From the Ashes doesn’t hide behind a late-game quest or an old save file. It sits on its own branch of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s story menu, and the only real trick is knowing where to look and what year to pick.
Prerequisites before you can start From the Ashes
Step 1: Install any pending updates for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on your platform. On console, use the system’s update option for the game; on PC, make sure the title is fully updated through Ubisoft Connect or your store launcher.
Step 2: Confirm that the From the Ashes expansion is installed and owned on your account. On consoles, check the game’s “Add‑ons” or “Manage game and add‑ons” page. On PC, verify the expansion is listed under additional content for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora in Ubisoft Connect.
Once the base game and expansion are both installed and current, you can launch straight into the new storyline from the main title screen.
Open the Story Selection menu from the title screen
From the Ashes is accessed from a global story selector, not from in‑world map markers.
Step 1: Start Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and wait at the main title screen; do not load an existing save yet.
Step 2: On PC, press the Esc key to bring up the Story Selection menu. On console, use the equivalent prompt shown on screen to open the same menu.
In this menu, the game organizes its campaigns by in‑universe year. That’s where the expansion lives.
Pick the correct timeline: Year 2170
Inside Story Selection, you’ll see two separate time periods:
- Go to Year 2169 – the main Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora campaign with your Sarentu.
- Go to Year 2170 – the From the Ashes expansion starring So’lek.
Step 1: Highlight Go to Year 2170 and confirm your choice. This is the dedicated timeline for From the Ashes.
Choosing Year 2170 starts the DLC. If you select Year 2169 instead, the game returns you to the original story rather than the new expansion.
Decide what to do with your Sarentu in From the Ashes
After selecting Year 2170, the game asks how you want your existing character to feed into the expansion.
Step 1: When prompted, choose whether to bring over your Sarentu from your main story progress. This keeps visual and cosmetic continuity between the main campaign and From the Ashes.
Step 2: If you want to skip that import and jump straight into So’lek’s perspective, press the indicated key or button (on PC, this is F) to bypass the transfer.
Importing your Sarentu does not make them playable in the expansion. From the Ashes is built as a single‑player story focused on So’lek, but your Sarentu appears in that story with their customized face, hair, body type, voice, and ikran pattern when you choose to import a save.
What carries over into From the Ashes
Several rewards and visual elements from the base game are available the moment you step into Year 2170.
- Cosmetic items and appearance overrides you unlocked in the main campaign are usable in the expansion.
- If you have completed the primary story in Year 2169, additional cosmetic options are unlocked for use in From the Ashes.
If a cosmetic you expect to see is missing, the most common cause is an incomplete installation. Re‑check that the expansion content is fully installed on your system and that any platform‑specific add‑ons are downloaded.
Once the loading finishes successfully, the expansion begins immediately. The opening mission is titled The Last Dog Tag, which functions as the introduction to the new arc in the burned Kinglor Forest and So’lek’s hunt for his scattered Sarentu family.
How From the Ashes fits into Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
From the Ashes is positioned as the third story pack for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, following The Sky Breaker and Secrets of the Spires. The expansion is set in Year 2170, roughly half a year after Secrets of the Spires and a short time after the events depicted in the film Avatar: Fire and Ash.
In this timeline, the RDA has returned in force, now allied with the Mangkwan clan’s Ash warband. Their combined assault devastates the Aranahe hometree and surrounding Kinglor Forest, transforming the region into a scarred, burning landscape. So’lek awakens in the aftermath of an ambush, left for dead and separated from his Sarentu found family, and sets out to find them and retaliate.
Mechanically, the expansion introduces:
- Third‑person combat and traversal built around So’lek’s movement, finishers, and Warrior Senses.
- New Na’vi enemies from the Mangkwan clan alongside reinforced RDA forces, Skel Suit units, hellhounds, and new AMP variants.
- Changes to Banshee (ikran) riding, including combat calls and aerial finishers.
- A new hand‑crafted subregion of Kinglor Forest known as The Ravines, with layered paths and vertical traversal.
The Kinglor Forest in Year 2170 reacts to story progress: sections become covered in ash and embers as the occupation and fires intensify, changing both the look of the world and how you move and fight through it.
How to buy the expansion if you don’t own it yet
From the Ashes is sold both as a standalone story pack and as part of several bundles that include the base game.
| Edition | Includes base game? | Includes From the Ashes? | Other content |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the Ashes Expansion | No | Yes | Floating Mountains banshee cosmetic preorder bonus |
| Standard Edition | Yes | No | Base game only |
| From the Ashes Edition | Yes | Yes | Floating Mountains banshee cosmetics |
| Complete Edition | Yes | Yes | Season Pass (The Sky Breaker, Secrets of the Spires, Familiar Echoes, Resistance Bundle), Ultimate Pack, digital art book |
You can buy any of these versions on the official Ubisoft Store at store.ubisoft.com or through your platform’s storefront. The Complete Edition is also included with a Ubisoft+ Premium subscription.
Once the expansion is installed, everything important flows from a single choice on the title screen: open Story Selection and go to Year 2170. From there, importing your Sarentu is optional, cosmetics follow your progress in the main story, and The Last Dog Tag will quietly confirm that you’re standing at the start of So’lek’s campaign.
