HOW TO GET MORE FROM YOUR GAMES
Arise Arisen, there’s a dragon to slay.
NEED TO KNOW
DIFFICULTY Normal
TIME 10 hours
VITAL LINKS
How to fast travel: pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2- fast-travel
How pawns work: pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2- pawns
1 FACE IT
When first loading up the game, take your time designing your Arisen. While there is a way to change your appearance once you arrive in the city of Vernworth, there’s no way to start a new game besides the process of finding and deleting your save.
2 VOCATIONAL
Picking a vocation isn’t the be-all and end-all since you can change them at the Vocation Guild early on, and you’ll need to in order to complete certain quests. Both the Thief and Fighter are solid starting choices, with the former letting you catch enemies in a net.
3 PAWN BROKER
Your next most important task is creating your main pawn. This trusty sidekick will be with you for the long haul, so choose their appearance well. Thankfully, you can alter a pawn’s vocation at the Vocation Guild and their inclination at the Pawn Guild.
4 RIFTSTONES
To take down fearsome foes you’ll want to recruit two extra pawns from a Riftstone. Since these pawns don’t level up, you should recruit them at a higher level, or swap them out often. They will level up back in their own world, so you’ll be able to recruit them again.
5 INN SAVES
There are two kinds of saves; regular saves and inn saves. While your regular save is often overwritten by an autosave, the inn save is a fixed point that occurs when you rest at an inn. Loading an inn save will delete your other save, so use it with caution.
6 FIGHTING STRENGTH
Fighting enemies is all about stamina. Performing special attacks will deplete it, and if you run out, you’ll be vulnerable for a short time. Staying healthy is important, so bring a Mage pawn to create AoE healing during battles.
7 WAKEY WAKEY
When you die you’ll need a Wakestone to revive. Each of these items requires you to collect three Wakestone Shards, and they can also be used to revive dead NPCs, making them valuable. If you’ve lost all your health but are still standing, use a healing item.
