Dragon's Dogma 2 update 1.050 official patch notes: Adds "Start New Game," 30fps lock, and more

Dragon's Dogma 2's first major title update is live now on all platforms. Despite being a rather small download, the update 1.050 comes packed with some of the most requested features, including the ability to start "New Game," lock the game's framerate to a stable 30fps (on PS5), buy 99 "Art of Morphosis" items, and a host of miscellaneous bug fixes.

While Dragon's Dogma 2 was universally praised by critics and players alike for its open-world, robust combat system, visuals, quest structure, and boss fights, it was also subject to scrutiny by many for its technical polish, or lack thereof.

Recently, Capcom shared the roadmap to address the myriad technical issues plaguing the game, with update 1.050 being the first among many other future title updates that are planned for the title. Here are the official patch notes for Dragon's Dogma 2 update 1.050.

The biggest new feature that comes as part of the update 1.050 is the "Start New Game" option, which was surprisingly missing from the release version of Dragon's Dogma 2. Additionally, to help stabilize the gameplay experience on consoles, update 1.050 also adds a "Max 30fps" mode on PS5 while also leaving the option to keep the frame rate uncapped.

Here are the official patch notes for update 1.050:

All platforms (PC and PS5)

PS5-specific updates:

PC (Steam)-specific updates:

Do note that selecting the "Start New Game" option will overwrite your existing save file since Dragon's Dogma 2 still has only one save file, akin to how the save system worked in the original Dragon's Dogma.

Moreover, the update doesn't seem to have addressed anything related to performance on PC or consoles. However, given that Capcom has promised future updates to be focused on improving the game's