History VideoGame / DragonQuestBuilders2

* NostalgiaLevel: Unlike the other Explorer's Shores which are based on the story islands, Defiled Isle takes inspiration from Tantegel of the previous game.

* WeakToFire: Mammalian monsters, Treefaces, and Frostburns are weak to fire damage from sources such as Sizz Snares and Fire Blades. The former two groups would have unique lines should they get burned by Sizz Snares, while Frostburns will instantly die to not only to fire, but to lava as well.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Poison Needle is found on Furrowfield, the first story island, by defeating the giant killerpillar bonus boss. It has decent attack power, an enormously high critical hit rate of close to 50%, always does at least 1 point of damage to metal slimes, ''and'' has a chance of inflicting instant death, although seemingly with a lowered chance against [[BonusBoss super strong monsters]].

** Over the course of the game, the player befriends a Wiggly in Furrowfield and a Golem and a Goodybag on Khrumbul-Dun. You can also recruit other monsters outside the main quest line to journey with- some may even let you ride them.

** Included in the DLC is Gurgling Lagoon. This Shore is free of mid-bosses, and is mainly used to show off the kinds of fish that can be caught as bell as having the exclusive anemones to be taken back as decoration.

* MookMaker: [[spoiler:In Skelkatraz, they take dead prisoners, burn their flesh off in the crematorium, then reanimate their skeletons as servants of the Children of Hargon]].

* WeakenedByTheLight: Much like last game, hostile ghosts will start spawning to attack you. If they come near light such as from torches or when the sun starts rising, they'll get scared and flee, eventually despawning.

** In-game isn't any lighter. One of the first things you find after the tutorial are [[spoiler: a bunch of corpses at the beach]].

** Skelcatraz: An isolated island prison where monsters torment builders through monotonous, Sisyphean labor until their spirits are broken.

* GameGourmet: With dozens of recipes to unlock, some having up to 3 levels of quality in some dishes, plus all the items that can be consumed raw, the number of food options is staggering and you can cook everything from warm milk to a beautifully piped cake.

* NoSuchThingAsDehydration: The game has the ability to create [[GameGourmet a wide variety of both food and drinks]], but they both fill the same hunger meter. You could theoretically go through the entire game without consuming a single beverage (in fact, you don't even have the ability to make them until the second chapter). [[VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders The first game]] didn't even have the ability to make drinks, though that can be excused by the fact that [[spoiler:the main character is a RevenantZombie.]]

* TheThingThatGoesDoink: Courtesy of the Japanese inspired Hotto Stuff Pack [=DLC=].

'''''Dragon Quest Builders 2''''' is a WideOpenSandbox spinoff of the ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' series, and a sequel to ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders''. It was released for UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in Japan in December 2018, with a Western release following in July 2019. It was also the final game Kazuya Niinou headed as director for Square Enix before moving on to join Type-Moon's BB Studio.

* BalefulPolymorph: The Mod Rod originally from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' makes an appearance helping you transform into different monsters so you can infiltrate their base and obtain information on how to beat them, though you have no control over which monster it will turn you into.
** Unfortunately, the enemy is also using this spell [[spoiler: to infiltrate the Moonbrooke resistance and undermine your efforts from within.]]
** The girl who was transformed into a dog, as described under CallBack below.

* MookMaker: [[spoiler:In Skelkatraz, they they dead prisoners, burn their flesh off in the crematorium, then reanimate their skeletons as servants of the Children of Hargon]].

* BoringButPractical: For party members, Nuns, such as Esther, and Heal Slimes. They don't do much damage, but their attacks are ranged, and they can heal your party.

** Unless this means one of them is a male cow you can milk or a male egg-laying chicken which leads to a whole different set of UnfortunateImplications.

* Nerf: While you can still befriend a great sabrecub as a PowerUpMount like in the previous game, they lost their ability to GoombaStomp enemies. On the other hand, CollisionDamage from enemies is limited to only a small handful of them compared to ''every'' enemy having it.

* DownerBeginning: The game opens after Hargon's defeat with you on a slave ship under the bootheel of his disciples. The ship is wrecked in a storm, with only you and one other prisoner surviving. This is on top of the fact that the Children of Hargon have ensured civilization cannot rebuild.