Dragon’s Dogma 2 gets first of 2 major updates ahead of Dark Arisen DLC

Portcrystals have also been added to more locations. You’ll now find them in Melve, Checkpoint Rest Town, and Volcanic Island Camp. You’ll also get one after finishing the quest “Monster Culling,” which you can place at your leisure.

June’s update also brings UI fixes, changes to quest rewards and treasure chests’ contents, a laundry list of bug fixes, and a new specialization for Pawns. The Guardian specialization allows the Pawn to prevent oxcart attacks and emboldens them to better protect you while camping. You can read over all the changes on the game’s website as well as the changes that are coming in August’s free update, which will include a bevy of adjustments to vocations, enemies, and more.

We enjoyed Dragon’s Dogma 2 and all its sometimes off-putting design decisions. “Figuring out its quirks makes it special; reevaluating how an open-world game can play leads to discovering its joy,” our 2024 review says.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 will receive a new expansion later this fall. That’s right — its trailer during Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct that announced a Nintendo Switch 2 version also doubled as the reveal for the upcoming Dark Arisen DLC. It was probably the most confusing way a DLC could be announced, which, ya know, kind of makes sense for Dragon’s Dogma 2.