Blood and Wine - Good time to pause for side quests.

[UberMurph]

As the title says, I've started Blood and Wine and I was wondering if there is a good place to pause for side quests or should I just do the main quest first and then do the side quests. I'm to the point in the main quest where I have been given the deed to the estate by the Duchess. Thanks in advance.

[tyrant1224]

Towards the final sretch of the main B&W quest line, the game will stop you in your tracks with a point-of-no-return message. And you are still a long ways from that point.

The only sidequests I suggest doing right away are the mutagen upgrade and grandmaster gear quests. The rest you can do whenever.

[UberMurph]

Thanks

[vilieto]

Upgrade the Corvo Bianco as soon as possible, also the mutagen quest and the grandmaster treasure hunts.
Other than that, there are pretty cool side quests, so I would suggest you do them all before you even progress much into the main story. The tournament/Guillhaume quest was cool, the small errands in the city like Paperchase, Reginald's statue, Portrait of a Witcher were super funny to do and don't require high level. There was an escort chain you get from the first notice board, that one was cool as well. Wine wars is a bit more spread-out but that should give you plenty of travel points for later. Lebioda's statue quest is also spread-out but interesting and gives you the best views from the zone.
You get pretty good gold from the Knight for hire chain, which is appreciated as everything costs a lot.

Just go through all of them, especially if you're playing for the first time. The people in Toussaint are quite funny, so the quests are very easy-going, unlike in Velen where everyone is miserable. The zone is absolutely stunning, so you'll enjoy exploration quite a bit.

[Living Broscillograph]

There are quests that you can unlock (at least two) only by roaming around so i'd suggest to travel and explore as it's as rewarding as in base game :)

[UberMurph]

Thanks for your replies, helped me out greatly.