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

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Isle of the Gods Overview

Isle of the Gods
Location	Rivain Island
Description
With the elven gods ready to complete the dagger, the team must launch a desperate attempt to kill Ghilan'nain.

Isle of the Gods Objectives

Major Choices and Objectives
Choose Davrin or Harding to Lead Choose Bellara or Neve to Dismantle Wards Defeat Ghilan'nain

Complete The Shadowed Sun

Before proceeding, Rook will need some last bits of advice from Varric. Speak to him again back at the infirmary.

Stop the Gods' Ritual

Head to Tearstone Island

Use the Lighthouse Eluvian to travel directly to Tearstone Island. There will be no fast travel choice on the World Map.

Choose Davrin or Harding to Lead

Decision
Davrin: So, who will it be?
Choice	Consequence
Davrin leads the distraction	・ Davrin will be unavailable for the remainder of the questline. ・ Davrin cannot be chosen during the Last Gambit quest
Harding leads the distraction	・ Harding will be unavailable for the remainder of the questline. ・ Harding cannot be chosen during the Last Gambit quest

The plan is to have either Davrin or Harding lead half the team to distract the Antaam, leaving Rook and your chosen party open to stop the Ritual.

Should You Send Davrin Or Harding To Lead the Distraction?

Reach the Gods' Ritual Site

Travel along the outer shoreline and get through the Antaam camp, where there will be heavy Antaam resistance.

The island's defenses will be raining down mortars from above, watch out for the projectile markers to avoid getting damaged.

Continuing forward, Issbaqoun, an Antaam miniboss, will defend the path. You must defeat him to continue, and he will have a large initial armor healthbar.

Continue to the Stronghold

Keep moving past the door that opens after Issbaqoun's defeat. Head inside a cave where there will be Antaam mercenaries defending the entrance, consisting of foot soldiers and ranged mages.

Get To the Top

Defeat the Antaam Reaver in the entrance, and move forward to get to an elevator to go up. Outside, fight your way through deepstalkers, and even more Antaam resistance.

Reach the elevator on the other end of the cliffside ruins, leading up to the Gatehouse.

Defend the Gatehouse

Drop down to the courtyard in front of the gate, and you will see your other companions on the opposite side of it. Defend the gatehouse from attackers as the distraction team tries to get the door open.

When the darkspawn resistance is vanquished, head towards the open gate and pass through to the Elven Ruins.

Elven Ruins Path

There is an optional area to the Waterfalls containing a large chest. Turn left down the path and jump towards the waterfalls. You can climb back up and head towards the Stronghold.

Fight Through Darkspawn Resistance

There will be heavy darkspawn and Antaam resistance with more mortars on your path to the Stronghold.

The Stronghold Fight Tips

Go past the bridge and finally head inside the Stronghold. This is one of the last lines of defense stopping you from one of the gods, so be ready for a fight.

Be Ready To Dodge Veil Tears

Be careful of Veil Tears, as they detonate if you reach close proximity of them, dealing big damage in a large AoE. Be wary of when you are close to one and be prepared to dodge if set off.

Destroy the Blight Boils First

Prioritize quickly destroying any blight boils, as they can spawn darkspawn and link to path-blocking blight.

Head to the Inner Sanctum

After clearing the darkspawn and the paths of blight, head inside towards the Inner Sanctum. The path forward is hindered by wards, and two of your companions volunteer to disable them.

Choose Bellara or Neve to Help

Decision
Neve: Your way's just as dangerous. Don't like it, but one of us has to do it.
Choice	Consequence
Neve, you take point	・Bellara disapproves ・Neve becomes unavailable for most of the ending ・Neve cannot be chosen during the Last Gambit quest
Bellara, let's try your way	・Neve disapproves ・Bellara becomes unavailable for most of the ending ・Bellara cannot be chosen during the Last Gambit quest

The one you choose will take down the wards successfully but will be captured by Elgar'nan.

Should You Send Neve or Bellara to Dismantle the Wards?

Get to the Ritual Site

Before the final push, you will be given a chance to form your party again as there will be changes to who can follow you.

Companions Who Cannot Follow

Companion	Reason
Lucanis	Will join the second team to get the final hit on Ghilan'nain.
Harding or Davrin	The leader you chose for the second team.
Neve or Bellara	The one captured by Elgar'nan after disabling the wards.

Push Through the Stronghold Summit

Prioritize clearing the blight boils to stop the darkspawn from spawning, and clear the remaining enemies afterwards.

Defeat Ghilan'nain

Destroy the blight boils to free your companions and damage Ghilan'nain's Blight Shield.

There will be hordes of darkspawn and Antaam warriors defending Ghilan'nain to fight through on the path to the blight boils.

Destroying the boils breaks Ghilan'nain's shield, leaving her open for Lucanis.

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