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Core Skills in Dragon's Dogma 2 are various utility or enhancement abilities that the player can arm their Arisen and their Pawns with. Core Skills are unlocked and equipped depending on the Weapon that the character's current Vocation can equip. Skills had to be bought using Discipline Points and couldn't be refunded in Dragon's Dogma, but once a Skill is bought, it would be unlocked for every Vocation that is able to use the Skill. This, along with the game giving Discipline Points away generously, encouraged players to try out different Vocations and playstyles without much inconvenience. This page covers all the Core Skills available in the game, what each of them does, and how many Discipline Points are needed to unlock them.

Dragon's Dogma 2 All Core Skills

Archer Core Skills

Fighter Core Skills

Mage Core Skills

Thief Core Skills

Mystic Spearhand Core Skills

Magick Archer Core Skills

Sorcerer Core Skills

Trickster Core Skills

Warrior Core Skills

Warfarer Core Skills

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Dragon's Dogma 2 All Core Skills

 

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Skill Name	Vocations	Vocation Rank	Description	Acquire Cost
Onslaught	Fighter	1	Unleashes a flurry of swift slashes with the sword.	0
Empale	Fighter	1	Thrusts blade forward in a forceful jab. Follows up with powerful successive strike if it connects with a foe who has been knocked off balance.	0
Defend	Fighter	1	Guards against attacks from the front with the shield. Some Stamina is consumed when an attack connects with the shield.	0
Deflect	Fighter	1	Deflects attacks back toward the target. While active, counterattacking consumes less Stamina.	0
True Deflect	Fighter	1	Deflects attacks back toward the target with impressive might. While active, counterattacking consumes no stamina.	150
Tusk Toss	Fighter	2	Traces a grand skyward arc with the blade, sending lightweight foes into the air.	250
Steeled Foundation	Fighter	3	Uses the shield to ease the impact from falling. Reduces fall damage and hastens recovery after a fall.	400
Enchanted Counter	Fighter	4	When using defend while enchanted, automatically counters with an elemental attack corresponding to the enchantment.	600
Loose	Archer	1	Aims and fires an arrow at a nearby foe. Can be employed while moving. If employed while clinging to or pinning down a target, the user pierces the target with the arrow directly.	--
Front Kick	Archer	1	Unleashes a swift kick that causes the target to flinch. Launches the user backward if the kick connects in mid-air.	--
Steady Shot	Archer	1	Draws the bow carefully, allowing for precise aim. Can be employed while moving. Length of the draw affects arrow impact and distance flown.	--
Leaping Punt	Archer	1	Delivers a weighty kick that can knock foes off balance. Launches the user backward after it connects.	150
Parting Shot	Archer	2	Fires an arrow while jumping back after performing a Leaping Punt or a mid-air Front Kick.	250
Puncture Dart	Archer	6	Draws the bowstring to its absolute limit before firing. Makes aiming more difficult, but allows arrows to pierce targets with greater impact.	600
Swift Nock	Archer	3	Enables the user to nock arrows more quickly when using Loose or Steady Shot.	400
Magick Bolt	Mage Sorcerer	1	Fires a magickal burst that differs based on active enchantment. Can be cast while moving.	0
Anodyne	Mage	1	Conjures a magickal curative sigil that recovers the health of the caster and their allies when in contact with it	0
Focused Bolt	Mage	1	Fires a condensed magickal burst that differs based on active enchantment.	100
Quickspell	Mage Sorcerer	2	Greatly hastens incantation speed. Consumes Stamina while active.	250
Levitate	Mage Sorcerer	3	Manipulates the caster's weight through magickal means, allowing them to float temporarily.	400
Scarlet Kisses	Thief	1	Unleashes a flurry of forward slashes.	150
Controlled Fall	Thief	2	Tucks the body into a tight roll when hitting the ground after being knocked down, allowing the user to swiftly regain their feet. reduces the damage taken upon impact.	250
Bump and Lift	Thief	3	Robs the target of an item when the attack connects. Activates when using Carve, but has a low success rate.	400
Footpad	Thief	4	Kicks off a wall, allowing the user to launch themselves a great distance.	600
Twin Fangs	Thief	1	Performs a deadly double strike forward, followed by a powerful successive strike if target is knocked off balance. Hold down to cling to larger targets or to pin down smaller flinching targets.	0
Swift Step	Thief	1	Lowers stance and renders movement swift and light. Effective as an evasive maneuver.	0
Carve	Thief	1	Delivers a flurry of dagger blows.	0
Bulwark	Warrior	1	Reduces damage taken from hostile targets during a charged attack.	150
Breakneck Strike	Warrior	2	Enables a charged attack to inflict greeater harm by unleashing it the very instant it is fully charged.	250
Chain of Blows	Warrior	3	Employs the user's momentum to unleash an additional Mighty Sweep.	400
Repulse	Warrior	4	Parries a hostile target's attack by unleashing a charged attack that can knock the target off balance.	600
Stonesplitter	Warrior	1	Performs a mighty downward slash. Follows up with a powerful successive strike if it connects with a foe who has been knocked off balance.	0
Barge	Warrior	1	Rushes forward, tackling the target. Though limited in range, it can force the target to flinch. The user is less likely to flinch while it is active.	0
Mighty Sweep	Warrior	1	Sweeps in a horizontal arc. Holding the activation button turns the attack into a charged slash and makes the user less likely to flinch.	0
Galvanize	Sorcerer	1	Rapidly recovers Stamina through single-minded focus. Can be employed while moving, but with reduced efficacy.	0
Bursting Bolt	Sorcerer	1	Stores up magick before unleashing it in a powerful burst that explodes sometime after connecting with the target. Effect differs based on active enchantment.	150
Twein Cut	Mystic Spearhand	1	Disperses Foreboding Bolt after it has been unleashed, ensnaring hostile targets in the vicinity and preventing them from moving. Targets struck directly are restrained for longer.	0
Magike Cut	Mystic Spearhand	1	Allows the user to instantly approach a target that was struck by Foreboding Bolt or Scattering Bolt	0
Redouted Bolt	Mystic Spearhand	1	Fires a magickal burst that deals no damage but causes targets to flinch. Can be employed while moving.	0
Forbeding Bolt	Mystic Spearhand	1	Alters the effect of Redouted Bolt so that it instead prevents the target's movement. Charging up magick before unleashing extends the effect. Can charge magick while performing other actions.	0
Scatering Bolt	Mystic Spearhand	1	Disperses Foreboding Bolt after it has been unleashed, ensnaring hostile targets in the vicinity and preventing them from moving. Targets struck directly are restrained for longer.	150
Quik Fot	Mystic Spearhand	2	Allows the user to instantly approach a target that was struck by Foreboding Bolt or Scatering Bolt	250
Ferrene Bolt	Mystic Spearhand	3	Extends the effective range of Redouted Bolt	400
Winding Cut	Mystic Spearhand	4	Spins the duospear forward, whirling and slashing through targets without a pause. Repeatedly pressing the activation button spins the duospear faster. Can be activated while walking.	600
Quickfire	Magick Archer	1	Fires a trio of magickal arrows that disperse in a forward direction. Can be employed while moving. Pierces target with arrow directly if employed while clinging to or pinning down a target.	0
Conversion	Magick Archer	1	Alters ability of user's magickal arrows. Choose: Pinpoint Volley that strikes multiple targets or multiple points on a target—or Rivet Shot that attacks a single target or one point on a target.	0
Pinpoint Volley	Magick Archer	1	Takes aim at multiple targets or multiple points on a target before firing with precision. Can be employed while moving.	0
Rivet Shot	Magick Archer	1	Takes aim at a single target or a single point on a target before firing with precision. Can be employed while moving.	0
Climactic Arrow	Magick Archer	1	Increases harm inflicted with Pinpoint Volley and Rivet Shot if loosed the instant the bow is fully drawn	150
Scopic Sight	Magick Archer	2	Extends lock-on range when using Pinpoint Volley or Rivet Shot	250
Tracker's Sight	Magick Archer	3	Increasesthe maximum number of lock-on targets when using Pinpoint Volley or Rivet Shot.	400
Protracting Arrow	Magick Archer	4	After the user employs a fire, ice, or lightning weapon skill, the element is conferred to arrows loosed with Quickfire, Pinpoint Volley, and Rivet Shot. The effect persists for a short time.	600
Beveiling Fumes	Trickster	1	Swings the censer, engulfing targets in smoke and drawing attention to the caster.	0
Effigial Incense	Trickster	1	Creates a simulacrum (an illusory figure that is identical to the caster) that draws the attention of hostile targets. Dissipates if continuously attacked or if too far away from the caster.	0
Effigial Snuff	Trickster	1	Dispels a simulacrum created with Effigial Incense.	0
Invoking Essence	Trickster	1	Beckons the simulacrum to the caster's location. Can also be employed while clinging to or pinning down a foe.	0
Enthralling Aroma	Trickster	1	Possesses a hostile target with a simulacrum of the caster, drawing the ire of foes and causing them to attack each other. Can also be employed while clinging to or pinning down a foe.	0
Mending Vapor	Trickster	1	Slowly repairs damage incurred by a simulacrum while beckoning it to the caster.	150
Drifting Brume	Trickster	2	Swings the censer to conjure a cloud of smoke before unleashing it upon targets. The smoke can travel to reach targets that are not too far away, and draw the attention of any targets it engulfs.	250
Effigial Quickburn	Trickster	3	Hastens the speed at a which a simulacrum is created when casting Effigial Incense.	400
Trailing Aroma	Trickster	4	Extends the distance that a simulacrum created with Effigial Incense can venture from the caster.	600