Dragon Age Keep - Tutorials & How To

Learn how to customize and manage world states using the Tapestry in Dragon Age Keep.

The World State section allows you to manage up to 10 world states. You can find it in the slide-out menu on the left side of the Keep.

• Open the World State section by clicking on 'World States' under the menu icon in the upper left corner of the Keep
• The World State section has three tabs: Editable States, Playthough States, and Shared States.
  • Editable States allows you to view, edit, create, and share your world states. 
  • Playthrough States contains saved world states from Dragon Age: Inquisition that you will be able to modify in the Keep. 
  • Shared States shows world states that your friends in the Keep have shared with you. If you want to play one of these world states, you'll have to export it to Editable States. 
• You can access these tabs by clicking the arrows on the left and right sides of the page, or by using the dropdown menu in the upper left corner.

Editable States

You can organize and customize your world states here. The world state currently loaded in the Tapestry will appear in the slot above your editable states. In the gallery of world states below, a red flag signifies which state is loaded into the Keep at that moment. 

• To add a new world state, click the + icon on any empty (grey) world state slot. 
• To edit an existing world state, click on the one you wish to modify.
• To share a world state, click on the world state, and then the share icon in the pop-up window. 
• To load a new world state into the Tapestry, click and drag it to the slot above your editable states. Then, click 'Edit in Tapestry' to make changes.

Opening an Editable State

To view a world state, click on it and a pop-up will appear. Here, you can customize your world state's title, description, and other actions. 

• Click the pencil icons to add or edit a title and/or description. Don't forget to hit the checkmark icon to save your text. 
• To play the ISS, or Interactive Story Summary, of the selected world state, hit the play icon. 
• Next to the play icon is the share icon. Click it to share this world state with a friend.
• To lock a world state, click the lock icon. You will not be able to make further changes to this world state unless you unlock it again.
• You can delete a world state by pressing the trash can icon. Please note that once you delete a world state, there is no way of recovering it. 
• You can also load your world state into the Tapestry for editing. To export it, click the 'Load in the Keep' button.

Sharing a World State

Share a selected world state with your Keep friends. You can add friends in the Friends section in the right-hand menu of the Keep. 

• To share a selected world state, click on the share icon. Here you can select which friends you'd like to receive your world state. You can also add a custom title and description.
• Once shared, your friend will receive a notification and be able to add the shared world state into one of their 10 available slots by pressing the 'Copy to Editable' button. 

If you receive a world state from a friend, it will show up under the 'Shared States' section of the World State Manager. You will also receive a notification.

Loading a World State Into the Keep

Once you've decided on a world state to modify or export to Inquisition, you can load it into the Tapestry by either opening the selected world state and clicking 'Load in the Keep,' or dragging the world state to the top slot, and pressing 'Edit in Tapestry.' This action will take you back to the Tapestry.  

• The name of the world state currently in the Tapestry will appear in the upper right corner next to the globe icon. It will indicate if you have not yet exported your state to Inquisition. It will also tell you the last time your world state was updated or synced.
• To see more information about your world state or perform more actions, click the globe icon in the upper right corner of the Keep to open the World State Manager. 
• Here, you can click the play icon to view the ISS (Interactive Story Summary), the share icon to share your world state, the random icon to randomize the choices in this world state (this will overwrite your previous choices for this state), or the lock icon to lock the state. 
• Once you've customized your choices and are ready to start playing your world state in Inquisition, click 'Export to DA Inquisition' to send that state to the game. 
• A pop-up will appear asking if you're sure you want to put this world state in the Inquisition slot. You can only export one world state at a time. If you have already exported another state and not saved it in the game, pressing 'Yes, Continue!' will overwrite your previously exported world state. 
• After you've exported the world state, the screen will indicate that the world state has been sent to the game. Please note that your computer or console must be connected to the internet while you export the world state.
• The status of your world state in the upper right corner (next to the globe icon) will also change to reflect that this state has been exported.

Playthrough States

After you start playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, your choices in the game will be uploaded to the Keep. This tab will load your saved games fromInquisition into the available slots in this section. Playthrough states will appear after you've finished character creation in the game. 

• Check here for more information about using playthrough states to verify that your world state was correctly exported to the game. 
  
• You can move a playthrough state to the 'Editable States' section to load it in to the Keep and make changes in the Tapestry. To do this, click on 'Copy to Editable.' You can also click on a playthrough state to see a preview, add a description, and copy from there.
• Afterwards, you can re-export that world state if you choose. 
  
  

Shared States

You can view all the world states friends have shared with you in this tab. Each slot will indicate the name of the world state, the username of the friend that shared it, and the option to copy the world state to an editable slot. 

• To save a shared world state, click 'Copy to Editable.' You can change the title or description of this state if you wish. Once it's in a slot on the Editable States page, you can export it to Inquisition. 
  
  
  
  
• Remember to save your world state to an empty slot. You have the option of overwriting an existing world state or putting it in an unused slot. Saving over another world state will erase the preexisting state.  
  
  

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