This is a complete walkthrough for the main quest, Unwanted Guests, of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's campaign. See this guide for quest information, objectives, and major decisions!

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Unwanted Guests Overview

Unwanted Guests
Location	Arlathan Forest
Rewards	・5,000 XP ・+600 Veil Jumpers Strength ・Increased bond with current companions ・Nocen Sledge (Common Appearance)
Description
The trail of the gods leads to Arlathan, and the Veil Jumpers must deal with divine reckoning.

Unwanted Guests Objectives

Help the Veil Jumpers in Arlathan

Travel to the Arlathan Forest through the map, and speak to Strife and Irelin in the Veil Jumper camp. The party will be tasked to investigate Venatori activity in the forest.

Investigate the Venatori Presence

Exit the Veil Jumper camp to proceed to the spot marked on your map. Past Ruins Reach, you should arrive at the Shadowy Grove, where you will be ambushed by Venatori cultists. Defeat the enemies and investigate the camp.

Investigate the Venatori Camp

Investigate the clue in between the two tents, placed on top of a colorful table. The paper is Dalish, suggesting it was stolen from a Dalish camp nearby.

Find the Dalish Camp

Head northwest from the Venatori camp, where you will find darkspawn and blight boils to destroy. Destroying them will start A Growing Corruption side quest.

To continue with Unwanted Guests, approach the ladder on the minimap and climb up the wall.

Past the top of the Nameless Building, follow the path and reach the Tattered Bridge, and use the ladder to go down.

Hidden Valuable Item

Continue hiking down the mountain path and you will find red explosive barrels to destroy that will lead to a Valuable Item.

List of All Valuable Items

Continue Finding the Camp

Keep following the quest path and you will then arrive at a blockage. Move the Resonant Slab blocking the way with the Eternal Hymn ability.

Once the path is open, the continuing area will contain a zipline that is not part of the quest, as it leads to an optional area. To continue the main quest, go onwards instead to climb a ladder going up a small cliff wall.

Up the ladder, fend off another Venatori ambush, and press on towards the Jagged Ruins.

Jagged Ruins Puzzle

Step	Location
1	Hike up the mountain and find the Broken Device.
2	Use the Tinker ability to fix the device.
3	Zip across to the other side, where the magical beam is projecting from.
4	Get to the Elven apparatus and activate it to use.
5	Aim the beam on the spot near the tower entrance, and the bridge leading to the tower will be formed.

With the bridge formed, jump across the floating stone towards the entrance of the Mystical Tower.

Get Through the Mystical Tower

Inside the tower, a Veil Jumper elf will be present by the entrance. Defeat the Venatori in the following room, and report back to the Veil Jumper. After speaking with him, open the barrier by completing a puzzle.

Mystical Tower Puzzle

Step	Location
Symbol Order
1	The first symbol is located on the left side of the barrier.
2	The second symbol is located on the right side of the barrier.
3	The final symbol is near the second symbol, on the right side of the barrier

With the barrier open, exit the tower and go towards the Dalish camp.

Investigate Past the Ransacked Camp

Arrive at the Dalish camp, which has been overrun by Venatori cultists. Clear them out and proceed towards the broken bridge.

Find the Bridge Battery

Pick up the Battery located to the right of bridge, by the waterfall. Place the battery on the socket nearby and proceed forward the formed bridge.

Defeat the Venatori in the HIdeout

Clear the Venatori defending the final area of the quest. After defeating them, enter the room past the statue and stairs where you will find another barrier puzzle.

Reconstructed Ruins Puzzle

Step	Location
1	Located on the very right of the Barrier door.
2	Located on the back-left side of the room, when facing the barrier.
3	Located on the middle-right side of the room, when facing the barrier. (The Matching Symbol is on the floor in front of the barrier)
4	Located on the very left of the Barrier door.

Accomplish this puzzle, similar to the one previous, and speak to the Dalish elf on the other side of the door.

Find Clues for Where They Went

Clue	Location
Glass	Odd looking glass that can be evidence.
Supplies	Light supplies, suggesting the Venatori did not travel far.

Report Your Findings

These are the only two clues needed to be found to proceed. After collecting the glass and noticing the supplies, Strife and Irelin will show up at the ruins. Report to them about what you have found.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Related Guides

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List of All Main Quests

All Main Quests
The End of The Beginning	In Entropy's Grasp	Shadows Crossing
The Singing Blade	Into the Crossroads	Sea of Blood
The Smuggled Relic Case	Shadows of Minrathous	A Warden's Best Friend
On Blighted Wings	On Deadly Wings	Where the Dead Must Go
The Dragon Slayer	Something Wrong	The Siege of Weisshaupt
After The Storm	The Cobbled Swan Case	Bloodbath
The Cauldron	Fire and Ice	Unwanted Guests
Blood of Arlathan	For the Love of Treviso	When Plans Align
Isle of the Gods	A Cage for Gods	The Last Gambit
The Dread Wolf Rises