Dragon Age: The Veilguard - The Warden Vault Guide

Rivain's coastal fortress is one of the most beautiful and exotic locations in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but the ruins various ledges, hidden areas, and mysteries can make it a little tricky to get around. One quest that makes the most of the twists and turns is The Warden Vault, which requires you to activate three separate switches. More to the point, it requires you to find them.

This quest begins when you get to the grand hall of the Warden Castle, and go down the large stairs off to the side. Down here, you will find the vault door, three Grey Warden Shields on the wall, and a dead explorer holding a note explaining that there are three separate mechanisms that need to be triggered. At this point, the starting location of each puzzle appears on your map, but after that, you're on your own. Or you would be, except you have us.

How To Solve The First Shield Puzzle In The Warden Vault

Each puzzle is completely different to the other two, and thus they can be completed in any order. By 'first', we simply mean the one on the left of the room, the first one you see when you go down the stairs. Head back upstairs and head out the back of the grand hall until you emerge in Castle Bailey. To the immediate right of the exit, you will see a flammable flask sitting on the edge of a wall where the quest marker is.

Use Taash's ability (or Rook's knife, if Taash is not not present) to explode the flask, causing a ladder to drop down. You can now climb up and grab a Wisp. After you've got it, jump back down and run inside the Warden Castle again. But instead of going forward into the hall with the Vault, go left.

Here you will see a crack in the wall next to a thick wooden door. The Wisp will float inside and animate a skeleton, who pulls a lever to open the door. Inside, there is another switch next to a Grey Warden shield. Flick it, and you're one third of the way there.

The room also contains 11 Gold, an Eternal Wail Memento for the Caretaker, Vhenadahl's Tears, and (for a Rogue) a Dragon's War bow.

How To Solve The Second Shield Puzzle In The Warden Vault

The middle shield puzzle can be a little tricky, because it taunts you by showing you the right answer in the wrong order. Firstly, you need to go through the twisting stone corridor in the Warden Castle to activate the first spirit. Interact with the pile of bones, and you will see a green spirit rise out from the dirt. The point is to follow it, but it very quickly floats through a wall and makes it very difficult to follow.

You'd think that the very obvious pile of bones next to the Fast Travel Beacon outside of the Castle is the go to, but that's the second stop the spirit makes. However, you should still go to this Beacon, which is at the north entrance to the Warden Castle. Go through the cavern to the right where the skeleton is, and through it to the left. Keep going under the doorway, then on the right, the spirit is waiting for you. You can see this location on the map below.

Alternatively, if you have solved the Third Shield Puzzle and have dropped the ladder, you can also simply climb this ladder and head to the outside balcony, then run along to the left until you're past the connecting wall. Jump down and you will see the spirit in the sheltered, shadowy area. Interact with it and it will move again.

As those of you who have been paying attention will know, you'll need to go to the Fast Travel Beacon by the Warden Castle entrance again for the third spirit, where the ground gives out to a cavern, in front of some red tents. To the right as you look at the castle, there is a small cavernous room with the spirit in the corner.

Head straight on into the Warden Castle next, past the stairs to the back of the room where you'll see a familiar green glow. Interact with the spirit and they will fly through the wall, and trigger a switch that opens a door, revealing the second shield switch.

How To Solve The Third Shield Puzzle In The Warden Vault

The quest marker itself takes you to a raised platform in the grand hall, but this is the end of the puzzle, not the start, so it can be ignored. If you've already been up here and dropped the ladder, climb up it, jump off the balcony outside, and head into the hidden alcove directly beneath it. Here, you'll need to smash the boxes and barrels to reveal three switches.

If the ladder hasn't been dropped, you'll need to head to the Fast Travel Beacon by the north entrance to Warden Castle, and through the cavern off to the right (where the third spirit was for the second shield). Immediately after exiting, turn left and find a hidden area full of old boxes and barrels. Smash 'em good.

You need to get all three fires burning, which means interacting with the left switch, then the right switch, then the middle switch. Once this is done, either head back inside and climb the ladder, or turn left as you exit the alcove and go all the way to the end. Here, you can climb a stack of wood to get onto the balcony, and go inside. Drop the ladder down here, then interact with the switches on the wall, which should all be lit.

If you flick the switches out of order, you can reset by travelling to another area and then heading back. Progress will be saved on the shield's activated so far.

The wall switch opens the door next to it, leading to a room that contains the final shield switch, as well as a chest with Keen With A Twist 5 (for Rogues), 5 Imperial Weave, Fine Silverwork, and 83 Gold. After this, climb the ladder down to the great hall and head down the stairs to claim your spoils.

What Is Inside The Warden Vault In Rivain?

Inside the Warden Vault, there are three chests for you to open, as well as some rewards merely for opening the door. It grants you 50 Grey Warden strength, 100 Lords of Fortune strength, and a mild approval boost for whichever two companions are with you when you open the vault.

While Taash is a Lord of Fortune, their approval boost is no greater than any other companion.

As for the Gear, one item here is tied to your class, but the others are universal. However, the key reward here is the Unique Ring, Serpent's Kiss (it causes Charged attacks to deal Necrotic damage in the area around the target when Necrotic Weapons are active, at the cost of losing the Necrotic Weapons state).

There's also a Petrified Dragon's Egg Memento that boosts Caretaker Power, Trusted Finery 5 for Taash, and playing as a Rogue, we found an Azure Bow 5. Across the three chests, we got 5 Etheric Remnant, Vhenadahl's Tears, Fine Silverwork, and a total of 401 Gold.

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