How to gain experience in the early stages of Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a new role-playing game from Capcom that may require you to earn additional experience points upon completion. Just like in the Dark Souls trilogy, you can rest by the fire so that the monsters respawn and you can kill them again. In this guide, we’ll discuss the best ways to earn XP in Dragon’s Dogma 2 early in the game.

This advice may seem trivial. But in Dragon’s Dogma 2, the story missions are some of the easiest in the game. Often you don’t even have to fight anyone. But at the same time you will receive a lot of experience for the main missions. We recommend carrying out as many of Captain Brant’s orders as possible before heading to the coronation.

Fights with cyclops will be a real challenge for you, especially at the beginning of the passage. However, you can use a trick. Get on the cart in Melva or Wernworth, pay 100 gold coins and hit the road. To pass the time, you can fall asleep. There is a 50% chance that you will be attacked by a Cyclops along the way. The guards escorting the cart will have no problem defeating it. You will receive experience, valuables and gold, with the help of which you will more than recoup the costs of the trip.

Dragons are even more formidable creatures than Cyclops. However, the game offers an easy way to beat any of them. Located north of the first city Old battlefield. Run there, get the dragon’s attention and return to the castle. Climb the wall and shoot the fire-breathing monster with a large ballista. A direct hit will wound him, but not kill him. Therefore, go to the western side of the fortress, climb up and fire a shot from a small ballista. All that remains is to return to the first weapon, which will have been reloaded by then. The third arrow kills the dragon and you receive experience and many valuable resources, including Awakening stone, which allows you to revive yourself or revive dead pawns. We wrote more about this mechanic in a separate guide.

If you want, you can start destroying small monsters. For example, for each rock lizard you will receive 624 experience points. We have indicated on the map where they can be found.

After all opponents are defeated, rest by the fire and start the battle again. If you feel strong enough, you can climb higher along the path. A cyclops, a minotaur and a chimera are waiting for you there.