Dragon Age: The Veilguard – How to break the protected crystals in “Sea Of Blood”

As you play the Dragon Age: The Veil Guard mission titled “Sea of ​​Blood,” you will encounter a new type of puzzle characterized by breakable blood crystals. If you choose to go to Treviso before Dock Town, this is the first time you will see puzzles of this type. These crystals effectively function as a power source magic, usually serving to maintain an impenetrable wall between meddling intruders and whatever a blood mage wants to keep safe. Fortunately, the vast majority of them are pretty straightforward – that is, up to a certain point in the quest.

During this specific quest, several blood crystals must be broken to create a path to Lucanis. However, it is an optional area – the High Security room – that provides the most difficult iteration of this puzzle. You’ll enter, shortly after freeing Lucanis, to find a series of barriers barely hiding three rooms full of loot, and a very obvious crystal presiding over it all. But try as you may, and the crystal will not move; your weapon appears to ricochet while a translucent shield appears. Fortunately, there is a simple solution to this conundrum, but it is well hidden.

How to break protected crystal

Turn around, bright eyes

Ultimately, The secret to breaking any protected crystal is to break a different one first – there is always a sequence that needs to be followed. The trick to figuring out the right order to break them is to follow the bright red line emanating from the protected line. Sometimes this means breaking multiple crystals in a row, each one breaking the shield of the next one in line. It’s not unlike the Blighted Gates puzzles that recur throughout the game.

For the High Security room in particular, though, this line is difficult to see because of the distance between Rook and the shielded crystal, and the sneaky hiding of the unshielded crystal that must be hit first. The unshielded crystal is located exactly on the opposite side of the room from the shielded one.just below the apex of the highest arch in the wall. See the screenshot above for reference; If it’s still too hard to find, try aligning your aiming reticle with the area shown in the image and simply fire when it turns red.

Rewards for breaking the crystal

What’s in the high security room?

Again, breaking this crystal is not necessary to complete the quest, but it unlocks three small areas filled with some solid treasure this will be of great help The Veil GuardIt’s the beginning of the game. The following table details what you will find in each of the three areas. Please note that part of the withdrawal in Dragon Age: The Veil Guard appears to be variable, determined by your class and the companions currently in your party. However, all of the following items can be used by any character, so you’re likely to get exactly the same loot.

From this loot, the +1 Dye Kit is the most desirable item. It’s a Healing Belt, which means Rook can equip it to alter the effects and effectiveness of his potions. This particular item increases the healing power of each potion to 790 HP – almost double the initial factor of 400.

Solving this first protected crystal puzzle is deceptively simple, but the rewards are worth the effort. That said, there are still more (and more difficult) variations of this puzzle, so overcoming this first hurdle is an important initial step on your journey. Dragon Age: The Veil Guard journey.