Dragon’s Dogma 2: How to open the Flamebearer Palace Spellseal Door

Few things are as frustrating in RPGs as encountering locked doors without any idea how to unlock them. In Dragon’s Dogma 2, a particularly mysterious door is the Flamebearer Palace Spellseal Door, marked by its giant stone structure and glyphs. Fortunately, it opens as you progress through the game.

How to unlock the Flamebearer Palace Spellseal Door in Dragon’s Dogma 2

You unlock the Flamebearer Palace Spellseal Door by interacting with it during The Guardian Gigantus quest, a key part of the Dragon’s Dogma 2 story that follows A New Godsway. This quest chain begins when you reach Bakbattahl with the Nation of the Lambent Flame quest, continuing through Flickering Shadows, Convergence, and A New Godsway, leading up to The Guardian Gigantus.

To open the door, use your character’s new blade by approaching the door and pressing the interact button. This triggers a dramatic scene where your character raises the blade, activating the door’s glyphs in blue, and it slowly opens. The door remains open for the rest of your game, allowing you to proceed with your quest to Phaesus.

Until you progress through The Guardian Gigantus quest, the Flamebearer Palace Spellseal Door remains locked. If you need to head south of Bakbattahl for another purpose, consider using the western exit for a detour, though it’s a lengthy journey. It’s generally better to stick with the main quest chain. If you’ve accepted a side quest south of Bakbattahl, check if it has a time limit, as some quests can fail if not completed promptly. Weigh the importance of rushing to The Guardian Gigantus against taking the longer southern route carefully.

I didn’t find any quests in the south that you’d miss by waiting to progress through the story. The only related quest, ‘Twixt a Rock and a Hard Place, involved delivering a letter to Ernesto. He was still available even though I picked up this quest early during my time in Bakbattahl, so it seems you won’t miss out on it.

How to start The Guardian Gigantus Quest

The Guardian Gigantus quest activates when you approach south-eastern Bakbattahl in Dragon’s Dogma 2. This can happen anytime after you complete the A New Godsway quest. With your new blade in hand, if you approach the Spellseal Door, you’ll trigger a timer with Lord Phaesus moving towards Volcano Island. This also unlocks the door for you, provided you have the Godsway in hand when you approach it.

When I activated this quest I made sure to follow the Lord through the door as quickly as I could; the upcoming fight against Gigantus occurs if you’re ready or not, and it can actually cause some permanent damage to your world if you’re not careful.

The Guardian Gigantus is instantly accepted the moment Ambrosius finishes the blade in A New Godsway. This is a pretty lategame quest—approaching the first ending—and closes out of the Bakbattahl chapter. If you have not yet begun the Bakbattahl questlines, you normally start them after doing Captain Brant’s quest Feast of Deception.

At this point, approaching the Spellseal Door will trigger an animation of Phaesus opening the door with his implement and heading towards Volcano Island. Once this animation triggers, it means you can open the Spellseal Door with your own completed blade.

The quest is lenient about where you go to trigger this door-unlocking cutscene. For instance, I was going to the southernmost peninsula to cross into Volcano Island (a bit closer to where the Magick Archer Maister is) and the cutscene triggered. This activated my ability to pass through the Spellseal Door but also started the quest’s timer while I was miles away. So don’t worry; you cannot miss the unlocking cutscene, even if you want to.