How to Defeat Cyclops Dragon’s Dogma 2: Location & Rewards

This comprehensive guide will show you how to find and defeat Cyclops in Dragon’s Dogma 2 so you can seamlessly progress with your main story.

Cyclops is the first Boss-like monster you will face in Dragon’s Dogma 2. If you find yourself stuck trying to beat it, fear not as we got you covered. This step-by-step guide will make sure you deal with this one-eyed interloper in the easiest ways possible.

You can encounter a Cyclops early in the game through either a side quest or during the main mission while journeying to the capital city.

How to Defeat Cyclops

1. Fill Out Your Party with Pawns: Visit Riftstones to fill out your party with pawns. Mage pawns are recommended for healing support, while Archers provide steady ranged damage. Consider adding a Fighter if your Arisen is a ranged role to balance out the party.
2. Exploit its Weaknesses: Cyclops’ eye is its weak spot. In order to attack its eye you will have to damage its legs to make it wobble. When the Cyclops wobbles, approach it and grab its leg to make it fall. Once down, its head becomes an easy target and its weak spot, so focus your attacks there for increased damage.
3. Optimize Damage Output: If you’re an Archer, prioritize targeting the Cyclops’s head for maximum damage. Other Vocations can also aim for the head when the Cyclops is down or by climbing it. Mages should focus on dealing damage from a distance while pawns draw the Cyclops’s attention.
4. Climb the Cyclops: Climbing the Cyclops is crucial to reaching its weak spot on the head. Approach from behind, jump on its back and quickly press the grapple button to initiate climbing. Once on its back, climb to the head and unleash a flurry of attacks for critical damage.

There’s an even easier way to beat it if you come across it while completing the main story:

While facing the Cyclops for the first time while progressing through the story you get stuck in a dam area. Use the boulders to break the dam waterfall current and use the torrent to knock about the Cyclops and easily defeat it while it’s knocked down.

Where to Find Cyclops

You can encounter a Cyclops early in the game through the following quests:

1. Melve Side Quest: By accepting a side quest where you aid an NPC in searching for their lost brother, you’ll come across a Cyclops beyond the location where the brother is under attack by wolves. Additionally, the reunited brothers will assist you in the ensuing battle.
2. Main Quest: While journeying to the capital alongside the Watchhead, you’ll confront a Cyclops at the dam. This encounter may be comparatively easier than facing the Cyclops in the Melve forest, as it has a lower HP pool, and you’ll have an escort to provide assistance.

Rewards for Beating Cyclops

Defeating the Cyclops will result in it dropping the following items:

Item	Chance
Beast-Steak	0.89-11.11%
Exquisite Dried Fish	2.78%
Exquisite Dried Meat	2.78%
Ferrystone	3.33-5.56%
Mighty Roborant	2.78%
Misshapen Eye	2.22%
Ring of Momentum	0.22%
Ring of Tenacity	1.11%
Rugged Bone	3.33-11.11%
Wakestone	5.56%

This concludes our guide to help you easily take care of this one-eyed troll.