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Dooter Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:05am
When does Blood and Wine canonically take place?
I've heard that B&W takes place after the game's main story events but I'd rather not dig around too much in fear of actually reading spoilers
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pokerhabs Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:18am 
I would say it takes place after main story since level requirement is end-game high.
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Dooter Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:21am 
Originally posted by pokerhabs:
I would say it takes place after main story since level requirement is end-game high.
Doesn't Hearts of Stone have a higher level requirement too? Albeit that doesnt really have anything to do with the main story or any real overall impact
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pokerhabs Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:37am 
Originally posted by Dooter:
Originally posted by pokerhabs:
I would say it takes place after main story since level requirement is end-game high.
Doesn't Hearts of Stone have a higher level requirement too? Albeit that doesnt really have anything to do with the main story or any real overall impact

I know that each DLCs can be played when you want without any impacts, since they are ''standalones''. But, there are some little unimportant but cool stuff the devs added if you decided to play the DLCs before finishing the main quests. Just one exemple : In Hearth of Stone DLC, some guy will burn a rune on your cheek and if you still have some main quest to do, they will ask about that thing burned on your face. There are some other stuff like that, but it would included some major spoiler if I reveal them to you.
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Neeo Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:44am 
B&W is designed to be played after the main story. Im pretty sure the dev's have said that, and I think that it just doesn't make sense to play it before finishing the base game. HoS on the other hand could, at least in my opionion, be played during the last bits of the base game, however the level requirement indicates that you should play it after finishing the story.
TL;DR: play both after the base game
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Ozone Mar 26, 2018 @ 9:23am 
After the main game, definitely. It will actually contain spoilers, if you go ahead and complete it before, so be careful.
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Ozone Mar 26, 2018 @ 9:23am 
Originally posted by yneeo:
TL;DR: play both after the base game


Agreed.
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Amix Mar 26, 2018 @ 9:47am 
Developers really wanted to finish with Witcher project. They rushed. You can play blood & wine as soon as you finish A poet under pressure quest. But Geralt mentions the story ending (good) when talking with his friend from DLC Although you have not completed half of the main game. If you get bad ending then Geralt avoids this topic with his friend. So according to story it takes place after the base game. I have no idea why it unlocks in middle of base game. What they were trying to do?
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Vellari Mar 26, 2018 @ 10:06am 
No idea why they made B&W available mid-game, but it is what it is.

But "canonically" HoS happens at the same time as the main game, not specifically mentioned but O'Dimm gives direct advice on how to save Ciri if you ask him (one of the HoS end choices).

B&W however happens in 1275, which is three years after the events of the main story (1272). It's in the Tourney notes.

So "canonically" one should finish HoS before finishing the main story, and B&W after.
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