Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Sphinx: All Riddle Answers

All Three Sphinx Riddle Answers at a Glance

The Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx stands between you and the knowledge needed to defeat the Fallen Dragon. Her three riddles turn cryptic clues into dangerous expeditions, and solving all of them advances Seeking the Sage. This Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx walkthrough covers the required items, their locations, and the rewards waiting when you return.

Each answer is a physical object. You need to defeat a particular giant, recover a brooch from a familiar battlefield, and hunt down the creature responsible for an enduring blizzard.

Riddle	Required answer	Where to find it
Riddle of the Body	Mournful Giant's Tusk	Defeat the Mournful Giant after following the inn clue
Riddle of the Will	Decorative Brooch	Return to the Mountain Stronghold where you encountered the Fallen Dragon
Riddle of the Soul	Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal	Defeat Fimbl beyond the underground route through Beorcan Stronghold

You can complete these riddles in any order. Start with the Body if you want the Norgan Portcrystal reward available while tackling the remaining journeys.

Find the Shrine and Prepare Your Party

During Seeking the Sage, Jerall directs you to a tower near the village to retrieve the spirit compass, which guides you toward the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx. Follow its guidance north, traveling through the stronghold and along Pupil's Path to reach the Shrine of Wisdom.

Speak with the Sphinx and hear all three riddles before leaving. Each becomes a separate Sage's Wisdom quest, allowing you to track its objective independently.

Back in the settlement, Poly'itis offers dialogue about the riddles and helps turn their wording into destinations. Speak with him whenever a clue leaves you unsure where to go.

Prepare for the journeys before setting out:

• Bring Heatstones for encounters in Whiteouts.
• Stock up on lantern oil for the stronghold's dark passages.
• Bring a pawn capable of healing.
• Replace underleveled hired pawns with companions closer to your level.
• Recruit a pawn with knowledge of these quests to help with navigation.

The Shrine of Wisdom has a Norgan Portcrystal available after you visit, letting you return with a Ferrystone. Use that return point between objectives to collect rewards and avoid carrying completed quest items through another expedition.

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Riddle of the Body: Get the Mournful Giant's Tusk

The Body riddle describes a giant that shares the dragon's predicament and seems unable to feel pain. Its location clue points toward somewhere restful, with an instruction to greet the dawn.

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The resting place is the village inn. The answer is the Mournful Giant's Tusk.

Visit Dwayne at the inn in the Norgandian Settlement and ask about the riddle. Rest until morning to move the quest forward. After the giant's roar draws attention, leave through the settlement's northern exit to trigger the encounter sequence.

The giant moves away before the fight. Follow the active quest marker rather than searching around the village for an ordinary giant.

Step	Action	What it accomplishes
1	Ask Dwayne about the Body riddle	Connects the resting-place clue to the inn
2	Rest until morning	Advances the giant encounter
3	Leave the village and follow the quest marker	Leads toward the Mournful Giant
4	Defeat the giant and return with its tusk	Provides the object required by the Sphinx

Prepare for the Whiteout Fight

The route reaches a snowy mountainside where visibility becomes poor. Pack Heatstones before following the giant into the storm, and watch for avalanches on the climb.

During the battle, climb onto the giant's back and look for the ancient swords embedded there. Pulling them out deals substantial damage and gives you loot. This provides a specific target when simply attacking through the Whiteout becomes difficult.

Keep your healing pawn nearby and check your footing while moving around the giant. Snow and limited visibility make it harder to keep track of both the enemy and the surrounding terrain.

Once the giant falls, collect the Mournful Giant's Tusk and search its body for additional loot. Return to the shrine, choose the dialogue option for answering the Body riddle, and deliver the tusk.

Completing this Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx riddle awards 20,000 gold and 25,000 experience. The associated chest contains a Norgan Portcrystal, giving you another portable travel point for your remaining expeditions.

Riddle of the Will: Recover the Decorative Brooch

The Will riddle asks you to find an object connected to someone who resisted destruction. Its clue draws on something you have already witnessed during the story.

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Think back to the encounter at the Mountain Stronghold, where a mysterious woman challenged the Fallen Dragon. The item you need is the Decorative Brooch left at that location.

Speak with Poly'itis about the Will riddle, then ask him again. The second conversation develops the connection between the dragon, the woman, and the stronghold, updating your objective.

For this Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx answer, return to the Mountain Stronghold instead of searching the settlement for a new NPC or unrelated keepsake.

Search the Dragon's Former Chamber

If you have visited the River Cave Campground, use its Norgan Portcrystal to shorten the trip. Follow the trail past the frozen waterfalls and climb the stone stairs toward the stronghold gate.

Inside, return to the large chamber where the dragon encounter took place. Search the ground toward the rear of the room, beneath the large opening in the back wall.

Picking up the brooch triggers a monster attack. Be ready to fight before collecting it.

The quest changes to escaping the stronghold, but the encounter requires you to defeat the attacking horde before you can leave. Clear the enemies, collect their drops, and head back out through the entrance.

Keep these objectives separate as you work through the chamber:

• Locate and collect the Decorative Brooch.
• Defeat the monsters that appear.
• Leave the stronghold to advance the escape objective.
• Return to the Sphinx and deliver the brooch.

At the shrine, choose the Will answer dialogue and hand over the item. The Sphinx connects it to the woman who confronted the Fallen Dragon.

The riddle pays 20,000 gold, and its reward chest contains an Eternal Wakestone.

Riddle of the Soul: Find the Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal

The Soul clue points toward a frozen crystal, a dragon that might have existed, and a blizzard that never subsides. Those details lead you to Beorcan Stronghold, where a persistent storm surrounds the ruins.

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The answer to this Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx riddle is the Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal dropped by Fimbl.

Enter the stronghold prepared for poor visibility, frozen inhabitants, dark interiors, and ice spikes. Keep lantern oil available and consult the local map frequently. Its floor divisions help you understand where stairs, ladders, and underground rooms have taken you.

Pawn guidance can become unavailable during a Whiteout. Use the map to track your position when your companions can no longer lead the way.

Follow the Underground Passage to Fimbl

A large locked door and a nearby message form the key landmark. The message separates two objectives: recovering the stronghold's hoard and reaching the creature responsible for the blizzard.

The Twinned Keys open the hoard. Take the underground passage to reach the riddle's boss.

Landmark	What to do
Large locked door and nearby message	Read the directions for reaching the storm's source
Ice-covered opening south of the message	Break through the ice to reach the ladder
Underground corridor	Follow the passage and climb the ladders
Frozen battleground	Cross the area and climb toward Fimbl

From the stairs by the message, move south on the map. Look for an ice-covered opening with the top of a ladder visible. Break through and descend.

A chest lies ahead in the underground area. Turn right, follow the passage around, and climb the ladders leading back toward the surface. You emerge among frozen inhabitants in the battleground section.

Continue through this area and climb the stairs to reach Fimbl. If you arrive at the hoard door again, return to the message and retrace the underground route.

Fight Fimbl and Collect the Crystal

Watch for ice spikes spreading across the floor during the fight. Keep your healing support active and move away from the affected ground.

Climbing onto Fimbl's head gives melee characters a way to maintain pressure, but stay alert to the floor hazards when you dismount. Preserve enough room to reposition instead of letting the frozen arena dictate where you fight.

Defeat Fimbl to obtain the Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal. The persistent blizzard subsides afterward, making further exploration easier. Search the corpse before leaving.

Return to the Shrine of Wisdom and select the Soul answer dialogue. Deliver the crystal to complete the riddle and claim 20,000 gold, with 3,000 Rift Crystals in the associated chest.

Explore the Hoard Afterward

If you want the stronghold's additional treasure, collect both Twinned Keys after the storm clears.

One key is beneath thick ice in the eastern ruins. An explosive barrel found farther up the camp's main path can break that ice. The other is reached through a ladder in the ruin south of the first, followed by a corridor and another ladder.

Use both keys at the locked door to explore the hoard. Keep this treasure trip separate from collecting and returning the riddle's crystal.

Sphinx Rewards and What Comes Next

Each Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx riddle unlocks a reward chest alongside its quest payout. Across the three turn-ins, you receive 60,000 gold, plus the individual chest rewards.

Completed riddle	Gold payout	Chest reward
Body	20,000	Norgan Portcrystal
Will	20,000	Eternal Wakestone
Soul	20,000	3,000 Rift Crystals

Return after each objective if you want to use its reward during the next expedition. Completing the Body early gives you the portable Portcrystal before the stronghold journeys, while the Soul reward supplies Rift Crystals for appraisals.

Once all three answers are accepted, the Sphinx reveals how to confront the Fallen Dragon and directs you toward a lost castle. Your next objective is to consult with Polyaena.

Before leaving the shrine, check that every Sage's Wisdom objective has been completed and open the associated reward chests. Then follow the newly updated story objective.

Keep the Norgan encounter separate from A Game of Wits, the base game's Sphinx side quest. That quest involves ten riddles across the Mountain Shrine and Frontier Shrine. Seeking the Sage centers on the three item deliveries covered here.

FAQ

What are the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen sphinx riddle answers?

Give the Sphinx the Mournful Giant's Tusk for the Body, the Decorative Brooch for the Will, and the Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal for the Soul. Each item comes from its corresponding quest destination.

Which Sphinx riddle should I complete first?

Complete the Body first to collect the Norgan Portcrystal. You can solve the three riddles in any order, but that portable travel point helps with the remaining journeys.

Do I need the Twinned Keys to complete the Soul riddle?

Take the underground passage near the locked hoard door to reach Fimbl. The Twinned Keys are used to open the treasure area, while defeating Fimbl provides the Frozen Wyrmslife Crystal.

Why can't I leave after picking up the Decorative Brooch?

Collecting the brooch triggers a monster horde inside the Mountain Stronghold. Defeat the entire attacking group, then leave through the entrance to advance the escape objective before returning to the Sphinx.