You must track down the three sources of corruption at the crossroads to eliminate the scourge of Beacon Island and complete ‘The heart of corruption‘side quest in Dragon Age: The Veilkeeper.

Warning: even if you get this quest near the beginning of Dragon Age: The Veilkeeper“The Heart of Corruption” won’t be finished for a while. It’s long because you have to track down and defeat three high-level champion bosses in Treviso and the Hossberg Wetlands, then defeat three Revenant bosses and a dragon at the Crossroads.

It’s a worthwhile quest though, as you get an incredibly powerful rune to use against the game’s final boss.

To help you plan ahead, we’ve explained everything in our Inside the Corruption Walkthrough below.

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How to remove the scourge of Beacon Island in Dragon Age The Veilguard

I hope you are ready for a long adventure and difficult battles, because “The Heart of Corruption” is one of the longest and most difficult side quests in the entire game. The quest duration does not isn’t really a bad thing, as it allows you to level up at a pace that matches that of the bosses.

We have lots more details below, but in short, here are how to remove the scourge of Beacon Island in Dragon Age Veilguard:

1. Defeat the Treviso Champion and unlock the Door of Deep Sorrows.
2. Kill Felassan’s Betrayal.
3. Defeat the first Hossberg Wetland Champion and unlock the Gate of Desiccated Hope.
4. Kill the pillar massacre.
5. Defeat the second Hossberg Wetland Champion and unlock the Pale Reflections Gate.
6. Kill Protector’s Fall.
7. Use the three Revenant Essences on the thrice-sealed door.
8. Defeat the revenant dragon.

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Walkthrough for Dragon Age The Veilguard The Heart of Corruption

Here is exactly how to complete “Heart of Corruption” in Dragon Age: The Veilguard:

Door of deep sorrows

You unlock the Gate of Deep Pain at the Crossroads by defeating Desmal, Bloodhound of Elgar’nan in Treviso. Desmal is level 25, weak to fire and resistant to necrotic. Devrin and Taash can deal Fire damage if you can’t.

You access Desmal’s location on the map by following the quest “Gate of Deep Sorrows” after unlocking Treviso.

We recommend waiting until you’re at least level 20 to face Desmal, but there’s no harm in leaving the fight until you’re well past his level, as you have bosses of a higher level to defeat before you can complete the side quest. anyway.

Once you have defeated Desmal and collected his essence, return to the Gate of Deep Sorrows and use the essence to eliminate the Scourge. When you’re ready, head down the path to reveal the Converged City, where the Felassan Betrayal boss awaits.

Felassan’s Betrayal is level 32, weak to Necoris and resistant to cold. Lucanis and Emmrich can deal Necrosis damage if you can’t.

Collect the essence of Betrayal of Felassan after killing him, but don’t forget to open the chest nearby to get a unique rarity item – we got The Burden amulet while playing as a mage.

Door of withered hopes

You unlock the Gate of Desiccated Hopes at the Crossroads by defeating Disciple-in-Ichor in the Hossberg Wetlands. Disciple-in-Ichor is level 30, weak to fire and resistant to necrotic. Devrin and Taash can deal Fire damage if you can’t.

We noticed that we could access the Disciple-in-Ichor map location by following the quest “Gate of Withered Hopes” after entering Act 2, once we completed The Siege of Weisshaupt. main quest.

Collect the essence of the Disciple-in-Ichor after killing him, then return to the Gate of Withered Hopes and use the essence to eliminate the Scourge. When you’re ready, enter to find the Pillar Massacre boss.

Pillar Slaughter is level 37, weak to Necoris and resistant to cold. Lucanis and Emmrich can deal Necrosis damage if you can’t.

Collect the Essence of Betrayal from Felassan after killing him, but don’t forget to open the chest on the stairs to the left to get a unique rarity item – we got the Ring of Andraste while playing as than mage.

Wears pale highlights

You unlock the Pale Reflections at the Crossroads by defeating Amarell the Fleece in the Hossberg Wetlands. Amarell the Nonwoven is level 35, weak to fire and resistant to necrotic. Devrin and Taash can deal Fire damage if you can’t.

Just like with Disciple-in-Ichor, we noticed that we had access to the map location of Amarell the Unwoven by following the quest “The Gate of Desiccated Hopes” after entering Act 2.

Collect the essence of Amarell the Fleece after killing it, then return to the Pale Reflections and use the essence to remove the blight. When you’re ready, go inside, where you’ll find the Protector’s Fall boss.

Fall of the Protector is level 42, weak to cold and resistant to fire. Neve can deal cold damage if you can’t.

Collect the essence of Fall of the Protector after killing him and don’t forget to open the nearby chest to get a rare item – we got the Frozen Facade glowing helmet while playing as a mage.

Place the corrupted essences in the door

Now that you have three Revenant Essences, it’s finally time to return to the very beginning of the crossroads and insert all three into the Blighted Gate and clear a path to the source of corruption.

Confront the Source of Corruption in Dragon Age The Veilguard

The source of corruption in Crossroads is the Revenant Dragon, which is the most difficult boss we encountered during our playthrough of The Veilguard. The Revenant Dragon is level 50, weak to fire, resistant to cold, and periodically distances you from your companions.

This is a very difficult fight, so we strongly recommend waiting until you are on the same level as the dragon and adapting your build to face it. On top of that, we recommend getting another helping hand from a certain character by seeing the Regrets of Dreadwolf side quest to its very end.

We’re warning you now, it’s a big problem spoiler when it comes to the story of Dragon Age. So if you’d rather find out for yourself, simply complete the side quest “Dreadwolf’s Regrets” before trying to kill the Revenant Dragon.

If you don’t want to know what it is spoiler i.e., don’t scroll through the image below!

If you complete the side quest “Dreadwolf’s Regrets”, you will be able to speak with Morrigan at the Crossroads, who reveals that she has the memories of Mythal, but that there is another fragment of Mythal stuck in the crossroads. You must speak with this fragment of Mythal and select the correct answers to convince her that you are worthy of receiving her essence.

Don’t kill heror you won’t get any help in the fight against the Revenant Dragon. Instead, if you convince Mythal to give you her essence, she will melt into her dragon form to help you during combat. You will also get an additional option at the end of the game to see a secret ending.

Heart of Corruption rewards in Dragon Age The Veilguard

Here’s what rewards that you get by completing “Heart of Corruption” in Dragon Age: The Veilguard:

• 1000 XP
• Dragonfire Catalyst
• Etheric remains
• Dragon Scales
• +200 Mourning Watch Strength
• +300 Lords of the Fallen Force
• Unique rarity item

We obtained The Last Resort ring as a unique rarity item when playing as a mage. The chest containing this item is on the southern stairs, in the area where you fight the revenant dragon.

Later, towards the end of the game, you will also get ‘The ultimate salvation of the Felassan rune from Morrigan, giving you a huge advantage against the final boss.

Good luck facing all the bosses!