Dragon’s Dogma 2: How To Fast Travel | Oxcarts, Portcrystals & Ferrystones

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Even fast travel is slow in Dragon’s Dogma 2. There are two major methods for fast-travel, and they vary in usefulness — it all depends on how much you’re willing to spend. Fast travel can be an incredibly expensive business, and getting the items you need isn’t exactly easy. Here’s what you need to know to get started teleporting around the map… or riding a really slow wagon. Here’s what you need to know about fast travel in the fantasy nation of Vermund.

Oxcarts are the most common method for quickly travelling around the world map and they’re incredibly cheap — but they have serious limitations. Before we talk about everything wrong with Oxcarts, let’s talk about what they do exactly.

There are severe downsides to using Oxcarts, making them imperfect fast-travel options. They’re the cheapest and easiest to access, but not always the best for certain situations.

Oxcarts are an extremely useful tool, but if you’re in a real hurry and have plenty of cash to spare, you may want to use Portcrystals instead.

Many settlements in Dragon’s Dogma 2 have Portcrystals — large crystals you can activate and use like beacons. These beacons are essentially fast-travel points. You’ll need to activate them in locations like Melve, Vernworth and Checkpoint Rest Town before you can easily travel back — or you can place portable Portcrystals. These Portcrystals are extremely rare and valuable. Portable Portcrystals can also be moved. You won’t find many, but you also won’t need many.

The problem with Portcrystals is Ferrystones. These rare one-time-use items are required to fast-travel. They’re expensive, so save every Ferrystone you find for emergencies. Until very late in the game, you won’t find many of these stones. Here’s a quick rundown on Portcrystal fast-travel.

Portable Portcrystals and Ferrystones are some of the most important items in the game. Be sure you don’t lose them! Put them in storage if you have to. To help you, here are a few locations and methods you can