Should i play the maps in order? Or move from map to map at any time?

[20comer]

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[Luci]

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

[20comer]

Originally posted by dabigting:

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

I want to complete all maps and get all the notes, but i dont really know if getting items and creatures from other maps can mess up my playthough.

[KitsuneShiro]

I suggest for a first playthrough doing the storyline maps in order.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Eguicão:

Originally posted by dabigting:

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

I want to complete all maps and get all the notes, but i dont really know if getting items and creatures from other maps can mess up my playthough.

Kitsune is right. U will deff have spoilers if u move to new maps.

[Uueerdo]

Originally posted by Eguicão:

Originally posted by dabigting:

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

I want to complete all maps and get all the notes, but i dont really know if getting items and creatures from other maps can mess up my playthough.

If you're only worried about stability, you should be able to play in any order, and jump around as much as you'd like; but as previous posters have said, you'll may get spoilers to the story if you play out of order.

I kind of get the feeling the devs may have originally intended (way back in early planning) or at least wished for the maps to be unlocked as a progression for completing the previous map; but had to be realists and remember that if they limited the audience to people who completed the previous map, the sales would get lower and lower for each consecutive map. Wouldn't be surprised if the back story revealed in the explorer notes was originally going to be a version of what the players could experience.

[Vermithrax]

Originally posted by dabigting:

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

I started on center map. Should that have been the second?

[🦊 Hermit]

Originally posted by Vermithrax:

Originally posted by dabigting:

if you want to play to mess around, do whatever

if you want the story experience, do map by order, from the island to to the others until you hit extinction

I started on center map. Should that have been the second?

The Center actually isn't a cannon map at all, it's a mod map which was voted to be good enough to be added to the base game. Ragnarok is the same.

The official story progression, in order, is:

Island > Scorched Earth > Aberration > Extinction.

Center and Ragnarok do not have any of the explorer notes one has to find in order to read the story.

[Vermithrax]

.........crap.

[Boatabike]

Personally i liked doing all the maps in order with a fresh toon for each map, challenge at lev 1 is so much better than a 100 lev toon transfering, When u done that, back to the Island to do it all again with a single toon to level 135 :) that should keep u busy for at last 6k hours enjoy

[ZorTheCruel]

If you find yourself never reading the explorer notes though, just quickly canceling the display to use the EXP boost, then it really doesn't matter what order you play the maps in.

You can use the Obelisks to upload your survivor and most treasured dinos and items,(for instance your best breeding dinos and most important blueprints) then start up a different map and use the character you uploaded and find an obelisk on the new map to download the rest of your stuff. That way feels like a journey, since you are keeping the same character and key stuff, but it does make playing the new map far easier than if you started from scratch. So if you like the challenge, it is best to just start a new character on a new map.

[agamotto1313]

What about Genesis 1 and 2? Where do they fit in?

[william_es]

Originally posted by agamotto1313:

What about Genesis 1 and 2? Where do they fit in?

They're cannon maps too, part of the story.

the order is:

Theisland, scorched earth, aberration, extinction, genesis 1, genesis 2.

Genesis 2 is the end of the story, and has teasers that lead to Ark 2.

All the other free dlc maps are just optional play areas, with access to rare dinos from the paid maps. Many of them started as mods, and were like so much they were folded into the game officially.

Since the free dlc maps aren't part of the story at all, you can make a case that they aren't going to "ruin" the story if you make a side venture to one of those maps. There are things you can get on the non-story maps that make the game a lot easier.

The newer free dlc maps often have completely new dinos, totally unique to that map.. Lost Island has three completely unique dinos, with the standout one being Dinopithecus (giant baboon). Fjordur (the newest release) has the Desmodus (giant bat) which is worth going to this map all by itself. Desmodus is allowed to fly in caves naturally, and that extends backwards to caves on earlier maps (like TheIsland). Makes getting cave artifacts soooooo much easier. The Fjordhawk from the same map is also pretty useful (die, and it carries all your stuff to you instantly, anywhere on the map... so basically, beds become teleporters for you AND your gear).

[agamotto1313]

Thanks, I was wondering if Gen 1 and 2 were at the end, or a "Prequel" to the story line. As for Fjordur, let's not forget Fenris, not as useful as the other two, but WAY cooler... Pun intended.

[Xerain]

I'm playing the story maps in order, but I have Lost island installed in a cluster and pop over to it from time to time for easier access to high level tames, since I'm still on The Island. LI could easily be replaced with Fjordur.