Achievements and Trophy Guide - Dragon Age: The Veilguard Guide - IGN (2024)

Dragon Age: The Veilguard contains 52 achievements and 53 trophies that you can unlock by progressing through the main story, bonding with your companions, completing side quests, and more. In total, the game features:

• 1 Platinum Trophy
• 1 Gold Trophy
• 13 Silver Trophies
• 38 Bronze Trophies

This guide contains a list of every trophy in the game, as well as tips and tricks on how to unlock them all.

Note that you can unlock every trophy on a single playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, as long as you are thorough about completing Quests, take time to upgrade the Caretaker's Workshop to maximum level, and explore every map available to you!

• Platinum Trophy
• Story Achievements and Trophies
• Ending Achievements and Trophies
• Exploration / Side Quest Achievements and Trophies
• Companion Achievements and Trophies
• Faction Achievements and Trophies
• Miscellaneous Achievements and Trophies

Platinum Trophy

There is only one platinum trophy in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it requires you to earn all other trophies to unlock it.

Story Achievements and Trophies

These achievements and trophies are obtained automatically by progressing through the story. They typically unlock at the end of a main story chapter, usually when your character is returned to the Lighthouse, although some require completing two main story quests that unlock at the same time. None of the achievements and trophies in this section are missable.

Complete the Prologue (main story quests up through "The End of the Beginning.")

Complete main story quests up through "Shadows Crossing."

Complete main story quests up through "Into the Crossroads."

Complete "Sea of Blood" and "The Smuggled Relic Case."

Complete main story quests up through "Shadows of Minrathous."

Clear main story quests up through "On Blighted Wings" or "On Deadly Wings" (which quest you get depends on a choice made in Chapter 6.)

Complete "Where The Dead Must Go" and "The Dragon Slayer."

Complete main story quests up through "The Siege of Weisshaupt."

Complete main story quests up through "Fire and Ice."

Complete main story quests up through "The Blood of Arlathan."

Complete main story quests up through "For the Love of Treviso."

Complete main story quests up through "A Cage For Gods."

Complete main story quests up through "The Last Gambit."

Complete the game (Awarded regardless of which ending you receive.)

Ending Achievements and Trophies

These achievements and trophies are awarded depending on the ending you receive when playing the game. They are missable because they involve fulfilling specific requirements related to the different endings.

This is awarded if you reach the ending with every faction leader and every possible companion alive. To do this, you must maximize strength with every Faction, earn "Hero of the Veilguard" status with each companion by completing all of their quests, and properly deploy each companion during the final few chapters so that as many as possible survive. (See "All Endings" for more information.)

This is awarded after viewing the secret cutscene at the end of the game. To unlock this cutscene, you must complete the Side Quest "Regrets of the Dread Wolf" and locate three Mysterious Circles in the world - one on a small island in Arlathan Forest, one in the demon's lair in the Necropolis Halls, and one in the Crossroads found when completing the Side Quest "The Heart of Corruption." (See "All Endings" for more information.)

Exploration / Side Quest Achievements and Trophies

These trophies are related to exploring the world, finding collectibles and unlocking secrets - as a result, they are all missable and should ideally be completed before the point of no return.

Make flowers grow in the Hossberg Wetlands and bring them to the battlefield. This is done by completing the Side Quests "The Cabin in the Blight" and "Something's Coming," then visiting three flower patches around the Wetlands to collect a flower from each. Finally, you must bring the three flowers to the Battlefield in the southern part of the Hossberg Wetlands (where you fight dragons during "Fire and Ice") and speak to the spirit there to unlock this trophy.

Successfully activate every Fen'Harel Wolf Altar and Evanuris Altar in the game.

The memories of Fen'Harel are located and viewed as part of the side quest "Regrets of the Dread Wolf." Some require traveling to the past via the Crossroads, while others require defeating powerful bosses hidden within Blight Cysts. Note that you cannot actually view the memories until meeting with the Inquisitor during the main story quest "Shades of the Blight."

During the side quest "Regrets of the Dread Wolf," answer all of Mythal's questions correctly. (See All Mythal Answers for how to do this.)

Mementos can be found while exploring the world; they are marked with a blue glow and the icon of a chalice.

The locations you must visit to unlock this trophy are: The Crossroads, Arlathan Forest, Dock Town, Treviso, Hossberg Wetlands, Necropolis Halls, Rivain Coast, Hall of Valor. Locations visited only once or twice for a companion quest / side quest DO NOT COUNT towards this trophy.

You encounter and defeat High Dragons during the following quests:

• On Blighted Wings / On Deadly Wings (main quest) - Corius the Icetalon or Seartooth Vyrantus
• Fire and Ice (main quest) - Whichever dragon you did not fight in Chapter 6
• Slaying the Fangscorcher (Taash companion quest) - Fangscorcher
• Lair of the Dragon King (Taash companion quest) - Kaltenzahn
• Kataranda the Stormrider (side quest) - Kataranda the Stormrider
• Pinnacle Of Its Kind (side quest) - The Formless One

Note that you can also fight Tap to Reveal, but this fight is NOT required to earn this achievement.

Complete two side quests in the Necropolis Halls - "Restless Spirits" and "Pinnacle of its Kind." Note that the latter quest is required for the "Bringing Down the Sky" achievement, so if you pursue that achievement you will automatically unlock this one along the way.

Companion Achievements and Trophies

These achievements and trophies are unlocked by completing all companion quests for each of the seven companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. You will earn the trophy when the companion has reached "Hero of the Veilguard" status.

Complete all of Bellara's companion quests.

Complete all of Davrin's companion quests.

Complete all of Emmrich's companion quests.

Complete all of Harding's companion quests.

Complete all of Lucanis' companion quests.

Complete all of Neve's companion quests.

Complete all of Taash's companion quests.

Faction Achievements and Trophies

These trophies are acquired for aiding the game's six factions. Note that SOME of these trophies require maximizing your faction strength with a particular faction, while others do not.

Each faction has a related merchant. You can upgrade the merchant's level when your faction strength reaches 500 points. To upgrade a merchant for the first time, you will need 500 gold, 500 faction points, and a mix of common resources (Heartwood, Flawless Crystals, Pure Ore, etc.) that varies depending on the merchant.

Complete the Antivan Crows-related side quests "A Slow Poison" and "A Time To Kill."

Complete the Grey Wardens-related side quests "The Cabin in the Blight" and "Something's Coming."

Earn 3200 points with the Lords of Fortune. (See How to Earn Faction Points for more information.)

Complete all "Haunting" side quests for the Mourn Watch. These are: "Hauntings: Deathly Curiosity," "Hauntings: Restless Dreams," "Hauntings: From Beyond," "Hauntings: Shadows of Fortune," "Hauntings: Feeling Scared?" and "Hauntings: Deadly Playtime."

Complete all Shadow Dragons side quests. These are: "In Memoriam," "Rituals for the Risen", "Cornered in the Catacombs", "Out of Tune", "Mercenary Intent", "A Hidden Hoard", "The Snake Nest Deal", "Desperate in Dock Town", "Last Rites", and "The Tempered Soul Everlasting."

Earn 3200 points with the Veil Jumpers. (See How to Earn Faction Points for more information.)

Miscellaneous Achievements and Trophies

These achievements and trophies do not fit a particular theme, but often involve seeking out secrets or performing moves in combat.

In the Lighthouse, visit the Wardrobe and change the Appearance of any item (such as Rook's weapon or armor or a companion's outfit.)

You can perform a takedown in combat by pressing the indicated button whenever an enemy is Staggered.

Good places to earn this trophy are in the Crossroads, which is made up of a series of floating islands, and the Hall of Valor, which has an enormous pit in the middle of the arena.

Put any rune into your Lyrium Dagger. You will gain access to the Lyrium Dagger following the main quest "The Singing Blade."

Complete the side quest "The Black Emporium." (You just need to visit the Black Emporium to complete this quest - you don't actually have to buy anything!)

Solve the puzzle in the Lighthoust to find the two treasure chests hidden there. While you are doing this, you will come across a high balcony. Jump off this balcony down to the main part of the Lighthouse to earn this trophy.

To do this, you must upgrade the Caretaker's Workshop to Level 10, which requires 12,000 Caretaker Power or finding approximately 150 Mementos. You must also find enough copies of the item - either in chests, dropped by foes, or bought from merchants - to reach Legendary Rarity. A Legendary item will have a gold border around it in your inventory.

To unlock this trophy, you must have 52 skills active at once - you cannot just refund and re-buy the same skill. You can earn skill points both by leveling up and activating Fen'Harel altars found around the world.