The quest “The Pinnacle of Its Kind”offers players an enticing challenge within Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In this engaging side quest, a demon invites you to hunt down three other demons across diverse regions. This guide outlines essential steps for successfully completing this captivating side quest.
Unlocking the Pinnacle of Its Kind Quest
To access the “Pinnacle of Its Kind”quest, ensure you have recruited Emmrich as a companion and successfully complete the “Restless Spirits”mission. This mission grants access to the Chamber of the Unforged, where you will discover a hallway leading to a formidable door.
Interacting with this door triggers a dialogue between the Formless One Demon and your character, Rook. After the conversation, return to the hallway’s center and examine the bodies of fallen Venatori, eventually uncovering clues that will set you on the path to take down demons in Arlathan Forest, Dock Town, and Hossberg Wetlands.
Locating and Conquering the Arlathan Forest Demon
Upon tracking the quest in Arlathan Forest, a map indicator will guide you to the first demon’s location. Fast travel to the northern point to expedite your journey. Once there, cross the tattered bridge and center yourself at the brazier emitting green flames. Interacting with this brazier initiates the battle against the demon.
Expect your foe to be accompanied by both ranged and melee units. To maintain your health during this encounter, it is advisable to have a healer companion, such as Bellara or Davrin, who can efficiently assist you in combat.
Defeating the Dock Town Demon
The next demon resides in the eastern part of Minrathous. Utilize the fast travel point just outside the Spillway for a convenient journey. Upon arrival, activate the green flame brazier to summon the fire demon. Unlike the previous encounter, this demon will not have minions but will create fiery hazards on the ground.
To deal effective damage, consider using fire-based weapons or magic. Engaging companions like Lucanis or Emmrich can also optimize your damage output, as they possess skills that inflict necrosis damage, quickly lowering the demon’s health.
Confronting the Hossberg Wetlands Demon
To find the final demon, make your way to the northern Hossberg Wetlands, where a nearby fast travel point will significantly reduce your travel time. In Solitude’s Edge, near the water stairs, you will discover another green flame brazier. Interact with it to summon the last Formless One demon.
This demon primarily utilizes melee attacks but also possesses ranged capabilities. Be mindful of the snipers stationed at a distance; eliminating them first will simplify your fight against the melee boss.
Upon defeating the last demon, return to the giant door in the Necropolis to conclude this side quest.
Strategies to Defeat the Formless One
Once you open the giant door, prepare for a formidable adversary as the Formless One has merged with an undead dragon. This powerful level 40 boss should only be approached by players at level 35 or higher.
Fighting this dragon at lower levels can be painfully challenging, with devastating blows depleting health significantly and dealing minimal damage to the boss. Consequently, the battle may drag on, raising the stakes of failure.
The Formless One unleashes electrical damage attacks, making it crucial to focus on necrosis and fire damage due to the dragon’s vulnerability to these elements.
Understanding Formless One’s Attack Patterns
| Attack | Description |
|---|---|
| Electric Beam | The dragon fires an electric beam from a distance, with a circle marking the impact zone. |
| Belly Smash | An unblockable attack where the dragon dives towards Rook. Dodge to the left or back to evade. |
| Ground Smash | Signaled by a circular marker, this attack can be dodged by moving out of the area or timing your dodge right before impact. |
| Kick Attack | Triggered when hitting the dragon’s feet, resulting in an unblockable kick. Dodge outside the range to avoid this. |
| Paw Swipe | Similar to the kick attack but executed with the dragon’s paw. |
| Rush Attack | After reaching low health, the Formless One charges and rushes towards Rook, requiring precise dodging to avoid damage. |
| Bite Attack | Another unblockable attack that occurs more quickly than the rush attack. |
| Electric Barrier | The dragon periodically flies away to initiate a barrier of electricity, boosting its offense capabilities. |
| Electric Breath | While under the electric barrier, the dragon unleashes a breath attack that can inflict a shock status effect. |
| Undead Summons | It will call forth additional undead skeleton enemies during the battle, which must be dealt with swiftly. |
Mastering the above attack patterns and their counter-strategies are essential for victory. Bringing a healer, or even two, like Bellara and Davrin, can greatly help maintain your party’s health during the challenging encounter.
Rewards for Completing the Pinnacle of its Kind Quest
Upon successfully vanquishing the Formless One, you will earn a variety of rewards, including:
- Dragon Tooth – Valuable Item
- 3 Dragonfire Catalysts – Legendary Material
- +10 Etheric Remnant – Currency
- 1,000 XP
- +200 Mourn Watch Strength
- +300 Lords of Fortune Strength
Additionally, you can discover various treasures in the area’s chests after defeating the dragon, which includes:
- My Regardings Harding’s Shortbow – Enhanced Rarity
- Bandit’s Bulwark Shield
- Striking Misfortune Light Armor
- Memento – Caretake Power
- Pillar of the Departed – Unique Heavy Armor
- +2 Royal Elfroot – Legendary Material
- +856 Gold – Currency
- Love in Life and Death – Decorative Item
Leave a Reply