With thoughts of Dragon Age 4 lingering in the back of BioWare fans’ minds, many are returning to, or joining, Dragon Age Keep to update their playthroughs and character choices. Dragon Age Keep is a website that connects to a gamer’s EA account in order to sync the choices they made in every Dragon Age installment.
It was born when Dragon Age: Inquisition came out since the previous two games had been on the same console, and the data could just sync to Dragon Age 2 by reading the files for Dragon Age: Origins. These are all the details you’ll need to start uploading your world-shaping choices to the cloud.
8 Link Your EA Account From PC, PlayStation, And/Or Xbox
First, be sure to sign in to the games on your console with your EA account. When you first access Keep, it’ll prompt you to sign in with EA so that it can automatically pull save data out of the games. When you’ve done that, it shows all the data syncing up from each game, including your achievements, DLC you owned, and more. Don’t worry if it misses some of your achievements; it may not get everything on the first try. Once it shows your characters, pick one for each game that will exist in the same universe together.
7 Listen To Varric Narrate Your Story
Varric Tethras is a dwarven rogue that was introduced in Dragon Age 2. He instantly became a fan-favorite character because of his excellent sense of humor and warm personality. His crossbow became iconic, which he named Bianca.
One of the nice perks included in Dragon Age Keep is that Varric Tethras, the closest Dragon Age gets to a bard character, narrates your entire progress through all three Dragon Age games in his sultry voice.
6 Organize Your Heroes
Once EA has imported all your games, every game it found will be available in the form of a ‘hero.’ Each one can be customized as much as you like, and there’s a section to write a short description about the character to help you distinguish them. It also displays details on which class, background, and gender that character was, and which world states they featured in. If you didn’t like the name you gave your character during the game, you can even change that, too!
5 World States: Playthrough Vs. Editable Vs. Shared
The World States section is where you can create alternate versions of what happened in each game. The Editable States are those which have been established as timelines in the Keep. The Playthrough States are the ones that EA has pulled directly from your saved games. Copying them to the editable states allows you to export them out of the Keep, and double-check or change your choices.
Ever wanted to experience Dragon Age the way your friends do? The Shared States section allows you to copy World States that your EA friends have shared with you. When you’ve chosen a World State to edit, click on it and select the ’load in keep’ option to view it in the Tapestry.
4 Adjust Your Spoiler Settings
Dragon Age Keep automatically tries to hide spoilers from players who might not have finished Inquisition or its DLC. You’ll need to change this in the settings before you start by telling the Keep to ‘show’ all spoilers. Just click on the little globe in the top right corner to open the menu, and the gear tab to access the settings. Thankfully, the base game is separate from each individual DLC. If you want to play Jaws of Hakkon but haven’t gotten around to it yet, just keep those spoilers hidden!
3 Double Check Your Choices In The Tapestry
This step is the most essential, and the most exciting! Once your characters have been pulled into the Keep, use the tapestry to review your decisions. Each game has a number of sections indicating certain themes, quests, or DLCs. Some of the decisions it asks about are surprisingly small, so if you’ve forgotten what you did, it gives a brief description of the quest.
If you disagreed with a choice, however big or small — maybe you wanted to help the mages instead of the templars — here’s your chance to change history. It’ll warn you if you try to make choices that contradict each other, like if you try to make Alistair the King, but also claim he died killing the Archdemon.
2 How To Export
Once you’ve finished setting up a World State, the export feature allows you to send it to a game. At the moment, it’s just Dragon Age: Inquisition. Test that everything’s set up the way you want it by sending your save to Inquisition. When it arrives, booting up the game and attempting to start a new playthrough will prompt the game to look for a file from the Keep. The Keep file will have a date associated with it, so you can check that you’re accessing the right World State.
1 Refresh Your Memory On The Lore
Politics in Thedas are hard to keep up with; there are centuries of lore built up over three games, dozens of comics and books, and small films or YouTube series. Thankfully, the Dragon Age Keep comes with a World Lore section to help refresh your memory. You can look at everything at once, or progress through the years to explore that particular time in history. If you’re looking to learn more details about a place or event, the Keep will refer you to a game, book, or other content that discusses it.
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