As the Arisen, you alone can summon and command Pawns inDragon’s Dogma 2. They are not only your greatest ally, but they also act as a loyal guide, defender, source of knowledge, and companion throughout your journey.

While the first Dragon’s Dogma game only gave you the option to change their Vocation and behavioral inclinations, the sequel gives you an addition in the form of Specializations. With them, Pawns can heal each other, speak a new language, or even sell excess items for you. If you want to know how to give your Pawn one, we’ve got you covered.

Status sheet of a player Arisen’s main pawn, showing their Specialization, Vocation, and other stats in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

What Are Specializations?

Specializations are asecondary trait for your Pawnto take on, and it gives them anadditional inclination or abilityseparate from their Vocation.

For example, a Pawn with theForager Specializationwill allow you tosee harvestable materials on the world map, or one with theWoodland Wordsmith Specializationwill allow you tounderstand the Elvish language.

Player Arisen in their inventory and about to use a Logistician’s Tome on their main pawn in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Specializationscome in the form of tomes, and there are a variety of them to find throughout the world.

Many Specialization tomes can beacquired by gaining affinity with NPCsor completing quests.

One of theearliest Specialization Tomescan be acquired after completing theMedicament Predicament side quest, andspeaking with both Flora and her fatherafter sometime has passedsince the completion.

How To Give Your Pawn A Specialization

Once you’ve got any kind of Specialization tome,go into your inventoryand flip over to theImplements tab. All Specialization tomes you pick up go here, and all you’ve got to do is select one and thenuse it on your pawn, as long as they’renot too far away from you.

You canonly change the Specialization of your Main Pawn, not any that you hire from other players.

Your Pawn willacquire the new Specialization, and it canimmediately be utilized, depending on what it is; for example, you’ll be able to immediately speak to Elves as soon as you have a Pawn with the Woodland Wordsmith Specialization.

If you want tochange your Pawn’s Specialization a second time, you’ll needanother tome of a different type; thenyou can use the tome on your Pawn like before.

There’sno limit to how many times your Pawn’s Specialization can changeas long as you have enough tomes.