Dragon’s Dogma 2 is stuffed with surprises, and gamers are nonetheless working to find all of them. Chief of curiosity in the intervening time is the curious Dragonsplague affliction that may be acquired by Pawns – and trigger the lack of a complete city in a single night.
Gamers consider Dragonsplague will be contracted by Pawns after they battle towards a dragon – however the situation may also be handed between Pawns, too.
If ignored, the implications will 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, “Somewhat than being weakened, Pawns with the illness are stated to show exceptional efficiency, and to change into conspicuously daring of their speech and behavior. In keeping with folklore, when the signs of Dragonsplague attain a terminal stage, it’ll 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? Nicely, when you’ve got a Pawn with the Dragonsplague situation in your occasion 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 date.
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 offer you quests required to finish the principle story.
You may see simply the way it appears to be like due to the video under.
Fortunately, whereas waking as much as scores of our bodies and a scarcity of development will be fairly alarming, gamers who’ve skilled Dragonsplague for themselves say that ready for a number of days or so of in-game time leads to quite 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 recognized in-game consumable merchandise. This implies you’ll have to preserve a watch out for indicators of Dragonsplague (akin to a crimson glow in thier eyes, and a extra abrasive change in angle). If you see these indicators, it’s time to swap out your contaminated Pawn – hopefully for treatment by way of some future methodology. In any other case, the one different 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 verify Eurogamer’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 evaluate, the place Lewis Parker praised its “infinite discoveries paired with limitless potential”.