asking ahead for when the game is on sales: I only want to play the campaign, what DLCs do I need if any?

[Sunbach]

I know sandbox is the best way to play this game but for me I only want to play the campaign as I like to complete game objective and have an end goal to work toward to.

So what DLC give me more campaign missions to play?

[Primigenia]

Vanilla game is good and complete as is, and you can fully play the campaign. the dlcs all add more mechanic/production chains and some new maps and pop tiers beside new scenarios.

"land of lions", "the expedition" and "sunken treasures" add new mechanics, three new archipelagos and three quest chains (one each).

"tourist season"and "high life" add new mechanics and one new quest chain each.

"seeds of change", "empire of the skies", "docklands", "bright harvest" and "seat of power" add new mechanics and new buildings.

they are very all well done and worth it in my opinion. I have all 4 seasons and I'm very happy with the content for the money I spent, the only thing I don't like it's the cosmetic packs, for the asking price they are a bit lacking. I definitely expected at least double the content in the cosmetic packs.

[ElPrezCBF]

Originally posted by Sunbach:

I know sandbox is the best way to play this game but for me I only want to play the campaign as I like to complete game objective and have an end goal to work toward to.

So what DLC give me more campaign missions to play?

You don't need to play a campaign to set up objectives. Start a custom sandbox game and set up your desired victory conditions from the menus available. I haven't played all the DLCs despite owning all the season passes. But I'd recommend land of lions and sunken treasures before playing the other regions because they are accessible relatively early in the game and pretty fun. There are also synergies if you have both of these, e.g., certain quests allow you to hunt for treasures in Enbesa and other regions outside Cape Trelawney although finding good stuff isn't guaranteed. Cape Trelawney itself is a huge map that you can build on although the map is more or less the same regardless what seed you set up your game with.

[Cat]

This game doesn't really stress campaigns, and DLC don't have separate campaigns. The base game has one. And I mean ONE. One continuous game.
You can get the base game and complete the campaign.

If you just want to finish a campaign then you don't need any of the DLC.

[Smokerbait]

Originally posted by Sunbach:

So what DLC give me more campaign missions to play?

If you're looking for DLC that give you a story as impetus to reach objectives, then you want to get Sunken Treasures, The Passage, and Land of Lions. These have their own storyline objectives to go through.

All the others add game mechanics and goods and such, but no real goals are presented for you to achieve.