Dragon's Dogma 2 - Mage Vocation Class Guide

Mage Vocation Class Guide for Dragon’s Dogma 2

Archer	Fighter
Mage	Thief
Sorcerer	Warrior
Magick Archer	Mystic Spearhand
Trickster	Warfarer

Vocation Class Overview

Wielding a staff, the Mage offers support to their party in various ways: from launching magick attacks, offering enchantments that bolster their party members’ weapons, to casting healing spells. The more advanced and powerful the magick is, the longer the incantation time will be. As a Mage, you will experience the strategic excitement of deftly executing your magick abilities.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Vocation Class List and Guides

How to Unlock Mage Vocation Class

Vocation	How to Unlock
Mage	Unlocked by default. Assigned Meister: Eini Maister’s Location: Eini’s Home Quests: Spellbound

Dragon’s Dogma 2 How to Unlock all Vocation Classes

Mage Starter Weapons and Equipment

Weapon	Unfettered Claw
Head Armor	Beseecher’s Hood
Body Armor	Missionary’s Robe or Verger’s Gown
Leg Armor	Miner’s Hosen

Mage Strengths and Weaknesses

Vocation Strengths	Vocation Weaknesses
High Magick High Magick Defense Can cast Healing. Can cast Buffs. Can deal AoE Attacks. Can cast different Elemental attacks.	Low HP Pool Can only wear Light Armor. Cannot exploit weakness effectively.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Stats Overview and Guide

Mage Weapon Skills

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Vocation Class Weapon Skill List and Effects

Skill	Rank	Dcp Cost
Flagration	Rank 1	0 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Fire Unleashes a swirling jet of flame straight ahead for a period of time. The flame ignores Magick Defense and can pass through multiple targets. While active, the caster can still move.
Levin	Rank 1	150 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Lightning Strikes an enemy from above with tongues of lightning. Can summon additional lightning bolts by consuming Stamina.
Palladium	Rank 1	200 Dcp
Skill Effect	Conjures a cluster of magickal energy that blocks up to three attacks from targets. The cluster will also dissipate after a time.
Fire Boon	Rank 1	200 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Fire Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of a single ally with fire. The enchantment persists for a period of time.
Ice Boon	Rank 2	300 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Ice Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of a single ally with ice. The enchantment persists for a period of time.
Lightning Boon	Rank 2	300 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Lightning Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of a single ally with lightning. The enchantment persists for a period of time.
Frigor	Rank 3	450 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Ice Conjures a giant pillar of ice that lingers for a period of time and can serve as a stepping stone. After the pillar is destroyed, grabbable blocks of ice will remain.
Halidom	Rank 3	450 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Holy Conjures a magickal sigil that cures the caster and their allies of certain debilitations (caught fire, frostbite, unconscious, sleep, silence, drenched, and tarred) while within range.
Empyrean	Rank 4	700 Dcp
Skill Effect	Element: Holy Conjures an orb of holy light that deals immediate damage to nearby targets in all directions. The light remains for some time even after the attack concludes.
Celerity	Rank 4	700 Dcp
Skill Effect	Conjures a magickal sigil that hastens the speed of allies within range. The effect persists for a period of time.
Argent Tonic	Rank 5	1,100 Dcp
Skill Effect	Fully and instantaneously recovers the Health of the caster or of a single ally. Does not recover the loss gauge.
Solemnity	Rank 6	1,800 Dcp
Skill Effect	Silences the target for a period of time, preventing them from speaking and incanting spells.
Spellhold	Rank 6	2,500 Dcp
Skill Effect	Temporarily stores an incanted spell in the staff, to be cast instantly at the wielder’s discretion. Slows Stamina recovery while storing, and consumes increased Stamina when casting.
High Flagration	Rank 4	1,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Flagration that unleashes a more powerful jet of flame.
High Levin	Rank 4	1,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Levin that summons a greater number of lightning bolts when cast.
High Palladium	Rank 4	1,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Palladium that lasts longer and grants clusters to nearby allies when cast.
Fire Affinity	Rank 5	1,300 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Fire Boon that grants a longer-lasting enchantment.
Ice Affinity	Rank 5	1,300 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Ice Boon that grants a longer-lasting enchantment.
Lightning Affinity	Rank 5	1,300 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Lightning Boon that grants a longer-lasting enchantment.
High Frigor	Rank 6	1,600 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Frigor that unleashes a wave of cold when cast, dealing damage to any targets it touches.
High Halidom	Rank 6	1,600 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Halidom that has an extended duration and cures the debilitations caught fire, frostbite, unconscious, sleep, silence, drenched, tarred, torched, ice-bound, and blighted.
High Empyrean	Rank 7	2,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Empyrean with an extended attack range and longer-lasting light.
High Celerity	Rank 7	2,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Celerity that conjures a longer-lasting magickal sigil and extends the ensuing speed boost’s duration.
Argent Succor	Rank 8	2,500 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Argent Tonic that gradually continues to recover Health for a period of time.
High Solemnity	Rank 8	2,500 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Solemnity that extends both the spell’s effective range and the debilitation’s duration.
High Spellhold	Rank 9	3,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	An advanced form of Spellhold that consumes less Stamina when casting the stored spell.
Celestial Paean	Enchanter’s Almanac	Enchanter’s Almanac
Skill Effect	Summons a wave of holy light that hastens both the Stamina recovery and speed of allies who touch it, while reducing damage taken. Consumes all of the caster’s Stamina and knocks them off their feet.

Mage Core Skills

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Vocation Class Core Skill List and Effects

Skill	Rank	Dcp Cost
Magick Bolt	Rank 0	0 Dcp
Skill Effect	Fires a magickal burst that differs based on active enchantment. Can be cast while moving.
Anodyne	Rank 0	0 Dcp
Skill Effect	Conjures a magickal curative sigil that recovers the health of the caster and their allies when in contact with it.
Focused Bolt	Rank 1	100 Dcp
Skill Effect	Fires a condensed magical burst that differs based on active enchantment.
Quickspell	Rank 2	250 Dcp
Skill Effect	Greatly hastens incantation speed. Consumes Stamina while active.
Levitate	Rank 3	400 Dcp
Skill Effect	Manipulates the caster’s weight through magickal means, allowing them to float temporarily.

Mage Augment Skills

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Vocation Class Augment Skill List and Effects

Skill	Rank	Dcp Cost
Apotropaism	Rank 2	300 Dcp
Skill Effect	Augments your Magick Defense.
Beatitude	Rank 4	900 Dcp
Skill Effect	Increases the amount of Health recovered by curatives and curative magicks.
Intervention	Rank 6	1,800 Dcp
Skill Effect	Reduces the duration of debilitations you are afflicted with.
Perpetuation	Rank 8	3,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	Extends the duration of enchantments and invigorations.
Exaltation	Rank 9	5,000 Dcp
Skill Effect	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.

Mage Weapons

Mage Best Weapon (Staff)

Dragon’s Nous

Weapon Name	Type	Element and Effects
Dragon’s Nous	Staff	None
Strength	Magick	Slash Strength
350	430	0
Strike Strength	Knockdown Power	Weight
100	120	3.1 kg
Weapon Description
“A staff worthy of its namesake. Filled near to bursting with the dragon’s power, its magicks mingle with the wielder’s and heighten them beyond belief.”

How to Get Dragon’s Nous

Dragon’s Nous can be purchased from The Dragonforged for 110 Wyrmslife Crystals at the Bay Wayside Shrine shop.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Weapons for each Vocation Class

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Dragon's Dogma 2 Recommended Article List

Dragon's Dogma 2 Main Quest Walkthroughs

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Main Quest Walkthroughs
Main Quest 1: A Gaoled Awakening	Main Quest 2: Tale's Beginning
Main Quest 3: In Dragon's Wake	Main Quest 4: Seat of the Sovran
Main Quest 5: Monster Culling	Main Quest 6: Disa's Plot
Main Quest 7: The Caged Magistrate	Main Quest 8: The Stolen Throne
Main Quest 9: An Unsettling Encounter	Main Quest 10: Feast of Deception
Main Quest 11: Nation of the Lambent Flame	Main Quest 12: Flickering Shadows
Main Quest 13: Convergence	Main Quest 14: A New Godsway
Main Quest 15: The Guardian Gigantus	Main Quest 16 (Final): Legacy

Dragon's Dogma 2 Main Quests List

Dragon's Dogma 2 Side Quest Walkthroughs

Borderwatch Outpost Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Borderwatch Outpost Side Quests
The Provisioner's Plight	Ordeals of a New Recruit

Melve Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Melve Side Quests
Medicament Predicament	Brothers Brave and Timid
Nesting Troubles	Readvent of Calamity
Home is Where the Hearth Is

Vernworth Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Vernworth Side Quests
Oxcart Courier	Vocation Frustration
A Place to Call Home	The Heel of History
A Case of Sculptor’s Block	The Gift of Giving
The Nameless Village	The Arisen’s Shadow
Saint of the Slums	The Phantom Oxcart
Tensions on the Highroad	Masked Correspondence
Gift Of The Bow	A Trial Of Archery
A Beggar’s Tale	The Ornate Box
A Magisterial Amenity	House Of The Blue Sunbright
Dulled Steel, Cold Forge	A Veil Of Gossamer Clouds

Harve Village Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Harve Village Side Quests
Scaly Invaders	Trouble on the Cape

Sacred Arbor Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Sacred Arbor Side Quests
The Ailing Arborheart

Checkpoint Rest Town Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Checkpoint Rest Town Side Quests
The Sorcerer’s Appraisal	Hunt for the Jadeite Orb
Prey for the Pack	Mercy among Thieves

Vermund Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Vermund Side Quests
Claw Them Into Shape	Beren's Final Lesson
Spellbound	Tolled to Rest

Mountain Shrine Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Mountain Shrine Side Quests
A Game of Wits

Bakbattahl Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Bakbattahl Side Quests
Shadowed Prayers	A Poisonous Proposal
Steeled Resolve, Blazing Forge	Out Of The Forest, Into The Forge
Short-Sighted Ambition

Agamen Volcanic Island Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Agamen Volcanic Island Side Quests
Put A Spring In Thy Step

Volcanic Island Camp Side Quests

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Volcanic Island Camp Side Quests
A Candle In The Storm	The Sotted Sage

Dragon's Dogma 2 Side Quests List and Guides

Dragon's Dogma 2 Best Builds

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Basic Vocations
Best Fighter Build	Best Archer Build
Best Thief Build	Best Mage Build
▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Advanced Vocations
Best Warrior Build	Best Sorcerer Build
▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Hybrid Vocations
Best Magick Archer Build	Best Mystic Spearhand Build
Best Trickster Build	Best Warfarer Build

Dragon's Dogma 2 Best Builds for Each Vocation (Class)

Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creation Guides

General Character Creator Guides

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator (from Video Games)
How to Make a Beautiful Female Character	How to Change Appearance
All Character Creator Recipes List	All Male Character Creator Recipes List
All Female Character Creator Recipes List

Popular Video Game Character Recipes

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator (from Video Games)
Geralt (The Witcher)	Ciri (The Witcher 3)
Kratos (God of War)	Rook (Dragon's Dogma)
2B (Nier: Automata)	Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)	Ada Wong (Resident Evil)
Bela Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)	Cammy (Street Fighter)
Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy 7)	Dante (Devil May Cry)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)	Nero (Devil May Cry)
Ekko (League of Legends)	Melina (Elden Ring)

Popular Anime Character Recipes

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator (from Anime)
Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)	Guts (Berserk)
Makima (Chainsaw Man)	Yoru (Chainsaw Man)
Shanks (One Piece)	Lucyna Kushinada (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)

Popular Film and TV Character and Celebrity Recipes

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator (from Film and TV)
Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)	Darth Maul (Star Wars)
Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings)	Anya Taylor-Joy

Original Character Recipes

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator (Original)
Beautiful Beastren	Anime Beastren

Dragon's Dogma 2 Strategy Guides

Beginner Guides

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Beginner Guides
How to Claim Pre-Order Bonuses	Characters List
Game Controls	All Vocations (Classes) List and Guide
Which Starting Vocation Should You Choose?	Beginner's Guide: Things to Do First
Character Creation Guide	All Playable Races List and Guide
Can You Change the Difficulty?	Does the Game Have Permadeath?
Stats Overview and Guide	Tips for Combat
Can You Respec Stats?	Can You Get Mounts?
Can You Play as the Elf Race?	Does the Game Have Hard Mode?
Is there a Hide Helmet Option?	How to Use Cloud Storage (PS5)
Can You Swim?	What is The Brine?

Useful Guides

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Useful Guides
Trophies and Achievements	How to Unlock All Vocations
How to Unlock Warfarer Vocation	Best Builds for Each Vocation (Class)
Vocation (Class) Strengths and Weaknesses	Permanent Events and Missables
Best Pawn Vocations and Traits	Best Equipment for Each Vocation (Class)
Best Weapons for Each Vocation (Class)	Best Armor
Best Weapon Skills for Each Vocation (Class)	Best Core Skills for Each Vocation (Class)
Best Augment Skills for Each Vocation (Class)	Best Vocation Progression Routes
All Starting Vocation Base Stats List	Dialogue Choices and Consequences Guide
Post-Game Unlockables	New Game Plus (NG+) Guide
All Endings Guide	How to Get the True Ending
Side Quest List and Guides	EXP Farming Guide
Dcp Farming Guide	How to Recruit Rook
How to Change Vocations (Classes)	How to Unlock Advanced Vocations (Classes)
Gold Farming Guide	How to Increase Stats
Pawns Guide	How to Hire Online Pawns
Pawn Inclinations List and Guide	Pawn Specializations List and Guide
Specialization Tomes List	Equipment Enhancement Guide
How to Cure Dragonsplague	Loss Gauge Guide
How to Translate Elvish	How to Find Elves
How to Get a House	Grilled Meat List and Effects
How to Get Rift Crystals	How to Fast Travel
How to Ride Oxcart	How to Get Portcrystals
How to Get Ferrystone	Gender Differences and Effects Guide
Race and Body Type Effects	Dragonsplague Guide
Day and Night Cycle Guide	How to Get Camping Kits
Things to Do at Camp	How to Increase Affection
Official Guest Pawns List	Map Location List and Guides
How to Change Appearance	How to Revive NPCs
How to Change Pawn Inclination	How to Change Pawn Specialization
How to Unlock Augment Skills	How to Get All Maister's Teachings
How to Revive Pawns	How to Get Art of Metamorphosis
How to Get Pawn Badges	How to Get Ambivalent Rift Incense
Loss Gauge Guide

Romance and Affinity Guides

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Romance Guides
Romance and Affinity Guide	Ulrika Romance and Affinity Guide
Wilhelmina Romance and Affinity Guide	NPC Affinity Gift Guide

Dragon's Dogma 2 Vocation (Class) Guides

Basic Vocations

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Basic Vocations
Fighter	Archer
Mage	Thief

Advanced Vocations

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Advanced Vocations
Warrior	Sorcerer

Hybrid Vocations (Arisen-Exclusive Classes)

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Hybrid Vocations
Warfarer	Trickster
Mystic Spearhand	Magick Archer

Dragon's Dogma 2 All Vocations (Classes) List and Guide

Dragon's Dogma 2 Characters

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Human Characters
Ulrika	Nadina
Brant	Disa
Menella	Wilhelmina
Sven	Glyndwr
Doireann	Lennart
Sigurd	Luz
The Dragon

Dragon's Dogma 2 Characters List

Dragon's Dogma 2 Game Database

Equipment

Weapons

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Weapons Database
Weapons	Swords
Shields	Staves
Daggers	Bows
Greatswords	Hammers
Maces	Archstaves
Magickal Bows	Duospears
Censers

Armor and Accessories

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Armor and Clothing Database
Armor Sets	Head Armor
Body Armor	Leg Armor
Cloaks	Rings

Items

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Items Database
Materials	Valuables
Implements

Skills and Magic

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Skills and Magic Database
Vocation Skills	Core Skills
Augment Skills	Magic Spells

Enhancements and Upgrades

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Enhancements and Upgrades Database
Enhancements

Pawn Traits

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Pawn Traits Database
Pawn Inclinations	Pawn Specializations

Enemies (Bestiary)

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Other Databases
Human Enemies	Monster Enemies
Regular Enemies	Large Enemies

Dragon's Dogma 2 Enemies List (Bestiary)

Dragon's Dogma 2 Game Forum

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Game Forum
Chat Board	Question Board
Bug Report Board

Dragon's Dogma 2 Pre-Release Information

▼Dragon's Dogma 2 Pre-Release Information
Pre-Order Bonuses and Game Editions	How Long to Beat the Game
PC System Requirements	Game File Size: PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S
Platform Differences: PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S	How to Preload the Game
Is the Game Coming to PS4 and Xbox One?	Is a There a Demo?
Is the Game Coming to Game Pass?	Does the Game Have Co-op?
Does the Game Have PvP?	New Vocations (Classes)
New Features	How to Download Character Creator
Voice Actors List

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