Dragon’s Dogma 2: How to Get the Eternal Ferrystone and Fast Travel to a Portcrystal

The Eternal Ferrystone is the travel stone you never run out of. Its item text reads, “A stone that can instantly spirit the user back to the location of a Portcrystal. It may be used infinitely.” It weighs 0.00 kg.

Quick answer: You receive the “Eternal Ferrystone” automatically after the Arisen reaches Vernworth and speaks with Captain Brant. To warp, open the Map, put the cursor on a portcrystal, press F, and choose “Yes”.

On the world map the cursor jumps from portcrystal to portcrystal; with it on “Norgan Portcrystal: Norgandian Settlement” the hint “Use Ferrystone” appears, then “Use Eternal Ferrystone to travel to Norgan Portcrystal?” Yes, and the Arisen arrives in light beside the settlement’s portcrystal.

Where the Eternal Ferrystone comes from

You do not buy this stone and you do not find it in a chest. With Dark Arisen installed, it lands in your pack right after the first conversation with Captain Brant, when the Arisen is first brought into Vernworth during the main quest “Seat of the Sovran”. At that point the quest’s next task reads, “Speak with Captain Brant in the tavern anight.”

Item panel for the Eternal Ferrystone with its description and a weight of 0.00 kg — The Eternal Ferrystone’s item text: “It may be used infinitely.”

Getting the item triggers a log-update notice in the Pause Menu: it displays “Eternal Ferrystone” with “Shift View Log Updates” underneath. In the Items menu, your pack contains “Eternal Ferrystone” x1.

Pause Menu showing the quest Seat of the Sovran and the log update Eternal Ferrystone with View Log Updates — The Pause Menu’s log update after the first talk with Captain Brant.

How to fast travel with the Eternal Ferrystone (PC)

Press Tab to open the Map and switch to the world map. This is where you pick a destination.

Use Q and E, labelled “Cursor Jump (Portcrystal)”, to snap the cursor from one portcrystal to the next. Each one shows its own label, such as “Norgan Portcrystal: Shrine of Wisdom”, “Norgan Portcrystal: Norgandian Settlement” and “Portcrystal: Vernworth”.

Once a portcrystal is selected, the bottom key prompts include “F Use Ferrystone”. Press F to activate the stone.

World map with Portcrystal: Vernworth highlighted and the F Use Ferrystone prompt active — The world map with a portcrystal selected and the “F Use Ferrystone” prompt showing along the bottom.

The confirmation prompt reads, “Use Eternal Ferrystone to travel to Norgan Portcrystal?” and offers “Yes” and “No”. Select “Yes” to proceed.

Confirmation box asking whether to use the Eternal Ferrystone to travel to Norgan Portcrystal, with Yes highlighted — The confirmation box, “Use Eternal Ferrystone to travel to Norgan Portcrystal?”, with “Yes” selected.

The “Use Ferrystone” hint only appears when the cursor sits on a portcrystal. Move the cursor onto open ground and the prompt disappears.

What happens when you confirm

The Arisen rises in blue light and arrives as a glowing white figure beside the chosen portcrystal, and the area name appears on screen. On the trip from the frozen pool in the cave below Lorade Castle to the Norgandian Settlement, the name “Norgandian Settlement” came up and control returned beside the purple portcrystal near the big bonfire. That single use carried the Arisen from deep inside Norgan back to the village.

The Arisen arrives at the Norgandian Settlement beside the glowing purple portcrystal with the HUD visible — Arrival at the Norgandian Settlement, with control returning beside the glowing purple portcrystal near the big bonfire.

Seeing the area name pop up and control handed back next to the purple portcrystal confirms the warp worked.

Touch every portcrystal you pass

Walk up to a portcrystal and it shows “F Examine”, as seen on the Norgan Portcrystal at Gagana’s Grotto, a squat crystal ringed with purple runes on a circle of stones. Press F and the Arisen lays a hand on it, the runes flare, and its icon appears on the minimap. No text box follows.

The Examine prompt on a Norgan Portcrystal, a squat crystal with purple runes on a ring of stones in the snow — “Examine” on the Norgan Portcrystal at Gagana’s Grotto.

Make a habit of touching each portcrystal you come across.