Combining is a process in Dragon's Dogma whereby two combinable items are fused to create one or more new items.
Overview[]
- "Some items can be combined with others to produce surprising results. Experiment and see what you come up with."
–In-game message
Many perishable organic items, naturally occurring ores, monster parts, and other oddities can be reacted in this way. Combining can also lead to the creation of mundane tools like pickaxes, arrows, one-use magickal scrolls, and potions both minor and major.
Usually one item of each kind is combined to create another, single new item. In the case of some thrown weapons and arrows multiple copies may be produced from combining. For example, Ember Crystal and Cassardite yield four Throwblasts.
One common form of combining is that with an Airtight Flask which produces a "kept" version of the item - almost all time sensitive items can be stored in a flask, which prevents them from decaying, whilst retaining most of the original properties. Kept items can usually be further combined with other reagents, and may have distinct combining properties of their own, such as reviving a kept rotten item with Spring Water.
Combining items can be done in two ways:
- Combining of items held in the Arisen and pawn's inventory (Inventory Items Only)
- Items held in storage (Storage and Inventory Items) - this can be done at Asalam or Pablos's inn, with Ecbal in The Encampment and with Olra or Barroch on Bitterblack Isle.
Most of the items produced by combining can be purchased in shops, some more obscure items such as Headless Icons are not available anywhere for sale, and some such as Leaden Globes are unobtainable elsewhere.
Useless items[]
Some items cannot be used for combining. Excluding those which are usefull in themselfs (such as quest items, magick scrolls, and so on) there are still a few which lack a use (excluding Enhancing). These include:
- Fuligin Ore and Dappled Ore (both can be got from Golem).
- Enlistment Corps Banner and Royal Banner
- Most parts of Dragons and Chimeras
- All parts of Hydra excluding Hydra's Lifeblood
- Evil Eyeball, Slick Black Pinion, Bastard Wing, Harpy Rectrix, and Glacial Rectrix
- Putrid Gold Tooth, Rusted Plate, Aged Insignia, Scrap Iron, Hex Runes, Brawn Runes
- Fisheye Stone, Saurian Scale, and all types of skin from Saurians
- Goblin Horn, Slate-Colored Horn, Night Terror's Horn, and Ebon Blade Pieces.
- Misshapen Eye and Rugged Tusk
- Dead Flower, Bucket
- Fishing Bob, Tuft of Hair
Dark Arisen adds a few more items from creatures.
All the above items have some other use, often essential for enhancing, or are simply valuable - the exception is Fishing Bob which seems to have no use at all..
Master Combining List[]
Achievements/Trophies[]
- The Artisan / The Craftsman - Combine two materials to make an item.