Dragon's Dogma 2 vocations — all classes and unlock requirements

Evidence split: Capcom’s current manual establishes the vocation list, combat roles and Arisen-only restriction. The named quests and NPC routes come from PowerPyx’s March 21, 2024 walkthrough and are marked as media-reported. Unlock routes have not been replayed on Title Update 4.0.

All 10 vocations and who can use them

Capcom confirms the four starting vocations, Warrior and Sorcerer, and the four special Arisen-only vocations. It describes Warfarer as using all kinds of weaponry. Official web manual · Checked October 15, 2026. The quest and NPC column follows PowerPyx’s unlock guide · Checked October 15, 2026.

Which starting vocation should you choose?

There is no permanent lock-in: the official manual says you can change vocation at a Vocation Guild. Choose the controls you want to learn first, then let the main Pawn cover the missing role. Official starting-vocation descriptions · Checked October 15, 2026.

How to unlock the six later vocations

1. Warrior and Sorcerer: PowerPyx reports both as rewards from Vocation Frustration. It also reports Sorcerer becoming available through later story progress after Feast of Deception.
2. Mystic Spearhand: speak to Sigurd. The walkthrough reports encounters during Readvent of Calamity, at Dragonsbreath Tower or through later story progress. His exact location can therefore depend on quest state.
3. Magick Archer: complete Put a Spring in Thy Step on Agamen Volcanic Island. The dedicated guide gives the full Gautstafr escort.
4. Trickster: speak to Luz at Reverent Shrine. The main story directs you there during Flickering Shadows, but the reported unlock is the conversation itself.
5. Warfarer: complete Lamond’s The Sotted Sage at Geyser Hamlet by supplying three Newt Liqueurs.

Media walkthrough for all six routes · Checked October 15, 2026. These are route reports, not wording taken from Capcom’s manual.

Changing vocation, skills and Augments

1. Visit a Vocation Guild and select an already unlocked vocation.
2. Spend DCP to unlock a new vocation or learn skills as they become available with vocation rank.
3. Equip weapon skills that match the new weapon; owning a skill does not automatically place it on the bar.
4. Recheck armor, carried weight and party roles after the change.
5. Equip up to six learned Augments. They remain available across vocations.

The official guild manual says DCP comes from defeating enemies and completing quests, and that the Arisen and main Pawn accrue it separately. It also distinguishes automatically active core skills from weapon skills that must be equipped. Official Vocation Guild manual · Checked October 15, 2026.

Why a Pawn cannot equip every unlocked vocation

Mystic Spearhand, Magick Archer, Trickster and Warfarer are explicitly Arisen-only in Capcom’s manual. Unlocking one does not add it to the main Pawn’s change-vocation list. For Pawn planning, use Fighter, Archer, Mage, Thief, Warrior or Sorcerer and combine the role with cross-vocation Augments.

The current official manual confirms vocation identity, but it does not publish every quest-state fallback in the unlock table. If an NPC is absent, advance or resolve the linked quest state before assuming the vocation is permanently missed.