Dragon’s Dogma 2 Patch 3.1 Out Now, Big Improvements Prepare for Dark Arisen DLC

Update [Wed 10th Jun 2026, 2am]: The first of two major patches — Title Update 3.1 — for Dragon’s Dogma 2 is available to download now on PS5. It’s around 550MB in size.

This update focuses on a wide range of quality of life improvements, as Capcom attempts to enhance the overall experience ahead of the newly announced Dark Arisen expansion, which launches in October.

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You can find the full patch notes for version 3.1 below.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Title Update 3.1 Patch Notes

Added Features and Adjustments

Fast Travel / Movement Adjustments

• Added the fast travel item Eternal Ferrystone.
  * The Eternal Ferrystone will be automatically acquired after talking to Brant during the quest Seat of the Sovran.
  * If you have already completed this quest, the item will be placed in your inventory.
• Added Portcrystals to Melve, Checkpoint Rest Town and Volcanic Island Camp.
• Added a Portcrystal as a reward for the quest Monster Culling.
  * If you have already completed this quest, it will be placed in your inventory.
• Added Oxcart Stopovers.
• Reduced the time until the Doze Off command becomes available when riding an Oxcart.
• If an Oxcart happens to be close by, an Oxcart icon will be displayed on the mini map.
• Extended Oxcart Station departure hours. Oxcarts will now depart from morning till evening.
• Decreased the amount of stamina used when dashing outside of combat.

• Selecting Load from Autosave after defeat will no longer result in loss gauge accumulation.
• Improved the stats for some equipment found when exploring dungeons.

Options Additions / Adjustments

• Added the Free Camera option to Photo Mode.
• Added the option to toggle the display of patterns left on equipment strengthened in wyrmfire.
• Added the option to toggle the display of head armor.
• Changed the wording of the Set to “Examine” Only option in the Button Mapping settings to make it clearer that it does not include Dash.
• Added the option to enable/disable unhired pawns to approach you and offer their services.
• Added the option to enable/disable high fives from pawns after battle.

Reward Adjustments

• Changed the content of some treasure chests and some enemy item drops.
• Increased the rewards (mainly gold) for some quests.

UI Adjustments

• Added the option to use a Ferrystone from the map by moving the cursor to a Portcrystal.
• Improved the visibility of the player icon on the map.
• A notification will now display if your camping kit was destroyed in an ambush.
• When shopping, you can no longer purchase more than you can hold of a specific item.
• The stat boosts for Pawns inflicted with dragonsplague will now be reflected on the status screen.
• Multiple item types can now be transferred at once between the Arisen and Pawns.
• The Art of Metamorphosis has now been moved to the top of the Pawn Guild Vendor’s product list.
• The order of Lantern and Lantern Oil has been changed at each shop so that Lantern Oil appears first.
• An hourglass icon will now appear on timed quest notifications.
• Quest progress will now be displayed for priority quests after loading saved data.

Pawn Adjustments

• Added Guardian specialization.
  * Enables the pawn to prevent oxcart raids from occurring while they accompany the Arisen. Also enables the pawn to singlehandedly repel smaller foes that attack the camp, and to reduce the Health of larger ones before the Arisen joins the battle.
  * The Guardian’s Tome can be acquired in the following ways.
  – Bought from the Nameless Apothecary in the Nameless Village.
  – As a reward for the quests Claw Them Into Shape and Readvent of Calamity.
  * If you have already completed these quests, they will be placed in your inventory.
  * Added a tutorial for the Guardian specialization.
• Adjusted behavior when moving, making it harder to fall from cliffs.
• Increased the stamina recovered when Pawns help you after becoming exhausted.

Shop Adjustments

• Reduced inn fees for staying at the inn in Melve, Excavation Site, Nameless Village, Borderwatch Outpost, Vernworth and Harve Village.
• Reduced fees for all barberie services.
• Lantern (Fueled) price changed from 1000 G to 800 G.
• Ferrystone price in Normal Mode changed from 10000 G to 5000 G.
• Ferrystone sale price changed from 99 G to 900 G.

Text/Tutorial Display Adjustments

• Replaced Monotype Fonts
• The loading screen has been changed to show tips instead of quest progress.
• The tutorial for loading from an autosave has been adjusted to reflect the changes to the loss gauge.
• Added a tutorial explaining the “!” symbol that displays on the minimap.

Other Adjustments

• Adjusted the camera angle when approaching a pre-existing Portcrystal.
• Adjusted the quality of the camera angle when returning from a zoomed view.
• Added the Hollow Cape to the product lineup at Celeste’s Smithy in Checkpoint Rest Town.

Bug Fixes

(There are simply too many fixes to include on this page, so if you want the full rundown, check out the official Dragon’s Dogma 2 website.)

Original Story: Capcom plans to release two major updates for Dragon’s Dogma 2 in the very near, and relatively near future.

This news comes off the back of Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen being announced — a huge expansion that’s dropping in October.

The first patch releases tomorrow at the time of writing — that’s the 10th June. While the second update is scheduled for the end of August.

Both patches are promising improvements to the base experience, and they do sound like they could be pretty significant.

Here are the patch notes for tomorrow’s update:

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Title Update 3.1 Preliminary Patch Notes

Quality of Life Improvements

• Fast travel / movement adjustments
• Additions / adjustments of options
• UI improvements
• Pawn adjustments
• Reward adjustments
• Text adjustments
• Shop adjustments
• Bug fixes

I assume that more in-depth patch notes will be released alongside the update itself.

Meanwhile, August’s patch will feature performance enhancements and “action adjustments”, among other changes.

To me, it looks as though Capcom is going to try and polish the existing Dragon’s Dogma 2 experience as much as it can before Dark Arisen drops. Which is wild when you stop to consider that the RPG is over two years old at this point.

Indeed, many fans had given up hope on Dragon’s Dogma 2 ever getting another update — never mind a major DLC. But the developer has clearly been cooking.

There’s no doubt in my mind that I’ll be diving back into Dragon’s Dogma 2 soon, but what about you? Gather your most loyal pawns in the comments section below.