Dragon’s Dogma 2 Completion Guide – How Long it Takes To Beat

During your travels through the expansive and heavily populated lands of Vermund and Battahl, you will have plenty to keep you occupied in Dragon’s Dogma 2. With main quests, side missions, and formidable bosses, you will set out on an epic quest to find The Dragon and reclaim what rightfully belongs to you.

This open-world RPG is full of surprises and every corner has the potential to influence your journey. To fully experience it, you’ll need to dedicate a significant amount of time to the game. It’s safe to say that becoming completely absorbed in the game will come naturally.

1. What is the average playtime for Dragon’s Dogma 2?

If players focus solely on the main campaign, it will take about 30 to 35 hours to beat Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, to fully complete the game by doing all side activities and exploring all its content, it will require over 110 hours of gameplay.

Similar to its predecessor, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, this sequel is estimated to take around 33 hours to beat and 110 hours to achieve 100% completion. However, with the map being four times bigger, players can expect Dragon’s Dogma 2 to take significantly longer to finish.

2. Strategies for Completing 100% of Dragon’s Dogma 2

In order to fully complete Dragon’s Dogma 2, players must finish the main storyline, complete all side missions, and obtain all 55 available trophies and achievements in the game.

The True Arisen (Platinum) – Collect all other Dragon’s Dogma 2 trophies
Full Marks (Gold) – Found a solution to every conundrum posed by the goddess of riddles
Master of the Maisters (Gold) – Acquired every maister’s teaching
Closure (Silver) – Experienced the end of the cycle
The Guardian (Silver) – Led the people to safety in the unmoored world
The Hero (Silver) – Overcame the trials of the unmoored world
An Eye for an Eye (Silver) – Petrified a medusa
Getting a Head (Silver) – Acquired a preserved Medusa head
Reaper’s Scorn (Silver) – Accomplished a miracle for several people all at once
First Taste of Freedom (Bronze) – Escaped the bonds of slavery
Arisen (Bronze) – Regained your memories of receiving the Arisen’s charge
Seat of the Proxy (Bronze) – Arrived in Vernworth
Across the Border (Bronze) – Passed through the gate at the border
Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Bronze) – Witnessed the unmoored world
Peace (Bronze) – Became Sovran of Vernworth
I, Talos (Bronze) – Helped the gigantus walk again
Versatile (Bronze) – Changed your vocation
Duo Destinies (Bronze) – Changes your vocation to mystic spearhead
Trickster of the Trade (Bronze) – Changed your vocation to trickster
Arrows and Incantations (Bronze) – Changed your vocation to magick archer
Jack of All Trades, Master of… All Trades (Bronze) – Changed your vocation warfarer
An In-Tens Adventure (Bronze) – Went camping
A House? In This Economy (Bronze) – Purchased a dwelling of your own
One Speed Only (Bronze) – Boarded an oxcart
The Savior (Bronze) – Used a Wakestone to restore the dead to life
Just a Stone’s Thow Away (Bronze) – Used a Ferrystone
A Badge of Honor (Bronze) – Acquired a pawn badge
Gigantus, I Hardly Knew Ye (Bronze) – Defeated the gigantus in a short span of time
Off with It’s Head (Bronze) – Decapitated a medusa
The Specialist (Bronze) – Reached the maximum rank in a vocation
A Pawn of Many Talents (Bronze) – Taught your pawn a specialization
Wish upon the Rift (Bronze) – Set a pawn quest
Myrmecoleon Delights (Bronze) – Entered the Rose Chateau
The Collector (Bronze) – Collected 80 Seeker’s Tokens
The Philanthropist (Bronze) – Earned the affection of 50 people
Affinity and Beyond (Bronze) – Raised a person’s affinity to the maximum
Dragon Forged (Bronze) – Strengthened a weapon in wyrmfire
This’ll Cure What Ails Ye (Bronze) – Soaked in the hot spring
Cyclops Abridged (Bronze) – Crossed a cyclopean bridge
Harpy Joyride (Bronze) – Summoned a harpy, grabbed hold and took flight
Quit Playing Dead (Bronze) – Revived two pawns simultaneously
Dragon’s Dogma (Bronze) – Obtained Dragon’s Dogma
The Barbecue-Maister (Bronze) – Grilled every type of meat during the night and day
Nobles’ Night Out (Bronze) – Attended a palace masquerade in formal raiment
Thought I’d Lost You (Bronze) – Restored the dead to life at a morgue or charnel house
Before Dawn Breaks (Bronze) – Defeated the headless horseman
The Tourist (Bronze) – Discovered 50 locations
Are We There Yet (Bronze) – Boarded the phantom oxcart
The Regriffining (Bronze) – Took flight on griffin wing a second time
Back Where It All Began (Bronze) – Returned to Agamen Volcanic Island
Plenty Arisen to Go Round (Bronze) – Witnessed a brawl break out in your dwelling among your admirers
Roost of the Dragon (Bronze) –Reached Dragonsbreath Tower
Hope You Brought a Lantern (Bronze) – Reached Drabnir’s Grotto
To the Victor Go the Spoils (Bronze) – Reclaimed your items from the scavenger who stole them from you
I’m In (Bronze) – Used illicit means to pass through the gate at the border

When trophy hunting, it is important to be aware that some of these trophies are easily overlooked and can be missed.

3. Will Dragon’s Dogma 2 have multiple endings?

In order to achieve a favorable outcome, one must defeat the Dragon in the main quest titled ‘Legacy’ and subsequently accept the throne.
Alternate Ending: Opt to flee instead of confronting the Dragon during the main quest ‘Legacy’.
To achieve the True Ending, one must defeat the Dragon, speak to The Pathfinder, use the Empowered Godsbane Blade to stab oneself, and break free from the cycle.

The True Ending among these three options offers the opportunity to discover new areas, complete side activities and quests, and defeat additional bosses. However, there is a catch – you will be constrained by a timer, and once it expires, a red fog will engulf the map and require you to summon The Dragon to return to the regular world.

4. How many main quests will there be in Dragon’s Dogma 2?

Dragon’s Dogma 2 features a total of 18 main quests that players must complete. Below is a comprehensive list of all the main story quests in the game:

Gaoled Awakening
Tale’s Beginning
In Dragon’s Wake
Seat of the Sovran
Monster Culling
Some’s Full
The Caged Magistrate
An Unsettling Encounter
The Stolen Throne
The Arisen’s Shadow
The Nameless Village
Feast of Deception
Nation of the Lambent Flame
Flickering Shadows
Convergence
A New Godsway
The Guardian Gigantus
Legacy

It typically takes roughly 30 hours to complete all of the main story quests, but the exact length may vary depending on your gameplay choices.

5. What is the number of side quests in Dragon’s Dogma 2?

At present, there are 40 confirmed side quests in Dragon’s Dogma 2, and new ones are being uncovered regularly. Below is a comprehensive list of all the currently known side quests:

I. Borderwatch Fortress

The Provisioner’s Plight
Ordeals of a New Recruit

II. Moonglow Cove

Claw Them Into Shape
Beren’s Final Lesson

III. Harve Town

Scaly Invaders
Trouble on the Cape

IV. Eini’s Home

Spellbound

V. Melve’s Contributions

Medication Predicament
Brothers Brave and Timid
Nesting Troubles
Readvent of Calamity
Home Is Where the Hearth Is

VI. Exploring Venworth

Oxcart Courier
Vocation Frustration
A Place to Call Home
The Heel of History
The Gift of Giving
Gift of the Bow
Saint of the Slums
Masked Correspondence
A Trial of Archery
Dulled Steel, Cold Forge
A Veil of Gossamer Clouds
The Phantom Oxcart
Tensions on the Highroad
A Case of Sculptor’s Block
Till Death Do Us Part

VII. The City of Bakbattahl

Welcome to Battahl
Shadowed Prayers
A Poisonous Proposal
Short-Sighted Ambition

VIII. Rest Stop Checkpoint

The Sorcerer’s Appraisal
Hunt for the Jadeite Orb
Prey for the Pack
Mercy among Thieves

IX. The Great War

Tolled to Rest

X. Mountain Temple

A Game of Wits

XI. Agamen Volcanic Archipelago

Put a Spring in Thy Step
The Sotted Sage
A Candle in the Storm

All the necessary information about completing Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been provided. For additional completion guides, please refer to the link below.

6. What to Expect from Dragon’s Dogma 2

Released on March 22, 2024, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom. Serving as the sequel to Dragon’s Dogma (2012), the game is available for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. Upon its launch, the game was met with praise from reviewers. Its gameplay involves a third-person perspective.

The game centers around the character known as the “Arisen”, a hero chosen by a dragon to defeat it. As the Arisen, players embark on a journey through their world, completing quests and battling creatures while also navigating a conflict between two kingdoms. Along the way, the Arisen can enlist the help of “Pawns”, NPC allies who join the player’s party.

The characters in this game are controlled by AI, but they act as if they are being controlled by players. They can aid in battles, offer details about foes, and offer direction for ongoing quests. Each player has the ability to design and personalize their own avatar and a unique Pawn character with various genders, looks, and races. Additionally, players have the option to enlist two more Pawns that have been crafted by other players.