Dragons Dogma 2: Is there a day and night cycle? Dragons Dogma 2 guide, tips
DD2 offers quite advanced time lapse mechanics affecting various elements of the game world. On this page we will give you the most important information about it.
Last update: 28 March 2024
While playing Dragons Dogma 2, you'll be affected by the passage of time in a multitude of ways. Ingredients left for too long in the inventory will go bad and lose their properties, time-limited tasks will force you to carefully plan your activities and order of them, while destroyed structures will get rebuilt after a few days. However, the most obvious indicator of the passage of time is the daily cycle. On this page of our guide, we provide the most important information regarding the passage of time and the day and night cycle, which should help you prepare well for the challenges ahead.
What are the dangers of travelling at night?
When traveling at night, you must bear in mind that your effective sight range may be reduced greatly. The lack of lights along beaten paths will require your team to use lanterns to light the way forward. For this reason, it is always worth having a supply of lantern oil brought with you.
If your Arisen lights up his lantern, the rest of the team will follow his lead and also light up their lights.
When traveling at night, you can also expect increased monster activity. You may encounter exclusive, more dangerous monsters such as specters and undead who normally avoid daylight. When it comes to common enemies, fighting them can be more troublesome because of the darkness surrounding the area. When in dangerous situations, it is recommended to stay alert, proceed slowly, and rely on sounds to detect incoming threats.
If you want to avoid the risks associated with traveling at night, you can choose to spend the night at a campsite. The light of a campfire will allow you to wait out until morning, but you're not fully safe. If you do not clear the area of potential threats in advance, your sleep may be disturbed by a sudden attack by goblins, wolves or the undead. In that case, you will have to neutralize the threat before you can go back to sleep.
Daily cycle of NPCs
When attempting to interact with characters inhabiting the world of DD2, keep in mind that each has his unique daily cycle. For example, if you are looking for a specific NPC, it may happen that you won't find him at his home during the day and instead, he will complete errands in the city streets. Some NPCs only frequent certain locations at certain times, so it's recommended to plan your visit and check which hour will be the best for a visit in advance.
How to speed up the passage of time?
To quickly speed up the passage of time, you can e.g. establish a camp and sleep, in the manner same as we described above. Inns are venues offering similar services, and when staying in them, you can decide for how long the team should rest, e.g until the next morning or evening. Additional option is to interact with special locations marked with red cloth. This way you can instantly "fast-forward" time to the chosen time of the day. You will find such locations in city streets and same option is offered by carts used to travel between settlements.