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Choosing whether tosave or leave the mayorof Dmeta’s Crossing is one of the early decisions you’ll have to make inDragon Age: The Veilguard, but after traveling through the blight ruined village to find him at the end, it’ll feel like a significant one. As with any choice in a BioWare game, it may have an unexpected outcome later on.
If you’re not so big on uncertainty and want to know what either choice will do, I’ve laid out either option below, including the immediate approval changes from your companions and longer term consequences.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard: Save the mayor or leave him?
Image1of4You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Image1of4You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
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You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)
You can save the mayor(Image credit: Bioware)
Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)
Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)
Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)
Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)
Or leave him(Image credit: Bioware)
If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)
If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)
If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)
If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)
If you left the mayor he’ll appear in a quest later in Arlathan(Image credit: Bioware)
Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Investigate the big blight to start A Growing Corruption(Image credit: Bioware)
Here are the immediate outcomes for each choice:
If you save him, the mayor will also warn you about the gods' indoctrination abilities, though this doesn’t actually affect anything. It’s ultimately not that significant of a choice. If you leave the mayor, however, it will have one knock on effect. While exploring Arlathan Forest later in the game, you can find a big blight in the location of the screenshot above that you can investigate.
Doing so will start theA Growing Corruptionquest. I won’t spoil anything, but this quest explains what happened to the mayor as a result of your choice. As far as I can tell, this big blight and quest won’t appear if you saved him, so if you want an extra little sidequest, go with the leave option.
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