Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (Switch 2): all the updates

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen – Ver. ???

• Release date: October 27th 2026
• Patch notes:

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Adjustments

• Adjusted the facial expressions of the Arisen and pawns when taking certain actions.

Bug Fixes

Vocations

• Fixed a bug where pressing the cancel button during Goring Lunge would not cancel the attack and would instead perform a follow-up attack motion.

• Fixed a bug where the lock-on feature would not function properly.

• Fixed a bug where the effect of Mirour Vesture would not trigger between the Arisen and Sigurd.

• Fixed a bug where the eyes of skeletons would not glow.
• Fixed a bug where you could not break free after being grabbed by a chimera.

• Fixed a bug where pawns would sometimes be blown into the air when fighting certain enemies.
• Fixed a bug where eyeballs would sometimes point in unnatural directions.
• Adjusted behavior to reduce the frequency in which pawns would fall from cliffs.
• Fixed a bug where pawns would sometimes stand still instead of exploring when using the Explore command.
• Fixed a bug where pawns would not sheathe their weapons after battles ended.

• Fixed a bug where selecting Tailor Equipment when talking to Hal would trigger certain quest-related conversations to occur, resulting in the inability to tailor your equipment.
• Fixed a bug where unhired pawns and NPCs would repeatedly move back and forth in certain locations.
• Fixed a bug where Norgan NPCs would not appear in the mortuary after they had died.

• Fixed a bug where clearing the control setting for Dash 2 would cause the text on the Button Mapping settings screen and the image of the controller to appear incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug where clearing one or all of the control settings for Reset Camera, Weapon Skill 5 and Weapon Skill 6 would sometimes cause the control settings to be reset when restarting the game.
• Fixed a bug where equipping a weapon by selecting Equip from Storage when using the Warfarer vocation would sometimes not result in the previously equipped weapon being put into storage.
• Fixed a bug where information concerning Times Fallen would be carried over to a different saved data slot.
• Fixed a bug where the “Equip?” message would appear when obtaining rift crystals or gold after equipping equipment from the appraisal results screen.
• Fixed a bug where entering < when inputting text would cause text to disappear and the cursor to not move correctly.

• Fixed a bug where the Restarting Game with Data Carried Over tutorial would sometimes not display.
• Fixed a bug where tutorial text would not display when the number of items put in storage exceeded 2500.

• Fixed a bug in the quest Back to the Temple where the quest would be marked as a failure even when fulfilling all the requirements to complete the quest.

• Fixed a bug where certain mechanics needed to make progress in a quest would not appear.

• Fixed a bug where loading times would become longer than usual or the game would sometimes freeze when waking the game up from sleep mode while playing in handheld mode.
• Fixed a bug where a rain-like effect would sometimes display on the saved data select screen.
• Fixed a bug where the appearance of tailored equipment would revert to its original appearance when escaping gaol by bribing the guards.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to ride an oxcart outside of its business hours, which would cause abnormal behavior during the ride.

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• Additional notes: none
• Source: Capcom

How to download updates for Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Nintendo Switch 2?

To download the updates for Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.