How to open locked doors in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Pelican Press · March 26

How to open locked doors in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Have you come upon locked doors in Dragon’s Dogma 2 and you’re not sure how to open them? I was in the same boat and was pretty confused with how the locked door mechanic worked. Here’s how you can get through any locked door you come across.

Oftentimes in this fantasy RPG you’ll come across a door that you cannot walk through. It’s locked, but there’s no lockpicking mechanic, so how does it work? You can open locked doors in Dragon’s Dogma 2 by simply waiting for them to unlock at different times of the day.

If you find yourself with a locked door and there’s no other way through, you’ll just have to wait around until a different time of the day. Either rest at an Inn or doze off on a bench to pass time. In this game, doors can lock at certain times of the day depending on certain conditions.

Sometimes it’s because a character has locked themselves in their own home, but that won’t always be the case. Other times you’ll be able to purchase keys like the Makeshift Gaol Key to unlock doors, but these are on rare occasions.

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For example, I found a locked door in the basement of a building in Vernworth that was locked during the daytime. But during the night I was able to freely enter this room. Sometimes doors will only unlock upon venturing a specific side quest.

I found another locked door inside a ***** when I was doing one side quest. But then on a different side quest, I came to the same *****, yet this side quest allowed me to enter this locked part of the *****.

One other reason doors may be locked is because they’re the exit and you must find a different entrance. To avoid spoilers, I essentially found a locked room in a house but eventually found a secret underground area that led to this door from the other side. I was able to then unlock it from the other side, allowing me to enter this underground area the easy way next time.

Other than Doors, you can find gates with bars blocking the way. Whether the beam is on your side or the other side, it needs to break before you can open the door. You can open barred gates and doors by breaking the wooden beam with either *****, explosive, or bludgeoning damage.

Since wood burns easily with *****, I’ve found that you can break these wooden beams using ***** spells like Flagration easily. If that doesn’t work, try carrying over an explosive barrel and throwing it against the door.

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