The Dragon Age Veilguard help Minrathous or Treviso choice is a tough one as it forces you to pick between two companions and is sprung on you with no warning. As both cities are being menaced by Blight Dragons controlled by the Evanuris gods of Dragon Age The Veilguard, the city you don’t choose to help suffers quite a lot, and the respective companion – Neve for Minrathous and Lucanis for Treviso – loses their trust in you. With quite far-reaching consequences, this is a difficult choice with no right answer, so I’ve laid out the outcomes for choosing to defend Minrathous or Treviso in Dragon Age Veilguard below.
Obviously, spoilers ahead for what happens after you make this major Dragon Age Veilguard choice.
Dragon Age Veilguard Minrathous or Treviso choice explained
Your decision to help either Minrathous or Treviso in Dragon Age Veilguard is largely down to your own preference and which Dragon Age Veilguard companion you don’t want to upset – in short, defending Treviso will annoy Neve and defending Minrathous will annoy Lucanis.
Otherwise, helping Minrathous does seem to have slightly more of an impact due to the Venatori presence there, but the consequences for each choice are very similar, causing things like side quests to auto-fail and for the relevant companion to gain the Dragon Age Veilguard Hardened effect – this won’t lock you out of these Dragon Age Veilguard romance options, but it will make them harder to pursue.
New side quests will also appear in whichever city is not defended, which show the wider consequences of your choice. You’ll also have to unlock all Dragon Age Veilguard fast travel beacons again in the city that got destroyed.
If you’re not happy with the outcome, you can always reload a save, especially since you’re forced into this decision right after recruiting Davrin to your Veilguard team, with no chance to avoid it. Since auto-failing side quests is an important aspect of both choices, you might want to load an even earlier save to clear those off your map and journal before completing the A Warden’s Best Friend quest.
If you’re after more specifics on each choice, here’s what happens when you opt to help Minrathous or Treviso in Dragon Age Veilguard:
Help Minrathous in Dragon Age Veilguard
If you help Minrathous in Dragon Age Veilguard the following happens:
- You fight the Blight Dragon in Minrathous, only for it get called away by one of the evil Evanuris gods.
- The Venatori are not able to launch a coup, and the Shadow Dragons keep them in check.
- However, Treviso is overrun by blight thanks to the Blight Dragon attack. As a result, all Treviso side quests are automatically failed, and new ones appear later that are relevant to the effects of the blight.
- Lucanis gains the Hardened effect and stays in Treviso to help until you unlock the rest of the companions.
Help Treviso in Dragon Age Veilguard
If you help Treviso in Dragon Age Veilguard the following happens:
- You fight the Blight Dragon in Treviso, only for it get called away by one of the evil Evanuris gods, though the city is saved for the most part.
- The canals are not blighted, and many civilians are saved.
- However, Minrathous is overrun by blight thanks to the Blight Dragon attack. This gives the Venatori the opportunity they need to take over, increasing their presence across the city.
- It also means all Minrathous side quests are automatically failed, and new ones appear later that are relevant to the effects of the blight, particularly on the Shadow Dragons.
- Shadow Dragon leader Viper is dying having been afflicted with the Blight.
- Neve gains the Hardened effect and stays in Minrathous to help until you unlock the rest of the companions.
It’s no secret that tough choices in games can make some of the best RPGs, but you can find out how Dragon Age 4 stacks up in our Dragon Age The Veilguard review.
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