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[WolfForce99]

I just gut the game of the year edition and I'd like to play the DLC's in the proper or best to proper order. Thanks.

[vbibbi]

Trespasser has to be played last. Once you begin it you can't access any other parts of the game. The other two DLC can be done at any point after reaching Skyhold, but are both aimed at higher level characters. Narratively, they can fit in at any point in the story, really. They could be done before or after the end of the vanilla game, as they don't much mention of the main antagonist.

[AnUnculturedLittlePotato]

Trespasser has to be played last. Once you begin it you can't access any other parts of the game. The other two DLC can be done at any point after reaching Skyhold, but are both aimed at higher level characters. Narratively, they can fit in at any point in the story, really. They could be done before or after the end of the vanilla game, as they don't much mention of the main antagonist.

There's a few quips in hakkon about corphy but not much else.
Really I'd play the start of descent first, each floor is a level group. I'd save hakkon when you hit 17/18 then finish descent.

[Heimdall]

I'd do it in the order they were released in, after the main story.

 

Jaws of Hakkon and The Descent both have high level content (The lower levels in the case of Descent), and Trespasser needs to be last.

 

Jaws also has a very non-threatening premise (To start off) so it makes more sense to do it after.

[katerinafm]

Storywise it doesn't make much sense to me to come back and forth in the Descent despite the devs saying its supposed to be a place you come back to as you gain levels (and it's not THAT big anyway). Jaws of Hakkon has a couple of comments if you have finished the final main quest, but other than that it's just another area like the others in the main game with a couple extra story bits. Just make sure to start Trespasser last.

[Absafraginlootly]

Descent - after you arrive at Skyhold, but probably before Wicked Hearts and Wicked Eyes and Here Lies the Abyss, definitely before What Pride Has Wrought

 

Jaws of Hakkon - after Doom Upon All the World

 

Trespasser - last, when there's nothing else you want to do

 

 

Jaws of hakkon I do after finishing inquisitions main plot as its starting premise of an archaeological dig for info on the original inquisition isn't something your likely to spend time on when the worlds under threat.

 

Descent on the other hand works best during the main campaign as the quakes are a threat to your lyrium supply and you need that to defeat the Corypheus. What little you already had was pretty much used up sealing the breach. I started it at level 13 and finished it no problem, but the difficulty would vary depending on your party make up, your builds, and how good your armour is (I was using tier 3 & 4 armour via the golden nug).

 

Trespasser ends your game, there's no continuing to wander around after woods like the main game, so do it only when there's nothing else left you want to do.

[In Exile]

I think both DLCs make sense after the MQ. It makes it seem as if the Inquisition is still active - especially in Ferelden - and thus fits with the theme in Trespasser.

[Ashaantha]

All DLC's to me made more sense being played after finishing the main game. Only because they don't fit in with the main story-line at all, never could figure out why my Inquisitor would run off to the Frostback basin in the middle of chasing down Cory. Descent makes the most sense out of both to played mid-game, I like to do it just after the Arbor Wild / Temple of Mythal if not doing it post game. It's an exception possibility to my usual all dlc post-game habit because we're told there's earthquakes everywhere because of the events of the DLC.

[Mlady]

I found JOH best played right after you defeat Corypheus. You are starting to learn of the Inquisition's past. Not something I would do while waiting for Corypheus to show up and attack me. Descent can be played before the end because of the sudden urgency of the earthquakes, but it's best to do it after Varric's quest with Bianca.

[Eyes_Only]

I usually played it in the order they came out.

 

Main game up to the Arbor Wilds

-Then Jaws of hakkon

-The Descent

Finish the main game

-Trespasser.

 

Since Trespasser takes place 2 years after the game, I make sure I have everything I care to do wrapped up by the time I enter the Arbor Wilds.

 

It would seem to make more sense perhaps to play the DLC after the ending of the game. However Cassandra is my go to warrior companion and Solas my go to mage. I'd hate to play through the DLC without them. Also its rather interesting to hear my inquisitor remark while in the deep roads "I'm not about to die down here, not before I kill Corypheus." which i thought was cool. Sort of drove on my character's resolve to live.

 

Plus since JoH is an open world location I will usually go there after getting Skyhold. Spend some money on tier 4 armor over in Stonebear hold

[CoM Solaufein]

I do Descent first. Jaws isn't really a favorite so I do it shortly before the end game.

[AnUnculturedLittlePotato]

I found JOH best played right after you defeat Corypheus. You are starting to learn of the Inquisition's past. Not something I would do while waiting for Corypheus to show up and attack me. Descent can be played before the end because of the sudden urgency of the earthquakes, but it's best to do it after Varric's quest with Bianca.

What why?

[Mlady]

What why?

 

Spoiler

You learn things from Bianca that make your Inquisitor understand things better in Descent. Just like if you play Descent, the secret room in Trespasser about the Titan and Mythal also carries over from what you learned. It's nothing big but it does make your Inquisitor sound less dumb LOL

[Abyss108]

I like doing then all post-game so it feels like my Inquisitor did something in the two years between Cory and Trespasser.

 

It doesn't really matter though, they are self contained, so you can do them whenever you like.

[Serza]

I would suggest you finish the base game first (ie kill the Elder One) and then do Jaws of Hakkon and Descent, as well as (if you're so inclined) finish up everything for a Completionist playthrough.

 

Trespasser is THE END OF THE STORY. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY FURTHER ONCE YOU FINISH IT, AND THE ONLY WAY IS TO REVERT TO AN EARLIER SAVE OR START A NEW CHARACTER.

 

There are two years between The Elder One's defeat and the events of Trespasser. The Inquisitor has to do something during those two years, yes.

[Knight of Dane]

In my last playthrough I did Descent after the ball at the Winter Palace and after completing Crestwood. It made sense for my Inquisitor to explore the deep roads of the Wounded Coast when she was in the area anyway.

 

I did JoH before going to the Arbor Wilds.

[DuskWanderer]

Descent is definitely first, and I'd suggest that any time after Skyhold. You have mages or templars, and both require lyrium, so that's important. 

 

Jaws is after Cory is dead. I can't see a reason why you should trek after the First Inquisitor when you have real problems to deal with.

Trespasser must be last, so it is last

[TK514]

I played them in this order:

 

1. Apostate Savages
2. The Dwarves Screw Something Else Up I Have to Fix
3. The Way The Game Should Have Ended the First Time

[MrMrPendragon]

I do everything after the main game.

 

Jaws - Descent - then Trespasser.

[Serza]

 

I played them in this order:

 

1. Apostate Savages
2. The Dwarves Screw Something Else Up I Have to Fix
3. The Way The Game Should Have Ended the First Time

 

 

You forgot 4) My own idiotic attempt at naming the DLCs in a hopefully somewhat funny and witty fashion.

 

I wouldn't worry about it, though. You failed with 4) in a rather spectacular fashion.

[TK514]

You forgot 4) My own idiotic attempt at naming the DLCs in a hopefully somewhat funny and witty fashion.

 

I wouldn't worry about it, though. You failed with 4) in a rather spectacular fashion.

Aww, you care.  I'm touched.

[Serza]

Aww, you care.  I'm touched.

 

Well, I'm not. I'm actually surprised!

[SwobyJ]

Trespasser is last no matter what.

 

1) You can do both other DLCs after done everything else in the main campaign. In whatever order, though the order of release (JoH --> Descent) would be nice.

 

2)If you do want to play as much DLC within the campaign as opposed to after it:

a)Jaws of Hakkon works best as the final zone you visit/complete, so after Emprise Du Lion, and after a main quest like The Final Piece or Arbor Wilds.

b)Descent scales more to level, so it can be done earlier than Jaws of Hakkon, but not immediately after getting Skyhold, but rather after some other content it done, like said above, Varric's companion quest.

 

I prefer Path #1, personally. DLC are breaks in the core narrative that are already too plentiful in this game with all its sidequests. They also statistically focus on Tier 3-4 gear instead of Tier 2-3, so doing them mid-game is ridiculous. Either late-game or post-game (AKA Lv 18-25+), and I prefer post-game.

 

Trespasser is post-everything and is its own thing after done all else. However some regards from it can be synced to being available in future playthroughs.

 

Spoils of the Avvar, Spoils of the Qunari, Deluxe Edition stuff are all extras that you can have apply to current or future playthroughs. Armor looks, Skyhold customization, mounts. For the Armor, it seems to cap off at Tier 3 instead of Tier 4, so its more applicable to the core game than to any story DLC (as all DLCs get into Tier 4 rewards over Tier 3).

[Darkstarr11]

Trespasser has to be played last. Once you begin it you can't access any other parts of the game. The other two DLC can be done at any point after reaching Skyhold, but are both aimed at higher level characters. Narratively, they can fit in at any point in the story, really. They could be done before or after the end of the vanilla game, as they don't much mention of the main antagonist.

 

THAT might be why I'm having trouble playing Jaws after Trespasser.  

 

I jump into JoH first, grab the Aegis of the Rift right after I get to Skyhold, then come back near, or right after endgame.  I AVOID Descent at later levels (an Emissary should NOT have more health than a High Dragon) so I try to hit it before I hit level 20.  I finish up all the major War Table stuff and any companion quests, THEN hit Trespasser.  Though I did run into an issue where dialogue WASN'T triggering properly and it took FOREVER to get triggers for Blackwall/Josie.  

[sjsharp2011]

I usually go by the guidelines of level 20 really as it's recommended you get to at least that level befoer engaging the DLC's or at least the JoH one. As others have said really the Frostback basin is really the last area you should be looking to unlock do all the main game areas first because the enemies in the DLC's do tend to be tougher than the main game enemies. Descent can be done at any time really but agasin probably best to wait till after you do Varric's quest first. I would wait at least until your in at least the mid to high teens in trems of level so maybe level 16/17 upwards  given that in |Descent you do fight a lot of enemies and they can be really tough to take down. Trespasser as people have said has to be done last as the game ends after it so you don't have much of a choice there.