Dragon's Dogma - Dark Arisen

[Teknique]

I dropped a portstone down at the castle just in case I need to get back to that side again. My current idea is to always have one on me to use as a workaround to exploration; I loot everything and needing to stop to hit town then hike back was becoming a pain in the ass, so now I just checkpoint myself and return. It's a lot like Mark/Recall from Morrowind. I haven't been bitten by a game like this in a long time, it feels good.

Last night I was mopping up the quest to clear out that castle and got all the way to the final troll (ogre?) at the top. I was charging Arc and then he punched me clean off of the wall and instakilled me. It was fantastic. Oh, and during that drake fight I managed to hang onto his tail as he was flying up. Scaled him, beat on his head and then got thrown off. I didn't expect it to work, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

The castle is close enough to gran soren that you can take the short cut through the quarry (Do the quest, it opens another shop, has 3 ogres inside) and just run right there after killing/avoiding the drake

[Krandor]

I keep a stone up in the Verda (sp?) Woods by the spring there. Offers a decent enough centralized location for the SW portion of the map.

[Lyall]

The castle is close enough to gran soren that you can take the short cut through the quarry (Do the quest, it opens another shop, has 3 ogres inside) and just run right there after killing/avoiding the drake

Oh, is that the place to sleep to respawn it? I know there was a shop inside but I didn't bother to look around last night, I just wanted to wrap that quest up at the Castle and then got distracted by the drake.

[Teknique]

Oh, is that the place to sleep to respawn it? I know there was a shop inside but I didn't bother to look around last night, I just wanted to wrap that quest up at the Castle and then got distracted by the drake.

No theres a few tents and a random fat guard that acts as an INN, between the forest and the grove where the drake is, keep following the "Road" and you will find it

[Lyall]

No theres a few tents and a random fat guard that acts as an INN, between the forest and the grove where the drake is, keep following the "Road" and you will find it

Sweet. I'm glad everyone's so patient for the Arisen to get around to their questchores. I've got me some drakes to slay once I get home.

[tyven]

man i've missed out on a bunch of quests that i guess i took too long to do. Makes me so upset. I almost want to start a new game but if I start a new game does it save over my current one or do they have different character files?

[brozy]

It overwrites it but it has a NG+ so don't worry too much about missing quests and just enjoy the ride.

[Lyall]

I was going to try and comb the game world to not miss anything, but then I learned there's a super simple two-step quest ONLY available before you get to the encampment that I missed, so I said fuck it, I'll catch it on NG+.

[Teknique]

I was going to try and comb the game world to not miss anything, but then I learned there's a super simple two-step quest ONLY available before you get to the encampment that I missed, so I said fuck it, I'll catch it on NG+.

Yeah, i somehow failed madelines quest DESPITE ME WALKING THE BITCH TO THE ENCAMPMENT

[Brill Weave]

respawn every 10 days ingame, so best tip for farming/ getting wyrmforged is kill it, run to the vendor not far away, and rest for 10 days and repeat

Or just go to BBI and drop rancid bait meat and destroy everything in sight.

[Charismatic]

Or just go to BBI and drop rancid bait meat and destroy everything in sight.

On BBI 2.0 you can drop one in the courtyard and get one of the cursed guys and you can actually exit and reenter and fight him multiple times before the effect of the meat disappears. So easy to DF anything this way.
These guys also have a super high rate of DFing stuff anyway so chances are you'll get it first try.

You might be able to do it pre-Daimon but I've never tried so idk lol

[Teknique]

On BBI 2.0 you can drop one in the courtyard and get one of the cursed guys and you can actually exit and reenter and fight him multiple times before the effect of the meat disappears. So easy to DF anything this way.
These guys also have a super high rate of DFing stuff anyway so chances are you'll get it first try.

You might be able to do it pre-Daimon but I've never tried so idk lol

the cursed wyrms are a lot more difficult than a drake though

[Kaelan?]

I've just been fighting the regular Drake in the Rotunda of Dread. Can do it as soon as you enter BBI, same difficulty as the one outside and the fucker can't run away in there. Also super easy to respawn.

[Charismatic]

the cursed wyrms are a lot more difficult than a drake though

They're easier if you're using Holy Affinity focused bolts :^)
Not just easier... much easier.

[Lyall]

Dicking around last night I ended up DFing everything but my helmet. First kill did four pieces of gear, then nothing for three, then the last one got my weapon and boots. I'm not even wearing anything good, but it felt nice to get more familiar with his tells and stuff. Realizing that you don't have to wait for the blink during Arc to get full damage really smoothed it out; There's juuuuust enough time to chain-stagger him and popping a couple mushrooms makes it a super easy kill once you bring him down once.

Yeah, i somehow failed madelines quest DESPITE ME WALKING THE BITCH TO THE ENCAMPMENT

If I remember right, there's another tiny mini-quest actually inside the encampment afterwards, where she asks you for gold to continue traveling.

[Krandor]

Yup, quest doesn't actually complete until you talk to her inside.

[tyven]

I fear I am nearing the end of the game and it makes me so sad

altho i have done no dark arisen stuff. also i am only level 46 so maybe i am not near the end of the game idk.

[Krandor]

If you blow thru the main quests it's not that long. I think it did the trial thru entering Everfall in maybe like 2 hours yesterday. Though I was around 108 so I was crushing every fight in seconds.

The story actually accounts for a pretty small portion of the game. For both the main game and BBI you'll likely spend more time in post story content.

[Teknique]

I fear I am nearing the end of the game and it makes me so sad

altho i have done no dark arisen stuff. also i am only level 46 so maybe i am not near the end of the game idk.

There is also post game once you finish the main game which post game also has story and a lot of semi unique gear and enemys, Also you can finally slay your first hydra (Achievo) once you beat the dragon (or find the arch hydra in BBI/postgame

[tyven]

im gonna go do shit like kill 10 deer now and all those other terrible looking quests i have avoided. man this game has been so dope. I think my favorite part has just been exploring the map. like the time i found blue moon tower and then couldnt get inside because i had no keys/quests but i still found a ton of chests. and also when i stumbled upon my first golem