredible knockdown power. If you augment your knockdown power, wear the ring that increases stagger and knockdown, then fully charge the shot it can knock down most bosses in 1-2 hits. Sedative bolt also puts some big enemies to sleep in one full charge if you have sorcerers augment for debilitation increase

[@SupermanFan777]

I’m glad I subscribed to you. Your videos are very detailed and show me exactly what I need to know. Keep it up mate !! ❤

[@brian101010390139040]

I’m sad they got rid of second weapons. In DD one, magic archer had daggers too

[@EzioZ]

Exactly was best of both worlds, wish they left that feature .

[@BearableWhale9]

Could just be warfarer and equip some daggers. Up to you how to balance the moves tho

[@TheBlakamon15]

​@@BearableWhale9Warfarer is not the same.

[@BearableWhale9]

@TheBlakamon15 can use magic archer skills and weapons so it's the closest you can get to daggers and magic bow like the first game

[@Delta97976]

That’s why i refunded the game on Steam..

[@grozeinsahqoniisk9812]

I just got this class and found out if you get the upgraded remedy arrow, recovery arrow you can heal yourself by getting near your pawns as it a aoe a really close aoe. (Edit) You can shoot the ground to heal yourself as well.

[@gaymercody4735]

This is an awesome info video. I played Magick Archer in the original and it was amazing. Trying to decided between this again, or Mystic Spearhand.

[@grbknt]

This is a God tier vocation and reason I play Dragons Dogma unlike other games which have generic classes.

[@Morf818]

Nice! I’m playing archer and wanted to evolve to this one!

[@FlashesSoccer011]

the regular archer is much stronger than this

[@tylerm6267]

@@FlashesSoccer011no it isn’t. Unlimited explosive targeting arrows + ricochet arrows

[@anthony99900]

I’m 8 hours in and loving it. Only thing I hate is the long distance walking but once I get fast travel should be sweet. Some missions as well are very hard to figure out what to do without a walkthrough.

[@omgilovesteak6484]

You will walk and you WILL LIKE IT!!

[@StarBoundFables]

Very cool! I just saved Elf-buddy's sister from an Ogre & wondered if Magic Archer's unlocked by speaking to their father & doing a quest for him. Looks like it's still a ways away. But I've been to CP Rest Town, so, maybe I'll bee-line it soon 💭 Awesome guide vid, btw, you make some of my favourites... & seeing some of these epic battles foreshadows gameplay that I'm looking forward to

[@senyorlimpiogaming]

I juuuust unlocked this vocation last night so Im excited to take it for a spin. I want much enjoying the mystic spearhand vocation

[@ryw551]

Yo thanks for pumping out so many videos. Really useful!!! This game is awesome!

[@IanPhares-lx9wx]

I just learned that if you use the sealing phial from the sphinx on Gautstafr for his escort quest to unlock the magic archer, and walk completely into the spa, it will trigger his dialogue and interaction emptying the phial and saving it from being broken all the while making the escort missing extremely easy

[@jvd3339]

Lifetaking shot is situational? And Recovery arrow is better because of revive? - I get the revive part, but if you're Healing your Group won't you stop them from dying? - Idk about you, but late game my pawns never died, except when randomly jumping off cliffs. Everything (enemies) is Stupid easy and weak late game (typically when u get Magic Archer).

[@kittykedama7643]

yea the block of ice is magick archers only physical attack but i also saw that a nonenchanted magick bow’s basic attack can also destroy Golems disc’s and the ult skill can too so im not sure if its a bug or not

[@tlotpwist3417]

Warfarer mixing Magic Archer and Mystic Spearhand is amazing. You can even drop the bubble spell, i just mained Telekinesis to clear trash that is too short for comfort, and rely on duo spear core skills, with two MA skills to cull the numbers from afar before finishing up close

[@mohammedyusuf1590]

I just unlocked magic archer, am so excited

[@Atom-yb5dy]

One side note on the guided fire arrow, you can hit the cancel button and it will continue on whatever path you set it on. Gives you freedom to fire off another skill or move

[@lucas182512]

Was excited to unlock this one, but I play with mouse and KB and enjoy actually having to aim at things, so I guess I'm sticking to regular archer =/

[@ShapeshifterOS]

From what I remember from the first game the magick archer has both physical and magic damage. They seem to have removed the daggers though. Also yes ricochet arrow is a blast in tight spaces. Try pairing with a sorcerer using only Augural Flare.

[@skeltaldelegate5408]

What i was really looking forward to in this game was the new trickster class, which i set out to do asap at a relatively low level, started using it and got the hang of its utility. After some time, i started feeling like fights were taking too long so I switched back to sorc only to realize how much trickster started carrying me for hours prior. Being able to effectively break the ai is huge and shouldn't be understated. At least not until you get to the point where youre such a high level for an area that theres no need. I recommend anyone going for trickster to get the augments from magick archer that buff your pawns.

[@dahaixing2376]

The fire arrow is super OP for normal mobs and bosses (except dragons). it is actually a one skill rules all. It can one shot a large group of ANY normal mobs no matter it is goblin or any large normal mobs. It also has about 1/3 of damage of warrior untimate, but the fire arrow is air strike and you can guide it to hit boss vital point easily such as the cyclones eye. and make it even bvetter, when you guide the arrow, your char is immune to all damage, so it is also a damage escape skill.

[@CsStrez]

If you're flush with wakestones, you can make very liberal use of Martyr's Bolt if you don't mind purposefully dying to use the wakestone.

[@OrlandoPerezVapes]

Allheal elixirs work better

[@Rixhsinner]

Frost seeker and hunter are good at taking down chunks of health at a time because it will repeat its hits for good damage.

[@Rixhsinner]

@TheJeffSux it hits the same target over and over again causing passive damage over time so if u spam it you can take down a lot of health in a span of several seconds

[@andreluissoriano]

The class I’m most excited with! Unfortunately my laptop cannot run the game, but will wait for optimization and hopefully that will be soon!

[@rhovenom04]

This is such a refreshing vocation after using thief for 35 hours. Its more relaxed fighting from afar. Though its annoying that i have to buy magick archer gear tho, and its so expensive.

[@bwestacado9643]

I love this vocation. It's my favorite in DD1. I beat Grigori as the Assassin class only because I didn't know if the magic bows would use the one hit kill arrow. The sword and bow I got are hecka OP though. Brought me up over 1k attack

[@markd9318]

MA was my jam in DD. But without daggers to change things up, it looks boring to just sit in the back and spam auto lock spells

[@SolitaryLark]

I enjoy playing as an archer in games so i don’t know might still be fun.

[@joshshirley8568]

I'm playing it and I'm having a blast. I guess it just depends on the person playing it though.

[@rilvayn2577]

I would suggest Wayfarer then as you can dual spec. From watching tons of videos and preparing to play: If you aren’t interested in hybrid heal/damage you’re probably not going to have a lot of fun with this class.

[@marquisepixley684]

MA is still very found to play every without the daggers

[@SolitaryLark]

@@rilvayn2577 oh yeah I suppose with Wayfarer you could basically make any hybrid class.

[@SpacialKatana]

I used illicit means to get past the checkpoint and get this vocation last night...best adventure I've had in the game so far 👍

[@christopherkappenman6435]

Im so happy i got this class today but damn did i go way to underleveled or the enemies are just damn strong. That was a long hour of trial and error to run past enemies to get the escort mission done

[@syndroid]

What level were you? Im lvl 20 and looking to do the dwarf mission to get the vocation

[@YuYuMFDOOM]

I really wanna see how you Build and Explain the Warfarer because i got that an hour ago and was mad...but as i played it i realize having access to only 3 weapon skills and 9 weapons 🤔 was weird... Then i realized if i can equip 3 op hard hitting Maisters skills Heavenly shot for all things Marty's Bolt for if things get nasty and Mystic spear Maisters skill then just using the Core skills from other weapons might be doable. It might not be so so bad but still the class is far from wat i expected or wanted outta it still kinda hot about that and one of your skill slots is taken up by the skill to swap your weapons in Warfarer its awkward tbh.

[@KaiKrimson56]

I probably would only use it to switch between Greatsword and Mystic Archer Bows personally.

[@chriskoloski32]

I was hoping they could allow pawns to be more of the advanced classes like magic archer because of the anime

[@turboyabo864]

okay there a lot of inifo that wasnt said in the vidoe something that was missed. main thing is the ricochet dose terrible bounce outside but if focus on a enemy shield or boss it dose the same amount of damage as martyr bolt but without wasting any of health you just have to focus , dont use the bow while on top of the oxcart it will break . wasted martyr bolt on oxcart bosses but when your some what far from the oxcart half your health should be enough for the boss.

[@fschreder]

Thanks doe the guides! Your videos are great! Are you gonna do one about stats progression eventually? If the mechanics are like on dd1 then I guess it matters which vocations you level up as in order to shaper the characters stats properly

[@jasonmagnes4467]

No it doesn't work like in the one anymore

[@ZanderC334]

Hey during Daphne’s quest when you have to give her gold ore they mark a place where you can mine some. As I was going there I found a house with a note saying the family has a daughter missing and might have been abducted. I can’t find anyone home to get more info, does anyone know if this is like a hidden quest or something?

[@SSoul0]

check the hands favour i think its called? Theres a door that only opens from one side so i might have something to do with that.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

"Pinpoint" is pretty misleading, since it's actually a spread. Also, do they even use Strength in this? I can't think of any skills other than Hailstone in this, and *possibly* Blaze fang since it explodes, but they seem to do better if you just focus on magic damage like in the original. Also, I know it's just a personal preference, but Candescent Orb is the first skill to drop as soon as Flamefang/Blazefang becomes available. Damage over time doesn't matter in this if the total damage is much less than what you can burst in a shorter period, and you can start the encounter with a targeted explosion to the face. The generally most useful MA skills are Ricochet, Flamefang (scouting, killing groups outside before they even engage, head shots...it's basically a guided missile), Frost Seeker (for freezing) and Sagitate.

[@Ileyon]

Cas!!! Can we get a "How to make a TON of gold" guide next please? :)

[@warrgoddess8029]

Critical hit when the enemy going down how work with archer? With any weapon is hiting the head with the sword but with bow?

[@BangsarRia]

Your bow isn't as good as you think. The mobs you merely disrupt with Flamefang Arrow are killed outright by Dragon's Breath with one Elven enhancement (no mats required). There's no excuse for not having it because you can get it from the people who unlock MA for you. Always be on the lookout to see mobs before they see you, and have a tank Pawn with good agro to group them up if you get ambushed. Flamefang the mobs. Your party will rarely need to fight mobs. This is one of the best ways I've found to conserve Stamina on MA.

[@30noir]

By the time I got access to the region I kind of got swept up in the quest and didn't get a chance to access the area. Now I've sort of missed the chance.

[@Zephyn13]

Gonna need some advice for Warfarer. Cycling between three weapons in the middle of combat feels unwieldy and mostly pointless. Could use some examples of combinations that work well together. Best I've managed is to just use duo-spear and magick bow, effectively playing as a Mystic Spearhand who can spray seeker arrows at range.

[@Fextralife]

Working on it now.

[@Artlife0831]

So rivet shot and pinpoint Valley or abilities that you have to select under the core skills otherwise you won’t have them?

[@ShriBalaMukundam]

Martyr's Bolt = Nuclear artillery

[@craigf1tz]

I've switched from a max level archer to this and I'm sad I don't enjoy it. I think the archer has got a bad rap, it's a really mobile and fun class to play when you get the hang of it. But you lose all that mobility with magic archer, which is more of a stand back and fire role. And though you might fire multiple homing projectiles, it is slower to charge. So i think this might suit someone coming from mage or sorcerer rather than an agile archer.

[@blackyvertigo]

the drawback to magic archer is you can't kill golems. you can't damage them. you might tickle a medal with the ice cube arrow but nothing else will do damage. which is weird, since sorc's meteor and maelstrom do. frosthunter bolt is your best ability against dragons or anything that is not heavily resistant to cold. it does MASSIVE damage to dragon hearts especially when combined with weak spot and elemental weakness exploit augments.

[@jamesmacfarlane4266]

Good and useful feedback, thanks!!

[@Rixhsinner]

Martyrs bolt might work

[@Waizzie]

Dont sleep on the sleep arrow! You can basically just insta sleep a big enemy with it

[@ScratchingCatto]

I started as a regular archer with plans to switch to magick archer later on, which I did, but this class feels so much weaker to me. Maybe it's just not my playstyle.

[@shadowsong4956]

Exactly how I'm feeling magic archer feels like no damage except for the mastery skill

[@SuperNolan10]

How do you switch between pivot shot and pinpoint volly is it a skill you unlock or what button on on ps5mm

[@elwhite83]

The Magick Archer class really is made up of magick archers!

[@thevinlanddragon]

Do you use the gyro aiming on controller? It seems really hard to get used to.

[@ezmkmone53]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 never would i have thought someone would use that

[@thevinlanddragon]

@@ezmkmone53 It sucks I hated it. haha

[@ovirio3566]

Soo. Im new to this. Do we had to max leveled the archer vocation first? Or mystic archer is completely different vocation?

[@Fextralife]

It’s a different vocation you unlock through a quest. Details are on the wiki

[@adriennefyrestorme]

WARFARER skill setup GUIDE PLEASE!!!😅😅😂😂

[@cb77153]

I find it awkward holding R1/RB and Y to charge while also moving the camera. Is there a trick to it? Aside from having more fingers.

[@justr1809]

MA was my favorite vocation in the first game. The new mechanics for it are pretty good.

[@Sawfly1369]

How do you use your entire health for Martyr’s Bolt? Every time I try it uses maybe quarter to third of health or is it just a spam ability?

[@BangsarRia]

150 levels of Magick Archer in the first game but in DD2 I find MA difficult to play. The good Skills use huge Stamina and are frustratingly slow to charge. I'm relegated to spamming Rivet Shot while my Sorcerer Pawn with cast speed Rings fairly quickly charges up a Meister Skill and one shots most bosses.

[@RojoDawg31]

Can you sub class magic archer and mage? Is that viable?

[@davidlam311]

How do I get martyrs bolt when the MA mister didn’t give it to you when you get the vocation

[@fakeigniz13]

This one takes way too much to unlock, but it's so much fun

[@angelkronos4797]

Is there a good Archer Amor set ? Or just anything... i get that u have too get a bow with high stats but i dont know which amor items i should use. P.s isnt the bow for 48k in the elve village better in dps than the one u use ?

[@Nikkenator]

I have problem with my "charged" kills, like arctic bolt. They wont charge at all, they just fire off instantly.

[@Sugoiunlimited]

Do you still get the kicks?

[@slkskate]

After unlocking this vocation i seen that people are ranking up sorcerer and mage vocations to get the augments because they benefit the mag archer vocation. So i i tried to level up sorcerer and i have to say it is a god awful class. I wish you could get augments another way

[@shadowsong4956]

Sorcerer is op when you get the ultimate skills from the masters

[@pr0xyman287]

Quite strange You didn't mention Sagittate Downpour. It basically melts bosses exept from Golems in seconds.

[@edwardlove]

Is there a way to get a pawn archer to use crafted arrows? I always keep them in their inventory but they never get used

[@martalex1000]

They need to have a skill that uses the special arrows

[@saggydumpling7532]

Can you makd a guide about Dragonsplague??

[@marvinschaible481]

Who gives the Rings ? Ring of Quickening and the Ring of Percience

[@Khtras]

One important aspect of Dragon's Dogma is that you could stick to a vocation for the entire game if you wanted, but you can use augments from other vocations. For my Spearhand build, I am tempted to max out Thief and Sorcerer in order to get their Strength and Magick boosting augments, but I do not know what is the boost and thus if it's worth it. As you have somehow managed to max out all the vocations (well done btw), could you please make a video with the numerical increases of the augments?

[@kidkoopa6389]

Would it be beneficial to run mage/sorcerer first to level up your magic?

[@JDyo001]

Not needed in dd2. Your stats change depending on your class, so you will always be "min/maxed"

[@kidkoopa6389]

@@JDyo001 thank you

[@isaacnajera9118]

Are you releasing a trickster guide ??

[@Fextralife]

Should be today.

[@CrazyGoblin-fd6yr]

I’m interested in this kind of build but should I play as mage first or archer

[@underattack14]

Archer is so fun. The movement is probably my fav.

[@wook-_sketti1460]

Just unlocked this... Now trying to see if it's any good. The ultimate goes crazy but just leaves you on no HP so...

[@sonofthefakegod]

I went way out my way to get this and after playing with for a little while I just don’t like it, I was playing arecher before so I thought it would be good to play this but nope once I get the augment that restores stamina I will go back to archer

[@taylorgarrett793]

huh so flame fang arrow works just like ivara navagators skill in warframe

[@austinspratt353]

Where did you find the ice bow?

[@Artlife0831]

What does conversion do?

[@MrAlek1988]

Question: i played this class earlier today, draw speed to max stacks was rather quick, but then a few hours later, all of a sudden draw speed was like watching paint dry. Does anyone know why? It feels super sluggish now. Is it lvl or weight related? It just happened so sudden. Scope got bigger too, so hard to aim all shots at weakspots

[@jacksparrow5480]

Im a magicak archer what pawns should I use plz help

[@swiiper_the_fox]

The last mission for magic archer bugged for me. The person you need to escort vanished mid mission and isn’t at the home or end spot. Someone please help 😅🙃

[@Skewguard]

Me too

[@Skewguard]

But for me he died

[@swiiper_the_fox]

@@Skewguard same. I eventually found him at the morgue and used a wake stone to continue the mission

[@jamesmacfarlane4266]

He went home for me

[@wrekers101]

What’s the best magik bow?

[@tell_it_like_it_is1187]

What do you mean by line it down there?

[@1tskoffie]

Where do i get that quest i went there and she just told me that i wont be let in

[@ziadnour3998]

Where i can get the equipment?

[@Ronam0451]

You get basic equipment when you change to the vocation, and then you can buy more in stores

[@BaelZebubI]

I tried to get all of the unlockable classes but i just didn't felt the click with either Trickster nor Spearlancer, then i was like "one more push for the last one", and i felt really satisfied and had a lot of more fun playing magick archer, i guess this will be my main class

[@Oyyguy]

Soooo Gaulstafr died on my way escorting him to the spring, am I screwed ? Or is there still a way to unlock the magik archer vocation?

[@Oyyguy]

I had to ferrystone back to vernworth to get a wakestone to revive him, and now I’m attempting to carry him all the way back south but it is near impossible. He will not walk on his own, and frustration is setting in 🤣

[@jamesmacfarlane4266]

Happened to me too. I found him at his house with his wife.

[@Oyyguy]

@@jamesmacfarlane4266 I did decide to leave him and go about my adventures. I will be checkin go back soon to see if he will be back at his house.🤟🏻

[@Straggler8]

I love the guide, however you didn't mention the most broken skill in the game - Sagittate Avalanche, which you get on higher levels of the Vocation. This thing just shreds bosses like nothing in the game!

[@aldoard]

I got to the spring and his wife gave me vocation but no special ability... talked to her alot but she just went away. I slept at an inn and went to her house she gave me another quest to escort her to bak battahl... help i need the ability

[@thewizardsemporiuminc]

I can't wait to see a warfarer