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How to identify Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2: Symptoms and treatmentsHere is how to identify and get rid of Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2
Here is how to identify and get rid of Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom
Looking for ways to identify Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2?InDragon’s Dogma 2Dragonspague is an intense disease that only Pawns can get. Once infected, it is incredibly difficult to stop it from spreading amongst your party and ultimately, it can lead to entire villages being wiped off the map.
AsDragon’s Dogma 2is a one-save-only game, this means you can permanently lose several NPCs in one fell swoop. To learn more about Dragonsplague, its symptoms, and how to deal with it once infected, read below.
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How to identify Dragonsplague
Dragonsplague may affect any Pawns in your party, including your Main Pawn. Players usually report the following symptoms leading up to a Dragonsplague outbreak:
Pawns will get lethargic and sit more often when infected with Dragonsplague. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom.
You’ll get aone-time warningwhen you first contract Dragonsplague. The game will issue a pop-up with a few bits of information regarding the disease. Once this has happened once, however, you will not know if your Pawns are infected unless you refer to the symptoms listed above.
If it becomes too late, your Pawn will go completely crazy and will likely kill an entire village. As the game will autosave after this, it will lock your game and you’ll have to face the consequences.
It is possible to recruit a Pawn with Dragonsplague without knowing. The disease has an incubation period that takes days to present itself. Recently, players have taken to offering rotten fruit as a reward when setting aPawn questas a way to warn other players if a Pawn is infected.
How to deal with Dragonsplague
You can resurrect Pawns at a Grand Riftstone. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom
Rather, if you suspect your Pawn of having the plagueyou’ll need to kill them. A common way to do so amongst players is to throw them into the Brine, an instant killer for anyone who dares enter the waterways of Dragon’s Dogma 2.
You can then resurrect a Pawn at a GrandRiftstoneback to full health and disease-free. The downside to this is that it will slightly lower yourMain Pawn’s affinitywith your Arisen. If it’s a choice between this and a decimated village, you may find it a worthy sacrifice, however.
Once present in your party, the plague may jump from Pawn to Pawn. This usually happens when you rest at a campfire. We suggest purging a party just in case, but you cantry resting at campfiresand getting the plague to jump if you want to spare your Main Pawn from the Brine.
Causes of Dragonsplague
There is some speculation about Dragonsplague and how it is contracted in Dragon’s Dogma 2. As discussed, due to the incubation period you canhire Pawns that already have it. Your Main Pawn may also return from aPawn questwith it.
Some players also report contracting Dragonsplague after fighting Drakes (lesser Dragons). Specifically,when Pawns grapple Drakes. Others may never get it during a playthrough.
As you adventure, your Pawns will commonly remark about a ‘worrying rumour’ they’ve heard about the spread of a dangerous disease amongst Pawns but offer little more information on the subject.
That rounds off our guide to Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2. For more Dragon’s Dogma 2tips and tricks, see our guides for making the perfectSorcerer build,Archer build,Fighter buildand more.
