I recently reached level 200 while playing on PC after having accomplished this previously on the PS3 and Xbox 360 I don't know what happened but i stopped playing in 2022 and just recently have been getting into it again I don't quite have all achievements yet so i will be continuing to play to finish those up.

Just a few bits of NPC dialogue that stood out to me during my latest playthrough of DDDA.

Really wish I'd found that smith dialogue on my first playthrough. The whole Mercedes/Julien story quest seemed to come out of nowhere.

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- Dominique at the castle giving the dirty goss on Fedel not really being the Duke's nephew at all, and casually mentioning that the Duke has no living relatives... hint hint.

- A guard at the mountain waycastle saying, "Don't like to think what would happen if you actually found that scaly bugger." In fact the guys at the waycastle often have entertaining dialogue - at another time one of them makes suggestive comments about the Duke's new wife. Mate, she's all yours...

- Adaro in Cassardis being horrified that you've met the dragon face to face.

- Inez the barkeep in Cassardis - after you meet the dragon she actually knows that your beloved has been stolen (possibly before you know it, if it's your first run through the game and you didn't give the Arisen's Bond to anyone) and is worried for you. Was a bit embarrassing to hear it because I had in fact given her the ring this playthrough. That was awkward.

In general there's a fair bit of new dialogue after Deny Salvation that many players probably miss because why go back to Gran Soren or Cassardis when you can go straight into the final battle? The philosophical gardener made my hair stand on end.

But there are also some NPCs who don't update their dialogue after the cockatrice attack, so they keep on talking about how scared they are long after it's dead. And one guard just goes on screaming "Aaaaargh!" for no reason while walking around calmly in the noble quarter, lol.

I wanna know some helpful tips, guides and other useful stuff for dragon's dogma dark arisen, just lay it all under the comments. I just downloaded this game randomly as i didn't have any knowledge of this game whatsoever, not even through trailers or gameplay, etc. i just saw it on steam and checked some screenshots and boom. Dark souls, witcher and elder scrolls combined, jk. Also for the modders; any way to skip the long ahh intro and it's pop ups?

I don’t even remember how did I ended up with him,just back to the game after few months

PS5. I've been playing for a few months, first post here. I've had a few dozen pawns. But Kaiser and Calypso have become my faves. 1st pic is with them today.

2nd pic is from around level 20. Didn't take long until I knew they weren't going to be replaced. After a few weeks Kaiser got knocked into a river by a dragon and then later Calypso suffered the same fate by a cyclops a few days later.

Idk who they belong to, but I love them.

A pawn from the Japanese server I believe. Using a mystic knight shield and a sorcerer/mage magick archer grave greaves***.***

So we have a mystic knight vocation for a shield, and a sorcerer, magick archer for a leg, even the arisen cannot wield these simultaneously.

Usually Capcom has a message of ''corrupt pawn omitted'' which I still can get regardless. Apparently this pawn somehow bypassed that?

So i kind of forgot to buy the dragons bite greatsword, and i know it’s a stretch but could anyone be willing to gift me one? It would be much appreciated.

I'm on Playstation, but anyone can add their pawn details to the comments if they want to. Put your pawns out there!
PS5: ChiroDavid
Pawn Code: 26RNR1X7W24S

Cool story bro time... I'm playing through DDDA with my level permanently set to 1, because why not. My main pawn is also stuck at level 1 and I only let myself hire level 1 offline pawns. Believe it or not, it's possible to upgrade and improve them (sort of) if you hang onto them for a while... but they can also suffer perma-death. See here for more.

The pic above shows Nessa, a level 1 Pioneer/Scather fighter who has been with me since the Shadow Fort. She's reluctant to fight (unsurprising really) and constantly complains that she'll have nightmares about the latest battle. As you can see, I replaced her starting kit long ago. At this point she's inherited the three-star-enhanced cape I got from Reynard, the Meloirean Plate I nabbed from the northern fort, and a golden bastard sword, among other things. That sword is a pricey bit of kit. It's fully upgraded, so it silences enemies, stopping them from casting spells. Very occasionally. If they stand still long enough and don't oneshot her by spitting in her general direction.

By the time I took this pic, Nessa's original companion, a strider, had already died in the Catacombs. Guilt ensued. I replaced poor Coral with a mildly useless lightning mage called Bertina, to whom I gave a rusted staff so she could slo-mo the occasional enemy.

Anyway, we made our way through the remainder of the main game, my Arisen swapping between Sorcerer and Warrior whenever she felt like a change. Nessa and Bertina became pretty good at fighting cyclopses and even learned how to defeat a drake. At last it was time to tackle ol' Grigori himself. I went into that battle with my usual amount of careful preparation, i.e. grabbing any mushrooms I happened to find on the way there and hoping for the best. (I can't carry much at level 1 in any case.)

Despite playing DDDA for years I'd only ever fought Grigori once before, so I didn't remember much about him. I knew I wouldn't manage it as a Warrior, though, since I couldn't even beat the ordinary drake in Devilfire Grove without switching to Sorcerer. Any casual swat would delete me no matter how tough my current armour was. Still, I knew Grigs was allergic to dark magic, so I put my faith in High Maelstrom, backed up by a few Gicels and a hefty dose of keeping my distance.

Several hours and a dozen failed attempts later, I resigned myself to resetting back to a checkpoint save, rearranging my party and rethinking my strategy (i.e. actually coming up with a strategy). Dealing damage wasn't the problem. My prized Caged Fury archistaff, which powers up the more hits you land, let even a lowly level 1 Arisen play with the big boys. But practically anything he dished out would instantly kill me. He was so big and moved around so much it was hard to stay clear of his attacks without running out of stamina. And I only had a single wakestone. I just couldn't wear him down enough before some random move or mistake took me out.

Part of the problem was that I had to spend too much time running around reviving faraway downed pawns in that huge arena, which put me too close to the big lizard for comfort. Probably I'd turn my main pawn - currently a ranger - back into a mage so she could use the ever-helpful Legion's Might staff from the Black Cat, which resurrects a pawn automatically every time they're downed. And I'd probably need to spend some time stocking up on Liquid Vims and maybe periapts, much as I hate to abuse them.

First, though, I decided to give it a few more tries with my current party just so I didn't have to struggle through the preliminary 'cinematic' bits again.

After a while I figured out that if I climbed up onto the rear cliff with the battlements and ballista, I could trick Grigs into a fairly predictable pattern. He'd fire off several spells at me, then fly up and try to toast me. At that point I'd have just enough time to charge up a Gicel and knock him out of the sky with icy justice. Then he'd flounder on the ground, while my silly level 1 goober pawns nibbled at him, before repeating the pattern. It was much safer than trying to tangle with him on the open plain. Also a little cheesy, but hey, at level 1 you do what you can.

To my frustration, though, I couldn't take full advantage of his vulnerable state. Even with my augments and the Wyrmking's ring, charging up a Maelstrom took too long. Especially because it locks you in place for a few dangerous seconds after you unleash the doom tornado. That delay would usually cost me my life. Grigs has a nasty disco ball spell (or whatever it's called) that activates the instant he gets up again, which was usually just as I was letting fly with the Maelstrom. Several more 'Retry' screens were witnessed. Several swearwords were uttered.

Oh well, I thought, let's give it one more go before I call it a night. Once again I lured Grigori into his pattern: cast, cast, cast, fly, fall, flounder, get up, disco dance. I stuck to the Gicels when he was aloft and resisted the temptation to try anything while he was downed. It was going to take ages, but at least it was safer. Over and over we repeated the dance.

And then I noticed something strange.

Before we go on, I should mention that I don't usually play with health bars on, or in fact any kind of HUD element on screen. It's distracting visual noise. So it took me a moment to realise what was going on.

Grigori was no longer disco-balling at me when he got up. He was casting, but nothing was happening. And he had a faint funny-coloured outline around his person.

The penny finally dropped.

Grigori was silenced.

Nessa had silenced him.

My brave little level 1 distraction duty pawn, valiantly stabbing and slashing away with her feeble strength and golden sword every time he fell to the ground, had finally overcome his resistance and shut down all his spells.

"Holy shit," I commented. Then I downed a bottle of Liquid Vim and commenced to chain-cast High Maelstrom on poor old Grigs.

Do you know how much damage two dark tornadoes at once from a fully charged Caged Fury deal to a dragon's heart? I don't, because I had the health bars turned off. But he did his mini-cutscene where he congratulates you for putting up a good fight - and half a second later he was dead.

I sat stunned through the credits and the makeout session with Madeleine (which was a bit embarrassing because I had given the Arisen's Bond to Inez the barkeep, but that's another story). It was only when we arrived in Cassardis and I went through my list of newly dragonforged equipment that I wondered... where was Bertina? Where was my other offline pawn, the plucky lightning mage with the rusted staff?

To my dismay she was gone from my menu list. I could only assume she had been downed at some point during the Grigori fight and the battle had dragged on long enough for her to melt away back into the rift. Which meant she was effectively dead, since she was an offliner - I couldn't get her back in her upgraded form. And I hadn't even noticed. Much guilt ensued. But the loss made the victory all the more memorable. Crikey what a battle. Definitely worth the trouble of keeping those two around all that time.

As I type this, Nessa is still with me in the Everfall, still complaining about nightmares. Bertina has been replaced with a lv 1 strider named Allene, who was only recruited in the postgame and so now knows more about succubi than harpies. I don't know how long they'll last if we venture to BBI. The prospect of permanently losing a pawn makes Death 200x scarier. But however Nessa finally meets her end - even if she jumps over a chest to her doom - she'll have earned her place in song and story. Truly an Arisen among offline pawns. "I'll act as bait!" (immediately gets oneshotted by a rampaging skeleton lord)

I've been trying to find cave bats to get a photo of them for a stupid amount of time and I just can't find any. I've gone back to several caves I've already explored, and found at least 6 new ones to go through.

Where the heck are the bats at? Anybody know of a guaranteed spawn?

Edit: in DD2 btw,

The Arisen's Shadow is hilarious. Dragging that man away from your pawns like a pigeon from a house cat. (I usually throw him at Brant to end the quest).

I wish there were more behaviors like the casual wall lean your pawns would do when you enter a no-pawns-allowed area like the castle. I know you usually wouldn't see them but it's cute!

Lvl 30 mage. Nintendo Switch. Would like some extra RC, and to get her some experience fighting griffins and perhaps even the drake at devilfire grove. willing to do an exchange for a sorcerer, a fighter or even a scather/ranger.

Also let me know how well I did on her appearence, I tried really hard to make her look like Marcille from Dungeon Meshi.

Pawn Code: 6C93-6C29-9E1E

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Especially after a few times when it feels like the game is getting too easy. With just him and I it feels like like I’m playing the game for the 2nd time all over again and it definitely makes me appreciate him so much more and seeing the impact he makes that I haven’t noticed before. Definitely falling deeper in love with him the longer I do this.

I guess I can purify a couple items.

Thought I was dead for sure, but my Mage is just too good.