Dragon’s Dogma 2 Gets Major New Update

Key Takeaways

• The newest update for Dragon’s Dogma 2 adds Casual mode, which reduces the cost of Ferrystones, allows players to carry more loot before becoming encumbered, and more.
• A number of bug fixes and adjustments have also been implemented.
• Players expect that DLC content for the game will be revealed soon.

The September 17 Title Update for Dragon’s Dogma 2 is now live for all players. Capcom, the developer and publisher of Dragon’s Dogma 2, last dropped an update for the game in July, and the new patch promises to attract new players to the title with a relaxing new mode.

Upon its release in March, Dragon’s Dogma 2 received plenty of criticism for its microtransactions and optimization issues. Capcom has pushed out a steady stream of patches since then, both addressing technical problems and providing fresh content as well. The latest major update for Dragon’s Dogma 2 is no different, implementing various changes, delivering performance improvements, and even adding a new mode that lowers the acclaimed fantasy RPG’s difficulty.

A highlight of Capcom’s September 17 Title Update is the addition of a Casual Mode, which, among other things, features reduced inn fees and cheaper prices for Ferrystones, the consumable item used to fast travel in Dragon’s Dogma 2. This patch also made tweaks to vocations, increased frame rates in areas with a lot of NPCs, and fixed a long list of bugs, such as the one that caused black screens to appear for players who skipped cutscenes.

The latest Title Update comes after Dragon’s Dogma series director Hideaki Itsuno announced his departure from Capcom. During his 30-year stint at the company, Itsuno worked on a number of other properties, most notably the Devil May Cry franchise of hack-and-slash titles. The veteran Japanese developer revealed in a statement that he plans to continue making games, specifically those that he described as being fun, beautiful, and memorable. Itsuno’s last Capcom release, Dragon’s Dogma 2, has been praised for its gameplay, world design, and use of an emergent narrative system.

Fans have theorized that Capcom could be preparing to announce DLC for Dragon’s Dogma 2 after discovering that the RPG’s Steam listing recently received some encrypted updates. Past rumors suggested that an expansion called The Dragon Princess, which will supposedly feature a new story and region that will match the base game’s main map in terms of size, is set to come out in November. An enhanced version of the original Dragon’s Dogma from 2012, Dark Arisen, provided players with additional content like an extra dungeon.

Around two months after the launch of Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom revealed that the game had already managed to attract three million players globally.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 September 17, 2024 Title Update Patch Notes

Added Features and Adjustments

• Further fixes to issues around CPU overload in certain situations.
• Reducing frequency of crashes.
• Adding a Portcrystal to Bakbattahl.
• Adding “Sovran’s Crown,” “Sovran’s Plate,” and “Sovran’s Greaves” to the list of items that can be traded with the Dragonforged.
• Adding variations to Pawns’ idle animations.
• Adding animations for when Pawns and the Arisen start dashing.
• Adding animation for when the Arisen is riding on a larger enemy that is flying at high speeds.
• Making it so that the Main Pawn can be revived an infinite number of times at Forgotten Riftstones.
• Adding Polski (Polish) under Display Language in the Language section of the Options menu.
• Adding Casual Mode

Casual Mode

• Reduced inn fees for staying at an inn.
• Reduced price of Ferrystones.
• More difficult for weight carried to become “Heavy” or “Very Heavy.”
• Less Stamina expended when dashing outside of battle.
• Loss gauge will not increase when selecting “Load from Last Save” after the Arisen dies.
• Pawns will recover from dragonsplague without a “devastating calamity” occurring, even if the symptoms progress to a terminal stage.

Adjustments to Vocations

Fighter

• Increasing Strength for all weapons.
• Reducing amount of time before stagger damage reactions can be canceled with “Defend.”
• Reducing charge time for “Tusk Toss.” Also reducing timing during which the attack can be canceled while the user is unable to move after activation.
• Increasing Strength and Knockdown Power for “”Riotous Fury”” and improving aiming ability on the target of the attack.
• Making it so that the lock-on adjusts itself to a different nearby target if the target initially locked on to is defeated mid-attack.
• Increasing amount of time an enemy is downed after being knocked down by “Shield Bash.” Also increasing Knockdown Power for “Shield Bash.”
• Increasing aiming ability of “Blink Strike” upon activation. Also adjusting to make it easier to hit locked-on targets with this skill.
• Increasing Strength, expanding attack range, improving speed of initial activation animation, and adjusting timing of attack hits for “Compass Slash.”
• Increasing Strength and Knockdown Power and expanding attack range for “Airward Slash.” Also intensifying damage reactions for smaller enemies hit by this skill.
• Improving speed of the activation animation for “Gouging Skewer.” Also adjusting movement correction for this skill to make it easier to hit the attack target.

Warrior

• Extending input duration for “Chain of Blows.”
• Reducing timing during which “Barge” can be canceled while the user is unable to move after activation.
• Increasing Strength for “Arc of Might.”
• Adjusting strike timing of “Savage Lash” and making it easier to hit larger enemies’ weak points while they are downed.

Archer

• Reducing charge time and increasing Strength and Knockdown Power for “Dire Arrow.” Also extending timing during which a more powerful arrow can be loosed with this skill.
• Increasing damage dealt by “Heavenly Shot” and reducing time taken for Stamina to start recovering after activation.
• Increasing damage scaling for bow attacks. Also increasing damage scaling for attacks that hit enemy weak points.
• Reducing weight of the items “Explosive Arrow,” “Drenching Arrow,” “Tarring Arrow,” and “Blighting Arrow.”

Mage

• Increasing duration of the Silence debilitation inflicted by “Solemnity.”
• Increasing distance that flames unleashed by “Flagration” can reach.
• Increasing number of times that clusters conjured with “High Palladium” to protect allies can block attacks before they disappear.
• Increasing duration of the continuous Health recovery effect of “Argent Succor.”
• Increasing power of additional lightning bolts summoned with additional button presses when casting “Levin.”

Thief

• Changing Stamina consumed when using “Blades of the Pyre” from a fixed amount to an amount proportionate to the user’s maximum Stamina.

Mystic Spearhand

• Increasing Strength and Knockdown Power for “Seching Blade.”

The complete Dragon’s Dogma 2 September 17 patch notes can be found here.