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Dragon's Dogma 2

Dragon's Dogma 2 is a fantasy action RPG developed and published by Capcom, released March 21-22, 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows. Directed by Hideaki Itsuno and built on the RE Engine, it is a spiritual successor and parallel-world sequel to the 2012 original. Players control the Arisen, a hero whose heart was stolen by the Dragon, and travel the dual kingdoms of Vernworth (Vermund) and Bakbattahl (Battahl) alongside a loyal Pawn companion. Combat blends vocation classes, climbing onto monsters to strike weak points, and a living open world where Pawns, nightfall, and a deep day-night economy shape every journey. The game emphasizes player freedom, emergent storytelling, and the central choice of whether to challenge the Dragon's path to become the God-king. The paid expansion Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen arrived on 9 October 2026 and opened the frozen northern territory of Norgan, a separate map from the Vermund and Battahl landmass, adding a new campaign, twelve repeatable Lost Rites Trials dungeons, the Ruin-Night endgame loop and appraised relic gear, alongside a title update that introduced Hard Mode and a six-slot skill bar.

• Vocation Class System — Ten vocations (Fighter, Archer, Thief, Mage as basic; Warrior, Sorcerer, Mystic Spearhand, Magick Archer, Trickster, and Warfarer as advanced) define weapon choice, skills, and role. Arisen can change vocations at guilds while Pawns are locked to the basic four.
• Pawn System — AI-controlled companions that the Arisen recruits, customizes, and shares across the community via Riftstones. Pawns learn tactics, give quest guidance, and can aid in battle alongside the Arisen.
• Monster Mounting & Weak Points — Common in the first game, enemies can be grappled and climbed to strike exposed weak points, topple large beasts, and harvest materials.
• Climbing & Exploration — A vast contiguous open world across Vermund and Battahl with dynamic weather, day-night cycles, Oxcart fast travel, and campsites where parties rest and cook.
• Dragonsplague — Pawns can contract a contagious mirror-plague that corrupts them over time; infected Pawns turn hostile and must be quarantined or cured.
• The Main Quest & Regalia — The Arisen pursues the stolen heart along a branching path with multiple endings, including the option to voluntarily sacrifice or challenge the Dragon's coronation.
• Ruin-Night and Lost Rites (Dark Arisen): Brandishing the Blade of Rancor plunges Norgan into the Ruin-Night, a repeatable post-game state of permanent night in which empowered bosses such as the Empowered Fallen Dragon appear and relic gear drops. The twelve Lost Rites Trials are repeatable dungeons overseen by the Pathfinder, nine of them on the Vermund and Battahl map and three in the Unmoored World, most sealed until the Empowered Godsbane Blade is obtained.
• Relic Gear and Vocation Obelisks (Dark Arisen): Relics recovered in Norgan are appraised into weapons, armour and skills across rarity tiers, and higher-level relics can open extra skill slots on top of the base game's bar. New vocation skills are learned at Vocation Obelisks scattered across Norgan, giving every vocation two new weapon skills plus a Maister weapon skill except the Trickster.