Got your Dragon’s Dogma 2 pre-order but can’t seem to find your promised goodies? This sort of thing happens all the time with time-locked bonus DLC. Let’s get to troubleshooting your issue, depending on your platform.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Pre-order DLC Bonus Unlock
No matter which platform you’re playing on, you’ll be waiting up to an hour before you arrive at a point where you can unlock your pre-order DLC bonuses. Once you reach the Borderwatch Lounge inn, initiate a dialogue with Warrick the innkeeper and keep an eye out for the message pop-up as seen pictured above.
Continue to Rest (for free this first time), and when you see the dialog below, you’re set. Next, do exactly as stated in the picture: speak with the innkeeper.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Pre-order DLC Bonus Claim
Once the innkeeper’s dialogue options come up, select ‘Organize Storage’, followed by ‘Withdraw’. Everything here is whatever pre-order bonuses you are entitled to, including the Standard “Superior Weapons Quartet”, and the Deluxe “Ring of Assurance” pre-order bonuses.
Bear in mind that only the Arisen (your player character) and the Main Pawn can use these items. The support Pawns will not be permitted to equip them at all. They can’t be transferred over to other players either. If you’re game sharing, it will only be redeemable to a single account.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Pre-order DLC Bonus Install PlayStation 5
Generally speaking, the pre-order DLC bonus should’ve installed successfully right alongside the main game.
If it hasn’t, simply head on over to the PlayStation 5’s Home screen, navigate to the the game tile for Dragon’s Dogma 2, and press the Options button on your controller. Select “Manage Game Content” in the context menu that appears. Aside from the game itself, there ought to be an ‘Add-ons’ section beneath which will list any available DLC, specifically “Dragon’s Dogma 2: Superior Weapons Quartet – A Boon in Early Battles”, as well as “Dragon’s Dogma 2: Ring of Assurance – Adventurer’s Safeguard” if you own the Deluxe Edition pre-order. If the DLC states ‘Not installed’, then simply press <X> on the down-arrow button to its right, to force an install.
If the bonus IS installed but isn’t being detected, select the trashcan icon to its right, press <X>, and confirm deletion in the following dialog. Then proceed on to force an installation as mentioned above.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Pre-order DLC Bonus Install Xbox Series X|S
Generally speaking, the pre-order DLC bonus should’ve installed successfully right alongside the main game.
If it hasn’t, simply head on over to the game’s tile from My Games & Apps, or wherever else is convenient, and press the Menu button aka the ‘hamburger’ button on the controller. Select “Manage game & add-ons”. Aside from the game itself, it will list any available DLC, specifically “Dragon’s Dogma 2: Superior Weapons Quartet – A Boon in Early Battles”, as well as “Dragon’s Dogma 2: Ring of Assurance – Adventurer’s Safeguard” if you own the Deluxe Edition pre-order, in either the ‘Installed’ or the ‘Ready to install’ sections. Either force an install of the DLC files, or delete and force install them.
If these steps still fail, simply restart your console. Make sure it’s a full restart, and not a hibernate sleep-wake cycle.
In the event that you changed region or date and time in order to play the game early, make sure you’re properly synced to your actual region and timezone now that the game is out everywhere. Restart the console after doing that as well.
That’s everything on unlocking and claiming all of your pre-order DLC bonuses in Dragon’s Dogma 2 on all platforms.
