Find out how to change the time of day in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Altering the time of day is an important facet of mastering Dragon’s Dogma 2. The sport is notably completely different whether or not it’s day or night time. However it’s probably not handy to attend round for 20 minutes whereas the solar units. In different phrases, you’ll need to management the time of day every so often.

Our Dragon’s Dogma 2 information will present you change the time of day in two methods — dozing off for a couple of hours or sleeping for longer — and the place you’ll need to be to do every.

How lengthy is a day in Dragon’s Dogma 2?

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a roughly 48-minute day-night cycle, based on our testing. Some quests solely happen a sure instances of day, completely different enemies seem at completely different instances, and a few assets can solely be collected at night time.

Some quests — timed quests — are additionally impacted by the passage of time, the place for those who wait too lengthy to finish an accepted quest, you’ll both find yourself with a “dangerous” ending or simply fail the search.

In the meantime, gadgets in your stock can change as time passes: An apple, for example, turns into a ripened apple (that heals extra) after which a rotten apple (that toxins) over the course of some days.

Find out how to change time of day at an inn or camp

If you’re within the wild, you’ll periodically discover campsites. At these campfires, you need to use a tenting package to make camp. Should you’re in a settlement, you would possibly discover an inn — buildings with a blue fire signal out entrance.

In a camp, interacting along with your bedroll helps you to select to sleep till the subsequent morning or night. At an inn, you’ll need to pay for a mattress. The value is fairly steep, and can normally price you about 1,500 to 2,000 gold per night time.

Wherever you sleep, you’ll get the choice to relaxation until morning or relaxation until dusk. Both possibility fast-forwards time to the subsequent day or night time. Should you sleep at an inn, you additionally create a save you possibly can return to with the load final inn save possibility — simply remember that doing so overwrites your final autosave.

Find out how to change time of day at a bench

In cities and settlements, you’ll see benches round that you would be able to work together with. You’ll be able to solely work together with those which have pink cloth on the seat — the others are simply ornament. You’ll be able to observe down which benches permit you to move time by checking your minimap for a bench-shaped icon.

A pair seconds after you sit on a bench, you’ll get the choice to fall asleep (similar to you do in an oxcart whereas quick touring).

Whereas sleeping in camp or at an inn fast-forwards time all the best way to the subsequent day or night time, dozing off takes you about midway there. If you wish to go all the best way from day to nighttime, you might need to fall asleep twice in a row.

For extra Dragon’s Dogma 2 guides, take a look at our novices guides to fight and the pawn system, or peruse our record of all vocations. We even have explainers on change your vocation, change your look, improve your stock measurement, and quick journey.