The real Dragon’s Dogma 2 begins now.
By the time I wrote my Dragon’s Dogma 2 review, I’d played for 100 hours, completing one playthrough and starting my second. That’s a heck of a lot of game to play in a single week. Most of that time, however, was just spent preparing for the true Dragon’s Dogma 2.
When you make your little baby Arisen, you pick one of four vocations: Fighter, Mage, Thief and Archer. You can’t go wrong with any of them. Once you reach the first area’s hub, you can unlock two more: Sorcerer and Warrior. These six vocations form the roster of basic classes, and you’ll be able to tackle anything the game throws at you by sticking with them. But there are four more to discover, which offer more advanced ways to play.
Of these four, you’ll probably encounter the Mystic Spearhand first, though if you’ve read my review you’ll know that I had some issues unlocking that one. It’s a hybrid martial/magic class, and it’s utterly rad. The Trickster will likely be your second, and like the Mystic Spearhand you simply need to talk to someone to unlock it. This vocation is a unique proposition that puts you in a support role, where you’ll use illusions to manipulate your foes while doing very little direct damage.
Then there’s the Magick Archer, which took me forever to unlock. Unsurprisingly, it mixes magic and archery, with your arcane skills ensuring that you always hit your target. It’s also got some nifty support skills, so you’re not always focused on dishing out direct damage. Finally, there’s the Warfarer. The game-changer.
While you can technically meet the NPC, Lamond, who unlocks this vocation for you whenever you want, it’s going to take a lot of effort. You need to make it all the way to the volcanic island in the south, and unless you’ve gone through nearly the whole main quest you’re going to need to take some very tricky alternate routes where you will almost certainly be murdered in seconds. And then you’ll need to get the fella drunk on booze that is very hard to get in the quantities he needs.
Thankfully, we’ve already broken down the steps you’ll need to go through to get this alcoholic trainer all boozed up, which will require you to do a wee bit of crafting and take a trip to a master forger. So hop on over to our guide on how to unlock Dragon’s Dogma 2’s vocations to skip all the stress.
It’s a bit of a palaver, and very much indicative of Dragon’s Dogma 2’s specific brand of nonsense. Essentially, to fulfil Lamond’s demands you need to be very familiar with the game’s bullshit.
