The Sorcerer’s Appraisal is a quest that players can partake in that rewards gold scroll spells for the Sorcerer Vocation. If you have a main Pawn or an Arisen, then you can unlock the Maelstrom skill showcased in the trailers for the Sorcerer Vocation before the game launched. If that’s what you want to do, then here’s everything you need to know about the Sorcerer’s Appraisal quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2, featuring how to start it, Grimoire locations, and other things you need to know.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the Sorcerer’s Appraisal Quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

How to Start the Sorcerer’s Appraisal Quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2¶

The first thing you need to know about this quest is that the NPC, Myrddin, is not welcoming to the random peasants. Go to his house, and he will tell you to go away. A citizen should tell you he doesn’t like common folk coming to his house. This should allow you to then dress up in the Courtly Attire, the same apparel you wear for the Masquerade quests in Vernworth.

Go to his house in Checkpoint Rest Town all dressed up and he should invite you in. When inside, he shall teach you the ways of the Sorcerer, and give you the quest, The Sorcerer’s Appraisal.

The Sorcerer’s Appraisal Grimoire Locations¶

The first thing you need to do now you have the quest is to track down five Grimoires. These are as follows:

Grimoire	Location	Interactive Map Marker 1	Interactive Map Marker 2
Let There Be Light	Looted from Myrddin’s Home. Go upstairs and take it from the table. If you stole this earlier in the playthrough, you can buy the book again from Ibrahim, at the forgery store in Checkpoint Rest Town, by the bridge leading to the gate for 10k G.	Map Marker	–
Fulminous Shield	Can be purchased from a trader named Dudley who sits at the northern entrance to Melve. Is also known to travel between Vernworth and Melve.	Map Marker	–
Nation’s Death Knell	Looted from either the Waterfall Cave in the northeast edge of Vermund, along the eastern road of Borderwatch outpost. Alternatively, you can go to the Ancient Battlefield and acquire from inside the Cenotaph, underneath the castle, accessed via the main entrance from the road.	Map Marker	Map Marker
Howling Blizzard	Also looted from inside Waterfall Cave.	Map Marker	–
Towering Earth	Waldhar hands it over to you, who should live underneath the Gracious Hand after completing the Heel of History and the Caged Magistrate questlines.	Map Marker	–

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(1 of 5) The Let There Be Light Grimoire is located in the quest giver’s house, up the stairs and at the desk in the main room.

Once you hand over the books, you will then get the following rewards:

• Maelstrom Skill
• Ares Morpho Robe
• 11000 G

With that said, this concludes everything you need to know about the Sorcerer’s Appraisal Quest, the Grimoire locations, and the rewards you get from it. You should also be more than ready for the Spellbound quest, which you can look more into at Eini’s house, located just to the south of the Mountain’s Secret, northwest of Borderwatch Outpost.