Talk:Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen/@comment-25161269-20150313034336/@comment-23878607-20150313091935

If you're getting the Dark Arisen version, then all of the DLC listed on the XBL marketplace is indeed already included. There is new DLC for Dark Arisen itself, but it can only be obtained in-game, from Olra on the docks at Bitterblack Isle.

That said, the new DLC consists of Rift Crystal packs, an armor set, a set of two hairstyles two previewers and a free DLC called The Crucible of the Lost. I recommend that you do NOT buy any of the RC packs and instead look up the rent group on the old Dragon's Dogma board on GameFaqs to help out with RC, and you get the three free DLCs (previewers and Crucible of the Lost).

If you want to be completionist, the two pay-to-use items aren't that expensive but the armor suffers the same issue as the original DLC armor/weapons; they look cool, but their stats aren't really all that even when improved to the highest level.