Side quests have always been a highlight in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. However, the first five hours or so of the game are pretty linear, guiding you through story quests and specific areas. Once you get past that, side quests start to show up. Since you’ll want to fight the blight, help as many people as you can, and romance your favorite companions, it’s a good idea to start adding side quests to your journal as soon as possible. Just keep in mind, they’re not always easy to find, you’ll need to stay alert if you want to uncover them all.
Explore Side Quests in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
First, you’ll need to progress through the main quest until the Lighthouse is partially unlocked, and your companions each have their own rooms. This will take around five hours of gameplay. Once that’s done, you’ll be able to start picking up side quests, both from NPCs in the usual locations and from your companions.
Side quests are marked with orange exclamation points, which are easy to spot on the world map. However, when you’re exploring, you’ll need to get pretty close to the quest location for it to show up on-screen. If you’re heading to a companion’s room in the Lighthouse, you’ll need to stand near their door before the exclamation point appears. As you progress through the story and unlock new areas to explore, more side quests will become available. Each time you visit a new location, you’ll find more quests to take on.
| Solas Memories | The Labs Below The Wolf’s Call Disrupt And Conquer |
| Arlathan Forest | Loyal Friends The Plight of the Veil Jumpers Gate Of Faded Glories Spirits Of The Dalish The Magic Of The Ancients |
| Hossberg Wetlands | The Cabin in the Blight Something’s Coming An Academic Interest Something Wicked Spinning Gold from Grey Only an Echo Lives Spared Gate of Parched Hopes |
| Dock Town | The Snake Nest Deal Desperate in Dock Town Last Rites The Tempered Soul, Everlasting A Shroud Over the Light The Soul of a City In Memoriam Rituals for the Risen Cornered in the Catacombs Out of Tune Mercenary Intent A Hidden Hoard Gate of Lost Ages The Black Emporium |
| Rivain Coast | For Gold And Glory The Hall Of Valor The Warden Vault Wrongs of Annulment The Treasure of Sharkmouth Mountain Dead Men Tell Some Tales Kataranda the Stormrider Warden Grey’s Final Repose |
| Crossroads | The Heart of Corruption The Labs Below Disrupt and Conquer Regrets of the Dread Wolf Gate of Pale Reflections |
| Necropolis Halls | Restless Spirits Pinnacle of its Kind Hauntings: Deathly Curiosity Hauntings: Restless Dreams Hauntings: From Beyond Hauntings: Shadows of Fortune Hauntings: Feeling Scared Hauntings: Deadly Playtime Unwelcome Guests |
| Treviso | Statuary, Fine Art, and Antaam Statuary, Fine Art, and Antaam Part 2 A City Blighted A Crow and A Gentleman Missing in Action Gate of Deep Sorrows Recalling the Lost A Slow Poison Spies Among Us Partners In A Dangerous Crime |
Companion Side Quests in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
You can also have side conversations with your companions, which help strengthen your relationships and unlock new side quests. These conversations are marked by orange speech bubbles with an exclamation mark inside, and you’ll see them next to the companion’s face icon on the world map. To start one, just interact with them like you would a regular side quest.
Companions | Side Quests |
| Bellara | Echoes of the Past The Demon’s Bargain Hummingbird’s Lament The Forest of Spirits |
| Davrin | The Palate of a Griffon The Profane and the Lost How to Train a Griffon Cries From the Past A Friend in Need Fit for a Warden Home Roost |
| Emmrich | Walking the Graves House of the Dead Arrangements The Sacrifice of Souls Will and Testament |
| Harding | An Unfamiliar Sense The Waiting Stone The Bond Rekindled The Heart of the Titan The Eternal Hymn |
| Lucanis | Coffee with the Crows Bidding Farewell Bloodbath Inner Demons A Murder of Crows A Moment’s Peace |
| Neve | A Study of Dock Town The Cobbled Swan Case Chasing Leads The New Boss Keep a Light On The Returned Cultist Case |
| Taash | Fire on the Sands Dragon Class A Little Dragon Hatches Secrets of the Qunari Slaying the Fangscorcher Lair of the Dragon King Words of Fire Horns and Halla at the Hilt Fit for a Dragon Hunter For Gold and Glory The Hall of Valor Kataranda the Stormrider |
