Since the discovery of the dragon's plague in Dragon's Dogma 2, players have been trying to devise ways to eradicate the disease and protect other pawns from it. Some have even gone so far as to throw pawns off cliffs if they see strange talking or glowing red eyes.

Unfortunately, there are not many ways to deal with dragonsprays other than to get rid of or kill the pawn. On the other hand, if you leave the dragonsprague unattended, you run the risk of the dragonsprague transforming into a dragon and obliterating everything in its vicinity.

However, some players in the Steam discussion are trying to devise ways to warn other players about dragonspraig without resorting to witch-hunting, Migromul says, by "giving the rotten food a thumbs up or a heart." He suggests that this could draw enough attention to potentially dangerous pawns, but the warnings would be better if we could spread the word about what these rotten items mean. Others, like Killer Beast 77, have explained that they "give rotten meat and make pawns without likes or hearts leave the game."

It is not clear if this trend is pervasive, but several people in the discussion noticed that this may be the reason their pawns come back with expired goods. Says Bejo, "Is this why my pawns come back with thumbs up and rotten food?" 'Maybe next time I'll do what is recommended here and share this information with my friends. It is possible that players are using pawns like trash cans and loading them with unwanted items. So it might be a good idea to do a quick check before taking deadly action against an innocent pawn.

It is also important to act quickly if you find a pawn with rotting flesh. Plague spreads quickly, and pawns may infect each other if they are not careful.

For now, this means of communication is still new, but the warning signs of the dragon's plague are fairly obvious, so it is best to pay attention to them. If you see a pawn coughing, scratching its head, talking aggressively to you, or with ominously glowing red eyes, it is possible that the pawn has the disease.