Dragon Age The Veilguard – How to Get Secret Ending | The Storm Quelled Achievement Guide

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a secret ending for you to unlock, and watching it will also get you the “The Storm Quelled” achievement.

Getting the secret ending takes a fair bit of legwork, however. You’ll have to complete many quests and, most importantly, find some hidden Codex Entries in the world. That said, the secret ending itself is just a cutscene that plays after the game’s credits. As such, it doesn’t override your other choices throughout your journey.

In this guide, we’ll tell you everything you need to do to unlock the secret post-credits ending cutscene. We’ll try to keep plot details to the minimum but do be warned that there will be some spoilers ahead!

How to Get Secret Ending and The Storm Quelled Achievement | Dragon Age: The Veilguard Guide

Get Mythal’s Essence from the Regrets of the Dread Wolf Quest

The first step to work toward the secret ending is to get Mythal’s Essence. You can get it by dealing with Mythal at the end of the “Regrets of the Dread Wolf” quest. This quest starts automatically during Chapter 6, but you can’t complete it until Chapter 10.

To complete the quest, you have to find and view 6 of Solas’ memories. You get one memory automatically once during the “A Warden’s Best Friend” Story Quest in Chapter 6 and a second automatic memory from the “Grim Bonds” Story Quest in Chapter 10.

As for the other 4, you must find Wolf Statuettes spread throughout the Crossroads. Thankfully, though, the game marks all of their locations for you as long as you’re tracking the “Regrets of the Dread Wolf” quest. Simply follow the in-game quest journal and you’ll have no issue collecting all of these memories.

Once you have the memories, make sure to view all 6 of them at the Lighthouse. You’ll get a prompt to watch them at the Lighthouse’s Library with your companions.

Then, after you experience all 6 memories, follow the quest markers in-game to meet with Mythal. You can choose to fight and defeat Mythal, but you can also talk her out of fighting if you want. Talking with her will earn you the “Clear Minds and Open Hearts” achievement and it’s also easier.

To avoid confrontation, choose the following dialogue options:

• I want your help.
• We must stop the blight.
• You stood against it.
• We must stop the gods.
• They wronged you.
• We are worthy.
• Building a safe place.

No matter how you deal with Mythal, though, you’ll obtain Mythal’s Essence as your quest completion reward. You now have the first pre-requisite for the secret ending cutscene!

Activate Mysterious Circles

For the second step, you must find 3 Mysterious Circles across the game’s world. They appear as floating magical rings, like the one shown above. Each Mysterious Circle you interact with will give you 1 Codex Entry. Having all 3 Mysterious Circle Codex Entries is the final trigger to get the secret ending in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and obtain the “The Storm Quelled” achievement!

Arlathan Forest

We’ll activate the Mysterious Circle at Arlathan Forest first. You can find it on the central island in the Forest Mire area, marked with a red star in the image above. To reach it, you must find the 3 laser pillars in the area first. We’ve marked them with green diamonds on the map above, as well.

Once you reach one of the laser pillars, rotate it and aim at the large crystals around the Forest Mire island. Do this for all of the crystals and a bridge will appear to let you reach the island.

The Mysterious Circle is on the northern part of the island.

Necropolis Halls

The second Mysterious Circle we’ll go for is found at the very end of the Necropolis Halls. It only appears once you’ve completed the “Restless Spirits” and “Pinnacle of its Kind” side quests. To start these quests, talk to Emmrich at the Lighthouse after recruiting him in Chapter 7. After the quests, head to the location shown on the map above.

The Mysterious Circle will be in a small section of the same room you fought The Formless One in as part of those quests.

Crossroads

Our third and final Mysterious Circle is the one at the Crossroads. To reach it, you’ll have to complete the “The Heart of Corruption” quest first. You can start it by interacting with the strange door marked on the location above. It will require you to hunt down Champions to get their essences and open the door.

After completing the quest, check the southernmost building in the same room where you defeated the Revenant Dragon.

The Mysterious Circle is in a corner of the building.

How to View the Secret Ending and Get The Storm Quelled Achievement in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

At long last, there’s only one thing left for you to do to get the secret ending and “The Storm Quelle” in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Simply finish the game obtaining any ending, it doesn’t matter which. An extra cutscene will play after the game’s credits roll, giving you some additional insight into the overarching Dragon Age lore. The achievement pops right after the cutscene ends!

So, there you have it, that’s everything you need to do to get the secret ending in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. We expect that this secret ending might be a tad controversial, considering it seems to recontextualize a lot of Dragon Age’s story. Nonetheless, the important thing is that now you know how to unlock it yourself.

Speaking of secrets and puzzles, did you enter the Music Room in the Lighthouse yet? If you haven’t, check out our guide for the Lighthouse Courtyard’s pillar rotation puzzle!