Summary
Dragon’s Dogma 2is an RPG that challenges players to adventure across an epic world while facing deadly monsters.Completing side questsor simply adventuring will allow the player to earn heaps of gold that can then be used to purchase various items from the merchants that can be found in every major city, town, or even on the road.
While gold may be found almost anywhere, there are still some things sold by merchants that aren’t worth the player purchasing. These are thethings a player should avoid buyinginDragon’s Dogma 2and why it’s best to avoid them since doing so will permit gamers to spend their money on more valuable things instead.
6Expensive Camping Kits
Can Usually Be Found When Exploring
When adventuring across the map inDragon’s Dogma 2, players are likely to encounter the dangers that lurk in the dark during the night. Thankfully, approaching a campfire with a camping kit will allow players to rest up with their pawns to skip the night and return to adventuring throughout the day.
Camping kits come in different variations with all of them being available through a merchant. However, while it may be vital to have a camping kit on hand, purchasing elite camping kits from merchants should be avoided, especially due to the price. An Arisen is likely to find onewhile on their travels. If in desperate need, then the first available camping kit can be purchased; otherwise, players should avoid buying one.
5Food
Prevent It Spoiling
Traveling merchants will likely have various food items on hand that the player may be tempted to buy so that they can have the food required to combine other materials to make things. They may also be tempted to buy meat from merchants that they can cook at a campfire. However, inDragon’s Dogma 2, there isa spoiling mechanic, which means if a player doesn’t use a specific food item within a certain number of days, it will become rotten.
Players who choose to purchase meat from merchants may forget to use this material or never make it to a campfire in time to make the most of it, making it a wasted purchase. Additionally, players will find plenty of food items while exploring, from hunting various animals to being surrounded by apple trees, so buying any from merchants isn’t recommended.
4Herbs
There Is Plenty To Be Found In The Wild
Herbs are another vital resource inDragon’s Dogma 2that players will always want to keep on hand for crafting various potions that will likely save their lives during this RPG. The Arisen may notice that many of the merchants across the regions will have herbs of varying types for sale, allowing them to make the potions they want.
While this may be the easier option when trying to craft potions in a flash, players are likely tofind plenty of herbsby just by walking around in the wilderness, which will cost nothing to collect and use.
3Materials
Unless Rare, There Is No Shortage Of Materials To Be Found Elsewhere
In addition to herbs, players are likely to see merchants selling various materials that are dropped by the foes that can be encountered on the road. These materials are used to enhance the players' equipment, with each piece of gear or weapon requiring different materials to upgrade various qualities.
Purchasing these materials is great when players need something in a flash, but usually, the materials that are being sold are ones that can commonly be obtained quickly while simply just playing the game.
2Magical Tomes
Expensive And Not Worth It
AlthoughSorcerers and Magesare the vocations that predominantly use magic, players are able to purchase magical tomes from various merchants. These usually cost quite a bit due to them allowing a player to use various incantations that are identical copies of these commonly used spells.
Although useful, players will want to avoid purchasing them from any merchant they meet, as plenty of magical tomes can be found in the chests during one’s adventure. Besides being able to find these tomes in the world itself, the few merchants that do sell these books don’t sell them for cheap. This means that players will be sacrificing a large amount of money on something they could otherwise acquire for free.
1Healing Potions
Players Can Easily Make Their Own
Out of all the items available inDragon’s Dogma 2, one thing that players are going to be in constant need of is healing potions. While a player may be tempted to buy as many as they possibly canfrom a merchant, their gold is better spent elsewhere on more important things. This is because players are likely to find all sorts of herbs and fruit that can be combined to make great starting healing items during their travels.
While exploring inDragon’s Dogma 2, players will likely find plenty of the materials needed to make these potions, so buying them becomes a waste of time. There are still other potions that players may want to buy from merchants, such as those that stop various negative effects, but healing items are best crafted, not purchased.
