Follow our comprehensive walkthrough for the Through the Shadows quest in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Learn how to find the ritual site, defeat Anaris's minions, get past barriers, and confront Anaris.
Walkthrough
- 1Unlock Quest: Complete the Blood of Arlathan main quest near the end of Act 2. Return to The Lighthouse and speak with Bellara.
- 2Start Quest: Once in Arlathan Forest, fast travel to the Mystical Tower beacon (northwest) and speak with Bellara.
- 3Find Ritual Site: Head east from the start to find a gear chest. Go down northern stairs to a fork, take the east bridge. Look behind a statue west of the northern door for another gear chest.
- 4Beam Generator Puzzle 1: Use a beam generator to target the northern door. Climb platforms and direct a second beam generator at one of two power crystals east. Return through the first door and redirect its beam to the other power crystal to create a bridge.
- 5Find Gear Chest: Stand under a tear, move out just before it explodes to create a hole in the western wall. Go through for a gear chest.
- 6Enter Ritual Site: Return to the main path and drop into the ritual site. Speak with Bellara to begin destroying it.
- 7Defeat Anaris’s Minions: Destroy the amplifiers first, as indicated by objective markers. Sentinels can be tricky. Use AoE attacks if needed. Repeat this process two more times, facing more enemies and an Envy Demon. The final interaction spawns only enemies, including the Envy Demon.
- 8Enter Floating Ruins: After the final interaction, head down the hole created and loot a gear chest. Proceed through the Floating Ruins.
- 9Get Past the Barrier (Lower Chamber): This involves directing beam generators to specific anchors.
- 10Head up stairs left, open gear chest, take power crystal to the center, place it in the western pedestal.
- 11Point this beam generator at the southern wall crystal to create a bridge.
- 12Go back up stairs, take ladder up, point the beam generator at one of two anchors left.
- 13Cross the bridge, point the next beam generator at one of two anchors right.
- 14Go down stairs, kick ladder down for shortcut, point the next beam generator at the other free anchor right.
- 15Head up stairs left (ignore ladder), continue around to the final beam generator, point it at the final anchor in the center, high up.
- 16Disable Barrier: Once all five anchors and generators are aligned, go to the orb in the center and disable the barrier. Open the gear chest that appears.
- 17Confront Anaris: Follow the path to confront Anaris.
Tips
- Focus on destroying amplifiers first during the minion encounters.
- AoE attacks are helpful in the ritual site battle arena.
- Don't hesitate to use an Ultimate ability if overwhelmed by enemies.
- Envy Demons have a dangerous spinning attack.
- The beam generator puzzles require careful alignment of generators and anchors.
- Gear chests containing equipment.
- Progression in Bellara's companion questline.
- Potential choices affecting the narrative.
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