Veilguard’s most important mission is missed
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Veilguard’s most important mission is missed

Solas watches something off-screen as the disease ravages the city behind him.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has plenty of side quests throughout its many hub worlds, but one stands out as arguably the most important in the game, if not BioWare’s entire fantasy RPG series. If you’re worried about spoilers, don’t worry, we won’t get into them here. This is just a PSA to anyone playing the game as if you want to see some of the main story and characters work their way in The craftsmanshould you look up Sola’s memories in The Crossroads.

These quests are two-fold: First, you’ll find short quests that depict playable flashbacks to the original elven rebellion led by Solas eons before the events of The craftsmanthen you will have a debriefing on them with your team. Solas, the Inquisition party member who turned out to be the elven god of lies, has been around through large parts of Dragon Age history, and to learn more about his history is to understand the past in Theda’s fantasy world. Each of these missions will end with you collecting a wolf statue to take back to your home base. Once there, you can see an artistic depiction of one of Sola’s regrets from his time among the elven pantheon. These include some of the biggest lore drops BioWare has ever put into one Dragon Age games and fundamentally change our understanding of this world.

You can find these memories early on, but there’s a point in the main quests when a character gives you one of the wolf statues that puts the quest line in your journal, complete with waypoints that guide you where you need to go. Some will require you to fight mini-bosses in and outside of The Crossroads, but they are worth the effort. Not only do they provide some of the best stories of all The craftsmanthey must too unlock the game’s secret endingamong other endgame changes worth looking for.

For more about The craftsman, check out Kotakus review.