Major Choices and Consequences

Major choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard have irreversible consequences for the rest of your playthrough. See all important choices and what happens in all of them in this guide!

Major Choices and Consequences

Choices That Matter
Lineage, Class, Faction, Identity, and Past Bring Neve or Harding? Save The Mayor or Leave Him? Help MInrathous or Treviso?

Lineage, Class, Faction, Identity, and Past Adventures

At the start of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you first need to create your player character, Rook. After you have created your character, note that your lineage, class, faction, identity, and the Inquisitor's background (past adventures) cannot be changed anymore.

However, you can still edit Rook's appearance using the Mirror of Transformation. You can also change the game's difficulty anytime unless you choose the Nightmare Difficulty!

All Character Creator Features

The End of The Beginning Quest

Bring Neve or Harding?

Prompt
Harding: Either way, someone needs to stay back and deal with the demons.
Choice	Consequence
Neve will follow you into great danger: Neve, with me.	・Neve will risk everything to stop Solas. ・Neve will gain a permanent scar. ・Unavailable until the end of Shadows Crossing
Harding will follow you into great danger: Harding, with me.	・Harding will risk everything to stop Solas. ・Harding will receive a permanent scar. ・Unavailable until the end of Shadows Crossing

The companion you choose during this interaction will appear injured at the end of The End of the Beginning and will also receive a permanent scar. Note that the scar does not affect anything other than their appearance.

Should You Bring Neve or Harding?

Shadows Crossing Quest

Save The Mayor or Leave Him?

Prompt
Harding: Rook?
Choice	Consequence
Free the mayor from the blight: Save him.	・Increased Approval with Neve ・Decreased Approval with Bellara and Harding
Leave the mayor to his fate: Leave him here.	・Increased Approval with Bellara and Harding ・Decreased Approval with Neve ・Unlocks A Growing Corruption Side Quest
The mayor will seek redemption by helping the Grey Wardens: Banish him to Grey Wardens. Grey Wardens Exclusive Choice	・Increased Approval with Neve ・Decreased Approval with Bellara and Harding

The choice affects Rook's approval with Bellara, Harding, and Neve, with the first two supporting leaving him and the third wanting to save or banish him. Additionally, leaving the mayor will unlock the A Growing Corruption side quest later in the game.

Should You Free the Mayor or Leave Him?

On Deadly/Blighted Wings Quest

Help Minrathous or Treviso?

Prompt
Harding: What's our move, Rook?
Choice	Outcome
Help Neve and the Shadows stop the blighted dragon in Minrathous and prevent a Venatori coup: We help Minrathous.	・Receive On Blighted Wings Quest ・Fight Seartooth Vyrantus ・Greatly Increase Approval With Neve ・Lucanis Becomes Hardened ・Lucanis will be Unavailable for a bit ・Lucanis Cannot be Romanced Anymore ・Treviso and its Area is Blighted ・Antivan Crows Lose Faction Strength (-100) ・Lose Access to Antivan Crows Vendor
Help Lucanis and the Crows protect Treviso civilians from the blighted dragon and resultant blight poisoning: We help Treviso.	・Receive On Deadly Wings Quest ・Fight Corius the Ice Talon ・Greatly Increase Approval With Lucanis ・Neve becomes Hardened ・Neve Will be Unavailable for a bit ・Miranthous and its Area is Blighted ・Shadow Dragons Lose Faction Strength (-250) ・Lose Access to Shadow Dragons Vendor

While this choice affects many things, it mainly affects Rook's future romantic possibilities with Neve and Lucanis and the fate of Miranthous and Treviso alongside their affiliated factions, the Shadow Dragons and Antivan Crows.

Should You Help Minrathous or Treviso

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All Major Choices and Consequences