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Only an Echo
Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Only an Echo

Follow our step-by-step guide to complete the 'Only an Echo' side quest in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Find the Voss family, investigate their disappearance, and confront the Echo.

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Follow our step-by-step guide to complete the 'Only an Echo' side quest in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Find the Voss family, investigate their disappearance, and confront the Echo.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start the quest by speaking to Ida in Lavendel after completing the main quests The Dragon Slayer and Where the Dead Must Go.
  2. 2
    Advance the main quest Something Wrong by destroying blight cysts and collecting samples in the Blighted Tunnel and Old Crossroads.
  3. 3
    Reach the Flooded Farmlands and investigate the Voss family farm. Destroy blight cysts in the basement and on the first floor to gain access.
  4. 4
    Enter the house, read a note, destroy another blight cyst to reach the eastern half, use Neve’s “Unbind Wards” to open a chest, climb a ladder, and read another note.
  5. 5
    Exit the farm and head south to find two more search areas. Destroy blight cysts in a shack on a cliff and on ledges to find the second and third Voss family letters.
  6. 6
    Locate the well northeast of the previous search area and find the fourth and final letter.
  7. 7
    Search in front of the well to talk to the Echo and seal it.
  8. 8
    Return to Ida in Lavendel to complete the quest and receive your reward.
Tips
  • Do not destroy the large blight cyst in the Old Crossroads early on, as it will unleash the Disciple-in-Ichor (Lv30), which is not necessary for this quest.
  • When investigating the Voss farm, you will need to destroy multiple blight cysts to gain access to different parts of the house and surrounding areas.
  • Loot the large chest found on the ledges southwest of one of the search areas for the Voss family letters.

Follow-up Encounter:

  1. Fast travel to the Crossroads and then to the Heights of Athim island.
  2. Make your way to the blighted tree on the southeastern edge of the island.
  3. Locate a large well on the eastern edge of the island.
  4. Jump down the well to encounter the Echo of Echos (Lv35).
  5. Defeat the Echo of Echos, which fights like a Despair Demon but echoes Rook’s words.

Follow-up Reward: An accessory (e.g., Sightless Skull for a mage).

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