Just an FYI for anyone who stumbles upon this.

The unique items in the DLC scale and drop at a level, equal to your character level when they drop/you buy them. Meaning that you should probably do it only after you hit the level cap (which is 35). The DLC has some of the best items in the game, but I made the mistake of going there too soon and only just now found that out, when I'm about to wrap it up... So I got versions of the items 5-10 levels weaker than what they should have been at the level cap.....

Due to the aggressive level scaling in the entire game (also introduced by the DLC, enemy levels were static before), this means that all the unique items I gathered in the DLC are going to be replaced by random magic trash items 5 levels later. Especially dumb, because even at the DLC merchants, the items will scale until the moment you buy them. So you are actively discouraged from buying them before hitting the level cap. This is the only area in the game where uniques behave like that (match your level when you pick them up), so just keep that in mind. Honestly considering loading a save before the DLC and doing it all over :/

So just do the DLC at level cap, or as close to it as possible, if you want the uniques from it at full power. The best point would probably be after the 2 main quests you get in Stonebridge.

Thanks for the info, I have it installed, but haven't played it in a long time.
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I was at level 28-29 before the "point of not return" in the game. That is a pretty acceptable range so that the items from the DLC won't lose their power and much better than when I went there initially at level 23 or so.

But still, if you want to get some more levels before going to do it, I've found that the spiders in the East Forest, near the start of the game, are the best way to power-level. They spawn in very large numbers and as the game scales with you, you still level at a decent pace. Took me just a couple of hours to get to the cap. This also has the added benefit you being able to hunt for your "final gear" at the merchants/drops during the entirety of the DLC and until the end of the game.

Thanks for the hints about locations for leveling. I'll have to remember this when it's time to start back up again. Though I think I'll have to start a fresh game since I likely forgot how the story started lol.

Currently playing Baldur's Gate EE for the first time and then I may try DS3 over POE instead (which was the next game in the lineup).
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