Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a lot of treasure chests in each of the regions; some easily accessible, while some require exploration and even puzzle solving. The loot from these can add to your build or oftentimes tempt you to go for a new one. If you are in Dock Town and having difficulty figuring out the location of the chests, the guide here will give you a detailed guide on all Dock Town Chest locations in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
All 27 Dock Town Chests In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
There are 27 chests to be found in Dock Town, all of them scattered throughout the map behind common puzzles and ability requirements. Out of 27, there are two chests that will give out Unique Weapons. We have listed out the location for each chest, reward, ability needed, puzzle details, and lastly prerequisite if any.
Chest Location #1
Location: Dock Town, Anvallenim
Reward: Carastes Double-Hat
Here, you will find the first large chest in Dock Town, just to the east of the map. There is no puzzle attached to it; just walk into the room to the east to find the chest.
Chest Locations #2 and #3
Location: Dock Town, Ferryman Row
Reward: Winged Locus, Flying Kite
Chest #2
Head to the Ferryman Row and break some barrels covering the narrow passageway to the location. After you break the barrels, turn to your left, and you will find the treasure chest.
Note: This one is poisonous, so make sure to keep a safe distance after you open it.
Chest #3
From the treasure chest, go through the doorway on the left. Then move to your left, climb the ledges, and then the ladder to get to the top, to find the third treasure box.
Chest Location #4
Location: Dock Town, Wharf Crossing South
Reward: Snake’s Eye
Ability Required: Frost Binding
Puzzle: Freezing the Levers
Head to the south of Wharf Crossing South, where we will find the chest on the west side of the map.
Puzzle: The chest will be locked behind a steel gate with levers on the side. When you pull down the levers, nothing happens.
To solve the puzzle, first pull down the lever on the left, then move to the left of the gate. Here, use the Frost Binding on the Mechanism to freeze the chains.
Then apply the same Frost Binding on the mechanism through the hole right of the door, again after pulling the lever on the right. After applying the Frost Binding on both of them, now you can head inside and open up the chest.
Chest Location #5
Location: Parthenius Main Docks, Dock Town
Reward: Carastes Double-Hat
We will find the chest west of Parathenius Main Docks just above Wharf Crossing South. Here, head to the dockyards, cross the ships at the docks via wooden panels and you will find the chest on your right.
Chest Locations #6, #7 & #8
Location: Thread Market, Dock Town
Reward: Spellbound Longsword, Skirmisher’s Round, Defiant Plate
Ability Required: Frost Binding, Ignite
Puzzle: Timed Focused Puzzles
Chest #6
From the entrance to Thread Market, take the stairs on the right. Here go through the doorway on your right and then look up above the door, here use the Frost Binding ability to freeze the device off. In the corner of the room, you will find the ladder, climb it to head to the upper floor.
Now use the lever next to the steel gate to open it, jump across the small gap and use Ignite on the Gaatlok Barrel on the left corner. It will blast a hole through the wall, get through the hole, and jump from the ledge. Break the wooden barrier to grab chest number six.
Chest #7
Get to the entrance of the Thread Market, move left to find the chest locked behind a room. There is a lever on the walls of the room, but pulling on it will not do anything.
Puzzle:
To solve the puzzle, first, pull the lever once, then climb the ledges right of the door to get to the upper floor. Here you need to use the Frost Binding ability to freeze the mechanism inside the room. Now jump down, pull the lever again, and head to the upper floor via ledges.
And again use the Frost Binding ability on the mechanism, drop down, and use the lever for the last time, the steel gate will open. Get inside and grab the loot.
Chest #8
From the entrance of the Thread Market, head straight take the stairs on the left, and another one on the left to enter a room. Here, you will find the chest in the corner of the room.
Chest Locations #9 & #10
Location: Cursed End, Dock Town
Reward: Helm of Lights and Shadow, Brawler’s Decorated Leathers
We will find the chest in the middle of the Cursed End section of Dock Town. Both of them are locked behind a barricade.
- First, go around the room and climb a ledge on the right. Then make your way to the upper floor, take the beam on the right to get to the other side. Take the stairs on the right and you will find the first chest here.
- Turn around, then jump off the ledge on the left. another jump to reach the lever on the edge. Pulling the lever will open up the gate and you will find the second chest in the room.
Chest Locations #11, #12 & #13
Location: Catacombs, Dock Town
Rewards: Battlehorn, Flying Kite, and Garbadine Overcoat
Chests #11 & 12
The first two chests are in the same room, just open the door and loot both of the chests. You will find the room along the wall on the north of the beacon in Catacomb.
Note: Both of the chests will release poison gas so move away once you open them.
Chest #13
- Get out of the room, and take the route left to the end, then turn right, at the end of the hallway you will see a portal.
- Take the portal to transport to a different location, here take the bridge left and turn right and you will have to go through another portal.
Once you come out of the second portal, turn right, and walk across the beam to the platform at the other end to find our 13th treasure chest in Dock Town.
Chest Location #14
Location: Urthemiel Venue, Dock Town
Rewards: Winged Locus
Ability Required: Spite’s Reach
From the beacon on the east of Urthemiel Venue, turn left, go through the market, and jump on the open ledge on the right, next to the food vendor. Here use the Spite’s Reach ability to create a platform to get across the other side. Follow the linear route and you will find the chest.
Note: Opening the chest will release poison gas so dash away after you open it.
Chest Location #15
Location: Razikale Walk, Dock Town
Reward: Helm of Light and Shadow
Head north of the beacon at Razikale Walk, you will find the chest on the left. The doors to the room will be locked, use the ledges next to the ramp to get to the floor next to the room. From the platform, you can jump into the room through the broken window on the wall. Once inside, you can find the chest on the right.
Chest Locations #16 & #17
Location: Temple Courtyard, Dock Town
Reward: Anvil Breaker, Spellbound Long sword
Ability Required: Spite’s Reach
Chest #16
- First, make your way to the open area in the Temple Courtyard, east of the map. Here start moving towards the large door on the west. Turn right to see doorways in front of you leading to the lower floor.
- Take the doorway on the left, and climb down the stairs to find blue force fields hiding the treasure. Take the doorway on the right, and once inside, jump on the broken ledge on the left.
- Use Spite’s Reach to form a platform to jump across the gap. Climb the ledge and eventually, you will reach the treasure chest behind the force field.
Chest #17
Make your back to the Temple Courtyard open area, head towards the large door at the east. Now turn right and then left, you will see the treasure chest in the corner of the room.
Chest Location #18
Location: Andraste’s Watch, Dock Town
Rewards: Gabardine Overcoat
Travel to the beacon at Andraste’s Watch, now make your way to the ground, kill all the enemies, and activate the elevator in the corner of the area. It will take you to the chest location.
Chest Locations #19, #20, #21 & #22
Location: Central Market, Dock Town
Rewards: Scepter of Shadows, Flying Kite, Corvid Calling Mask, Defiant Plate
Ability Required: Unbind Wards, Spite’s Reach
Travel to the middle beacon at Central Market, this one connects to four treasure chests close in the area.
Chest #19
- Travel to the middle beacon at the Central Market, take the stairs right of the beacon, and then climb the ladder on the left.
- Go through the alleyway to reach the bridge, don’t jump across instead just simply fall down the floor below. Turn around and go through the busted hole on the wall, you will find the treasure chest on the right of the room.
Chest #20
- From the beacon point, again take the stairs and climb the ladders. Go through the alleyway, jump across the bridge, take the left turn, and jump across the wooden panel to the rooftops in the front. Now turn right and you will find the treasure chest at the corner.
Chest #21
- From the last chest on the rooftops, jump down on the wooden boards on the right of the rooftop. Drop down until you land on the last wooden board walkway, here on your left you will see the option to use your Spite’s Reach ability to create the platform. Jump on the platform to reach the other side.
- Once you have made it to the platform, turn around and use the Unbind Wards on the Magical Wards below the blue force field platform ledge. This will turn off the blue wall, use the Spite’s Reach again to form the platform to jump across and now we can access the locked room to find the loot from the chest.
Chest #22
- Travel back to the beacon in the Central Market, this time turn right and go through the doorway, you will find the chest on your right next to the pots. And with that, you are down to the last 5 Dock Town treasure chests to unlock!
Chest Locations #23, #24 & #25
Location: Central Market, Dock Town
Reward: Anvil Breaker, Helm of Light and Shadow, Defiant Plate
Chest #23
Here we travel to the east beacon at the Central Market, Take the elevator on the right of the beacon, go down the slope and you will find the treasure chest on your right.
Note: This chest has a poison trap, so after you open it manage some distance.
Chest #24
Take the route on the left of our last chest, now head through the open door on the right next to the closed door. Here in the corner of the room, you will find the treasure box.
Chest #25
- Travel back to the east beacon at the Central Market, go through the open door on the left of the beacon. Then move to the right, and go through the busted hole in the wall.
- Take the walkway on the right, at the end drop down the floor on the left, and then go through the doorway straight to enter the dining room. Take the exit of the room to take the ladder straight ahead.
That’s it! you have found our 25th treasure chest.
Chest #26 (Unique Weapon)
Location: Forgotten Sanctuary, Catacomb, Dock Town
Chest Type: Timelost Hoards Chest
Rewards; Magister’s End
Travel to the beacon south of the Forgotten Sanctuary, then take the path on the right of the beacon to get into the large room. Here you will find the Timelost Hoards chest next to a bridge. Open it and you will own one of 33 unique weapons in Dragon Age Veilguard.
Chest #27 (Unique Weapon)
Location: Safehouse, Dock Town
Reward: Reptile Recurve Shortbow
Chest Type: Timelost Hoards Chest
Puzzle: Find 7 Candlehops scattered across Dock City
Prerequisite Quest: Out of Tune Side Quest
This one will take some time since there are so many layers to the quest, we have an excellent guide to navigate you through the map of Dock Town easily to help you cross all the 7 Candlehops off your list.
That’s it, now you have opened all the chests in Dock Town, We have another in-depth chest completion guide on Necropolis Halls and Treviso Canals.