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Jump to:Memento locationsHow to Perform the Rite
Jump to:Memento locationsHow to Perform the Rite
TheSpirits of the Dalishquest is available once you venture back to Arlathan Forest inDragon Age: The Veilguard. You’ll have to recruit Lucanis and venture to Docktown with Neve, but once you’ve done that, you can get the Unfamiliar Sense quest from Harding and the Winding Ways quest that sees you finding a route back to the forest through the crossroads.
Once back in Arlathan, you’ll discover a restless spirit on a boat near to where you ventured to the blighted settlement earlier in the game. This quest involves finding five mementos, but it can be a little confusing knowing what to do after you’ve gathered them. Here I’ll run you through each step of the Spirits of the Dalish quest.
Spirits of the Dalish memento locations
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The first memento is on a wrecked boat(Image credit: Bioware)
The first memento is on a wrecked boat(Image credit: Bioware)
The first memento is on a wrecked boat(Image credit: Bioware)
The first memento is on a wrecked boat(Image credit: Bioware)
The first memento is on a wrecked boat(Image credit: Bioware)
The third is hidden in a cave(Image credit: Bioware)
The third is hidden in a cave(Image credit: Bioware)
The third is hidden in a cave(Image credit: Bioware)
The third is hidden in a cave(Image credit: Bioware)
The third is hidden in a cave(Image credit: Bioware)
Once you speak to the spirit on the boat in Arlathan Forest, you’ll be tasked with finding five clan mementos scattered around the region. This isn’t too tricky since you get map markers and a search area for each, but I’ve included descriptions below, plus screenshots above of their locations on the map. You can collect these in any order:
Now you’ve gathered all five, you can head back to the spirit on the boat.
How to Perform the Rite
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Use Bellara’s tinker skill to fix the artifact on the other side(Image credit: Bioware)
Use Bellara’s tinker skill to fix the artifact on the other side(Image credit: Bioware)
Use Bellara’s tinker skill to fix the artifact on the other side(Image credit: Bioware)
Use Bellara’s tinker skill to fix the artifact on the other side(Image credit: Bioware)
Use Bellara’s tinker skill to fix the artifact on the other side(Image credit: Bioware)
Jump into the portal above(Image credit: Bioware)
Jump into the portal above(Image credit: Bioware)
Jump into the portal above(Image credit: Bioware)
Jump into the portal above(Image credit: Bioware)
Jump into the portal above(Image credit: Bioware)
Activate the altar to complete the quest(Image credit: Bioware)
Activate the altar to complete the quest(Image credit: Bioware)
Activate the altar to complete the quest(Image credit: Bioware)
Activate the altar to complete the quest(Image credit: Bioware)
Activate the altar to complete the quest(Image credit: Bioware)
After speaking to the spirit again you’ll get an objective saying that you need to “Perform the Rite” but aside from the hint that one of your current companions will give about a gesture, it’s a little unclear what to do next.
What you need to do is head up onto the cliff above the boat, behind where the owl statue is, andlook for the differently coloured rock you can interact with using Harding’s stone magic—or the knife if Harding isn’t present. It’s worth noting that you don’t actually have to complete Harding’s Unfamiliar Sense quest to do this.
This will open up a secret area with a broken elven relic inside. Use Bellara’s tinker ability with this—or again, the knife if Bellara isn’t present—to open a portal. Now simply climb up onto the rock wall where the relic is and jump into the portal behind you. This transports you to a ritual site with the spirit where you can enshrine the mementos and lay the Dalish to rest, completing the quest.
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