Dragon’s Dogma 2 has announced the patch notes for its update 3.1, releasing June 10. Another update is scheduled for end of August, with Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen launching October 9.
The June 10 update is focused on quality of life improvements, and patch notes can be read here:
Added Features and Adjustments
Fast Travel/Movement Adjustments
- Added the fast travel item Eternal Ferrystone.
* The Eternal Ferrystone will be automatically acquired after talking to Brant during the quest Seat of the Sovran.
* If you have already completed this quest, the item will be placed in your inventory. - Added Portcrystals to Melve, Checkpoint Rest Town and Volcanic Island Camp.
- Added a Portcrystal as a reward for the quest Monster Culling.
* If you have already completed this quest, it will be placed in your inventory. - Added Oxcart Stopovers.
- Reduced the time until the Doze Off command becomes available when riding an Oxcart.
- If an Oxcart happens to be close by, an Oxcart icon will be displayed on the mini map.
- Extended Oxcart Station departure hours. Oxcarts will now depart from morning till evening.
- Decreased the amount of stamina used when dashing outside of combat.
Options Additions/Adjustments
- Added the Free Camera option to Photo Mode.
- Added the option to toggle the display of patterns left on equipment strengthened in wyrmfire.
- Added the option to toggle the display of head armor.
- Changed the wording of the Set to “Examine” Only option in the Button Mapping settings to make it clearer that it does not include Dash.
- Added the option to enable/disable unhired pawns to approach you and offer their services.
- Added the option to enable/disable high fives from pawns after battle.
Reward Adjustments
- Changed the content of some treasure chests and some enemy item drops.
- Increased the rewards (mainly gold) for some quests.
UI Adjustments
- Added the option to use a Ferrystone from the map by moving the cursor to a Portcrystal.
- Improved the visibility of the player icon on the map.
- A notification will now display if your camping kit was destroyed in an ambush.
- When shopping, you can no longer purchase more than you can hold of a specific item.
- The stat boosts for Pawns inflicted with dragonsplague will now be reflected on the status screen.
- Multiple item types can now be transferred at once between the Arisen and Pawns.
- The Art of Metamorphosis has now been moved to the top of the Pawn Guild Vendor’s product list.
- The order of Lantern and Lantern Oil has been changed at each shop so that Lantern Oil appears first.
- An hourglass icon will now appear on timed quest notifications.
- Quest progress will now be displayed for priority quests after loading saved data.
Pawn Adjustments
- Added Guardian specialization.
* Enables the pawn to prevent oxcart raids from occurring while they accompany the Arisen. Also enables the pawn to singlehandedly repel smaller foes that attack the camp, and to reduce the Health of larger ones before the Arisen joins the battle.
* The Guardian’s Tome can be acquired in the following ways.
– Bought from the Nameless Apothecary in the Nameless Village.
– As a reward for the quests Claw Them Into Shape and Readvent of Calamity.
* If you have already completed these quests, they will be placed in your inventory.
* Added a tutorial for the Guardian specialization. - Adjusted behavior when moving, making it harder to fall from cliffs.
- Increased the stamina recovered when Pawns help you after becoming exhausted.
Shop Adjustments
- Reduced inn fees for staying at the inn in Melve, Excavation Site, Nameless Village, Borderwatch Outpost, Vernworth and Harve Village.
- Reduced fees for all barberie services.
- Lantern (Fueled) price changed from 1000 G to 800 G.
- Ferrystone price in Normal Mode changed from 10000 G to 5000 G.
- Ferrystone sale price changed from 99 G to 900 G.
Text/Tutorial Display Adjustments
- Replaced Monotype Fonts
- The loading screen has been changed to show tips instead of quest progress.
- The tutorial for loading from an autosave has been adjusted to reflect the changes to the loss gauge.
- Added a tutorial explaining the “!” symbol that displays on the minimap.
Other Adjustments
- Adjusted the camera angle when approaching a pre-existing Portcrystal.
- Adjusted the quality of the camera angle when returning from a zoomed view.
- Added the Hollow Cape to the product lineup at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town.
A variety of bug fixes are included too.
Meanwhile, the update in August will bring engine improvements to enhance performance and the save system. More information can be found through the Dragon’s Dogma website.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The game is a PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced title with support for PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution. Final Weapon previously reviewed Dragon’s Dogma 2 and gave it a 3.5/5, noting that the game is “a good action RPG with some thrilling monster combat. However, it could be so much more. Technical issues and some poor design choices hold back what could’ve been a truly fantastic game.” The expanded version, Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, will release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam on October 9.
