The Warden Vault Walkthrough (Puzzle Quest) – Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The Warden Vault is a quest in Dragon Age: The Veilguard accessible after meeting Taash, in Rivain Coast. The quest takes place in Warden Castle and requires you to complete 3 individual puzzles to unlock a hidden locked room beneath the castle. The quest pops up in your journal after interacting with either of the 3 individual puzzles!

Rewards of the The Warden Vault include a Memento and some cool Unique Items such as Shard of the Void, Serpent’s Kiss, and Crookytail’s Crest.

This guide offers an in-depth walkthrough of how to start the quest, and the steps required to complete it!

How to Start The Warden Vault Quest

To acquire the Shard of the Void/Serpent’s Kiss, unlock Taash as a companion and get access to the Warden Castle in Rivain Coast. Once you do so, you can visit the castle to start The Warden Vault quest!

First Puzzle – The Warden Vault

The first puzzle is tied to a set of torches that can be encountered right after destroying the wall next to the entrance of Warden Castle with Taash‘s ability. You can find the room where the torches are hidden behind boxes on the left of the entrance you just created.

The proper order for the torches is Left -> Right-> Center!

After you lit the torches, you have to exit the room and enter the main area of the castle by climbing up the ramp and opening the door. As soon as you do so, you will see another set of 3 lit torches next to another entrance — pull the lever here. In that room, you will discover the first lever you must pull — it is tied to one of the three emblems for the final room. Pulling the lever starts The Warden Vault quest, adding it to your journal.

Second Puzzle – The Warden Vault

The second puzzle can be encountered as you continue moving through the castle! As you move through the corridors, you will encounter a grave that can be interacted with. Doing so will spawn a green ghost which you’ll have to follow.

This part can be confusing as the spirit simply phases through the wall while the quest marker indicates that you should be doing something in the area, but the quest marker is wrong. You must follow the ghost by backtracking the newly opened route by accessing the ladder! Once you do so, follow the ghost to 3 different campsites.

Once you reach a campsite, touch the ghost to make it go to the next campsite. By the time you reach the second campsite, the ghost will go through the main locked gate and you need to backtrack again to the main room where you found the Antaam.

Reaching the third campsite will unlock a hidden door in the room, where you will find the second lever you must pull.

Third Puzzle – The Warden Vault

The third puzzle can be found in the last part of Warden Castle, behind a Blistering Drakestone. Once you get Taash to melt it, you will find a locked door next to a hole in the wall which hides a Skeleton that requires a Wisp to power up. You will need to find a Wisp to trigger the mechanism in the wall.

The Wisp can be found nearby as you exit the castle and enter the back courtyard. Just as you exit, you will notice a wall to your right. You need to use Taash‘s Dragon Fire on the Gaatlok Barrel to create a way for you to climb atop the wall.

Climbing up will reveal a Wisp. Once you grab it, you should rush as fast as possible to where you found the Skeleton because the Wisp teleports back to its initial position after a short while.

After you activate the Skeleton, the door will open and allow you to pull the third and final lever! Doing so unlocks all the locks behind the hidden door in the basement. Now, all you have to do is go to the basement.

Rewards – The Warden Vault

The basement can be found in the main room where you initially encounter the Antaam, on the right side. You need to use Taash‘s ability again on the Blistering Drakestone to unlock the way.

After you do so, all that remains is to open the door and claim the Shard of the Void/Serpent’s Kiss from the chest! (We discuss it and other Uniques in our Unique Items Guide!)