Dragon’s Dogma 2 will give the players the ability to explore a magical world full of adventures to embark on including uncovering secrets, fighting monsters, and more. Throughout your journey, you will be aided by pawns who live to serve you, the Arisen.

In this guide, we’ll explain everything to know about Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawns as well as how to level them up in.

Not only will they aid you in your journey, but they will be able to guide you to quest locations, uncover hidden treasures, gather resources and fight alongside you. Occasionally, they will provide you with words of wisdom and engage in interesting conversations. As such, having Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawns is essential in the game.

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How to get Dragon’s Dogma 2 Main Pawn

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In the initial hour of the game, you’ll have the ability to create your own main pawn. The customization process is the same as creating your own character, including selecting their race and behaviour. You’ll also have the ability to select their vocation as well.

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You can customise a lot of aspects of your main pawn including their appearance and their armor and weapons.


How to get Hired Pawns in Dragon’s Dogma 2

You can get hired pawns in Dragon’s Dogma 2 via Rifstones or by finding them in the world. In the Rifstone, you’ll have a lot of options to search for a specific type of pawn based on specialization, height, vocation, race and behaviour. So, you can choose those Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawns who fit your playstyle.

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Generally, those who are the same level or under as you won’t cost you anything to hire. While pawns who have a higher level than you will cost you gold. You can use pawns created by other players as well.

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As you progress in the game, you’ll need higher pawns at different times. So, you’ll have to dismiss the lower-level ones and go for the higher-level ones. You can dismiss the hired pawns if you don’t need them anymore. 


How to level up Dragon’s Dogma 2 Pawns

Leveling up is essential to survive in Dragon’s Dogma 2 so you’ll need to ensure that your party is strong enough to withstand enemies. While having both your main and hired pawns is a benefit, you only can level up your Main Pawn. Doing various tasks like taking out enemies, completing quests and other certain actions will level up your main pawn.

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The hired Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawns can’t be upgraded and as such, you’ll have to change them pretty frequently when you progress through the game and go to dangerous areas.


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The maximum number of pawns you can have is four, including your main pawn and two hired pawns. In terms of vocations, it’s always best to have pawns with different vocations than you.

When you start out you’ll have four vocations to choose from: Fighter, Thief, Archer and Mage. For example, if you pick Fighter, it’s always best to have Pawns with the Thief, Archer and Mage vocations as there’ll be a good variety and combining the best aspects of these vocations will be beneficial in exploration and combat.

That’s everything you need to know about hiring and leveling up your Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawns.

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