When to start DLC content?

[Bobile]

I recently started a new character and was wondering at what point in the game I should start doing the DLC content.

[Juno Brier]

Most players do the DLC after beating Mohg, so I'd say that's a good time to do it.

[Twisty]

It really depends. You need to do Radhan and Mohg to just enter it.

But if there is a certain weapon you want to go in with certain build/level do it after that.

[SpaceWombat]

Imo you shouldn't enter before having at least 50 points in both vigor and your attack stat. With that in mind RL100-130 is the sweet spot if you want the difficulty to be consistent with the rest of the basegame final areas. Unless you're doing a hybrid build going any higher will result in the overworld being too easy once you collect most of the scadu fragments.

[MicroStutterEngine]

The DLC endgame content, so not close to the final boss or even after

[Chibbix]

It's pretty easy to do at SL 93 (with a wide variety of trinkets), but the general consensus is 125/150 from what I've seen.

[zmanbuilder]

I like to pick up morgotts great rune first, then go in.

Waiting to get talisman slot number 4 before going in is a good idea too.

[Nihrahk]

Most do it after killing Mohg, but you can be pretty low level when you kill him thanks to Varre's questline if you're good enough. Personally, I'd say do it after Godskin Duo or even Maliketh if you need an additional level or two

[Mauman]

I went in around 190 and had a pretty nice time. Wasn't too hard, wasn't easy so I'd say the 150 crowd are about right.

Even if you go in their at level 150 you're going to fly in levels if you're the kill all on sight kind. I didn't do any real farming (outside of occasionally testing new weapons and spells) and came out of the dlc around level 250

I suppose that's going to happen when you're basic one-shot wolf is suddenly worth 2000 runes, nevermind everything else :P

[Chibbix]

I just finished NG+ with my SL 280 guy with 50 vig and he was taking the same damage as my guy with 40. I really think it's way, way more Blessing based. If you just make sure to explore around (I got all of the blessings but 1 without looking anything up on my second playthrough), I think it should be pretty doable kinda regardless of level.

[Fineous🔥]

Well im going to say after Halightree and Malenia. Why? If you can deal with Malenia and her goons you are pretty much prepared to take on everything the expansion throws at you.
Shadow lands monsters from the very beggining can be considered post-Halightree content but if you are eager to start with the expansion just after Mogh!

[Dr.Abscondus]

Depends on your build and what weapons, armor and talismans you like to use. With a new character I would go after killing the Elden Beast because then I'd have the Sacred Relic Sword which is one of my favourite weapons and perfect for my Faith, Dexterity, Strength build. It's the perfect weapon for farming runes in the Moghwyn Palace area. It's good to have as many defensive talismans as possible for the DLC. You can always come back and do more of the base game if you miss some, but for me the sword is the key item.

[ESOS]

Originally posted by Bobile:

I recently started a new character and was wondering at what point in the game I should start doing the DLC content.

when you got everything you need for your end game build in base game, like talismans etc. and recommended level is 125 to 150 to maintain it's proper difficulty

[Yal]

FROM officially recommended Lv 150 I think? (That's the level the premade characters in the preview event were)

There's no such thing as being overlevelled thanks to the upgrade fragment system, the main limiting factor is gonna be being strong enough to beat Mohg.

[vamirez]

When you naturally reach the entrance to Mohg's Palace in the Consecrated Snowfield. Then you are ready to beat Mohg, and ready to enter the DLC.

[Detective Costeau]

Yeah, generally speaking somewhere around level 130-160 seems pretty normal for starting level.
Whatever level you feel comfortable fighting the endgame bosses and beating Mogh should work. I went in at 155 or so and it felt fine.