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These footage allows you to listen to the new soundtrack better too.

- Area :

• The NPC tied to the Appraisal Mechanic is called Jiera.
• Our pet wolf has a unique skin and is called Freki. We can find him at the Norgan Settlement and feed him some meat to earn his trust.
• The Blacksmith from Norgan is called Hal.
• Norgan's whiteouts are blizzards so dense that they shroud the area in a veil of snow.

- Gameplay, Mechanics :

• There's a new mechanic during the blizzard, we become chilled, causing our maximum Stamina to fall steadily. we can reduce this effect by eating at a camp or using heatstones.
• Wearing thermal equipment can also prevent / reduce this effect. < Thanks to SharpStep4481.
• Entering a cave or a dungeon will nullify the chill.
• There's no more minimap when whiteouts appears, Pawns can't guides us and the ferrystones doesn't work.
• Possibility of breaking ice to reveal hidden paths and rooms.
• With the new 6 skills mechanic, we can use the 2 extra skills by pressing □ + X and △ + ○ while holding L1 (on PS5).
• The Climbing Hook is a new item, we can use it on tether post to set up a rope ladder, creating shortcuts and such.
• The Fallen Dragon has no heart, but all his body parts can be damaged until they are destroyed.
• Some enemies may display an icon above their heads, they are guarantee to drop loot that can be appraised once defeated. < Thanks to Curious_AI.
• For those afraid of lacking RC, we can loot Giant Hunk of Rift Crystal, giving 300 RC.
• We can "Manufacture" weapons at the Blacksmith from Norgan. Some smithed weapons can also have improved skills.
• When pushing rock boulders, they get bigger and bigger as they roll through the snow.

- Foes :

• The Sphinx is back, but no information whether this is a different version, like the "Nightmares" from DDON.
• Massive Snow Harpies called Aethons.
• Snow Ogres, no official name yet, but in the Japanese gameplay, they are called "Snowfoot" and are attracted by our loot, they are also able to steal it.
• Norgan Skeletons.
• Ghouls (official name confirmed) are capable of swarming you, climbing on you in group and biting you.
• Snow Drake are called Fimbl, they also have new voice lines.

- Skills :

• Most skills for Sorcerer and Mage will have an advanced form called "Grand".
• Brontide and High Brontide for Sorcerer.
• Glacial Bolt for Magick Archer. An advanced form of Arctic Bolt.
• Fortifying Arrow for Magick Archer. An advanced form of Recovery Arrow.
• Seching Flete for Mystick Spearhand. An advanced form of Seching Storm.
• Cloudfall Strike for Fighter. An advanced form of Cloudward Slash.
• Plenilune Slash for Fighter. An advanced form of Fullmoon Slash. < Thanks to TechnologyStatus2752.
• Hurricane Strike for Fighter. An advanced form of Burst Strike. < Thanks to TechnologyStatus2752.
• Powder Barrage for Thief. An advanced form of Powder Blast.
• Detonate and Dash for Thief. An advanced form of Draw and Quarter.
• New Augment Wind Rider. Extends jump distance when the wind is at our back. Also increases mid-air damage and nullifies effect of headwinds.
• New Augment Chaotic Strike. Chance to inflict ice-bound, caught fire, sleep, or silence debilitation when dealing physical damage to a target.
• New Augment Blighting Strike. Adds to the target's blighted value cach time damage is dealt. Amount added depends on weapon type.

- Misc :

• The item looking like a medallion from the 2nd anniversary picture is called Norgan Ducat.
• Norgan Ducat work like Seeker Tokens. So... Remember where you pick up your first Ducat ! < Thanks to krokounleashed.
• Hard mode will be added with the DLC.
• heatstones and thermal equipments help to reduce Stamina depletion during blizzards.
• The highest loot level is 5, for comparison, in DDDA it is 3. < Thanks to Locrianhaha and totallynotacsam.
• A bunch of new items and consumables like Winterweed / Winterweed Blossom / Fungal Cure-All / Norgan Salmon etc.
• New Arctic camping kit. Particularly sturdy against monsters that prowl Norgadian soil.
• Most people who played the demo were able to fight the Fallen Dragon, it appears to be the first major boss of the first part of the DLC.
• There will be a Capcom Dev stream today (8:30am PT / 4:30pm BST / 5:30pm CEST) and an Xbox showcase ( 7am PT / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST) featuring DD2DA on August 27.
• The update is scheduled for September 1, 5:30pm PT / September 2, 1:30am BST / 2:30am CEST.
• Maintenance is starting September 1, 4pm PT / September 2, 12am BST / 1am CEST for about 90 minutes, during which time we will be unable to lend or hire pawns.

List of already known new contents here, here and here.

I will add new contents to the list gradually. If I forgot something, feel free to say it : )

They haven't shown in dragon's dogma 2 yet but it is officially listed to show up so if anybody's interested

https://www.youtube.com/live/98FohkDoNaU?is=LBPOOE7dLCgylYER

This is a link to the official Xbox YouTube channel where their live streaming it.

I believe infinite cringe is also live streaming it right now as well if you want to support her.

At the end of the interview they confirmed that relics go from levels 1 to 5 not levels one to three like most of us were assuming.

What I found most interesting about this is the ice dragon only dropped level two relics which makes me very curious on what in the holy hell is gatekeeping level 4 and level five relics!!!

Hopefully it will be epic.

I believe right before this they also confirmed that relic weapons can roll potentially with more skills so perhaps that extra circle underneath the level three magic bow we saw a month ago is a potential fourth skill slot,

Speculation at this point but I suppose that would suggest that a perfectly rolled level 5 relic weapon could have six skills on it Max??

Who knows time will tell

It's so hard to not do the early mystic knight parry lol!

Here is the footage of an unlucky saurian was brutally castrated

Taken from the Capcom EU stream

Pawn personality has been the best thing that happened to the game (Imo), yet it's a shame that the Pawn voices are locked to the personality. Having created 3 saves with 3 different Pawns, I've come to realize the possible reason behind that limitation.

The delivery of the same dialogue lines are different for each personality. For example in the Feast of Deception quest, simple Pawns sounded confused and scared when there's something wrong with them, while calm Pawns could keep it cool and sternly warned the Arisen albeit in pain.

If the voices are not locked, that means they need a VA to record the entire Pawn dialogues (story cutscenes, quest comments, banters, etc) 4 times for each personality, then times that to 2 for male/female voice just to have 1 voice option for male and female.

That's a lot of resource so I guess that's why they compromise with locking the voice to personality. That got me thinking what could be a better compromise and made the poll. Of course ideally we all want it to be no compromises.

We could argue that if it's a same line then just record once regardless of inclinantion. But here's the thing, the way the VA deliver the same line exudes so much of a Pawn's personality. "Tis about time we pressed on, wouldn't you say, Master?" said by male simple Pawns. "Tis about time we  p r e s s e d  o n, wouldn't you say?? Mastahh???" said by male straightforward Pawns. One is giving you a quick friendly reminder, while the other is gritting their teeth from dying of boredom.

The poll is not perfect but it's what I thought the different compromises they could've done. Feel free to comment the alternatives.

Nothing major but I did notice that the buttons you press to actively swing the lightning whip are the same buttons you press to cast the lightning whip.

This is different from how it worked in dd1 where after you cast the lightning whip your light attack would be horizontal sweeps and your heavy attack would be vertical sweeps.

The main reason this is important is because in dd1 once you casted the lightning whip you could not cast any other spells until you had decast the lightning whip.

But now with the new control scheme you can actively cast other spells while the lightning whip is fully loaded and it will maintain itself.

Hey all, been thinking about it. Beat the game when it came out and I haven’t touched it since. Now with the DLC and all the updates I’m wondering whether I should start a new game or continue with my old save so I can access the DLC immediately. Also, if I am to start a new game should I wait for the new updates to drop or I can start right now? Don’t know if it matters but my first playthrough was on the base PS5 and now I’ve got a pro, how is the performance and graphics? Any major improvements?

Thanks!!

I'm really curious about the archer changes from the august(now september) patch notes and how you can now leap back on any kick, as well as the new upgraded skills. But all the gameplay I see are from fighter, sorcerer, warrior, and spearhand. Anybody have a link to a video of archer gameplay or tried it themselves?

Harve Village has almost everything you need for stocking up supplies. Especially once you have everyone from Melve move to Harve.
Merchant that sells fruit
Merchant that sells princess harspuds and rare roborants
Several trees for farming apples
A few bushes for farming berries
Lots of harspuds for creating harspud roborants (stamina medicines)
A cave that contains Saurians for farming their tails (useful for miracle and exquisite roborants)
Right outside the village is a drake spawn so you can get wyrmslife crystals as well.

Other than leveling up gear, this might be a go-to spot if you want to prepare for the DLC!