*I'm in Ng+ but the Dragonforged vendor moves locations and gets more available options later into the game.* *Also, his vocation upgrade actually seems to improve the vocation's stat gain.* -BoomstickAlex

kidnapping a random adventurer to force him into a boss encounter is peak gaming experience

"You're my friend now, we're going on an adventure to fight a chimera.... you don't have a choice"

My main pawn is in the video! It's Zoe, the mage who gets you the chest by flying over to it at 4:44

DD1 boosted my love of gaming when i was younger. The fact that you can use a cyclop as a bridge prove exactly why gaming is supposed to be such an amazing experience. Once again, Dragon's Dogma brings back my joy for games after having it lost for so long. Great video

A tip: You can hire certain pawns who speak Elven and when you go to the elven town you'll be able to understand their language and see their weapons names and descriptions. You can also get a scroll to teach your own pawn by gifting the chick in the elven town. I used the inn keeper and gave her flowers and rested a day each time and by the second day I think it was after a couple gifts she gave it to me. Helps people hire your pawn more if they have that soecialization

Some grappling tricks! If you grab an enemy and sprint into a wall while holding them, youll body slam them into the wall and knock them prone, letting a melee class get a followup critical attack. In addition, if you hold the grab button in midair, youll pounce on an enemy and hold them down. This allows you to hold them down for your pawns and punch them on the ground. These are just some things i stumbled on on my own, so there could be tons of other little things you can do with the grab. Try things out for yourself! If anyone has any more details, please let me know.

Bro said get the town guard and force them to do their job lmao

If an escort mission npc is slow you can pick them up and carry them princess style. You can use it to protect them from danger by letting your pawns fight while you act like a pack mule for the npc.

I for sure thought I was dead when a hippogriff dropped me, but was pleasantly surprised when literally all my pawns seemed to be in a panicked huddle right beneath to catch me lol

Wondering why he put emphasis on “the power of that shot can be pretty… prettaaaayyyy….pretty strong” as I notice the monster flying across the map 🤣🤣

Love the depth of this game.

Definitely using ice block for my favorite beverage now. 10/10

Holy, that golem machine gun looks cool as hell lol

Thanks for the positive video. This game is amazing and not worthy of the ridiculous hate it's getting.

some great tips that had me laughing out loud in amazement also appreciate your dry sense of humour 🤣

My favorite from dragons dogma 1, that i havent seen people mention: if your a mage/sorcerer up against a magic golem; Unequip you weapon, climb and kick the magic tokens. You do decent damage instead of nothing with magic.

Mystic spears starting skill, the dash attack, is also extremely useful for mid air traversal

#3 frigor the ice spell the step is in the skill description is an intended function carried over from the first game but that breaking it apart for throwable ice is new and so cool.

These are probably the best useful tips I’ve seen online so far thanks!

I laughed so hard at some of these! Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing!

bro how do you always make actually useful tip videos with every videogame wtf these videos are actually amazing

If you play magic archer, you can use the Recovery Arrow to resurect your pawns. You can also chuck a pawn down a cliff, ress it, then just down and let it catch you.

DD2 has so many hidden things, it’s like a classic computer RPG. This is what gaming used to be like in the 80’s and 90’s.

My pawn is Reacher 😂 so if you need a level 20 (so far) fighter keep an eye of for the 300lb beast haha

Something they need to fix is that thief enemies can straight up steal your ferrystones. Killing them doesn't get you them back so basically you just had 10k stolen and the dude that the stolen items go to sells it for 20k.

Finally a video where the "I bet you didn't know..." is ACTUALLY things I didn't know. Useful tips! Usually these "I bet you didn't know..." videos are filled with things like: "Did you know pressing the start button pauses the game!"

The skull splitter clip at the end, insane 😂😂 that poor troll had no chance

“You can mumble 1000 hippopotamus “ made me subscribe to this guy.

This video was so fun to watch and so many things I didn't know about it was all super cool! thank you

I love this channel so much dude! Alex, please make more videos. Whether its DD2 or any other game, I *need* new Boomstick uploads every day in my life 😍

Other channels: "Top 10" things while taking 12-25 minutes 🤡 Boomstick Gaming: Challenge accepted 🗿

Cool video! While battling Talos, I once fell off his shoulder--which was of course instant death--only to have a pawn catch my fall! What a champ!!

Whaaaaat!!?? Some of these never crossed my mind! Very informing and gameplay changing! Thanks!

Short and informative, all videos should be like this.

Some of these are actually insane haha. Thanks for this!

Great vid! Most of these tips were new to me!

pretty cool and wild info thanks!

Countless videos have been designed for different hints and tricks or strategies. However, none can come even close to what you've compiled in this video! This video is absolutely fantastic. These tactics are pure gold and definitely will help all those seeking assistance. They truly are great hints, tricks, and strategies unlike anything I've ever seen. BTW, your comment about the strong attack being "pretty, pretty strong and watching that monster fly miles away was so funny and I couldn't stop laughing. Hell, I showed it to my wife, and she's still laughing! Anyway, great video, and thanks a lot. They've truly helped me out.

Dang, these were actually some really good tips. Thx!

The game gets better and better!

The first tip is mind-blowing and gonna help me a lot with my playstyle. Thanks!!

0:16 also the adventurer/ imposter arisen parties if you take the person the other 3 are following they will follow you since you have that leader. Therefore you can bring a party of 4 to back you up

With the Mystic Spearhand's flying thrust attack, you actually can use it to go up those sliding slopes you see throughout the map and make shortcuts through flying around. Especially when it's fully upgraded as it has extended distance. It can't gain altitude though as the thief has better moveset to do so. But it makes for interesting shortcuts up slippery slopes that doesn't seem to have any other entrances up. I got that scarlet underwear thing by doing this.

Woah, this was very imformative. Except 2 things I didn't know you can do these stuff. Very nice!

This game has a combination of some of the most CRAZY details and well though out mechanics (like the cyclops having a unique animation of forming a bridge if losing its balance right at the edge of a destroyed bridge, or the Beastren occasionally "shaking off" their fur like a dog when wet.), but also some of the most immersion-breaking weirdness like being able to just pick anyone up and carry them away without consequence, being able to easily soft-lock yourself out of completing some horribly designed quests, and everyone in a town spontaneously reviving after a few days when the pawn AIDS takes full effect. Yet, I still can't stop playing.

This is one 'game doesn't tell you' video that was actually informative and really good. Thanks for this. When does the dragonforged provide those benefits? When I went to him he only sold me a few inventory items.

Great tips! Thank you 🥸👍

5:29 "excuse me ser, have you any business entailing apothecary work". Arisen: "yes, cary"

If you prime a powder bomb and activate it right after a concussive leap you go WAAAY farther. Combine with skull splitter and you can SOAR. for reference, you can clear the broken stone bridge west of Vernworth easily like this.

Great tips man! I just started and got attacked by a Griffin, as I was trying to run…. I ran headlong into a Minotaur….. yup. Fun times at Lv7 and still figuring out controls.

I accidentally broke a bridge with all 3 of my pawns on it directly over a river. At night. Surrounded by harpies, saurians and goblins. Wasnt long before i was asleep with no one to wake me up because apparently harpies do not stop chasing you. And then dead. It’s crazy how quickly you can go from full party kicking ass, to sleeping peacefully while goblins are banging your skull with molotov cocktails. Save/ sleep at Inns, every time you go to one.

1) The mechanics in this game are CRAZY good! 2) How on earth do you figure this all out?! Great video!

I love this game and these tips just made me love it even more.

Before I watch this video lemme say your control setup from the last video has made being an archer a joy to plya 🙏🏾

Thank you formthis tips very much!

Hot damn, I was planning on leaving the Warfarer for last after I leveled the other vocations, so glad I saw this video, gonna save me so much time leveling to just get him first.

Love your content mate 👌

Thank you for the tip

This is the best DD2 tip video I’ve seen.

S many simple yet impactful tips, cheers :>

Banger video, subbed

That’s a lot of useful information 👍 Thanks

This is great, thank you!

One of your best videos yet !!! 🤣 Bravo 👏 👏👏

That was a well made video, thanks for the info

Good vid Mr Alex.

You just blew my mind ! I didn’t know about the rock creature laser beam thing

Great game, awesome tips, thank you !

straight to the point.. thats how you make a video ❤

I love this game even more after high fiveing a pawn. There's some jank, but embrace it and let the chaos warm you (before throwing it at a troll)

I'm not entirely sure on the EXACT mechanics of it, as I've only managed to pull it off a couple of times, but I'm sure someone more willing to test it could figure it out, but... You can do a super speed levitate sorta like the jetpack boost in no man's sky by jumping into a levitate while accelerating at a high enough speed, such as when first starting to sprint. It's not only probably one of the fastest means of transportation other than fast traveling, but it also goes like 10x farther than a normal levitate, allowing you to reach some pretty ridiculous places. Figuring this out is 100% going to be a huge part of speedrunning the game, and can totally allow for some crazy sequence breaking.

Apparently, if you find the sphinx and answer their five questions, you can grab them as they fly to their next spot and they'll take you with them.

Good video. Just subscribed

Did good Alex💪🏾

Straight to the point. No bullshit. You are the best

if you have a pawn fighter with the shield launch skill, you can use that to get chests just out of reach if you dont feel like finding the path that leads to it.

My man dropped a Larry David bit into the video. I’m down. Lol

Similar to the Thief Extra Jumps you mentioned, you can also use the Mystic Spearhand's "Dragoun Stabbe" to get across gaps, I use it all the time.

The spearhand weapon skill, dragons foin, is great for accessing spots with chests too!!!

Great list of things I didn't know.

For deathly arrow's timing, I look at the arisen's elbow that's holding the arrow. When the arisen releases the arrow, his elbow moves backwards slightly and I release the fire button. It takes a bit of practice and usually I can see the elbow move on the corner of my eye so I can focus on aiming.

That extra "pawn" made me laugh so hard, so gonna use that. Also what armor is that mage wearing, looks awesome!

3:22 this one works if you knock them off balance and pull their leg next to like say one of those broken stone bridges that are naturally broken.

if you want to use the arrow of unmaking say against the sphinx make sure to rest at an Inn or owned home as you then get a hard save point that you can revert to

For the archer's Deathly arrow bonus instead of counting, just look at the drawing arm. The Arisen pulls it back, stops for a moment and pulls it further. I have been able to consistently get the timing down due to this, it is much easier than counting. I was probably able to take down cyclops and minotaurs earlier than normal due to this, as I could keep staggering and knock them down. My first encounter with a minotaur straight up killed me as soon as it appeared, but even though it seemed out of my league I still used a wakestone and tried to beat it, due to my confidence in the skill. Lo and behold, I actually managed to kill it.

3:00 is peak. Dangerous comedy for the gaming industry, but glad to see it.

Bro, they made thief a powerhouse in this game. I didn't know about the leap and the smoke bomb. Thanks!

i love having my pawn use the ice spell when im playing mystic spear hand so i always have free objects to telekinetically throw into my enemies

Most immersive game ever created. Game of the year without a doubt. I can't wait till i wake up and carry someone into battle, love it!!!!!!!!

newbie to dragons dogma 2. you convinced me to get it.

as a vetran of dd I didn't expect anything interesting to be on this list, but I have to say, at lest 10 of these things were new to me and that's pretty dope.

Fun fact: you can also use masterful kill in mid air after the leap skill similar to splitter and since it's animation is short, you might be able to grab a cluff edge (easier to aim too). Downside is it doesn't give you as much distance.

If you pilfer a Dragon, you can get more WyrmCrystals from it. I got 20 last time just from pilfering. On top of the Crystals you get from its death, you can bump it up to 30+ Crystals per

That is good tips indeed

Another tip, if you're gunning in Archer class, invest in explosive arrows heavily, they do most damage to enemies, as they're dirt cheap to buy in mass, as each exploding arrow costs 50 g. Magical archer is even better, based on what I heard about that class, so I'll eventually go to that dungeon to unlock that class. And one more tip left: When you find your first seeker's token, REMEMBER where its location is at, because that is where you will need to get "Finder's Token" for first quest given by Sphinx. I should have listened to this tip long time ago, now I can't remember where first seeker's token was found, as I suspect I did find one near borderwatch.

In regards to the first tip, you can also do this with follower NPC's. Sometimes you'll get a request to take an NPC somewhere, for instance Ulrika will occasionally show up at your house in Vermund and ask you to escort her to Harve. If there's a time limit to those, I have yet to hit it. She's currently travelling with my party through Battahl.

No notes on my warrior gameplay, noted :D

Hey! Would love to get a breakdown of your graphics settings if you have them? Think your game looks really crisp! Thanks for the great videos

Loved the Larry David nod there.