Dragon's Dogma 2: Ultimate Beginner's Guide

[@NizarGG]

After watching this video, make sure to also know about these 45 SECRET TRICKS in Dragon's Dogma 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIOmZJqcbLOhftk That video takes it to the next level and gives you a bunch of big-brained tips that will make your adventure even more enjoyable!

[@demonfandango]

Cool video - some excellent advice but one comment about rotten food - it can often be combined to make something useful. For example, rotten meat and rotten spuds combines to make lamp oil (I think).

[@keldor8302]

Not only this. But oil is used with twigs to make tarring arrows. Which is the greatest arrow for archers to use. Assuming targets aren't drenched or highly resistant to fire. As an enemy with a tarring arrow hit by ANY fire damage (hitting both them and the arrow). Will suffer additional fire damage from the arrow exploding. Or, if you wait till after the arrow bursts from non-fire damage or time. And then use a fire effect. They will catch on fire. Not only taking damage over time. But they also panick. This is doubly effective against enemies with fur (minotaur) or feathers (griffon). The panic animation results in them no longer attacking and being somewhat helpless to respond to the party for a good while. And can be done right after a down state. When big mobs are usually immune or highly unlikely to be knocked down again. Essentially chaining disables on big enemies. And if you're utilizing this strategy. You're going to want to make your own oil. As shops simply won't carry enough for you to supply this strategy constantly.

[@demonfandango]

@@keldor8302 Sounds advice indeed. Appreciated.

[@brianblattner861]

Loving this game so far. Stoked to see you move so quickly on getting us content.

[@babayaga4320]

Another way to get to high up places, is to get a fighter pawn with the springboard ability, you can just use the go command, and they'll hunch down, allowing you to walk onto the shield and get a boost up.

[@BlueDragonGaming357]

Alright, alright, alright... just started playing this morning and loving it so far. Looking forward to your content!

[@jvd3339]

On Pawns, I just always hire Pawns that are several lvls ahead of me, so I don't have to change them out as frequently. - If you use the Search function from the stone you can find Pawns that are close to 5-10 lvls higher than your lvl.

[@ADarklore]

Exactly what I do. Except I use the rift stones in the major cities and search for OFFICIAL pawns made by Capcom... I've never found any of them having dragonsplague, and many times I can get the same exact named character just 10 levels higher than the previous version. Sure they cost a bit more RC, but worth it IMO for their usefulness.

[@theaveragedrunk7321]

Nizar! Youre the one that made me elden lord with your guides and now Im playing dd2 too. Thank god for these guides.

[@impexxable]

We meet again! Glad to see you are playing DD2 as well. I can't wait to see more of those awesome videos.

[@ADarklore]

Here's another tip, especially for fighting drake's... if you use the mage skill "Solemnity" it actually forces the drake's to land... so you can get them over water, use the spell and they crash into the water and die. Then, the game auto-saves, you exit without saving, reload the game... and the drake is now on land accessible to loot. ;)

[@ADarklore]

I had to laugh at your tip about paying attention to what the pawn's say... you mean like reminding me of a chest we've already looted, or reminding me about the ladder we already climbed days ago? Or how about telling me they know where something is, I hit "GO" and they just stand there- because... we've already looted that chest. Or I hit "GO" and then encounter a pack of enemies, and afterwards, the pawns are confused when I tell them to 'GO' because combat interrupted their AI. Honestly, telling me about an enemies resistance while in combat does nothing, because we cannot equip skills on the fly- so we're pretty much stuck with the skills we already have. How many players will slot an elemental skill for certain enemies- only to then encounter other enemies who are resistant to it? Sadly, unless you are targeting a specific boss monster, knowledge of resistance does little when exploring the world due to how many various enemies you encounter all the time.

[@bellissimo4520]

Another serious mistake: Not changing vocations often. Play one vocation to maybe level 5 or 6, then change to another one... try to play all of them as early as possible. Because even if you play most of them only to level 5 or 6, you'll unlock very useful augments that can be used with every vocation. Point in case: Play "Trickster" to level 2, and you'll get the "Detection" augment, which helps to detect and find treasures and seeker's tokens. You'd definitely want that! Of course at some point you'll focus on a favorite vocation, but it's definitely worth it to dip your feet into the other ones too. Same is of course true for your pawn... As a side bonus, if you unlock useful augments for your pawn, you make it more attractive to other players to hire it.

[@ADarklore]

It's weird, but I found that if I have one vocation very high, the remaining vocations seemed to level quicker. So if my Archer is level 9, the remaining vocations seem to level faster after that. Raising the first one to nine seems to be a slog, but after that, the others just seem to level much faster. Not sure if that's just in my head, but I know I switched to Thief after my Archer was 9, and suddenly my thief was at level four without even venturing far outside the city.

[@died4u525]

Getting the detection augment from the Trickster vocation at rank 2 will make it much easier to find wakestone shards and seeker tokens, as well as the finder token (not gonna spoil what that is). It makes all of these things light up and blink brightly, even if inside a chest and there's a beeping or chirping sound that gets louder as you get closer. Awesome for when you're looking for these things. And easy to get. Highly recommended if you don't know where to go to find the finder's token.

[@oneandonlycara]

Regarding food If you have a lot of meat, wait for it to become aged and then turn it to dried meat for infinite storage time (conversion is 2 aged meat for one dried)

[@greyknight627]

A little bit of conflict here in your information. Lantern Oil. Oil can be made by only combining at least one Rotten item (shorefish, tide swimmer, scrag of beast, or rotten beast-steak). Secondary items can include rotten items (harspuds) or oily slime. As a result you CAN let your food go bad, so long as you combine it to make the crucial lantern oil.

[@whiteclouddakota1451]

No kidding!!!! Thank you

[@noenduringcity]

OMG I didn't know golden trove beetles give a PERMANENT increase to carrying capacity!

[@ADarklore]

Yes, and they glow, so they're much easier to see at night. Someone also mentioned that seeker tokens also glow, but not as brightly as the beetles.

[@ikuokitsune]

Rotten food is used to make Lamp Oil - I'm not saying let it spoil, just saying it's not the end of the world if it does.

[@OGSomeOne]

PS. There is a skill in the trickster line that pings you when a wake stone or seeker stone nearby. You do not need to break everything. Rotten food makes oil, aka tarring arrow and lamp fuel. Once you get up to 60s, you will keep pawns longer. You have to start paying more attention to them because someone may give them dragon aids in their playthrough and you can suffer for it. There is a maximum limit for the scarabs. You can only increase so much.

[@caintries]

I’m already looking forward to all the (best) build guides, especially for the mystic spearhand! Great that you’re also playing this game

[@bellissimo4520]

The mystic spearhand is absolutely awesome! The green shield bubble is completely OP! Makes many boss fights a total piece of cake!

[@Kaynos]

I remember Madeleine from the 1st game when you say gold is everywhere : "Ahaha Gold !"

[@kharjothekhajiit1669]

"Now there's a fine treat."

[@thomaslehrich8884]

According to the loading screen tips if you use a wake Stone they fragment and scatter so you can find the three shards and recraft it.

[@johnathanstanley3791]

I’ve kept the same pawns but would periodically swap them around so I could get the updated versions of them because they are both friend pawns!

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

That’s nice!

[@zero8xkira]

Also try out different vocations(class). I didn't know the Thief class was so op and the fact that you can use pilfer to steal some extra gold and wake stone pieces.

[@Choombatta]

NIZAR THE BUILD GOD TO DD2 VIDEOS !!!!! OMG FINALLY !

[@coraline2770]

Been loving the game thank you

[@tigercloud6945]

Replacing your pawns because they do not scale with you, I do not know that thumbs up because that one.

[@christopherhill6790]

OMG PPL you're not forced to buy MTX the game is good DD2 is not for everyone same as DD1 what being said an updated patch fix will be nice. Sorcerer FTW❤

[@ssgcheddar5785]

Thank you so much for saying this! I swear some people just live to find something to complain about 😂 This game is so awesome, I cant stop playing my wife is PISSED!

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

That’s true of any micro transaction. Also you don’t have to read these comments. If you don’t like it go away.

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

@@ssgcheddar5785people said the same thing about suicide squad

[@c1pherx]

​@@PeopleRTheProblembut there is zero content behind a pay wall. No cosmetics, classes... Nothing. You can get everything the game has to offer without paying anything extra. So the comparing it to real mtx is silly... Thus people get frustrated with made up outrage

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

@@c1pherx xp, gold, resources, all can be earned in game. If they started selling xp, gold, resource boosts you would support that?

[@CountessKek]

I love my main pawn- Jamie the Lionhearted🤣cuz ya know...a lion😅 I catch myself out loud reassuring or saying " love ya buddy!" A testament to how excellent the AI is....crazy, right? I loved the og game, the Dark Arisen update and still play it, but this one is just....so good!!!❤

[@ivanrivas3464]

Okay I need to see Coppersan, NizarGG, and JorRaptor in the same room cuz they sound identical

[@effectionion9220]

Food in your chest will not expire! And btw you can combine 2 aged steaks of the same type, too. And now best tip ever! If you got too many items in your stash and you dont really need a pawn in your party, just put all items in his bag and send him away. All the loot will be sent in your chest. Pawns are travelling all over the world and you can replace him.

[@ADarklore]

Unless, like me, you want pawns who are higher level to make things a bit easier; every pawn I come across in the open world is either at my level or lower it seems.

[@WOLFlikeDOG]

Just an fyi it’s easier to find the seekers tokens at night because they glow. But night travel is super sketch at low level.

[@ADarklore]

The inventory beetles also glow and are easier to find at night as well.

[@Shingo_AI_Art]

I agree with #16, I encountered a drake that immediately killed himself while landing on water, didn't have the crystals obviously but hey, free exp 😂

[@_ghostly_]

On one hand, the game looks so damn fun to the point where I'm making a Magick Archer in BG3. On the other, I'm worried the unstable framerate on PS5 couldl cause a few headaches.

[@jimdob6528]

I have zero issues on my ps5. My brother has a gaming pc and THAT is causing him serious issues.

[@_ghostly_]

@@jimdob6528 thanks for the clarification. I have both a PS5 and good gaming laptop, but I think games like Dragons Dogma 2 are more fun on consoles.

[@ryanjensen1458]

I haven't had a problem on my ps5 so far

[@Brelicity]

No issues on ps5 for me either. It was really well optimized for console.

[@Vreyanir]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@validus5808]

It’s impossible that you know all the mistakes when the game was released yesterday

[@Valsi876]

One mistake I made, not realizing, was not remembering where I picked up my first Seeker's Token for a quest.

[@casualgamer755]

First one on that playthrough, first one in Ng+ playthrough etc etc

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

BIGGEST MISTAKE: Not having a thief with pilfer in your party. The pilfer skill can actually steal items from ANY enemy that is knocked over, grabbed, flinching or whatever, and you can get Wakestone shards from doing this to any mob enemy. That means Wakestones aren’t as rare as you think, they’re in fact quite common for thieves. I can safely say that I have so many wakestones from doing this that I can waste them on reviving ox cart guards.

[@Valsi876]

After hours of searching of where I picked up my firstt Seeker's Token, I looked in my bag and there it was! I had already found it days before. lol. What a dummy.

[@NCHoops2]

I actually like it tbh 💯🤷🏾‍♂️

[@cosmicz3ro]

*cackles in sorcerer* what is stamina fatigue!? 😈

[@squaretownboy]

This game is awesome 👌 thanks for the tips 😊

[@FatalJapan]

Using raw meat/ rotten meat on wargs and wolves. You drop it on the ground and they go for that instead of you and your party.

[@sherrydowns4052]

Game is smooth on Xbox series x

[@Luke_McCormack]

Give Everyone Gifts. They Give gifts back when you return home. I've received portcrystals and rare crafting mats so far.

[@johannesnagengast7643]

Portcrystals? I think you talk about ferrystones

[@coolbreezesolid]

I levitated off a cliff during a fight. Definitely know your surroundings!

[@blackfoot1178]

For the food spoiling can you still just store it at the inns and it won't go bad?

[@mylesmyles4655]

Yep!!

[@nuke2099]

Yes works like the first game.

[@ItaChu787pr]

man this game looks just like the first game to me lol

[@eightninety.]

Because it is, literally same roster of enemies been fighting goblins wolves and cyclops deep into hour 15

[@kennys6992]

Your rotten food can be used to make lantern oil, so not a total waste.

[@Gyuribacsik]

I give like , not mistaken:)

[@majorcosmos2]

Camping would be great if I didn't get attacked every time I tried. This game has been ruthless to me. I think I've only successfully camped once

[@choulchoul9119]

I only got raided once while camping. Are you clearing out any monsters around the camp?

[@An_Enraged_Pig]

Love this game, I dropped baldurs gate after 3 hours but I’m addicted to this game

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

lol….that not the endorsement you think it is

[@Gunnychief]

I’m twenty eight hours into this game and you can eat at campfires! I do not see an option for that. What did I miss?

[@ADarklore]

You have to A) have cookable food in your inventory, and B) go to the campfire and an option to COOK appears.

[@sukdznuutz]

lol not mentioning dragonspeague is like the boggest mistake

[@Linkwii64]

I want to loot everything but the weight issue forbid me from doing it.

[@ADarklore]

IKR! What sucks is they design a game that has tons of loot, and then penalize you based on your vocation and character size. "We want you to explore", then perhaps make it a lot easier for us to do so- and not just find beetles giving us a tiny fraction of increase for each. I mean, not penalizing people for their character size would be a great start.

[@heliohdcandido]

Hello there. Anyone knows if Nizar is playing on a console (which one?) or PC?

[@unitor699industries]

Loot system is really bad in this game every 10 minutes I have to go store my loot

[@Brelicity]

Right?? It's so annoying. Constantly overencumberes

[@ItaChu787pr]

2:40 hey how long does it take to go bad? LOL

[@christopherhill6790]

I remember dd1 was like 1 in game week I think for meat

[@ssgcheddar5785]

This game is awesome. Omg all these people crying over microtransactions they dont have to buy 😂 They spend more time looking for bad that they never enjoy the good!

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

You’re crying about people crying about this gsme. Just like the micro transactions, you don’t have to read these comments.

[@ronthorn3]

@@PeopleRTheProblemYou also don’t have to comment, I don’t have to comment, we could literally do this cycle forever.

[@Floopy31]

First mistake - dont make a mistake

[@AllyJ1141]

This is such basic advice you learn at like up to lvl 5, and even less so if you played DD 1

[@Jautaube]

wow ... these days we can make videos about everything. My next suggestion for you is: X Things you do wrong in life: #1: don't forget to breathe #2: dont' forget to eat - and that one brings directly to #3 take a S*IT every day! #4 don't get on youtube #5 ... ...

[@terryfredrick5149]

Im level 47 , never cooked anything or taken an elixer. The game is far to easy. Heck i sell the fruit rubiants lmao.

[@VIPMVPanyquestions]

My biggest mistake was not having a NASA PC.

[@TheBaldpapa]

Stop hating the game...lol

[@ivanrivas3464]

What accent is this? From Netherlands?

[@KmartKingpin]

To me it sounds like an Italian accent but it's definitely European

[@DanielSanchez-vi5kz]

Same question here

[@jaykayelem7386]

Rodden food

[@eightninety.]

Why is no one talking about enemy variety? Sht so disappointing

[@ArsenicSteel00]

Yeehs, these videos are trash lately. "Tip: Explore the game".....Woooooooooooow

[@atomicbarbarian7372]

Clickbait title. Dumb.

[@Im_Still_LightSpeedLayne]

Why didn’t ANY of you guys with early access tell us about the money grab?! Disgusted!!!

[@livingdeadty]

Calm down hero, everything is obtainable within the first couple hours of playing the game. MTX is a non-issue for this game, just like how it was a non-issue in the first game

[@mandu6665]

Because it's just like every other Capcom game released in the past 6 or 7 years. The MTX are totally ignorable and everything is found in game. Why aren't you calling out the shady KZbinrs and shitty games media sites who totally misreported all the details just to hate farm clicks and views? Gaming disinformation is way outta hand these days.

[@adamscruton2972]

What a sheep

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

@@livingdeadtyXP can be earned in game. You support XP boosts?

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

@@mandu6665it’s been done for years so there’s no reason to change. Nice philosophy

[@jeremysanders8766]

#1 micro transactions #2 fps

[@gamerofdeath1573]

1. The micro transactions items you can literally get in the game within the first couple of hours it’s their for people who want them straight away 2. FPS isn’t that bad and only on consol just get a pic it’s 120

[@sb_nems]

Come on bro that's not fair I'm getting a solid 23 FPS at 720p with my 4090 and the micro transaction fast travel is cheaper than the ubers in my area

[@adamscruton2972]

Another person commenting where it’s obvious they’ve not played the game

[@Ptzou]

Eh, frame rates are fine for me. Micro transactions have nothing useful, but of course if you play the game at all, you would already know that. Your loss

[@jaybubz3425]

I've almost beat the game and literally have not even found where to do the micro transactions. Also if you have friends on your friends list with high level pawns you get to hire them for free. Had my brothers pawn hired for free even though he was 25 levels higher than I wass

[@cancan-wc9kx]

biggest mistake is buying it, shame on people for supporting micro transactions

[@themisfitjester7034]

Buying the game is not supporting micro transaction, buying the micro transactions is supporting it. Use your brain before spreading negative bs.

[@Flaminghotspear]

As long as I’m able to earn these items or better in game and there not locked behind that paywall I don’t a fuck about it.

[@soulreaver6300]

Imagine not playing an amazing game just because you echo other people's opinions without playing it yourself. Yikes

[@WishlockPSN]

You earn them in game and it’s easy to get

[@_ghostly_]

As a former Destiny 2 player people freak out over seeing microtransactions more than playing the actual game. Destiny 2 is 100% pay to win (or on PS pay to play online) and the Steam page does a great job at scaring away new players. As you know, Steam puts together all DLC into a little bundle and gives the price of all DLCs added together. For Destiny 2, this adds up to over £100, maybe over £200. However this is a lie because some of them are in game cosmetic currency, as well as bundles the devs made sk it accounts for each DLC in a bundle as well as the bundle itself. TLDR don't freak out as soon as you see that a game has microtransactions. For Dragon's Dogma 2 they appear tl be one time purchases and don't seem tl have a major impact, and for microtransactions they are fairly cheap.

[@SJD904]

I'm still playing BG3 ,going for Platinum Trophy, DD2 interest me Zero!!

[@jessicaheller3076]

DD2 is way more fun.

[@memphiskong8868]

Why are you promoting a Crap game, is Capcom paying you guys? There are a lot of really honest reviews out there, and while your video isn't a review it promotes what is wrong in the gaming industry.

[@jessicaheller3076]

Lol you didnt even play the game. The game is the new Elden Ring.

[@johannesnagengast7643]

No clue and trying to complain. 🤣

[@HousedHorse]

First mistake is not refunding

[@KingKikikoi]

Biggest mistake is buying this game 😂

[@Havanahood56]

Did u play the game?

[@regulator18E]

Game living rent free in your head

[@monkeydlewie]

🤷🏿‍♂️ I actually like the game, but to each his own....

[@polemischkorrekt]

Too many cats and microtransactions.

[@WanderingRagabond]

Mistake number one = buying the game.

[@jessicaheller3076]

And how is that a mistake??? This game is the new Elden Ring

[@WanderingRagabond]

@@jessicaheller3076 I could make a joke about this, but nothing I could come up with would compare to that statement...

[@amaruhouston6006]

​@@jessicaheller3076I wouldn't go that far but I like the game I haven't had to deal with many bugs

[@silentnature95]

I'm glad this comment bombed. Nice try though

[@jessicaheller3076]

@@WanderingRagabond you clearly haven't delved into what the people ACUALLY playing it are saying. Many have said they haven't played a game this incredible since Elden Ring. AND THEY are right, Ive played it, its amazing. Just look up Dragons Dogma 2 Funny moments and see just how many people are having fun with the game.

[@KeepitReal2772]

MISTAKES TO AVIOD‼️ 1. Listening to KZbinr's that are paid by Devs to push out propaganda and ignore the obvious problems with A game 2. Mistake, buying this game based on lying 🤥 KZbinr's paid to lie about how good the game is. 3.Is doing a video on a game you know has performance issues and bullshit micro transactions and acting like yeah that's not the number one mistake🤦🏽.

[@gamerofdeath1573]

How are the micro transactions bad lol it’s just items that you can get in the game this is just faster

[@CrappyCar]

1 - This isn't a review video, it is a tips for the game video. 2 - I didn't hear anything in this video about how good or bad it is. 3 - The mtx were activated on launch day, reviewers didn't have access to them.

[@KeepitReal2772]

@@CrappyCar It doesn't have to be a review video bro for me to call out how shitty this game is at lunch. And any KZbinr worth their salt should be calling out how shitty this game is instead of trying to give gaming tips😑. My overall problem with people like this is there more concern with getting fucking clicks instead of calling out the bullshit games. And this is the reason why we keep getting bullshit like what capcom is doing right now because a motherfuckers like you that wants to defend shit like this.

[@christopherhill6790]

👍

[@xMazza]

Bro stop smoking crack for your sanity

[@gkillmaster]

Super helfpful. Thanks!

[@reddragon2943]

PAWN Name Rinnzy. Vocation Mage. PAWN ID: FV7X9JQVQ7IT