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The massive world ofDragon’s Dogma 2is full of monsters to kill, treasures to collect, and NPCs to interact with for buying or selling items. Most of the time, you will be on foot as you visit towns. However, Oxcarts helps you travel from one town to another quickly.
Even though Oxcarts serve as an unconventional means of fast travel, they are not the exclusive method of saving time and teleporting from one location to another. Using a Portcrystal is the safest and fastest way to fast travel in the game, but this resource is not easily acquired.
Two Portcrytals From Sphinx
TheSphinx is one of the NPCsin the game that can alsobecome a bossif you keep attacking it. Every time you approach the Sphinx, it will ask you riddles, and the correct answers will give you rewards. Among the manyriddles you are asked, two give you Portcrystals.
Riddle Of Madness
TheRiddle of Madness requires you to place the most beloved thing onthe platform before the Sphinx. To solve this successfully, simplygrab your main pawn and placeit on the platform. Then answer the Riddle, andSphinx will give you one Portcrystal.
Riddle Of Conviction
TheRiddle of Convictionis the secondopportunity to earn a Portcrystal as a reward. This is not a direct reward, but you can trick the process and get Portcrystal. Sphinx requests your most precious item. You can place any high-value item, and it will accept it. However, the key takeaway is thatSphinx will return the offered itemalong with a duplicate.
The best course of action would be to bring a Portcrystal with you and offer it to the Sphinx. In turn, you will get one more Portcrystal after solving the Riddle of Conviction.
Reward From Captain Brant
Captain Brant will reward you withone Portcrystal after you complete the Feast of Deception main questin the game. This is not an early-game quest, so expect to invest at least 15 hours or more before you may get this free Portcrystal.
Completing Glyndwr Questline
Glyndwr is one of the quest-giving NPCthat roams Vernworth. He can typically be found in front of the weapon’s vendor, admiring the bows made by humans.
Interacting with him the first time will start his questline. After completing the first quest, youwill get “A Trial of Archery” quest, andcompleting this one will give you a Portcrystal reward.
Buy From NPC In Bay Wayside Shrine
Wyrmslife Crystals (WLC)are one of the many rare currenciesin the game. You can use it to trade for even rarer items. This drops when you kill Drakes or Dragons, and The Dragonforged NPC in the Bay Wayside Shrine accepts this currency.
You can visit this NPC anytime, but a main story quest will eventually ask you to interact with The Dragonforged. You shouldbring at least 20 Wyrmslife Crystals to buy one Portcrystal from the Dragonforged NPC.
Collecting Portcrystal From Forested Griffin’s Nest
You will find aregion called Misty Marshes to the west of Bakbattahlin the game. The south of this regionis home tothe Griffin’s Nest, and you will finda Portcrystal in the nest.
Gifts From The Rift
You canhire the main pawns of other players using the Riftin the game. Most pawns can be departed using a gift, and there is a little chance that some good samaritan will depart your main pawn with a Portcrystal. This is not a definitive way to get a Portcrystal, but nevertheless, you may still expect to get one someday.
Where To Place Portcrystals
Portcrystals are rare items to acquirein the game, which warrantscareful consideration for their placement. Of course, you’re able to always collect these portable Portcrystals and place them anywhere else. Regardless, there are too many towns with valuable vendors and NPCs to visit, so you cannot place a Portcrytsal at all of them.
UsingOxcarts is another way to travel quickly. Most towns or villages are connected with each other by Oxcart routes.Melve, Vernworth, and Checkpoint Rest Town are three interconnected locationswhere you may fast travel using Oxcarts.
Placing Portcrystal at Melve or Checkpoint Rest Town will be a waste; therefore, you must look for other regions that are hard to reach.
Bakbattahl, Sacred Arbor, and Volcanic Island Campare the three most important locations where you should place Portcrystals. All three regions have armor and weapon vendors that sell some of thebest weaponsand armor in the game.
Can You Duplicate Portcrystals?
No, youcannot get a usable duplicate Portcrystal from the Ibrahim Scrap Store at the Checkpoint Rest Town. Even if you give him a Portcrystal to make a copy of it,Ibrahim will return you with a “Partcrystal” item, which can not be placed on the ground. The duplicated Portcrystals do not work at all.
