That’s literally the opposite of helpful.Īcquisitor – Causes your pawn to seek out and acquire hidden items, even in battle. Another terrible inclination to have, as no one likes a pawn that wanders off to do their own thing. While it’s not a bad idea to have this as a secondary inclination for a Fighter pawn (causing them to always be at the head of the pack), it will cause them to explore areas ahead of you that you might not have entered yet–rather than your ideal location. Pioneer – Causes your pawn to scout ahead of your party. This is also a terrible inclination to have as your pawn will not actively attack other targets unless a fellow pawn is attacked first. Nexus – Causes the pawn to protect other pawns at all cost. Please, please, please, do everyone a favor that rents out your pawn and avoid having your pawn set to Guardian.
This is also the reason why so many pawns sit around doing nothing until the Arisen is attacked by enemies, because frequent use of the “Help!” and “Come!” command force this inclination over time (yes, inclinations can change over the course of the game). While this sounds like the ideal inclination for almost any pawn, this is actually the absolute worst inclination in the game as it will cause your Pawn to remain inactive until your Arisen is physically attacked. Guardian – Causes the pawn to protect the Arisen, first and foremost.
If you have Medicant set as your primary, your pawn will rarely cast anything but Anodyne due to your party rarely having full health in combat. With Utilitarian set as primary, your pawn will focus on buffing you with elemental boons and Spellscreen. This, in my opinion, should be the primary inclination of any healing-based Mage pawn.
Utilitarian – Causes pawn to support the party with spells and abilities that would cause them to have an advantage in battle. Another ideal inclination for damage dealing pawns, especially those that attack from a distance themselves like Rangers or Sorcerers. Ideal for damage dealing pawns, especially ones in the Ranger & Sorceror vocations.Ĭhallenger – Causes pawn to focus on long-range attackers like Rangers, Sorcerers, and Mages. Mitigator – Causes pawn to attack the weakest targets first. It’s ideal to have this as their secondary inclination instead. While this sounds like the ideal primary inclination for Mage pawns, having this set as their primary will cause them to spam heal the entire party even if a mere sliver of health is missing. Medicant – Causes pawns to focus on healing the party and removing status ailments. Ideal for Fighter pawns as they’ll tend to keep the larger monsters at bay while the rest of your party picks off the weaker ones.
Scather – Causes your pawn to attack the strongest foes first. So let me go over what each inclination does and toss a suggestion or two as to which class it would favor, or why it’s utter crap. This should lead to more pawns coming back home with 5-star ratings. From that point forward, your pawn will react according to their primary inclination first, and then, obviously, their secondary.Įach inclination tells your pawn to do certain actions over other ones, and keeping your pawn’s inclination to your liking not only ensures they’ll act how you want them to, but also act in a similar fashion when a fellow player rents them out.
Once you’ve created your main Pawn, you’ll be asked a series of questions with each answer leading your pawn toward two different inclinations–a primary and a secondary. Let’s start off with a little information on inclinations. If you’ve played Dragon’s Dogma and you’ve often wondered why that Fighter you just hired sits idly by until you get punched in the face, or why another pawn runs off and loots everything mid-battle, then this post is for you! If you have more questions aside from how inclinations work, check out this post: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen – FAQ. Hell, I had beaten the game before I even knew what the different “inclinations” did, or that I could change them with elixirs.
If there is one thing Capcom failed to do with Dragon’s Dogma, it’s explain how to get the most from your Pawn.
The same information should remain helpful for the current PS4 and Xbox One remaster. UPDATE: This guide was initially written during the game’s initial launch five years ago, and was then updated for the release of its Dark Arisen expansion.