Summary
Dragon’s Dogma 2offers a vast world for players to explore, so vast in fact that few players manage to see everything it has to offer. It might seem like all there is are caves inside of caves, but there’s more to discover than meets the eye, from hidden places to entire plotlines.
Since most of the side quests in Dragon’s Dogma 2 lack new monsters or interesting cutscenes, you might think that you’re not missing much. But there are entire cinematics hidden in the game, some with special interactions with your character and others with boss fights exclusive to their stories.
7The Medusa
Where Did She Run Off To?
The fact that there is a Medusa in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is no surprise since she’s the first monster you encounter in the game. Yet she runs away during that encounter, clearly outnumbered, and slithers away to an unknown location.
Even though she’s treated as a unique enemy, she still respawns after 14 in-game days have passed.
She can be found again in a hidden area of the world map, where no main quest takes you, but a few side missions ask for the head of the Medusa. The main one isA Case of Sculptor’s Block, where one of the ways to aid the titular sculptor is by petrifying a Griffin.
6Romance With Wilhelmina
She’s Clearly Hiding Something
Wilhelmina is far from a secret character since the main questline has you meeting her during a masquerade. While she’s presented in an elaborate cutscene, you don’t have to interact with her ever again since she has little to do with the False Arisen or even the Dragon’s Dogma as a whole.
Yet she’s meant to be one of themain romantic interests for the Arisen, alongside Ulrika. While Ulrika has an ending to her story, Wilhelmina is the one with the most cutscenes about her story, her past, and the revenge she plots against a prominent political figure of Vermund.
5The Transference Of Souls Books
Their Power is Hard To Control
There are plenty of books with spells in them in the world of Dragon’s Dogma 2, but few are as enigmatic as the Transference of Souls duology. The only quest related to themis called Short-Sighted Ambition, but it starts innocently enough, with a shopkeeper asking for some fruit as medicine for his eyes.
Complete that step, and he’ll ask you to find the second book in the Transference of Souls series, but with very few clues as to where it could be found. If you do bring it to him, be careful since this shopkeeper might not be wise enough to control the power of the books.
4Dwarves And Hotsprings
This Quest Unlocks Magic Archer
The main quest sends you to Agamen Volcanic Island once you’re ready to face the Dragon, but you can go there whenever you feel like it. There is plenty there for you to do; chief among them is completing a quest for an old dwarf that rewards you with a new vocation.
Once you make it to the Unmoored World, you won’t be able to complete this quest. However, you can still unlock the Magic Archer vocation by completing the evacuation quests on Agamen Volcanic Island.
This quest, called Put A Spring In Thy Step, has you escort a slow-moving NPC towards a highly dangerous route, but the trip to the hot springs is more than worth it. Not only will you earn the aforementioned vocation, but you can also use the hot springsto remove any scarsyour Pawns might have on them.
3The Riddles Of The Sphinx
She’s In The Trailer, But She’s Still Hard To Find
The best questline in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is, by far, the riddles of the Sphinx. Not only are her tasks more involved than anything else in the game, her animations are so unique that it feels like a shame that she isn’t involved in the main plotline at all.
You can even fight the Sphinx, but she’s a very difficult boss, andshe can’t even be killed by normal means.Only an Unmaking Arrow can put her down for good, and there are only two sources for them; one of them is, ironically, the Sphinx herself.
2Talos Slaying Two Purgener Bosses
The Giant Can Fight For You
The fight against Talos is a memorable event for basically all players since it’s hard to forget a massive statue destroying everything on its path. Yet you don’t actually need to fight it; if you let the giant do its thing, it eventually dies by falling into a pool of lava.
Believe it or not, you are rewarded with more than an achievement if you manage to take Talos down before that happens, but you won’t see the fruit of your labor until you enter the Unmoored World. There, if you approach Talos with your main Pawn, said Pawn will take control of the giant as if it were a Megazord.
Talos will then rise and slay a Purgener boss for you, free of charge. You can even have it kill two bosses if you defeated Talos fast enough last time; your time limit is when Talos has its arm ripped off by a ballista.
1The Identity Of The Rivage Elder
How Does He Know So Much?
The Rivage Elder is an old man you can find in Harve Village, and he’s clearly someone the game didn’t want you to miss since he’s right next to a Portcrystal. Yet you don’t really need to talk to him, which means you’ll miss out on his strangely accurate predictions of future events.
If you get the True Ending, the game ends with this Elder sailing away into the horizon; a lovely scene, but why is he so significant? To know this, you need to see a hidden cutscene, one accessible only if you die in the Unmoored World and choose to give up.
Do this, and you will have taken the place of the Rivage Elder, which gives a new understanding of his identity. He was an Arisen who got as far as you did but never managed to beat the Pathfinder and failed, making his sailing away a significant moment of freedom.
