Dragon Age: The Veilguard – The Cobbled Swan Case Walkthrough

After the siege of Weisshaupt in Dragon Age: The Veilguardyou can start helping your companions with their personal problems. For Neve Gallus, this means accepting “The Cobbled Swan Case” and heading back to Dock Town.

The Cobbled Swan is a tavern where you meet new contacts everywhere Dragon Age: The Veilguardand you can find it on the southwest edge of the Dock Town map. To start the quest, enter the glowing area outside the pub and then enjoy a short flashback.

Where to find clues in cobblestone swan

After speaking with the templar, Rana Savas, your first task in this side quest is to search the crime scene for clues. You can find several investigation points throughout the area, but you only need to find two of them (they're marked in bold below).

• The basis of the stage
• Between the overturned tables
• Scuff marks to the left of the stage
• Door to the left of the stage
• A table covered in blue petals to the left of the stage
• Table to the right of the stage

While here, you can also find a Codex item in the curtained area to the left of the stage and a Memento in the curtained area to the right. When you're done, head down the stairs to Rana.

Where to find cobbled swan informants

The next step in the investigation is to talk to people on the street to find out who the singer is and where she went. The first person is Hal, the fishmonger you met during Neve's first companion quest. From there you need to find:

• “Diner,” which was in the Cobbled Swan. Head west along the dock from Hal's booth. The guest wears a leather tunic and red pants.
• Benny. Go north to the giant statue at Wharf Crossing South. Benny is sitting on a cart north of the statue.
• Nira. Go northeast to Shoreline Passage. Nira is sitting on a pile of sacks on the southern stone jetty.

Nira finally gives you the singer's name and Neve connects her to the second pub, the Lamplighter. Take the stairs northwest of the Shoreline Passage and follow the quest markers. The Lamplighter is a building surrounded by broken rowboats.

Inside you'll find the singer and Elek Tavor, the contact you should have met when you started this quest. Elek has his own reasons for wanting Rook's party to find the missing Damas, and he knows where to find him. But before you leave Lamplighter, don't forget to check the other room. Next to the piano you will find a Codex item and a merchant (who only sells valuables).

Where to find all the thread market collectibles

Go back down to the Shoreline Passage and approach the red barrier at the northern end of the rocks. Several Venatori will ambush you. As always, Venatori are vulnerable to cold and resistant to fire. Continue north through the open barrier to reach the Thread Market.

Once there, you'll have to fight another set of Venatori cultists, including a Venatori mage captain standing on a platform above the main road. In order to continue, you will need to destroy the large red barrier blocking the way north.

• The first crystal you need to break is on the wooden platform behind the mage captain.
• The second crystal is above the large statue by the barriers.

Destroying both will cause the barrier to fall on its own, but another group of Venatori will rush in from behind the barrier. At this point you can continue your quest by opening the door in the southwest building, but first there are plenty of chests and other collectibles to find in the Thread Market.

This area makes extensive use of Neve's Frost Binding ability. By using Frost Binding on a special pulley, Neve can force the attached lever to move one gate instead of two. Removing Frost Binding does the opposite. Here's how to use it to get through the thread store:

• Pull the lever behind the east prisoner Threads.
• Pull the lever at the gate straight ahead. This will open the gate that was blocking access to the Frost Binding pulley.
• Interact with the pulley to break the Frost Binding, then pull the lever to open a path forward.
• Before going through the next open gate, look up and behind you. Use Frost Binding on the pulley you find.
• Before going up the ladder, look through the broken wall to the left. Neve or Bellara can use Unbind Wards to remove the barrier in the room to the east. Go outside and take the Memento through the door to the east.
• Climb the ladder and pull the lever at the top to open the one gate that needs to be opened.
• Open the chest and then use the companion's Ignite skill on the gaatlok barrels to shoot a hole in the wall.
• Go down one floor, then break the wooden boards straight ahead to collect a Memento and a large chest.
• Go around to the right and pull the lever to open the gate back to the street.

There is another pulley puzzle on the south side of the Thread Market. Look for the lever, but don't pull it immediately. Instead, climb the ledges to the south and open the chest on the platforms above. From here you can look into the room that the lever opens and break the ice on the pulley inside. The lever will now open both gates blocking the door at the same time. Head inside and open the large chest.

The last large chest in this area is in the southwest building. Instead of opening the door that leads to the next stage of the quest, look behind the shelves at the south end of the building. Now you can continue the quest (and if you missed something, you can always return to the Thread Market later).

How to beat Damas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

It turns out that Neve's old enemy is puppeting Damas, and you'll have to fight him to break her.

Damas is level 24 and is an “assassin” enemy type. This means he can parry light and heavy attacks coming from the front, in addition to charged attacks, and you can break his guard if you hit him with enough charged attacks. This means Damas works just like a shield enemy, except Damas is faster and can teleport around the battlefield.

After Damas drops below half his health, two Venatori will appear to help. However, the fight ends once Damas falls, so you can ignore them if you deal enough damage to Damas. Once the fight is over, Neve breaks the villain's hold on Damas, and Damas offers the Templars blackmail material to bring in the Bataris, the Venatori who escaped earlier in the game.

• Accepting Damas' offer will get rid of Bataris, but strengthen the Threads gang's control of Dock Town.
• Refusing the offer will keep Threads weaker, but Bataris remains a threat.

The quest ends with Rook and Neve talking things out in her room at the Lighthouse. Your rewards for this quest include 2500 XP, a Neve Relic, 400 Gold, and +100 Shadow Dragon Power.