Talk:Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen/@comment-72.20.128.250-20130508181741/@comment-5166842-20130508183436

There aren't any new skills I'm aware of, but they added a 3rd tier to existing skills that are often devastatingly badass. You get them through purifying cursed Gear, levels 1, 2 and 3, I believe, and come in the form of rings you can equip.

There are new augments though. Those are received through purifying cursed Novelty items, then going to an NPC who teaches them and using exp to learn them.