Unlike many RPGs,Dragon Age: Inquisitiondoesn’t offer one large open world to explore. Instead, much of the game takes place across a collection of wide-open locations. Each one is like a mini open world, and you get access to several of them fairly early in the game. As such, you can visit the ones you have available in any order. However, that would be a mistake.

After all, you can gain access to some of them long before you have the capability to survive an expedition to the location. If you go there too early, there’s a good chance you will be swiftly dealt with by the enemies that will be waiting there. You can avoid this if you explore the locations in the correct order. Here is that order.

Dragon Age Inquisition screenshot of Inquisitor and Iron Bull at the Storm Coast.

The Best Order To Explore Each Location

This order only includes the wide-open locations that you’re encouraged to explore, such as the Hinterlands and Storm Coast. It doesn’t include small places that you visit for single quests.