Main questline - order of completion
Several of the main quests in the Jaws of Hakkon DLC can be approached at different times. The order in which quests are completed affects some of the dialogue options.
In this transcript, each main quest page is linked to the previous and the next quest (at the beginning and the end of each entry), but for the sake of clarity, the links follow only one of the possible routes. If a dialogue option depends on the completion status of another quest, it's noted in the brackets beside that option.
Here's a more detailed explanation of the order of completion for the main questline.
1. Jaws of Hakkon - introduction to professor Bram Kenric.
*2. The Basin Beckons - Kenric explains his research and points the Inquisitor towards the friendly Avvar and the island that might connect to Ameridan.
* This quest can be entirely skipped, which is going to affect the initial dialogue with Arvid Rolfsen during What Yet Lingers: Find a way to get to the island.
Afterwards, the main questline branches out. Here's the route that is listed in the quest index of this transcript.
3. What Yet Lingers: Find a way to get to the island - speak with the Avvar fisherman.
4. Avvar Allies - speak with the Thane of Stone-Bear Hold.
5. Storvacker Caged - search for Storvacker.
6. What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan - sail to the Lady’s Rest island.
7. What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric - report to Kenric with your findings on Ameridan and Telana.
8. On Ameridan’s Trail - investigate the last place Ameridan visited before disappearing.
Another possible route is to first speak with Svarah Sun-Hair. This means that during What Yet Lingers: Find a way to get to the island you gain the access to the boat right away, since Arvid Rolfsen recognizes the guest-welcome you received from Svarah. You don't have to go to Stone-Bear Hold to ask for Svarah's permission, as is the case if you approach Arvid first. The entire What Yet Lingers questline can be concluded only after Avvar Allies.
3. Avvar Allies
4. Storvacker Caged
5. What Yet Lingers: Find a way to get to the island
6. What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan
7. What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric
8. On Ameridan’s Trail
The next major difference in possible routes is the time of completion of Storvacker Caged. This quest can be tackled at any point after Avvar Allies, even after On Ameridan’s Trail.
3. Avvar Allies
4. What Yet Lingers: Find a way to get to the island
5. What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan
6. What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric
7. On Ameridan’s Trail
8. Storvacker Caged
However, both Storvacker Caged and What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan have to be completed in order to choose the following dialogue options:
"Hakkon connects to Ameridan" when speaking with Svarah (either at the end of Storvacker Caged or the beginning of Ameridan’s End: Assault the Jaws of Hakkon)
"Ameridan and Hakkon connect" when speaking with Kenric (during What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric)
The main questline converges after Avvar Allies, What Yet Lingers, Storvacker Caged, and On Ameridan's Trail have been completed.
9. Ameridan’s End: Assault the Jaws of Hakkon
10. Ameridan’s End: Talk to Ameridan
11. Hakkon Wintersbreath
