What Do The Map Icons Mean in Dragon's Dogma 2

This article is part of a directory: Dragon's Dogma 2 Guide Hub - Quests, Vocations, Pawns, Equipment, & More

Table of contents

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a world whose scale is nothing short of a technical marvel. With countless activities to partake in, intricate level designs to explore, and interesting NPCs to meet, the amount of information on players’ screens can be often overwhelming. This also applies to the map, which is cluttered with a plethora of map icons.

Thus, the guide will provide a simplified explanation and function of all the map icons in Dragon’s Dogma 2 to ease up players’ navigation as they continue to explore a big dense open world.

1:25

Mystic Spearhand fighting monsters in Dragon's Dogma 2

Dragon's Dogma 2: How to Unlock Mystic Spearhand

The Mystic Spearhand is one of the most powerful (and most visually impressive) Vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2. Here's how to unlock it.

How To Use The Dragon's Dogma 2 Map

In order to boot up the map, players can simply press the touchpad on the PlayStation or the View button on Xbox. Here, the world map is displayed with previously visited areas highlighted. A more granular view of the map is possible by clicking on respective cities or town settlements, which will then display a host of interesting map icons. At any given point, the player can instantly move the map cursor to their location with the left stick. Additionally, up to five custom markers can be placed around the map going from Roman numbers I to V, by pressing the waypoint button (right stick). In order to replace or completely erase the marker, just simply press X/A on it and choose the desired option.

Dragon's Dogma 2: Best Starting Vocations, Ranked

There are a total of ten Vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2, but the Arisen can only select one of these four at the beginning of the game.

What Do The Map Icons Mean?

By pressing Triangle/Y on the World Map, the list of facilities can be brought up, with a descriptor for each of the icons. However, other icons, including Portcrystals, Campsites, Settlements, etc., will not be viewable in the legend. In the table below, all the icons along with their titles and short descriptions. Any Map Icons missing will be updated as soon as we encounter them in game.

Icon	Title	Description
	Apothecary	Items merchant for curatives implements, and materials.
	Armory (Armor)	Purchase or enhance armor.
	Armory (Weapons)	Purchase or enhance weapons.
	Barberie	Modify appearance of Arisen.
	Bench	Pass time.
	Bordelrie	Avail courtesan services.
	Campsite	Recover, cook food, change vocation skills, and pass time.
	Exit	Exiting vicinity of the current area.
	Inn	Place to recover, pass time, and organize storage.
	Mortuary	Revive dead NPCs with Wakestones.
	Mine	A dungeon crawling with standard enemies and boss enemies.
	Oracle	Request hint for the next step in the story.
	Outpost	An outpost with few facilities.
	Ox. Station	Mode of transport between different cities.
	Pawn Guild	Change the appearance and Inclination of the Main Pawns.
	Portcrystal	Teleport between placed Portcrystals on the map.
	Riftstone	Summon and change pawns.
	Scrap Store	Forge/duplicate all items except equipment.
	Settlement	Premises that can be entered by the player.
	Tavern	Drink and pass time.
	Town	A town with several facilities.
	Vocation Guild	Change vocations and acquiring new skills.