Dragon Age: The Veilguard - How to achieve the best ending of the role-playing game

We will guide you step by step to the best ending.

is a marathon, not a sprint. In principle, it is possible to approach the final after around 40 hours of play. However, it is not recommended: only those who invest in side missions, companion quests and a lot of legwork will get thereafter about 80 hours of playenjoy a perfect ending.

Warning: A guide to a successful finale doesn't work without some spoilers.Anyone who reads on now does so at their own risk!

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• The preparations for the best ending

In the best ending, your allies and almost all companions survive and you get an achievement. We'll introduce you to the safest option here. It could also be possible to get the best ending if you don't do everything perfectly - but you risk that at your own risk!

The preparations for the best ending

Here's the overview first, we'll then go through the individual steps in detail. For the best ending to the story, the following preparations must be completed:

• All Companions are Heroes of the Veil's Watch:You have completely completed all companion stories and made a decision about the fate of each person.
• All factions have an excellent strength rating:This is easier if you save Minrathous instead of Treviso, otherwise you will hardly be able to increase the strength of the shadow dragons to three stars due to a lack of sufficient side missions. However, the missions in the corrupt Treviso and Lucanis' later revenge on his nemesis are enough to sufficiently improve the Crows of Antiva. If you really want to go through with rescuing Treviso, then collect all the valuables and sell them to the Shadow Dragon dealer before making the decision!
• Obtain Mythal's Essence:In the Dire Wolf's Regret side mission series, you either persuaded Mythal to give you her essence or fought for it.
• The intersection helped:You freed the Crossroads from the corrupt influence of the gods by opening all the gates, slaying the gods' warriors, and finally eradicating the Dragon of Corruption.
• Inquisitor Encouraged to Love:Every time you spoke to Rook, you encouraged the Inquisitor to hold on to her love for Solas. The relationship between Inquisitor and Solas is a default setting if you do not set the world state manually at the beginning.

Heroes of the Veilwatch

After the main mission at the latestThe Blood of ArlathanYou should pursue the companion missions intensively so that all heroes of the Veilwatch become and receive a powerful, passive bonus effect and legendary armor. In the final part of each companion mission series, you have to decide between two options for the further course of this person's fate: both the passive effect and the armor received depend on this decision.

You make this decision for all companions, regardless of the companion romance that may be played. The only exceptions are Lucanis and Neve: Depending on whether you saved Minrathous or Treviso, you only have one option available to the person who had to experience the corruption of their city.

Gain support from the political groups

In order not to be alone on the field in the final battle, Rook needs the help of the factions apart from his companions. You can see the strength of individual factions on the world map on the left. You can ask the faction dealers in detail what the current strength value is made up of.

The easiest way to increase the strength of a faction is to complete missions. You also receive points for completing main missions in the faction's respective area. However, you collect the largest amount through side quests that are unlocked as you progress through the main story and complete other missions in the area.

On the world map you can see the strength of the factions and open missions in an area.

Check everything, browse everything

Especially after completing each major main mission, take a look at the world map and move the mouse cursor to the respective area or city of the faction; new side quests will be displayed there. For completed companion missions, you also earn faction strength points for the faction to which the person you support belongs - in the case of Taash, for example, this would be the Masters of Destiny.

By regularly selling collected valuables to the faction traders, you not only add new gold to your war chest, but also accelerate the increase in strength value. Attention: Depending on which city you saved, the faction trader will no longer be available to you in the corrupted city. For example, if you didn't save Treviso, you can only increase the strength of Antiva's crows after the attack by completing side missions.

Pay attention to worthwhile sales to the factions!

Do you want to quickly improve your faction rating, but haven't found enough valuables? The traders and innkeepers in the cities, settlements and on the crossroads look forward to your visit if you bring along some silver coins (or ethereal essences): If you bag the Compendium of the Dead from the ghost trader in the crossroads, it will give you around a full +15 faction points the mourning vigil.

Or you can buy drinks and various goods from the stalls of street vendors as you pass by. Some of it is highly sought after by the factions, such as wine from Minrathous by the Shadow Dragons. However, not every item is worth the same everywhere. If you try to sell someone other than the veil jumpers a nice nug carving, you will only be penalized with 3 faction points. The Masters of Fate will even take dragon remains from you for a whopping 75 points each!

On to the final

If you for the main missionWhen plans complement each otherWhen you go to meet Morrigan in the Wild Swan in the dock city, you're quickly approaching the final battle. When you start the quest in the Wild Swan, the game uses a selection window to remind you that all incomplete and undiscovered missions will no longer be available after this step.

In this window you can also see the strength of your companions and allied factions. As soon as you click on "Start now", there is no turning back: only the main mission objectives can be reached via the Eluvian.

On the next page we will explain all the important decisions that you will now have to make.