Should you give the grimoires to Myrddin or Trysha in Dragon’s Dogma 2?
“The Magician’s Assessment” And “Enchanted” are a few related missions you can pick up Dragon dogma 2, but you don’t know they’re related at first. In both quests you have to find five grimoires and give them to someone – neither Myrddin or Trysha – in exchange for a masterful skill. Or make a few copies and help both.
Us Dragon dogma 2 The quest guide shows you how to start the quests, where you can find all five grimoiresand how to complete both quests, ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’ and ‘Spellbound’, allowing you to gain both the Sorcerer Master skills and the Mage Master skill.
How to get to Myrddin’s house and start ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’
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When you use the Checkpoint rest city in the west of Vermund there is a house at the top of the hill with a closed door. When you try to enter, a man is mentioned Myrddin will come out, be rude and tell you to get lost.
To get him to talk to you, you need to equip him Court-like tunic And Courtly breeches – just like you did to get into Disa’s masked ball. When you do, he invites you in and then asks you to help him complete his collection of books with the quest ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’. You will be given a list of five grimoires that you can collect for him.
Complete ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’ for him and you will learn the Maelstrom spell.
How to find Trysha and start ‘Spellbound’
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Starting “Spellbound” is a little more difficult. You need to find a girl named Trysha in a very remote house north of Melve. When you reach the house, talk to Trysha and her grandmother, Eini, and wait for Eini to go outside. When you speak to Trysha again, she will tell you that she wants to learn magic and gives you the ‘Spellbound’ mission.
You must help Trysha get the Sorcerer’s Meteor spell and that of the Magician Heavenly hymn games.
Should you give the grimoires to Myrddin or Trysha?
The simple answer here is: both! But how do you do that?
Since both Myrddin and Trysha want the same grimoires, it initially seems like you have to make a choice about which quest to complete. But there is a way around that (by giving one of these counterfeit copies) at Ibrahim’s Scrap Shop in the Checkpoint Rest Town.
How to make counterfeits in Ibrahim’s Scrap Shop
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Since both Myrddin and Trysha are asking for the same books, you have to go to Ibrahim’s scrap shop in the Checkpoint Rest Town and request forgeries of all the books you find.
Myrddin wants to complete a collection of books, but Trysha actually tries to learn magic. You can get away with giving Myrddin fakes, especially if you give him multiple books at once. Trysha will know by now that it’s fake.
Ibrahim charges you 6,000 gold per counterfeit, and every time you request one you have to wait a day. That means you’ll end up spending the better part of a week and 30,000 gold on these quests.
Where to find the grimoires for ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’ and ‘Spellbound’
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Both Myrddin and Trysha ask you for the same list of five grimoires:
- “Fulminous shield”
- “Howling Snowstorm”
- “Let there be light”
- “The death knell of the nation”
- “Towering Earth”
You only need to find one copy of each grimoire, since you’ll be making (most) copies of them, but there are two books – ‘Howling Blizzard’ and ‘Nation’s Death Knell’ – where you can find two real copies of them.
Additionally, if something goes wrong, you can get away with handing just three of the grimoires to each of them and still get (most of) the rewards.
Location ‘Let There Be Light’
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You can find the grimoire “Let There Be Light”. in Myrddin’s house, but if you just walk up and take it, he gets mad and attacks you for stealing. (You can kill him and use a Wakestone if necessary – he’s apparently quite forgiving after that.)
Instead, go outside and look at the front of the house. Climb the crumbling wall on the right and work your way back to the front corner. Jump from the end of the wall to the balcony and enter. ‘Let There Be Light’ is in the first room and you can take it with you without him noticing.
‘Fulminous Shield’ location
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The “Fulminous Shield” tome is actually the easiest to find. You can buy it in Melve of the traveling merchant Dudley.
‘Nation’s Death Knell’ location #1
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Northeast of Checkpoint Rest Town is an area called the Ancient Battleground, which you may have passed through on your way to the Sphinx. Normally there is a drake guarding the area, but you can walk around the edges of the battlefield to avoid this (or use the ballistae scattered throughout to provoke a fight).
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On the northwest side of the battlefield you will find the entrance to a (largely collapsed) castle full of skeletons. Walk around the inside and see if you can find one large room on your right. Inside you will find a copy of “Nation’s Death Knell”.
Location ‘Towering Earth’
You can get the grimoire ‘Towering Earth’ from Magistrate Waldhar as soon as you get it in the library The vaults of the gracious hand – what you do as part of the quest ‘The Caged Magistrate’.
‘Howling Blizzard’ location and ‘Nation’s Death Knell’ location #2
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Both “Howling Blizzard” and another copy of “Nation’s Death Knell” can be found in the Waterfall Cave northeast of Melve and the Borderwatch Outpost. It’s a tough cave to tackle – there are a lot of goblins, a chimera and (eventually) a lich. You have to go through the entire lower level and then climb to the second floor. In a large room you will find a treasure chest containing both “Howling Blizzard” and “Nation’s Death Knell”. Be aware that when you open it, you will be attacked by a lich.
‘Howling Blizzard’ location #2
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Right on the southern edge of the Nameless VillageAs you enter the city, keep an eye out for a woman named Wendy. She’s willing to trade a copy of ‘Howling Blizzard’ for a copy of ‘Fulminous Shield’.
Take your copy of “Fulminous Shield” to Ibrahim and have a forgery made. Give the counterfeit to Wendy, and she will hand over a (new) copy of ‘Howling Blizzard’.
How to complete ‘The Wizard Assessment’
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If you want to complete both quests, first head to Myrddin to complete ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’. If you complete ‘Spellbound’ first, he will be angry (for spoiler reasons) and won’t help you.
Once you’ve created the forgeries, return to Myrddin’s house in the Checkpoint Rest Town and deliver them. If you deliver (at least) three books to him at the same time, he won’t notice that they are forgeries. And that’s it.
You receive Myrddin’s Chronicle (which teaches you one of the Sorcerer master skills, Maelstrom), the Ares Morpho CloakAnd 11,000 gold.
How to complete ‘Spellbound’
For “Spellbound” you have to return the (real) books to Eini and Trysha’s house.
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Give three at a time and she’ll give you one Turquoise ring.
You will then be given a goal to check on her in a few days. But actually you don’t have to wait that long. Go to the campsite just west and sleep until the next morning.
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If you return, Trysha will no longer be able to control her new magic. Don’t attack her. Just avoid her spells and keep running around her. Try to stay close to the front of the house. Your goal is to wait until she runs out of stamina, and then grab her. She can (and will) teleport to the roof above the door and you won’t be able to reach her. If you stay close to it, she will teleport elsewhere.
If you see that she is out of breath, run to her and grab hold. After a few seconds you get a cutscene of Eini in the house taking care of Trysha and another goal to check on her in a few days.
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Again, just go to the campsite and sleep for the night. When you come back, she will be awake and grateful. You will receive one Casting stone staff and a Magician’s Notes that will teach you the (a?) Wizard Master skill Meteor.
Before you leave, talk to Trysha’s grandmother, Eini (not her grandfather, Eino). She gives you one Enchanter’s Almanac which teaches you the Mage Master skill Heavenly hymn.
For more Dragon dogma 2 walkthroughs, here are all the solutions to the Sphinx riddles, how to get all the master skills, the best order for Captain Brant’s quests, plus how to rescue the caged magistrate, how to get to the Nameless Village, where to get Rodge find, how to confront the shadow of the Arisen, and when to attend the coronation.
You can also view our interactive Dragon dogma 2 world map.