Dragon’s Dogma 2 is stuffed with surprises, and gamers are nonetheless working to find all of them. Chief of curiosity for the time being is the curious Dragonsplague affliction that may be acquired by Pawns.
Gamers consider Dragonsplague might be contracted by Pawns after they battle towards a dragon – however the situation may also be handed between Pawns, too.
If ignored, the results might be “devastating”, Capcom warns. The official Dragon’s Dogma 2 web site describes Dragonsplague as a “contagious disease-like situation that infects pawns as they journey between worlds”.
Capcom explains that, “Moderately than being weakened, Pawns with the illness are stated to show exceptional efficiency, and to grow to be conspicuously daring of their speech and behavior. In response to folklore, when the signs of Dragonsplague attain a terminal stage, it is going to lead to devastating calamity, however the veracity of these claims is unclear”.
Whereas I personally haven’t skilled Dragonsplague throughout my time with Dragon’s Dogma 2, there’s loads of video proof of from gamers who’ve seen it unfold. And that devastating calamity Capcom alluded to? Effectively, in case you have a Pawn with the Dragonsplague situation in your get together and you do not assist them in a well timed method, they are going to rework into some sort of demonic ghost dragon throughout a cutscene as you sleep.
This in itself is fairly uncommon, it needs to be stated, however hey, it is Dragon’s Dogma 2. I’ve seen loads of uncommon issues throughout my 10 or so hours to this point.
After that, issues take an much more sinister flip. When the participant wakes up following a Pawn’s transformation, they are going to recieve a message to say “Dragonsplague has struck”. They may then discover each NPC in a city has been murdered. This contains those that provide you with quests required to finish the primary story.
You’ll be able to see simply the way it seems to be due to the video beneath.
Fortunately, whereas waking as much as scores of our bodies and a scarcity of development might be fairly alarming, gamers who’ve skilled Dragonsplague for themselves say that ready for a number of days or so of in-game time ends in a lot of quest givers respawning. Others used wakestones to revive impacted NPCs.
As for what you are able to do for impacted Pawns, Dragonsplague can’t be eliminated with any identified in-game consumable merchandise. This implies you’ll have to maintain a watch out for indicators of Dragonsplague (similar to a crimson glow in thier eyes, and a extra abrasive change in angle). While you see these indicators, it’s time to swap out your contaminated Pawn – hopefully for remedy by way of some future methodology. In any other case, the one various is engineering they fall in battle earlier than turning. It’s value noting, from what I’ve learn this afternoon, Dragonsplague does not seem within the Standing menu of your Pawns.
For extra on the sport, remember to examine Eurogamer’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 evaluation, the place Lewis Parker praised its “limitless discoveries paired with limitless potential”.