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Capcom said it was working on an update for the Switch 2 version of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, and it's now officially here.
It comes loaded with adjustments and fixes addressing all sorts of issues with vocations and more. Here's the full rundown via Capcom's official Dragon's Dogma 2 website:
Capcom: "Title Update 4.1 is out now on Nintendo Switch 2, addressing several known issues."
Dragon's Dogma 2 Title Update 4.1 (27th October 2026)
[Nintendo Switch™ 2]
Adjustments
Other
- Adjusted the facial expressions of the Arisen and pawns when taking certain actions.
Bug Fixes
Vocations【Warrior】
- 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.
【Magick Archer】
- Fixed a bug where the lock-on feature would not function properly.
【Mystic Spearhand】
- Fixed a bug where the effect of Mirour Vesture would not trigger between the Arisen and Sigurd.
Enemies
- 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.
Pawns
- 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.
NPCs
- 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.
UI
- 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.
Text/Tutorial Display
- 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.
Quests
- 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.
Gimmicks
- Fixed a bug where certain mechanics needed to make progress in a quest would not appear.
Other
- 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.
If you haven't already played Dragon's Dogma 2 (or its new expansion), be sure to check out our review. You can also download the game's character creator from the eShop.