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InDragon’s Dogma 2, you traverse the sprawling kingdoms of Vermund and Batthal, where you’re able to encounter numerous formidable foes of varying sizes and shapes. Among them, dragons and their lesser kin stand out as some of the toughest challenges you can hope to overcome.
These winged reptiles fiercely defend their territories and will burn any unsuspecting trespasser to a crisp. While you wouldn’t dare meddle with them at first, knowing the locations of every Drake and Lesser Dragon becomes crucial if you aim to get your hands on some of the best items later in the game. Here’s where to find them.
What Is The Difference Between Drakes And Lesser Dragons?
It iseasy to get Drakes and Lesser Dragons mixed up. Both these beasts are capable of obliterating you if you face them unprepared, but knowing the difference between the two can come in handy if push ever comes to shove.
Appearance
While they are fairly equal in size, you can easily tell them apart right from the get-go by their appearance:
Weak Spots
They also havedifferent weak spots:
Exploiting their weaknesses causes these creatures to stagger and eventually trip over,leaving them vulnerable to increased damagefrom all sides.
During this state, you may start your onslaught and quickly chip away at their large health bars.
Another thing to note is that while aDrake tends to be the weakest among the two, it possesses a wider range of attacks. Both can breathe fire and maul your party using their claws and jaw, butDrakes can also attack with Magick attacks.
They often resort tolightning attacksif you stray far from the beast, and some late-gameDrakes can also summon meteorsthat can lay waste to anything in their wake.
Why You Should Hunt Drakes And Lesser Dragons
You’ll have to hunt down Drakes and Lesser Dragons because, besides providing hands-on experience onslaying a dragon, they also drop certain amounts of arare resource known asWyrmslife Crystalsonce killed. The significance of this resource becomes apparent if you ever make it to the secret post-game region called theUnmoored World.
Navigating this alternate world is not for the faint-hearted, for resting hassevere repercussions, anddying can result in losing hours of progressionin this desolate world. However, if you havea surplus of WLCupon arriving, it’ll make navigation through this section considerably smoother.
That is because some of themost powerful weaponsand armor in Dragon’s Dogma 2 are only available in the Unmoored World, and theycost WLC to obtain.
These can be obtained fromthe Dragonforged, the only NPC that trades in WLC, after he restocks his wares in the Unmoored World. Of course, he’ll haveitems catering to every Vocation, but you can expect to spend a hefty amount of WLC on them.
The Dragonforged can also upgrade weapons with theWyrmfire style of enhancement, which greatly reduces the weapon’s weight and further strengthens it to a great extent.
Of course, this will also cost you quite a few Wyrmslife Crystals.
Just for the sake of reference, every weapon that he has on sale willcost you 110 WLC. Compare this amount to the scant few you obtain from slaying one Drake or Lesser Dragon (roughly 5-20 WLC), and you’ll realize how important it is to have slain enough of these beasts before tackling the endgame.
Collecting Wyrmslife Crystals is also an objective forA New Godsway quest.
How To Find Each Drake And Lesser Dragon
There are11 Drakes and five Lesser Dragonsthat we’ve managed to find across Vermund, Battahl and the Agamen Volcanic Island (including those we encountered in the Unmoored World).
While theDrakes respawnat the same location after a little over seven in-game days pass, making them farmable, theLesser Dragons, on the other hand, won’t respawn once slain.
1
Drake
Northern Harve Ruins
After completing theScaly Invadersquest in Harve Village, take the northern exit to reach some ruins where a Drake spawns.
2
Lesser Dragon
Melve
You’ll encounter aLesser Dragon terrorizing Melveupon returning to the settlement after completing any of Captain Brant’s requests before the Feast of Deception takes place.
3
Bridge of Theodracus the Second
Follow the north road from Harve Village, veer west when it forks, and keep heading alongside this road to reach a broken bridge (obtaining a Border Entry Permit fixes it). You’ll find a Drake on the far side of this bridge.
4
Ancient Battlegrounds
North of the Checkpoint Rest Town is a war-torn area called theAncient Battlegroundsthat leads to your first meeting withthe Sphinx. A Drake and Cyclops can usually be seen knocking heads in this open field.
5
Eastern Vermund near Nameless Village
You can find a Drake in some ruins hidden in the middle of a forest to thenorthwest of the Nameless Village. However, you’ll have to run along the river from the bridge that leads into the village to reach it.
6
Misty Marshes
This Drake likes to patrol theroad east of Misty Marshesalong the riverbed.
We’ve had random encounters with monsters spawning in Vernworth, among which we’ve seen a Drake swoop in near the Oxcart Station to the northeast.
Tomb of Renu’Lebarr
This one is found in a stream of water directly to theeast of the Tomb of Renu’Lebarr.
Dragonsbreath Tower
The tower is located past Medusa’s lairin the Calignous Depths. The beast is perched atop the tower, but reaching it involves running a gauntlet of goblins and bandits across a long winding road.
Reverent Shrine
Just south of theReverent Shrine, you can find a Drake beside the narrow river stream.
This is the same Lesser Dragon encountered in Melve. This creature tends to fly away and relocate to the tower after a sizable portion of its health is gone.
However, if you’re quick enough to kill it in Melve, then the Lesser Dragon is replaced by a Drake in that tower.
Volcanic Island Camp
There’s a beach exactlynorth of the encampmentwhere a Drake is patrolling the locality.
Excavation Site
You’ll find this one in alava-filled ravine, which is directlyeast of the Excavation Site. Simply take the south exit to reach it.
Moonswax Bridge
You’ll find this Lesser Dragon near a bridge which you may reach via theFlamebearer Palace Spellseal Door.
Harve Village
The dried up waterexposes new landsthat can be explored, and justnortheast of Harve Villageis one such area where you’ll get to encounter a Lesser Dragon.
North of Bridge of Theodracus the Second
While there are no landmarks nearby, you can easily find this creature if youhead up along the arid riverfrom the bridge.
Guerco Mountain Road
Amassive canyon appearsright outside the southern entrance toGuerco Cavern, and you’ll spot a Drake guarding a chest with theVanguarder’s Greaveshere.
Alongside these dragons, a set of new dragons called thePurgener bossescan also be summoned in the Unmoored World. Their locations are marked by default on the map by a bright pink beacon.
