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Dragon’s Dogma 2is an incredible fantasy tale headlined by intense, emotional moments that reach a crescendo during one of the game’s endings. However, the Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending is unlike the others, allowing you to forego the standard, straightforward resolution in favor of something much more complex.
Though the item you need to initiate the ending might be right under your nose, the method of using that item and initiating Dragon’s Dogma 2’s true ending is a bit more complicated than meets the eye. Prepare to face the true dragon and flip the cycle between Arisen and the dragon on its head.
Updated Jun 07, 2025, by Andrew Scariati:The Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending elongates your adventure and ends the dreaded cycle between dragon and Arisen. We’ve added more details about how to complete the quests in the Unmoored World with this Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending guide.
What Is The True Ending?
The Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending is aunique climax and epiloguethat foregoes the standard ending and demands that your adventure continue unexpectedly.
However, thetrue ending is not automatically triggeredby making a series of choices throughout the game.
Instead, you mustassist Ambrosius in making a new godsway, and beginThe Guardian Gigantus questthat takes you to the game’s conclusion.
By assisting Ambrosius, you have the most important thing you need to initiate the true ending: theEmpowered Godsbane Blade.
How Do You Get The True Ending?
When youreach Phaesus and begin the Legacy quest, you’ll be face to face with the dragon who took your beating heart from your chest.
The dragon gives you an option:fightorfleewith your life.
You must choose to fight the dragon, as is foretold by the cycle,to achieve the true ending.
Once you’ve made a choice,you’ll be on the dragon’s backas it flies through the sky toward the final arena where you will battle.
The dragon will begin waxing philosophical about you, the cycle, and your eternal struggle, butdon’t be distractedby his rambling.
While the dragon is talking, you mustcrawl from the dragon’s back toward his head, then shimmy down his sides to hischest.
Position yourself directly on the dragon’s glowing spotwhere its heart is, then go into your item menu.
Use the Empowered Godsbane Blade from your item menuin the spot where the dragon’s heart is.
When you use the Empowered Godsbane Blade, you’ll have another confirmation animation where you mustuse it on yourself.
Once you use the Empowered Godsbane Blade on yourself,you are locked intothe Dragon’s Dogma 2true ending.
Be sure you’ve already experienced the other endings (if you want)beforebeginning the true ending.
What Happens After You Start The True Ending?
Once you’ve used the Empowered Godsbane Blade and watched a series of dramatic cutscenes, you’ll be dropped into theUnmoored World – a red, desolate, intimidating version of the same worldyou’ve just explored.
The world is similar to the lands you’ve come to know, but it is ravaged by destruction as it awaits the coming end of the world.
This is the startof the Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending.
The Unmoored Worldno longer allows oxcart travel, so you mustuse Ferrystones to get around the map.
Luckily, moreportcrystalsare unlocked in important locations.
Your adventure is now much further from being overthan it would have been if you had chosen to go ahead with one of the other endings.
Complete Halls Of The First Dawn
With theDragon’s Dogma 2 true ending now triggered, you’re left to explore the world in its current state by The Pathfinder – the mysterious figure who brought you here.
The Halls Of The First Dawn questwill trigger,requiring you to return to the major NPCsyou’ve come to know and trust on your journey, and they will guide you along the final quests as you complete Dragon’s Dogma 2’s true ending.
From here, you can trigger the final sequence in one of two ways:
Defeating the Purgener bosseswill alsoslow, then stop the progression ofthe red stormthat’s fast approaching.
Once you defeat enough Purgener bosses to trigger the final beam of light, you cancomplete the Dragon’s Dogma 2 true ending by activating the beam.
Or,if the storm is otherwise left uncheckedby allowing the Purgener bosses to live (ignoring the beams of light),it will envelop the worldand trigger the ending.
you’re able to choose toevacuate as many settlements as you would like, but you must evacuate all five to complete the Halls Of The First Dawn quest.
The locations evacuated will have animpact on your ending cutscenes.
Once you’ve finished evacuating and defeating bosses,buy whatever items you may needfor your next adventure from the vendors at Seafloor Shrinebefore jumping into New Game Plus.
