Dragon Age: The Veilguard Walkthrough – Quests, Puzzles, Bosses & Romance Options

Dragon Age: The Veilguard throws you headfirst into Tevinter with little more than seven “trusty” companions and your (hopefully) sharp combat skills.

Brace yourself for Darkspawn galore, ritualists, constructs, and – because that’s not enough – the ultimate foes: maddening traversal puzzles and those ever-so-close-yet-impossible-to-reach treasure chests.

In this guide, we’ll break down all the basics and steps of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

**This guide is still in progress and receiving regular updates. It is important to note that The Veilguard contains a complex combination of story choices. Because of this, some impacts from choices may be updated as the game progresses. This guide was last updated 11/16/2024**

How to Unlock Fast Travel

Fast Travel unlocks after completing the investigation at D’Meta’s Crossing. After this, players can open their map and access activated Fast Travel Beacons to return to locations across the world.

1. After waking up, speak with Varrick, then head out to explore the area. 
2. Speak with every character, and then prepare to head back through the Eluvian to learn more about what is going on, and what Solas warned Rook about.

How to Change Appearance

You unlock the ability to change your appearance once you get access to the Lighthouse, after “The End of the Beginnning”, which is the first main quest that asks you to interrupt Solas’ ritual.

To change your appearance, head to Varric’s room inside the Lighthouse and look for a mirror to the room’s left corner: The Mirror of Transformation. It’s is also signaled in the map with a mirror icon.

In the Mirror of Transformation, you can customize your appearance for free. Nothing is off-the table, from hair, to body shape, to skin color – you can change anything about your Rook’s appearance. That said, you can’t change their race or background.

How to Rank Up Shops

When you first try to purchase something from a shop, you’ll notice some options have a lock icon on them. To get access to them, you’ll need to increase the shop’s rank with materials and by bonding with the faction that shop belongs to.

For example, if you’re shopping at Arlathan Forest’s Veil Jumper campsite, then complete side quests in this area to improve your relationship with them. You’ll also need a few materials to rank up the shop, which you usually find scattered in the same area.

When you’re ready, approach the shop and look for the Rank up prompt to the right side of the screen.

How to Hide Helmet

You can hide your helmet in Dragon Age: The Veilguard by opening the Character tab in the menu. Here, look for an eye icon next to your character’s helmet. You can either choose to hide it always, hide it during cutscenes, or never hide it at all.

How Many Save Files Can You Have in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

While you can create a total of 100 save files in Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd, you are limited to only three different Rooks.

That means you can only create three characters and three separate storylines at a time before you’ll have to overwrite your creations.

How to Complete The End of the Beginning

Find Neve Gallus

After having a conversation (or brawl) with the barkeeper, walk through the streets of Minrathous. Follow Varric until you get a cutscene of Solas tearing the veil.

Then, sprint and parkour behind Varric until you spot Harding. Here, fight the demons approaching you. You can pick up two potion from the green jars to the alley’s right wall.

Across the bridge, make sure you take down the Venatori cultists before proceeding. Here, you’ll run into a red barrier that’s blocking the way. To get through, shoot the red crystal holding the barrier together with a ranged or melee attack.

After fighting some more Venatori, exit the rundown temple and slide down to meet Neve Gallus. This barrier belongs to her, so just “Investigate” it to get her introductory cutscene.

Find Solas

With one extra companion, start your journey to finding Solas. Go across the makeshift bridge to the right and use the Zipline to descend.

Here, you’ll encounter enemies with cyan barriers, who you should take down using your character’s ranged attack. Once the barrier’s been depleted, you can damage their health bar directly.

After Neve opens the entrance to the right, you must explore the Dread Wolf’s hideout. Climb up the ledges and inspect the paintings to learn more about this elf.

At the end of the hideout, you’ll spot a narrow passage to slide through. On the other end await some demons, so be ready for battle. Once you take down all enemies, Harding says the door is locked.

To find a way out, climb the ledge with the potion jar and hug the wall to the left. To your right, you’ll spot a lever you can Activate to open the door.

Keep following the marker down the hideout to find Solas’ Eluvian, approach it, and step through to get closer to Solas.

Stop the Ritual

You’re suddenly teleported to another location, the Arlathan Forest – and a wave of demons has gathered to greet you. Make sure you break their yellow armor with bonus damage attacks.

Follow the quest marker up the hill and head inside these ruins to the left. Keep making your way up the stairs until you run into a second wave of demons, which have barriers instead of armor.

How to beat the Pride Demon

The Pride Demon is protected by its cyan barrier, which you must deplete using Ranged Attacks, and yellow armor, which you must break with bonus attack damage.

Its most consistent attack is slashing the area in front of it twice, projecting the slash damage slightly beyond his reach. You can easily dodge or block this attack.

Another one of its moves consists in projecting orbs of lighting all over the arena. They will be marked with a red, telegraphed circle, so make sure you stay out of them.

After this battle, you’ll be right before Solas, and Varric will present you with your first choice:

Should you support Varric’s plan?

While Varric has a word with “Chuckles”, you’re left to your own devices. It’s time to deal with some more demons and another choice:

Should Neve or Harding help you disrupt the ritual?

Whoever follows you into greater danger will greatly approve of this decision, but will end up getting injured as a result. As the pillars fall, one of them hits the character you bring along with you.

The injuries aren’t fatal, but there’s a choice to let the injured companion stay behind in the next quest.

How to Complete Shadows of an Ancient Arlathan

Explore the Lighthouse

After speaking with Solas, it’s time to gather your team at the library table. If you want to complete the optional objectives, check on Neve in her office to wolf statue’s left and on Harding in her room across the tree-roots bridge.

When you’re ready, head inside the main building in the lighthouse and sit at the library table to progress the main story.

During this conversation, you’ll learn that Neve wants to investigate before acting while Harding’s ready to jump right into the action. If you choose to say “Harding’s right”, Neve will disapprove; if you choose to say “Neve’s right”, Harding will disapprove.

Investigate Solas’ ritual site

After your meeting, you can find the Eluvian room by heading down the stairs behind the library. Here, select Gather Team to proceed.

You’ll meet a pair of Veil Jumpers, Strife and Irelin, who’ll point you toward the Veil Jumper expert you actually need: Bellara.

Should you tell Neve or Harding to stay with the Veil Jumpers?

After coming out in the Elven Ruins, Rook will intercept a handful of Veil Jumpers who know Harding. After explaining that the Elven gods have escaped, you can then tell the injured party member, be it Harding or Neve to stay behind.

How to Complete In Entropy’s Grasp

Head to the temple in the woods

Head deep into the woods looking for Bellara. After defeating a construct enemy, you’ll get a cutscene introducing her.

Following the map marker, head toward the temple hidden deep in the woods. Be sure to explore the area for caches with valuable items or materials.

Before the temple, there is a small camp located near the waterfall. Inside is a large chest and a note explaining what caused the demise of the two skeletons on the floor.

Help Bellara deactivate the artifact

Enter the temple and look around. The main point of interest in this room is the large chest right in plain sight.

Continue through the doors on the other side of the room and Bellara will encourage you to hurry and get to where the artifact you are hunting is likely located. 

On your way down the steps, make a right turn and look down over the edge. In this alcove is a doorway blocked by rotting crates. Destroy these and enter. Inside is a Common Flawless Crystal.

After getting this, head down the pathway and locate the Power Crystal. Pick it up and place it in the receiver to summon a bridge.

Ask Bellara to deactivate the artifact by opening the directions menu with Tab or the Right Bumper on the controller. Assign the task of deactivation to Bellara.

Fight the enemies that are drawn to the location, and then keep moving forward. Be sure to explore the offshoot trails along the main road to pick up healing potions and learn more about the area via notes left by previous explorers. 

Continue into the next temple building and go to the left. Investigate the room first, then take the Power Crystal and head to the right area of the room. Locate the receiver and place the Power Crystal inside to open the door.

Go through the door and collect the loot from the large chest. 

Note: In the next area, several sentinels are waiting to attack the group. Make sure your party is healed and ready to go.

After defeating the sentinels in the room, move on to the next outdoor area. Explore the ruins to find a chest and some crafting materials.

After this, activate the Amplifier and defeat the enemies that spawn.

Moving into the next area, use the ballista to break the stone of the far door. Doing this will cause a horde of Darkspawn to run at the team. Use the weapon to take out the horde, and then move through the door into the abandoned camp.

Here, a third Amplifier will be waiting. Fixing this will awaken the three sentinels around the device. Defeat them to move forward.

Follow the pathway around to the next area. As you approach, more constructs will be visible waiting for you. This time, it will be a Frenzied Sentinel with a bigger health bar and the ability to summon Darkspawn and other monsters during the fight. Playing as a Rogue, I was able to dodge attacks and hit the construct from a distance. Now is a great time to heal up and make sure level points have been allotted.

Note: Be sure to grab the chest neat the Sentinel.

How to Open The Doors in the Elven Ruins Broken Stairway

In this area, there will be two empty receivers. One will be near where the mini-boss fight occurred, the other will be near a closed door beyond an archway across the platform. Power crystals are needed to open the door but only one is present. If you look to the left of the door, you can see a Power Crystal just beyond Rook’s grasp.

To open the doors in the Elven Ruins Broken Stairway, follow these steps:

Visual Reference	Instructions
	Grab the Power Crystal in the receiver.
	Take it to the door across from the archway and place it on the single receiver to open the door beside it.
	Go through the door and follow up the stairs, locate the ballista at the top of the platform, and Shoot the Blight Boil to access the Ballista.
	Use the Ballista to shoot the wall beside the Blight to access the other Power Crystal
	Head back down to grab the first Power Crystal and return it to its receiver by the door under the arch
	Grab the second Power Crystal from the entrance you just made and put it on the other empty receiver

After this, the Broken Stairway door will open, and the party can head on through to the sanctum.

Be sure to heal your party, because the big boss is ready to cause some trouble. Here, the party will stand off against an Ogre to reclaim the magical relic that is powering the bubble. 

How To Defeat the Ogre in the Floating Archival Temple

This isn’t a particularly difficult fight. The Ogre has several slow, heavy attacks that can be dodged or blocked if timed correctly. Thankfully, the Ogre will glow red before unblockable attacks, giving Rook a window to skirt out of the way.

As a rogue, I kept my distance and hammered it with arrows. I also had the ability Rain of Decay unlocked and equipped. This creates an onslaught of poisonous arrows in a small diameter around where it is cast. The duration of the ability lasts several seconds and will deal a decent amount of damage to the Ogre.

For those working with a fighting build, get in and hit it between attacks and then back off while it starts swinging and jumping. 

There are a few potion casks in here, but I didn’t find myself low on health, as I managed to stay out of range of most attacks.

Collect the loot from the chest after the fight, and then speak to Bellara to leave.

How to Complete the Shadow Crossing Quest

After completing the previous quest, Rook and his party will be taken to the Veil Jumper encampment. Things are looking bleak here, and dangers are growing. Rook is asked to take the party to the D’Meta’s Crossing to see if any rescues can be made.

Before leaving this area, be sure to visit the merchant in the corner. Here, you can sell valuables and purchase gear for the team. You won’t have a lot of money yet, but at this point, everyone on the team should have an upgraded weapon if possible.

After this, follow the quest marker out of camp to start towards D’Meta’s Crossing.

• Be sure to stop and use Bellara’s ability on the broken Power Crystal to access a chest just down the road from the Veil Jumper Camp. 
• Keep that Power Crystal with you and walk toward the water. Hidden around the corner is another receiver. Place the Power Crystal to form a bridge to access the platform out of reach.

There isn’t much else to investigate at this time, so head to Neve and let her know you are ready to depart.

D’Meta’s Crossing

Upon arriving, D’Meta’s crossing isn’t what Bellara knows it to be. It’s clear something terrible has happened. Rook’s first task is to establish contact with the village.

After getting past the first jump and into the town, the party will find the entire area taken over by a mutated type of Blight. Follow your quest marker through the town. There is nothing to collect and no hidden puzzles. Just head forward and speak to the party members whenever they have an active conversation marker above their heads.

After hitting a Blight to clear a path through a wall near a group of brainwashed villagers, Rook will slide through and discover the missing Veiljumpers. After the cutscene, continue following the quest marker forward.

You’ll hear a cry for help. Attack the Blight to clear a path in the wall. Then run through the opening to find the Town’s Mayor being held captive.

Note: It isn’t possible to save mid-scene during choices like this. Those who want to branch their saves should do so before entering the next area.

Should You Save D’Meta’s Mayor or Leave Him for Dead in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The answer here isn’t clear. Freeing a man who betrayed his town for wealth could present problems down the road, but the knowledge he has of the gods is imperative to understand how he works.

In our current playthrough, we chose to save him. We chose the “We aren’t killers” reasoning, to stay in line with the personality of the Rook being played.

After finishing at D’Meta’s Crossing, head back to the Veil Jumper camp, where an old friend will arrive and offer some direction on what Rook and the party are to do next. After this conversation, the quest will be complete.

How to Complete the Singing Blade Quest

After speaking with Morrigan, Rook and the team have to return to the Ritual Site from the beginning of the game. After arriving, speak with Harding, and then head out to find the Dagger.

Follow the quest marker to the center of the Ritual Site to find the Dagger has been taken. Enter the golden door to spot a Darkspawn.

Chase the Darkspawn to an opening, where a miniboss will drop. After defeating the miniboss, climb through the ruins to the top and use the beam generator that is out of alignment to lift the gate blocking access to the next area.

When you enter the next area make sure you are stocked on potions. This area is loaded with difficult enemies. 

After this, head toward the next Blight node blocking your path.

Here, you can see a chest on your minimap. To reach it, look to the left side of the path to find some ledges. Climb onto them, go across the bridge to the left, and grab the chest to find a heavy helm.

How to Open the Blighted Door in The Singing Blade Quest

When you reach the door covered in blight, hit the Red Blight on the left side of the door. Then turn around and hit the Red Blight cluster under the bridge. You can get a clear shot by removing the Power Crystal from the receiver by the door.

After these clusters are taken down, the Blight on the door will turn red. Attack to clear it.

Grab the Power Crystal and head into the building. Place the Power Crystal on the receiver inside the doorway to open the gate.

After opening the gate, defeat the enemies in the area, and then you’ll have another arcane puzzle to solve in order to get past the bigger gate got a large chest.

Visual Reference	Instructions
	The first magic device is easy to reach. Point it toward the magic receiver above the gate on the right.
	Head over to the ruined pillar holding the magic device at the top. Go around the back and destroy the wood planks blocking the way.
	Climb the ladder to the top and cross the broken stonework to the magic device.
	Point it toward the magic receiver on the left to open the gate.

After getting the chests behind the gate, head over to the other side of the area and attack the Red Blight on the wall to clear a path. Go through the opening into the next area and then follow the quest marker to the end of the ruins.

Here, the dagger thief Darkspawn is waiting for Rook.

Boss Battle: Lyrium Darkspawn

This battle is all about resource management. Make sure you have the healing ability equipped to Neve, as there are not enough potions to make it through this fight in one piece.

The primary opponent will be the Lyrium Darkspawn, but it can also summon more Darkspawn throughout the battle. The ranged attacks from these are some of the most dangerous, as they come from all sides.

Be sure to enter this battle with all skill points allotted, and the bet armor available equipped. Use dodges and blocks to avoid the worst of the damage, and spam the regen healing ability to keep from dying.

This completes The Singing Blade quest line.

How to Complete Into the Crossroads

Head toward the Eluvian down the stairs past the library table in the Lighthouse and have a word with Bellara. After meeting the Caretaker, head through the Eluvian, pick a party, and start the quest.

Once you’re inside the Crossroads, descend the stairs to the right side and board the spirit’s ferry to travel to Converged City, another island in the Crossroads. The goal is to find the Eluvian that will take us to Dock Town or Treviso.

Go through the archway ahead and prepare for a battle against enemies. After they’ve been defeated, approach the door covered in red blight roots with a quest marker.

The Caretaker tells you that, to pass through this door, you’ll need to beat the champion and claim its essence.

How to Defeat the Champion in the Crossroads’ Converged City

To find this champion, turn around and head through the first archway to the right. To the left, you can find a chest and some potions, but the champion lies up the path to the right. Climb the ledges and destroy the Blight Cyst and it’ll spawn.

How to Beat Sirim the Twice-Forged, the Champion

Champions will always be tougher foes. Don’t break that Cyst unless you’ve got all three potions and ideally a healer in the party. Sirim has an orange blight armor you can only break down with charged attacks and, if it’s ready to be unleashed, your ultimate. Using skills against this is useless.

Its most prominent moves include charging at you and leaping toward you, which is marked with a circle-shaped red telegraph on the floor. There’s also a third move in which it swings its maze against the floor, dealing projected damage in a straight line in front of it – again, it’s telegraphed on the floor. For all of these, I’d recommend you dodge.

Once defeated, you get Sirim’s essence to open the door.

This completes the quest Into the Crossroads. Here, you may choose to complete Sea of Blood or The Smuggled Relic case first.

How to Complete Sea of Blood

Find Lucanis

Follow Teia to meet the rest of the crows. During this meeting, you’ll hear of Lucanis, the First Talon’s grandson and, most importantly, the “Demon of Vyrantium.”

Then, follow Illario to the docks to enter the Ossuary. Here, go across the bridge following the quest marker. Though the magic holding the bridge to your left has been removed, you can carry on to the right.

To destroy remove the red barrier ahead, you must destroy the floating crystals first. If you destroy the crystal on the barrier to the left, you can find a chest. When you’re ready, proceed through the door ahead.

Find and Destroy the Vial of Lucanis’ blood

You found Lucanis, but he can’t leave until you destroy the vial of his blood. Face the group of Venatori outside this room and grab the golden key the left on the floor. Then, use it to open the door on the right, which was previously locked.

Before trying to solve the barrier puzzles, clear the area of enemies. Then, follow these steps:

1. Look for a tiny device inside a cell up the stairs.
2. Head down the stairs and place it next to this archway to deploy a bridge.
3. Here, destroy the crystal above and the crystals on the red barriers. Some darkspawn will come out of the cells, but you’ll find a chest.

Head back upstairs and shoot the crystal above the golden tree statue before opening the red barriers. Make sure you bring back the construct you used to open the cells downstairs to deploy a bridge here.

Use Lucanis’ power to reveal Fade anomalies and create a bridge to continue down this path, but prepare for a tough battle in the lab ahead. When you’re ready, destroy the crystal holding the red barrier ahead together.

Here, you’ll find an open room surrounded by several smaller rooms. Here’s how to solve it:

Visual Reference	Instructions
	The first red crystal you must destroy is inside one of these rooms. Look for it above the shelves of this storage room and destroy it.
	Then, hit the crystal floating by the archway and head back to the area in the center.
	Look to the left and look for a magenta orb, indicating Lucanis can summon a bridge from the fade here.
	Once on the other side, shoot the crystal and return.
	While standing in the center, shoot the crystal floating near the room you just crossed to, and the one that’s slightly to the left.
	Shoot the crystal on the barrier and get to the other side to destroy Lucanis’ blood vial.

How to Beat Calivan

Calivan’s main move is shooting projectiles at you, but he often telegraphs a strip of spikes on the ground before projecting them. Defeating him in this form won’t be hard once you get past his cyan barrier, but once he’s defeated, Calivan’s Pride spawns.

This form has the same attacks as the first Pride Demon you faced earlier in the game but double the shields. As long as you’re consistent and keep up your defenses throughout the battle, you’ll be able to beat him.

Once the Pride demon is defeated, regular Calivan returns, so don’t let your guard down. Bring down his cyan barrier with ranged attacks, which should also help you determine which of his clones is the real one.

After defeating Calivan, you’ll go back to Treviso and wrap things up with the crows, though the First Talon has been tragically murdered.

How to Complete the Smuggled Relic Case

Investigate the magical disturbances

Follow Neve as she gives you a tour around Dock Town. You’ll eventually reach a locked door, so follow the path to the left through the crumbled walls. Prepare for a demon encounter once you’re back outside.

Look for a secluded altar on the right side of the plaza. Have Neve use her powers on the wisp while you loot the items below the statue.

A bit further ahead, you’ll reach a sealed wall. Again, ask Neve to take care of it. Then, just follow Neve through the markets. Near the end of the path, you’ll spot an elevator. Here, look to the right and jump off the edge, then climb the ladder. Use the plank to reach the other side and ask Neve to use her wisp magic to ask for another spirit hint.

Find a Way to the Docks

Drop down and activate the elevator from before. Since it’s broken, follow Neve to the gate behind you. You can open it by triggering Neve’s magic on the lever to the gate’s upper left.

Climb the ladder to the right and get ready for a demon encounter on the roofs of Dock Town. Then, use the zipline to descend.

When you’re back on the ground, ask Neve to use her magic on the last clue. Get ready for a Tevinter ambush.

Recover the Relic

After having a word with Rana, make your way to the roof. Here, you’ll find another crystal puzzle.

Visual Reference	Instructions
	Start by taking care of the crystal to the wooden bridge’s right.
	Then, shoot the crystal below the bridge, on the left side.
	The next crystal is right next to the red barrier. And the last one is right on the barrier.
	When you’re ready to face the Venatori cultists below, jump over this hole in the center of the room’s left wall.

How to Complete Shadows of Minrathous

Find and investigate the Anvallenim

To start this quest, have a word with Neve at the Lighthouse, fast travel to Dock Town and hear The Viper’s report.

Head down the stairs to the meeting point’s left and head into the city. Here, go through the narrow passage. You should hear Neve say “The Anvallenim should have an entrance this way.” when you’re close. Careful, you’ll find some Venatori on the other side.

Interact with the serpent on the left to open the golden doors. Head all the way to the back room and look for a blight cyst to shoot. Once it’s down, you’ve opened the way out of this room. Get ready for a battle against some darkspawn below.

Investigate the Venatori Activity at the Warehouse

Up the stairs, shoot the cyst on the back wall to open the way out of these sewers. Follow the tunnels back up and speak with The Viper to report on your findings.

After speaking with The Viper, head to the Docks’ elevator and use it to descend. You’ll find a group of Venatori below, but nothing you can’t take care of by now. Here, destroy the crystal on the barrier to pass through.

When you’re done with the Venatori on the roof, look for a golden serpent door and a ladder to descend.

Once you’re in this basement, destroy the barrels and the planks blocking the way to reach the chanting Venatori.

How to Beat the Flamechained Mages and Bound Hurlock

To damage the Hurlock, you’ll first need to take down the Flamechained Mages summoning him. Make these three enemies your top priority at the start of the battle.

Your main problem is you’re in a closed space with a Hurlock with an axe. However, if you make an habit of dodging its axe swings, you should be fine.

Keep in mind potions are limited in this space, so try to take as little damage as possible.

Search the lower floor for evidence

Here’s the evidence you need to find here:

• Investigate the blight draining into the tunnels below the city.
• Read the “A Warning” document by the shelves with green chests.
• Read the “Venatori Missive” book on top of the desk.
• Read the “Ritual instructions” yellow book on the floor.

When you’re ready, head outside to find The Viper.

How to Complete In Peace, In Vigilance

This quest is fairly easy to start. Just head to the Cobbled Swan to speak with the First Warden, who’s not only unhelpful but literally wants to take you prisoner. Luckily, Dorian comes to the rescue.

Head back to the Lighthouse and speak with Harding to acquire the quest A Warden’s Best Friend.

How to complete A Warden’s Best Friend

After speaking with Harding, head to the Crossroads and ride the boat to the island to the left, which leads to the Heights of Anthim. Here, explore the area until you find an eluvian that leads to the High Anderfels.

As you arrive on the other side of the eluvian,you’ll have a word with Evka and Antoine. Then, near a campsite, you’ll find a griffon and his owner, Davrin.

Follow Assan up the tower to find the missing Wardens. When you reach the top, look for the logs on the left side to cross over. There’s a hidden chest here. Once you’ve got it open, head back.

Ask Assan to lower the pallets of wood above you and use them to climb to the higher platform. In the area ahead, you’ll fight hordes of darkspawn – they won’t stop coming unless you destroy the blight cyst behind the stone building here.

After the conversation with Remi, you must solve a puzzle:

• Turn the warden on the right so it’s face the golden shield on the right wall.
• Turn the warden on the left twice so it’s facing the silver and gold shield on the wall to the back.

Now, you can open the main door.

Eventually, you’ll reach a broken bridge. Here, look to the left to find another stack of wooden pallets to lower with Assan’s help. Get ready for another fight – don’t forget to pick up the potions from the jars around you. After the fight, break the blight barrier to carry on.

Climb the slope on the right side and use the zipline to reach the other side. After a short combat sequence, you must break the blight cyst and the barrier to push through.

After saying hi to the Griffons, open the blight wall to head out. A tough encounter against several darkspawn, including two Hurlocks and an Ogre, await on the other side.

Destroy the blight cyst to clear the way and climb to the platform where you’ll confront the Gloom Howler – though they won’t stay for a fight.

Should you save Minrathous or Treviso?

How to complete On Deadly Wings

To defeat Corius the Icetalon in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a few key strategies can help you turn the tide.

Corius’s main weakness is fire, so make sure to load up on fire-based attacks and bring along allies like Davrin, who can deal significant fire damage.

As you fight, aim for the purple-glowing weak points on Corius’s body; this not only maximizes your damage but also fills his stagger meter faster.

Stay on the move and keep dodging – Corius’s ice attacks and powerful area slams pack a punch, so distance is your friend, especially for ranged attackers like rogues and mages.

Watch for his big attacks. When Corius leaps into the air, get ready to dodge the shockwave from his ground slam. His ice projectiles and deadly ice breath are also hazards, so stay mobile and try to get behind him when he prepares those moves. A red circle on the ground means heavy damage is coming, so step out fast.

As you chip away at Corius’s health, he’ll retreat once you reduce his health by about one-third, signaling the end of the battle.

How to complete A Dragon Slayer

Speak with Harding to learn about Taash’s whereabouts: With the Lords of Fortune in Rivain Coast.

Go to the beach

Make your way south to the beach and defeat the Antaam ahead. They’re sturdy warriors, but you should be fine as long as you don’t waste your three potions quickly.

After you’ve defeated them, head through the gate south and kick the door on the wall to create a makeshift bridge.

On the other side, climb over the rubble and follow the tunnel to reach Dragon Beach, which is full of deepstalkers and the Deepstalker Matriarch. Make sure you grab the potions in the area to stay alive.

Reach the Fort

After the encounter, follow Taash up the ladder until you reach the horn. Interact with it to call the dragon. Climb your way up, kick the wall, and use the wooden log to cross the river and reach the Fort.

Here, pay special attention to the small warden statuettes near the river. Then, use the ladder on the south side of the building to head inside the Fort. Break the wooden plank blocking the way.

Warden statues’ puzzle

To solve the Warden statues puzzle, you must turn the statues to mirror the tiny statues you can find on the surface of the Fort. Here’s the correct position:

• Left statue: Should be facing to the right.
• Middle statue: Should be facing to the left.
• Right statue: Should be facing to the wall.

Solving this puzzle spawns a ladder in the center of the room and opens the door guarding the room next to the tiny statuettes. Inside, you’ll find a treasure chest.

Investigate the Fort

When you’re ready, go down the ladder again and use the zipline to continue inside the Fort. Explore the rooms until you’re confronted by another group of Antaam. Here, you can use exploding barrels to your advantage.

You’ll run into a couple of areas locked behind spikes, but you can’t open them just now. Continue exploring the Fort until you reach a room with stacked barrels – here, there’s a note on the floor you should inspect.

Return to the Dragon

Back outside, you’ll face another group of Antaam. You can’t reach the treasure chests here just yet, so just take care of the enemies in the area and slide down to find your dragon.

Here, you’ll have one final facedown against the Antaam. They’re sturdy and hard to knock down, so make sure all allies focus on one enemy before moving on to the next. I’d also recommend you bring Davrin if you’re a Rogue or Mage, so he can tank by aggroing enemies.

After the battle, speak with Taash to free the dragon. You’ll then have a chat with Isabella and Taash’s mother before heading back to the Lighthouse.

How to complete Where the Dead Must Go

To start Where the Dead Must Go, open the map and fast travel to The Necropolis Halls. Here, you’ll meet Emmrich, who asks for your help to investigate a disturbance in the Shrouded Halls.

Investigate the disturbance in the Shrouded Halls

Here, head down the stairs following the quest marker and you’ll run into an enemy in the Lost Watcher Wing. During the battle, your surroundings will suddenly go black, but just hold your ground for a while and everything will return to normal.

Then, follow Emmrich across the bridge and into an open area. Here, you must defeat the undead before you can continue. It’s just hordes of weak enemies, so any AoE attacks will help.

Look for a Wisp in the southwest corner of the room, next to a green potion jar, and bring it to the structure on the left side of the door.

In the next room, you’ll face a couple of armored enemies. Then, just follow the quest marker until you reach a room with Echoes of the despair spirits.

How to open the locked green door

To go through this room, you must find four Wisps in the hallway and place them in the structures in front of the door. Ideally, without touching the clouds of spirits.

Visual Reference	Instructions
	The first Wisp is right across the door, next to a green Jar.
	There’s a second Wisp on the north west corner of the hallway, just up the stairs.
	The third Wisp is on the south corner of the hallway, but you’ll have to be very careful to reach it without triggering the spirits.

With all three Wisps in place, open the door, and brace for a brief encounter with undead ahead. After the battle interact with the gold handle on the door to proceed.

Reach Emmrich’s consultant

As you reach this open area, look for a ledge to climb on your left side. Follow the path until you spot a trail of wooden logs on your right.

Past the archway above, you can spot a rock Harding can interact with. Jump on it, walk on the wooden log ahead, and you’ll find a chest and a ladder you can deploy.

Enter the room ahead and light all four braziers for Emmrich. Then, interact with the Mourn Watch Corpse in the center of the room. After speaking, the corpse leaves behind a Wisp you should place on the structure near the green gate north of the room.

Reach the upper belfry

Here, you’ll find a group of Venatori you must take care of. Follow the quest marker until you find a Venatori prisoner to speak with.

After finding out why he’s here, Emmrich will open the gate to his right and give you access to the door that leads to the upper belfry.

Destroy the crystals anchoring the chains

In this room, there’s a Venatori siphoning crystal that uses blood magic to slowly heal enemies. Thus, it should be your top priority to destroy these crystals.

As soon as you enter the room, you’ll spot one big crystal on the hallway. Then, proceed by destroying the barrier on the south wall.

Past it, you’ll run into three enemies and a crystal. Destroy the crystal first, then deal with the Venatori enemies.

Keep circling the outskirts of Hollow Belfry and destroying the crystals to bring down the Venatori’s healing device. When you’re ready, speak with Emmrich in the center to activate the bell. Now, it’s your job to drive out the Venatori while he works his magic. You’ll get a 2:30 minute timer, so make sure you grab potions from the outskirts of the room.

With that out of the way, all that’s left is to search the Venatori equipment and head back to the Lighthouse with Emmrich and Manfred.

How to complete Something Wrong

Head to the Hossberg Wetlands and speak with Antoine and Evka. They’ll explain the plan to gather proof that the Blight has changed—by having you collect samples through destroying Blight Boils.

Sample 1 and 2

Head into the open and follow the quest marker to the Blighted Tunnel. Once there, destroy the Blight Cyst blocking your path, collect the first sample, and take out any Darkspawn along the way.

Next, go through the west tunnel, where a falling Blight Bomb will destroy another cyst. Head east from there to destroy the wall blocking your path, allowing you to move forward and collect the second sample.

Sample 3

Once outside, you’ll encounter more Darkspawn. Fight them off, and as you destroy the nest, you’ll obtain the third sample. Here, you can also destroy the Blight Cyst and prepare to face the Champion: the Disciple-in-Ichor. (You can come back for him later, if you don’t feel confident enough right now).

How to beat the Discipline-in-Ichor

The Disciple-in-Ichor is a powerful level 30 champion. It’s weak to Fire but resistant to Necrotic damage, and it has two health bars: an orange shield and regular health.

Bring companions like Devrin and Taash who can deal Fire damage, and equip fire-based weapons or abilities.

First, destroy the Blight Boils around the arena. This removes the boss’s shield and prevents Darkspawn from appearing mid-battle.

Look for red circles marking attack areas and dodge his jumps, dashes, and projectiles. And use fire-based abilities, focusing your team’s Fire attacks on the boss.

After defeating him, move on from this area through the blight archway.

Sample 4 and 5

Clear out all enemies in the Flooded Farmlands. Then, destroy the Blight Cyst blocking the ballista in the center of the area and use the ballista to break the Blight Cyst to the south. This will open a new path and give you the fourth sample, but it will also cause an Ogre to spawn. After defeating the Ogre, you’ll obtain the fifth sample.

All Companion Quests

All Treviso Side Quests

All Dock Town side quests

All Arlathan Forest Side Quests

All Rivain Coast side quests

All Necropolis Halls side quests

All Hossberg Wetlands side quests

About the Author

Cande Maldonado

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Cande’s calling in life is to annoy NPCS, smash virtual pottery, and complete every side quest available in RPGs. Her passion for games dates to 2006, when she mounted a Chocobo for the first time, but she has been writing professionally for the past four years. Under Nintendo and Square Enix’s chokehold, she willingly pours hours upon hours into reaching 100% completion in the longest roleplaying games ever made. But hey, who needs fresh air and sunlight when you can just live in Ivalice?

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