Need help with my current progress and direction (No spoilers please)

[DarkPhoton]

No spoilers on areas bosses or npcs please. But of course if i mentioned a place myself you may talk about it too.

So Ive some most of the starter zone Limgrave (I think), beaten Godrick at stormveil, found Caelid explored a little bit, explored the beginning half of liurnia of the lakes and found a way into Raya Lucaria and beaten the wolf and the queen.

In terms of side content Ive found the area deep underground called Siofra river and explored enough to summon the spirit boss and beat it. That area is awesome, but not sure how much of it I missed. Ive done some optional dungeons in limgrave too.

Right now I'be returned back to the round table hold after beating the queen and they told me to go to the capital LLeyndal (spelling?). Does this mean Caelid is optional? I thought it was also a main zone, so far ive only seen like the first 20 minutes of the zone, I explored a small dungeon and some camps before I went back to Liurnia cuz it was too difficult.

So is caelid optional and should i go there before the capital?

Also: how far am I through the game in terms of % completion of the main game? What about counting all the side zones, what % have I done roughly speaking?

[Anzaman]

As far as I know, Caelid is optional area. You can go there before or after capital, if so so fancy. I personally cleared the area before.

[Arlie]

You can beat the game without ever going to Caelid and difficulty wise you should probably do other things before you head there.

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

Also: how far am I through the game in terms of % completion of the main game? What about counting all the side zones, what % have I done roughly speaking?

30%, maybe less. Depends on how much you consider part of the main game.

[DarkPhoton]

Originally posted by Arlie:

You can beat the game without ever going to Caelid and difficulty wise you should probably do other things before you head there.

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

Also: how far am I through the game in terms of % completion of the main game? What about counting all the side zones, what % have I done roughly speaking?

30%, maybe less. Depends on how much you consider part of the main game.

Woah, so not only is Caelid option, its accesible before stormveil, lake, raya lucaria, the capital which im about to go to, and its considered tougher than these?!

[Arlie]

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

Woah, so not only is Caelid option, its accesible before stormveil, lake, raya lucaria, the capital which im about to go to, and its considered tougher than these?!

The area boss of Caelid is only unlocked after you progress past Liurnia. Caelid is either a fun challenge for experienced players or it can teach less experienced players they should go the other way if they are struggling.
Upgrade materials in the capital and Caelid are mostly the same level, I think that and something I won't spoil are solid indicators they intended Caelid to be done around then.

[DarkPhoton]

So what about then how much % is m main story progress if Caelid is optional if ive done stormveil Godrick defeated, raya lucaria Renala defeated? Saying it this way actually makes me feel like I havent done much haha.. But I guess these two main story zones were huge and didnt only include those 2 bosses.

[DarkPhoton]

Originally posted by Arlie:

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

Woah, so not only is Caelid option, its accesible before stormveil, lake, raya lucaria, the capital which im about to go to, and its considered tougher than these?!

The area boss of Caelid is only unlocked after you progress past Liurnia. Caelid is either a fun challenge for experienced players or it can teach less experienced players they should go the other way if they are struggling.
Upgrade materials in the capital and Caelid are mostly the same level, I think that and something I won't spoil are solid indicators they intended Caelid to be done around then.

Thanks for this great answer

[Arlie]

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

So what about then how much % is m main story progress if Caelid is optional if ive done stormveil Godrick defeated, raya lucaria Renala defeated? Saying it this way actually makes me feel like I havent done much haha.. But I guess these two main story zones were huge and didnt only include those 2 bosses.

By my count you have a minimum of 5 areas/legacy dungeons to go. Depends on how you count and you would be rushing to the end of the game.

[DarkPhoton]

Originally posted by Arlie:

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

So what about then how much % is m main story progress if Caelid is optional if ive done stormveil Godrick defeated, raya lucaria Renala defeated? Saying it this way actually makes me feel like I havent done much haha.. But I guess these two main story zones were huge and didnt only include those 2 bosses.

By my count you have a minimum of 5 areas/legacy dungeons to go. Depends on how you count and you would be rushing to the end of the game.

So technically ive done 2/7? Since ive done stormveil and raya lucaria and you say I have 5 more to go?

[Arlie]

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

So technically ive done 2/7? Since ive done stormveil and raya lucaria and you say I have 5 more to go?

Actually 4/9, Stormveil and the academy are legacy dungeons. Smaller than an upcoming one, that's why I estimate you're 30% or less done with mandatory things.

[DarkPhoton]

Originally posted by Arlie:

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

So technically ive done 2/7? Since ive done stormveil and raya lucaria and you say I have 5 more to go?

Actually 4/9, Stormveil and the academy are legacy dungeons. Smaller than an upcoming one, that's why I estimate you're 30% or less done with mandatory things.

Where does the 4 come from then, limgrave? I thought stormveil and academy = 2 since I only seen one area for each (so far), and both single areas lead me to the final boss which game me the great rune.

[Arlie]

Originally posted by DarkPhoton:

Where does the 4 come from then, limgrave? I thought stormveil and academy = 2 since I only seen one area for each (so far), and both single areas lead me to the final boss which game me the great rune.

Limgrave, Liurnia, Stormveil Castle, Raya Lucaria Academy = 4