“On Lethal Wings” is the Dragon Age: The Veilguard quest you’ll get instantly after returning to the Lighthouse with Darvin, your griffon-guarding companion, in tow. The remainder of the crew meets you and tells you a few pair of dragons attacking Minrathous and Treviso, and also you’ll have to save lots of one metropolis or the opposite.
Our Dragon Age: The Veilguard information will allow you to determine whether or not to save lots of Minrathous or Treviso, together with some useful recommendation.
First, again up and end facet quests
Probably not a spoiler, however a dragon assault is type of a giant deal for a metropolis, so issues are going to get tousled. Amongst these issues is any out there facet quests.
In case you have open facet quests in whichever metropolis you don’t select to save lots of, they’ll all routinely fail. Primarily based on our testing, if in case you have companion quests for Neve or Lucanis, the one within the metropolis you don’t save will even routinely fail in case you don’t full it.
Load up a save from earlier than “A Warden’s Finest Buddy,” and go wrap up no matter you have to. The one exception, based on our testing, are the facet quests concerned with defeating a champion of the gods; these are higher-level quests, and stay out there even after you full “On Lethal Wings.”
Do you have to go to Minrathous or Treviso?
Look, you’re dooming one metropolis to fairly in depth harm, so that is actually a name about which faction you need to assist probably the most, the Shadow Dragons or the Antivan Crows (and, by extension, Neve or Lucanis respectively).
There’s so much to think about right here — any excellent facet quests, your relationship with the faction, your relationship with the companion, and the burden in your conscience. A lot of the dialogue, the massive dangerous you run into (except for the dragon), and even how the struggle performs out are the identical, although.
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This finally boils all the way down to a selection between Neve and Lucanis. Whoever you don’t decide will depart the Lighthouse and your social gathering for a short while (till after you end each “The Dragon Slayer” and “The place the Useless Should Go”).
The change to the world is a bit more apparent. Whereas neither city will probably be outright destroyed, there’ll nonetheless be lasting results. Your contacts in both the Antivan Crows or the Shadow Dragons will take successful and also you’ll lose entry to their vendor. You’ll have to re-explore town and unlock quick journey beacons once more. Your enemies — the Antaam and the Venatori — additionally make strikes and achieve energy in no matter city you don’t assist (which ends up in new facet quests).
There may be, nonetheless, a extra lasting consequence to think about…
Your selection Hardens an ally
Whoever you don’t assistance is understandably upset (and seems to be additional upset in case you’ve allied your self with their respective faction throughout character creation). You’ll lose them out of your roster for a short while. Extra importantly, although, one talent will cease working and a few of their different expertise will grow to be Hardened.
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For whoever you don’t facet with, both Neve or Lucanis will not be capable to use their therapeutic talent in your social gathering (Replenish and Soothing Potion, respectively). If that’s a talent you employ so much, it’s price contemplating.
On the identical time, Hardening will increase the power of a handful of their expertise. For Neve, it’s her chilly harm in opposition to obstacles and their cooldowns. For Lucanis, it’s his necrotic assaults in opposition to obstacles.
Hardening additionally implies that constructing your relationship with that character — like the way you romance them — progresses extra slowly.
For extra Dragon Age: The Veilguard guides, right here’s easy methods to romance social gathering members and easy methods to recruit all companions.
