How to complete Pinnacle of Its Kind in Dragon Age Veilguard

Nov. 5, 2024

Pinnacle of its Kind has Rook hunt three demons across the map of Veilguard

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The Dragon Age Veilguard Pinnacle of Its Kind quest is one that has you find the locations of three demons, avatars of the Formless One. Though this boss is waiting behind a door in the Necropolis, the Demons you need to hunt to reach it are threaded all throughout the world, in Dock Town, Arlathan and the Hossberg Wetlands - and even then you need to come back to the Necropolis afterwards and slay the Formless One itself.

Pinnacle of Its Kind is one of the more involved quests inDragon Age The Veilguard, and one that will test players pretty substantially if they’re not prepared. The final boss is level 40, so unless you’re supremely confident, I do recommend being at least level 33 before you take it on. Either way, if you feel you’re ready to be a proper demon hunter, here’s how to bring the pain to these monstrous foes and beat the side quest Pinnacle of Its Kind.

Pinnacle of Its Kind walkthrough for Dragon Age Veilguard

The Pinnacle of Its Kind side quest can’t be started until yourecruit Emmrich, one of the lastDragon Age Veilguard companions, and unlock the Necropolis area.Once you return there, you need to do the following:

All the three demons you need to hunt in Pinnacle of Its Kind are called “The Formless One”, being avatars of the main big bad, but they’re in very different locations and have very different abilities and weaknesses. I’ve laid out where you can find them all below, as well as their weaknesses, so you can be as well-prepared as possible to handle them.

This demon is found in the South Area of Hossberg Wetlands, named Solitude’s Edge. The green brazier you need to interact with is on the west side of the marked area, at the base of the stairs. This demon manifests as a flighty wraith, vulnerable to electricity and resistant to necrotic damage.

This avatar of the Formless One is on the southeast corner of Dock Town, in a dead end in the Spillway. The brazier is on the west side of the arena near where you enter, and the demon it summons is a slow, hulking brute - one that’s vulnerable to necrotic damage and resistant to electricity.

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This demon is in northwest Arlathan, on the end of the Tattered Bridge, with a brazier just on the west side of the marked area near where you climb up the ladder. It’s a small arena that you have to fight this avatar within - a fast-moving, charging demon of flame that is, appropriately enough, resistant to fire damage but vulnerable to cold attacks, like the ones that Neve specializes in.

After you’ve slain all three demons, you can head back to the Necropolis and to the door - it’s time for the true fight, and certainly the toughest one yet.

The Formless One is a level 40 dragon that mirrors the encounters you had to battle at the end of theDragon Age Veilguard Minrathous or Treviso choicefurther back in the campaign, with a similar moveset and weaknesses. Here’s some advice on how to bring it down.

After you kill the Formless One, the quest should be completed. You’ll automatically get the following rewards:

There’ll also be whatever loot the summoned minions dropped, as well as two chests on the edge of the arena that should now be accessible.

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