Dragon's Dogma 2 - How to Unlock OP Dwarven Smithing EARLY - Best Weapon Armor Upgrade & Farm Guide!

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

There's another dwarf smith in the capital city of Battahl, which is a more convenient location. You have to complete the regalia sword questline to unlock him.

[@rigoutz6870]

Woah where haha. I completed that quest the other day? Where is this smith?

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

@@rigoutz6870 Sara reopens Brokkr's Smithy a day after you finish the quest. She offers high-end gear as well as Dwarven Smithing upgrades.

[@justareplica]

Wait, does this one have a better upgrade? If so I’ve wasted so many upgrades.

[@rigoutz6870]

@@justareplica it depends on what you are going for. There are 4 different smithy styles. Each improving different stats

[@sirundying]

@@rigoutz6870 tell us more

[@joisen]

I think it might be worth mentioning the dragon-forged upgrades too. It only halves the weight of the items, but that's amazing for a class like Thief since it means better stamina management and higher attack speed.

[@Neismokau]

It also allows to smith 4th time.

[@CsStrez]

He mentioned it right at the start. It doesn't compete with the other smithing types, it can only be done to items that have been fully enhanced 3x(of whatever type). It benefits the Battahli and Dwarven smithing even more since they INCREASE weight, unlike the Vermundian/Elven smithing.

[@RageGamingVideos]

Yeah they're getting their own video along with farming Wyrmlife crystals

[@sp5rk]

nah it also works as a multiplier to ur existing enhancements so a 3x battahli + wyrmfire is another big str increase

[@ActualDoomer]

only? that’s everything i could possibly ask for oml 👁️👄👁️ less weight more zooms is a yes from me

[@ArtaherDuron]

FYI, with the forger passive. You can open the map & click on the materials icons. It will tell you the type of material at the location. Hope that helps 😉

[@justbarelyme8043]

Another good thing to note is that if you need really rare materials for upgrades but don't want to keep farming that enemy over and over again, you can just fight it until you get the material you need and then go to the forgory shop in the checkpoint town and keep copying it. It takes a few in-game days to copy something but you can just go do other stuff while that's going on and kinda kill two birds with one stone

[@jackmanleblanc2518]

That... actually works? Holy shit, that's great.

[@BrockJorgy]

does this confirmed work?!

[@justbarelyme8043]

@@BrockJorgy It does. I've done it with Boltscales, Fell-Lord Bones and those fire slime drops. Upgrade materials can indeed be forged and used to upgrade.

[@BrockJorgy]

@@justbarelyme8043 absolute game changer.

[@justbarelyme8043]

@@BrockJorgy Keep in mind the rarer the material the more expensive it is to copy, so it'd be best to make sure you have a fair bit of gold on you when you do it. The Fell-Lord Bone only cost like 2160 gold or something so it isn't SUPER expensive, just keep that in mind though.

[@Snackie15910]

As a warrior, im definitely going all dwarven, i already did that dwarfs quest, didn't know hes a smith though. More knockdowns = more free execute damage to their head

[@zinogre_the_lord]

Yeah, but wouldn't it be better to put like 2 dwarven then 1 battahli one a weapon? This way it has nice damage too

[@MattDoesLife539]

@@zinogre_the_lordYes, for weapons, its best to get 2x dwarven into 1 battahli.

[@gamesandstuff4762]

Awesome advice! I was just upgrading at the closest place to me with no attention on the style. But now I know!

[@Ramza_ILV]

ricochet arrrow is the coolest skill in history of videogames. nothing cooler than casting that on any interior area

[@MattRoadhouse]

DD1 expansion island was a dungeon and it absolutely rocked in there lol

[@HZTenh17g]

Nearly one shotted a Chimera with it. I watched 2 3/4's of health vanish. 😂😂 Chimera: Parley?

[@Ramza_ILV]

@@HZTenh17g too much fun and looks incredible, even the audio is great!

[@Boof796]

"Maximum output, purple, air this bitch out, everybody dying including me!" - the vibes i get as a magick archer main, who had the idea to put a switch on a bow?

[@ironhelix45]

Just finished the first area and did not know the different styles. Glad vermundian is just generally good. Dwarven seems good for warriors to increase the knockdown even further

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

Dwarven is the best style period. For all weapons, armors, and vocations. Knockdown power is a super strong stat.

[@ironhelix45]

@Seeking_Solace right but early game, it's less important. I would argue that sorc and mage benefit elven on weapons because they are less affected by knockdown.

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

@@ironhelix45 That's false. Spells are just as affected by the knockdown stat of the weapon as physical abilities are.

[@chickenbob562]

spells have insane stagger/knockdown

[@ironhelix45]

@@Omar_Al_Seddik gotcha didn't realize they had that much knockdown because generally my warrior hits are the ones that actually trigger the knockdown.

[@MattDoesLife539]

I went FULL dwarven upgrade on my chest piece as a fighter and just ramboed my way throughout the game.

[@poodlemeister22314]

The thing that vermundian and elvish is good for as well, is lowering weight. Each smith level lowers the item's weight which is good, since Battahl increases the weight

[@valravnsshadow9422]

Problem is that the weight decreases arent large enough to really be useful, the bonuses from dwarven are just objectively better, and ehen you dragonforge equipment the weight gets halved anyways.

[@matheusmterra]

It's about time we get more of these in depth late game guides. Enough "tips and tricks for beginners", please, that content is already plentiful and what we don't have are endgame systems explained yet. For instance, I would love to know more about Wyrmforging before I brick my gear and set myself 200k gold behind.

[@curveofsound]

No such thing as bricking your gear... Heck I was level 25 with base bow when I swapped to archer and still wrecking everything even just using the kick 😂

[@RaidenKaiser]

I know i commented twice already but thief and archer are 2 vocations you want as little weight as possible so the best in slot armor is arguably early vermund with either vermund or elven style. Yeah dragonforging lowers weight alot but its difficult to achieve very light weight rating with other smithing styles unless you grind golden beetles in ng+ runs like a lunatic or cheat.

[@ThePhOeNiX86]

I like how they stick to the fantasy everyone knows dwarves make the best wepons its all about the mithyrl

[@LawnD4rt]

The red one, The dragon blood crystals (forgot the name) has some also. That guy in the cave has the one hit kill arrow also.

[@SlickDangler10]

Thank you. I had to rewind alot of it because you speak so fast with the numbers but not complaining at alll! Awesome video man

[@capttainunicorn288]

Play the video speed slower in the settings in the future

[@MarioHernandez-dp3lz]

Naw. Speed is fine bro. More reply value. 😅

[@erin1569]

I got three different vocations tomax level before finishing the masquerade/monster slaying quests just by exploring with different classes 💀

[@Master_Matoya]

Bruh I went and illegally crossed a border and got lost in battahl and finding myself back at the prologue.

[@Trnd.y]

Sameee, i got all of them unlocked and 2 1/2 of them capped (i tried them all so they all like level 2-3) and I literally just found the hidden stone door in that mission☠️

[@aldoard]

Same im still in vermond city doing side quests i got dead ringer and mystic spearhand early. Steam rolled most exploration and im lvl 6 sorc now. Going to lvl fighter and thief from now on for some nice perks.

[@draugr121]

@@Master_Matoya I just reached Battahl randomly aswell, was kinda suprised but to be fair i truly wanted to do something like that.

[@seancouger007]

okay you are putting these videos out just in time..i seem to be at this type of point in the game... it is taking alittle too long to kill dragons (and the constant using my pawn as a throwing stone) thanks for the info

[@DiabolosVT]

check my latest video how to really kill dragons XDD

[@extrashifty578]

Ty for making this video even tho i don't need it its just very easy to recommend it to someone as info on the internet is not really out yet

[@ActualDoomer]

please make a video at a later date about the true ending and its mechanics so more people would know about it it’s so obscured

[@sobroko7898]

Save all the people from the main capitols and the village outside of the volcano and do thier quest bring an elven wordsmith pawn or have ur pawn learn it and once you do the quests for each of them their people go to the little safe place and but for vermund u have to kill the regentkins father and mother and you will get the all achievements for the unmoored world and kill a headless horseman as its a seperate trophy im on my third play through already only a couple achievements left for me but unmoored world might have a deadline as it counts days if you die u restart completely or last inn rest ie last inn rest day 3 also it unlocks all vocation you might not have unlocked its how i got wayfairer and magick archer

[@sobroko7898]

Also the little red beacons are boss fights and u have to do them to unlock the last one but whith those bosses u have to break all the welts on the regular skin of the dragon or snake thing and then attack the ones on the red part of the body when it turns regular

[@moonsong2341]

I really tried to concentrate but then i saw....griffins have cute toe beans...... (ty for making this video!)

[@ForemostCrab7]

all out knockdown resistance on a Mage or Sorcerer. Someone who will flinch from a Rock thrown at them, ends up brushing off a heavy strike, lol.

[@arklainquirk]

I have been trying to figure out how useful Knockdown power/resistance is and if the Dwarf upgrades were worth the lower damage and defense. I haven't seen anyone taking about this, so your video was very helpful!

[@Belgariad87]

lots of good info. def feel comfy knowing i'll be exlusively playing hybrid classes and going full vermundian for weapons with full dwarven for all armor (at least a bit later when i unlock dwarves and volcanic isle) and then dragonforging.

[@5000562]

Just do full Dwarven for weapons then if going Vermundian. Same DMG increases with a boost to knockdown as well, at the cost of a tiny bit more weight.

[@rhyswickes6218]

I guess I should just point out that the stat increases are not the same for all weapons, I don’t know if that’s because of your characters stats or if it just straight up affects the base stats, but yeah, definitely different for different weapons, so people should take that into account too

[@CamperCarl00]

Battahli is definitely the go-to upgrade for Thieves. Gotta stack up that Strength until you're melting bosses.

[@matthouston15]

Forgot where I got it and have not tested it yet but there is a ring that raise strength based on how little you are carrying could be worth it to go elemental daggers with elf upgrades plus dragon forging to half it

[@xorphz]

​@@matthouston15That ring is currently bugged, unfortunately

[@judahofjudea4601]

Dude i got the Medusa bow and shared it with my second account to test it out, jumped from 9 to 35 in less than 24 hours of play with level 40-50 pawns hired. Rushed to get Warfarer and Magik Archer unlocked early, pretty cool stuff only downside is it makes you pretty heavy, you gotta travel pretty light till you2 gain a lot of levels.

[@joshuadunphy8413]

That launch into the water was sick!

[@animademachina2747]

Thanks this was super helpful, looks like as a magic archer dwarven will be my go to

[@Sidhip]

I found that for magic archer the eleven style works best because the rye magic archer doesn’t really have that much of a need for flinch damage

[@umbraoni4550]

I didn't even realize there was different upgrading styles. I just though all blacksmiths just offer the same things. Shop, sell, and upgrade. But now I'm thinking about it, there's different symbols when updgrading. Now I'm going to have to double check all my gears 😂

[@williamharmon1025]

If you are going to upgrade sleep at an inn so you can reset to it to see what the others do to it in general. A lot of times those lvl 2 and 3 are massive.

[@geofer.o.13.888]

I think Vermundian & Elven styles are generally good for armor because the upgrades reduce the weight of the armor piece. Also, you have to equip more armor slots than weapon slots. Batthali & Dwavern styles are generally good for weapons because the upgrades focus on Strength (Batthali) or add Knockdown Power (Dwarven)

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

All upgrades lower weight. And you should use elven for magic weapons, and heavy armor, for more mag def, or batthail for armor's knochdown resist for normal armor And for low knockdown weapons, more damage makes more sense, really.

[@TheRealSeryi]

@@KeithElliott-zd8cx Incorrect. Battahli and Dwarven upgrades increase weight, you can literally see this if you hover over the option. Vermundian and Elven reduce weight, Elven more than Vermundian. Of course, since Dragonforging cuts weight in half, it's not a massive difference either way.

[@rogermartin9861]

Very nice. Great info. Have seen some creators have their weapons stats jacked up!!

[@iconic4609]

Probably best to go damage for magic archer. Unless your goal is to go solo, give your knockdown power to a pawn warrior or archer even. You have control of dps, not a pawns dps and what abilities they use.

[@EternalSilver_]

Glad I was only able to upgrade the seeker's token armour once now.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

Exactly what Magick Archer skills use physical? The only one I can think of would be Hailstone Bolt, but you could just use Flamefang Arrow or Sagitate instead.

[@ImaginaryB]

You can also do a 5th one that halves the weight of the item from a npc u unlock in the main story

[@stonaraptor8196]

5th upgrade? you mean 4th?

[@TwistedFeetMH]

Just call it Dragonforging

[@boopagm8275]

What's the 5th one?

[@stonaraptor8196]

there is no 5th one. 4th is dragonforging.@@boopagm8275

[@enrictudelavoronine2218]

​@@boopagm8275 no the person just mistyped there's only 4

[@craigwilson8255]

Not sure if an update changed Dwarven vs Vermundian, but Dwarven had 1 less def and 2 less magic, but 14 more knockdown on the 1st level of the Ares Morpho Robe for mage. And, I upgraded with Vermundian 10-15 levels earlier than Dwarven. It seems Dwarven Style does less strength and magic now. Unless, it depends on the item to be upgraded. Not sure.

[@michelrosas7923]

So it should go like this? Warrior and fighter > Dwarf Mage, sorcerer, magic archer and spear > Elven Thief and archer > Batthali Trickster and warfarer > Haven´t played them but I guess warfare should depend on what vocations u have equiped and trickster ¿?¿?

[@arklainquirk]

Dwarf for everything! Having knockdown power on spells is useful and most mage armor already has high magic defense so getting more physical defense with knockdown resistance would prevent your mages from losing a spell because someone threw a rock at them.

[@nonenoninomae]

Vermundian is the one for those who wanna fight in Very Light weight without sacrifying Passive Skills slots.

[@Blackomagico]

13:45 Mr Minotaur decided to take a swim. RIP

[@mralexwhite]

great video i currently want to mix-max gear for all classes so i kinda needed this does anyone know if u can upgrade from multiple smiths? reguardless this is what its looking like (mage and sorcerer) mage based armour - dwarven mage based weapons - elven (archer) ranged based armour - dwarven ranged based weapons - dwarven (fighter,warrior and thief) strength based armour - dwarven strength based weapons - dwarven magic archer armour - dwarven weapon - elven mystic spearhand armour - dwarven weapon - dwarven warfarer armour - dwarven weapon - n/a trickster armour - dwarven weapon - n/a hope this helps

[@billyfarley4135]

Its 5 styles you also get dragon enhancements it massively lowers weight and you get a 4th upgrade uses wyrmslife crystals 15 a weapon 5 for armour i believe

[@valravnsshadow9422]

Dragon forged isnt a smithing style. Its just a flat upgrade that always takes up the 4th slot.

[@skeletonmors2109]

Rocked up at the second part of the map as level 52

[@ediblemussel532]

What, Battahl? Or do you mean the volcanic area past Battahl? Beamcause if you were already 52 when you crossed the border that's kind of impressive. I was about lvl 40 at the time and I explored about everything in Vermund by then.

[@skeletonmors2109]

@@ediblemussel532 yeah i just kept hunting dragons, wanted to max all my vocations

[@Phantom-bh5ru]

what i usally do is 3 dwarven for weapon, 3 for chestplate, 1 dwarven and 2 battali for helmet and legs

[@levimarks6445]

For my armour I went with 2 Vermundian and 1 Dwarven then Dragon Forged. Not sure if it’s anything good though.

[@Bobby_Chill]

There is a dragon upgrade that uses the blood Cristal’s from dragons it’s at the bay wayside shrine kind near checkpoint town

[@RaidenKaiser]

Also I can think of one scenario where knockdown isn't a good stat and that's a holy build mage pawn.

[@newns9649]

so i hear what your saying... but ive been killing everything up to drakes in about 30 seconds on three different vocations without having to worry about knocking them down because damage number higher.

[@cemtolu4542]

One of the best guide I've watch so far. Great work!

[@darkspirits2574]

This is my opinion on what enhancements go on in each class . What do yall think? Fighter/warrior: Dwarven (for all items) Mage/Scorccer/Magic Archer/ Trickster: Elven (weapons), Dwarven (armor) Archer: Batalli (weapon), Vermand (magic weapon), Dwarven (armor) Thief: Batalli(weapon), Vermand (magic weapon), Batalli/Vermand (armor) Mystic Spearhand: Dwarven/Batalli (weapon), Dwarven (armor)

[@epruno3583]

Dwarven is by far superior for warrior weapons. I tested with dragon's bite. With batthali style all the way and wyrmfire, 1040 str with 550ish knckdwn. Dwarven: 1001 str with 900ish knckdwn. The str boost is nothing compared to the loss in stagger power with batthali style. For armors, always go with dwarven imo.

[@CSMIC-mf9tn]

It would be so awesome if we could overwrite upgrades in game plus.. i didnt knew this all before completing the true ending including the post game ending.

[@alexvazquez5087]

You should definitely be mixing those up too gwt some knockdown power with more damage and and weight reduction. Two v one dwarf and youre golden for magick archer and mystic

[@capttainunicorn288]

Dude knocking out a giant witha hammer with maxed knockdown is so easy and fun

[@megameme3298]

I just got through the story until I unlocked the new area so now I’m just going to max the vocations

[@bkmoe3674]

Lmao, I subbed just for the outro song

[@Rain1]

also you can make forgeries of crafting mats and they work too

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

So basically, you want Elven for mage and sorcerer weapons (And very maybe Battahli for Thief and Archer ones), but Dwarven for everything else unless you have serious weigh issues.

[@arklainquirk]

I think Dwarf is still the way to go, having spells with high knockdown sounds really powerful and most mage armor already has high magic defense so getting more physical defense with knockdown resistance also sounds like a good idea.

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

@@arklainquirk Does it make a difference on spells? For some reason I assumed it didn't and only affected the basic atack, but I guess I never actually tested that. With melee weapons and the basic staff attacks you can clearly see the effects of boons and the such on the attack itself, but you can't with actual spells, so I kinda just assumed they're not affected by anything. But now that I look back on it, they depend on the magick stat of your weapon, so it was kinda stupid of my part to assume that I suppose. If damage affects them, why wouldn't knockback do so, right? Also, I meant specifically weapons with my original comment, I didn't mean armor.

[@arklainquirk]

@@urtoryu_dy_althraidn If knockdown did not work with spells, it would not be listed as a stat on the weapon. It is also useful for knocking flying enemies out of the sky!

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

@@arklainquirk I thought it only applied to the staff normal attacks core skills, which was admittedly pretty silly of me. And yeah, Levin might knock most enemies out of the air with one hit, but when it comes to griffins or drakes it's not so easy.

[@canebrake2561]

Awesome, bud! DD1 and DD2 fanatic here!

[@GunKleebo]

Do you think a magic archer would benefit from the knockdown power of Dwarven smithing? Or should I go full Elven?

[@icezephyr4762]

As some one who played the first game I would say dwarvesn and vermundian are the best the weight reduction is quite nice but dragon forged does that already so go dwarven stagger power and resistance are really REALLY good unless you are specifically thief or trickster the rest of the classes benefit greatly from knockdown power and trickster can stagger with his weapon but it might affect the maister skill gotta test that later

[@egordon7543]

No need for vermundian, go dwarven for all classes weapons and armor, the 4th upgrade can only be done with dragon forging and it’s halves the weight of the item, so go dwarf for all weapons to get the vermundian dmg equivalent but with more knockdown then dragon forge it to bring the weight back down,

[@BrandonGrubb-e9i]

Do you recommend going dwarves for magic archer

[@Amadeus_]

So is dwarven still the best option for thieves? Keeping in mind that the Dragonforced will halve all weight, negating the negative aspect of the Dwarven smithy almost completely.

[@odokata3503]

Good morning ! I'm French and I don't really understand English (google translate)... However the subject seems interesting. Do you mean that the stat bonus received when upgrading varies depending on who is upgrading them ?

[@ThePhOeNiX86]

Wii

[@heartoffire5902]

Oui.

[@IamTheBridgeman]

Which smithing style for Duospears dwarven?

[@Warmachine643]

You should hire my pawn Gimli haha, saw your Aragorn pawn there

[@DerpieRat]

Not sure if it was yours, but I used a Gimli pawn from lvl 29 until I was like 41 before I finally dismissed him with a fresh set of gear as thanks for how well he performed 😊

[@Treddragon74]

Need a spreadsheet of these, please. Especially for people like me who are a little slow

[@Treddragon74]

but great vid

[@pacman5800]

What's the best for upgrading shields vernworth? Or elven?

[@blackyvertigo]

magic archer does not split damage between physica and magic all of their damage is magic except arctic bolt, and that move is for cc it's base damage is absurdly low.

[@brownbeastoftheleaf3215]

From jumping in the Hot spring on the opposite sex side and getting attacked so I killed the guy that gives me WAYFARER vocation , to sneaking in a window within my first hour of gameplay and killing the guy who grants the best skills for Mage and sorcerer, to traveling for 60 hours and giving an NPC an item that shows I have one main quest until the game is over and I’m locked out of certain quests, and killing the SPHINX literally before getting 100,000 in gold, I’ve come to the conclusion that the first playthrough was a sample 😂

[@AlphaMachina]

Great video!

[@TexasBestGamer]

Wait when did the Magick Archer scale off strength and magic? You meant Trickster and Mystic SpearHand

[@Hugealligator254]

What else would magic archer scale off

[@TrayGolden]

@@Hugealligator254just Magick since archers do not need physical strength

[@royloplays]

Try shooting a real bow. You'll be met with how many pounds bow you want to shoot. There are really muscly guys struggling to shoot the highest weight bows for example. Strength is very important for archery.

[@mari-anne]

​@@royloplays try fighting a real dragon. you'd be dead in seconds.

[@reecedactyl]

bro its magic archer, they cast spells to shoot basically@@royloplays

[@phenixopr]

Ng+ armour is good aswell but costs allot of wyverngems

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

Very informative video. If you’ve upgraded a weapon or armor twice or three times in one style can it be downgraded to upgrade in another style? Or do you at least need to leave the third upgrade open for Dwarven?

[@erickj4384]

I don't think you can downgrade or undo any upgrades. So you have to decide which of the 4 upgrades you wanna go with. The last red slot is for dragon forged upgrade which you use wyrmcrystals from drake kills

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

@@erickj4384 so to go dwarven I need to basically buy new armor?

[@erickj4384]

@@sPaCe_NiNjA187 if you fully upgraded your armor already yes. But unless it's the best armor or weapon in the game you'd probably be better served just finding a better version and then upgrading it

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

@@erickj4384do you know where to get best armor for magic archer? Elven?

[@erickj4384]

@@sPaCe_NiNjA187 nope sorry. Equipment wise I've been attempting to avoid spoilers. But cash isn't super hard to get your hands on in my experience. If you really have to you can buy a comparable bow. If not I'm sure some wiki has more info on weapons and armors

[@RaidenKaiser]

Wait they fixed the magic scaling on enchanted weapons? In DDA it was borked and scaled entirely off strength.

[@brownad33]

FYI the thief maister dodge skill dodges all dmg, even magic....seriously op, you can just stand in dragon breath and take no dmg. So I wouldn't recommend elven for them really either.

[@jaydenlobbe7911]

I think Elven is still going to be the best style on Sorcerer, because Sorcerer doesn't need extra Knockdown Power Dwarven makes more sense on Physical Vocations like Fighter and Warrior

[@arklainquirk]

why don't Sorcerers need knockdown power? having spells with high knockdown sounds really powerful and most mage armor already has high magic defense so getting more physical defense with knockdown resistance also sounds like a good idea.

[@jaydenlobbe7911]

@@arklainquirk Because Nuke Spells Sorcerer doesn't need the Knockdown Power because Meteoron and Maelstrom exist, the whole point of playing Sorcerer is BEEG DAMAGE

[@arklainquirk]

@@jaydenlobbe7911 That is true but you're already doing a lot of damage with no upgrades. If you take the most powerful archistaff Dragon's Wit the magic damage difference between Elven and Dwarf is only 44 but you get 100 more knockdown power with the Dwarf upgrades. If you can knockdown a large foe with your first Meteron strike and then your next two strikes get the crit damage and kill it, I think the loss of 44 magic damage is worth it. Even if you don't outright kill it with Meteoron the ability to knock foes down and allow your other party members to get in on the crit damage is still more useful, especially when you can knock a griffin or a dragon out of the sky!

[@masshysteria200]

Would dwarven be good on archer or magic archer? I started a new game plus and I wanna main magic archer this time

[@arthaskew]

Nah I like more damage more, I would go for all elven for the weapon. Armor just do whatever

[@raycdo2012]

just get vermundian enchantment for armor and bathal for weapon dps and def

[@able.3566]

Wait is Magic archer both physical and magic or just magic? The descriptions say just magic but it's honestly hard to tell.

[@johndymond4596]

Am i the only one who beat the game without ever figuring out what the queen regent was up too or the dwarvin smithing. Among other quests

[@goldenghost2001]

Yeah i knew she wanted to remain in power, dont know what happens tho

[@stevenleguyt9367]

Hello you can olso get a 4th weapon or armor upgrade for using Wyrmlife crystals

[@royalaegisgaming5652]

You want elven upgrades on your armor for fighting creatures like drakes, chimera, and Liches that use magic attacks constantly. If you're getting hit physically, that's your fault to begin with but as a mage, sorcerer, archer, magick archer, or trickster, it's important to have that magic defense for when meteors and lightning fall from the sky. Using the warrior with armor from the volcano with Battahli upgrades, I don't get knocked out of animations unless it's a grab attack and I have yet to visit the tavern in Vernworth yet to begin the main quest. Knockdown on armor is useful early game with bad armor or on lighter classes, but when you get used to the game, it's unnecessary. I can only recommend this being used on fighter shields, maces, great weapons, and regular bows. You want elven on staves and archstaves, magick bows, and infused weapons (unless you're only using them for debilitation build up, then go Battahli) And Battahli for the rest. Your raw data is extremely flawed with these cherry picked items you didn't choose with any real logic and lack of build focus or understanding of enemies. You don't need knockdown power when you know exactly where to hit every enemy to put them on the ground immediately (head, heart, wings, and for tall two legged enemies; the knees). My magick archer kills most things (all little enemies in 1-2) in less than 10 shots and I have the whole map open and used it until it was maxed out at level 30, been upgrading other stuff since for augments to be even more powerful.

[@arklainquirk]

If you're getting hit by meteors and lightning that your own fault... all joking aside, as soon as you see them casting meteor or lightning if you start running before markers appear on the ground you can dodge the attack and if you manage to dodge the first attack they will continue to target you instead of your pawns.

[@royalaegisgaming5652]

@@arklainquirk I specified vocations it's important with because using abilities often completely drains stamina and leaves you open regardless of using stamina consumables and with the magic defense, it's faster and easier to take the hits and get up to keep fighting than to cancel high damage abilities just to waste 30 seconds dodging an attack that won't come close to killing you. Casters don't dodge well and the trade is well worth it so I don't see the point of your comment. My meteors > their meteors. And once my abilities go off, they're not casting anything else anyway.

[@arklainquirk]

@@royalaegisgaming5652 I doubt your killing dragons and drakes with one meteor. If you let your pawns get hit with a meteor or lighting strike from a dragon they will get one shotted and then the dragon is going to come after you. You can also move just as fast as a caster as you can any other vocation, like I said if you start running before the markers appear on the ground you can avoid all damage to you and your pawns. If you get hit with a meteor when you're casting your spell you're going to lose that spell anyways so you might as well start moving to avoid the attack. I also avoid weapon attacks that totally drain your stamina as the loss of dps when you are staggered from having no stamina and then having to wait for your stamina to refill to use another ability is not worth it. I personally find it dumb that some attacks drain all of your stamina when casting Meteoron takes less than a quarter of your stamina and does 100x more damage.

[@arklainquirk]

@@royalaegisgaming5652 also the point of my comment was because you made the assertion that you should not take any physical damage and that magic damage is unavoidable. When in fact you're more likely to take physical damage and magic damage is avoidable.

[@royalaegisgaming5652]

@@arklainquirk you shouldn't talk when you clearly aren't far enough in the game to know better lmao

[@takashitiambaru1974]

I have been told the dwarf on agamen is NOT a smith.

[@jacobjordan7084]

Thanks for sharing

[@Nemo2342]

Ok, I guess I need to figure out how to get down to that dwarf.

[@lamborghiniaventado1]

What do you recommend for mythical spear?

[@alega752]

Amazing video bro, definitely going for dwarven style most of the time

[@lazyliger8740]

are you sure its Malcom I saw another video saying it was the girl in the slums you do quests for

[@TwistedFire85]

Hmm. I didn't know there were different kinds of smithing. I thought it was like the first Dragon's Dogma, where it was only 1 and you could skip upgrading by just killing dragon's and getting it upgraded for free...... hmm. Interesting

[@silverthorngoodtree5533]

Isn't there also combo's of crafting? Elf and dwarf give more magik def, Verm betahili, then three diff from each other.?

[@kapnkarhoonch5497]

Lol Cliodhna straight up tells you her husband will take up his forge for you at the end of that quest line and she states the fact he is a dwarf, idk how people can't make that obvious connection

[@yoshi616]

A lot of people might not care about the story/lore and skip through the dialogue.

[@shusen93]

If I smithed level 1 for my duospear Vermundian style, can I smith level 2 and 3 Dwarven style, or am I locked to Vermundian?

[@abraxas1398]

You are not locked

[@TheNademan]

I am assuming knockdown power does nothing for spells? (Sorc, Mage)

[@sebastian4024]

I've the same question...

[@drewcarry8280]

You probably want elven upgrades not dwarven

[@elvandar1419]

So can you change the smithing style already put on your weapon or should I hold off on improving until I reach a dwarven smith?

[@5000562]

You can undo upgrades in NG+ but not in your first playthrough

[@ozpinoy]

I just put one of each on armour and depending on weapon focus on one.

[@Korzak86]

Dwarf isn't back at his house after I complete his quest ..?

[@lewisedwards3549]

I heard there was a soft cap on know down power. Could you guys test confirm or deny this

[@lakeofrot4198]

My pawn SnuSnu needs this.

[@ThePolisher17]

I think I hired her haha

[@lakeofrot4198]

@@ThePolisher17 nice

[@RoxasKnightwalker]

Once you smith a weapon, are you locked out from changing it?

[@CursedShadowGhost]

The dwarf doesn’t spawn at his home for me no matter how many days pass day or night dude just aint there