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How long to beat Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a very big RPG and we'll explain just how long it'll take for you to beat it

Ryan Woodrow

Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Dragon Age: The Veilguard / BioWare / EA

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an RPG stuffed full of side quests to do and locations to explore. While it’s not quite as open as Inquisition, it still gives you a variety of places to uncover as you build your allies’ strength and grow your reputation with the game’s many factions. Doing all this takes some time, so we’ll explain just how long it took us to beat one of the biggest games of the year.

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  1. How long is Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
  2. How many chapters in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

How long is Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

Dragon Age The Veilguard's main character with two party members in a haunted forest
Dragon Age: The Veilguard / BioWare

Our playthroughs took us around 50 hours each. This includes doing all of the side quests and exploring all of the open areas to their fullest, though these weren’t quite 100% completion playthroughs.

If you want to complete the game to 100%, getting the Platinum trophy in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, then you’ll likely have to play for an extra 5-10 hours to grind out those last few things or go for a full second playthrough. Alternatively, a more rushed playthrough that skips a lot of the side content can complete the game in just 30 hours.

How many chapters in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

Veil Jumper Bellara in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Dragon Age: The Veilguard / BioWare / EA

While the game isn’t explicitly split into chapters, the story progression achievements are good markers for how close you are to finishing the game. Using those we can say there are 14 chapters in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, with most of the main story missions in the game counting as a chapter.

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Ryan Woodrow
RYAN WOODROW

Ryan Woodrow is Guides Editor for GLHF based in London, England. He has a particular love for JRPGs and the stories they tell. His all-time favorite JRPGs are the Xenoblade Chronicles games because of the highly emotive and philosophy-driven stories that hold great meaning. Other JRPGs he loves in the genre are Persona 5 Royal, Octopath Traveler, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Nier Automata, and Pokémon. He also regularly dives deep into the indie scene trying to find hidden gems and innovative ideas. Some of his favorite indie games include FTL: Faster Than Light, Thomas Was Alone, Moonlighter, Phantom Abyss, and Towerfall Ascension. More of his favorite games are Minecraft, Super Mario Odyssey, Stardew Valley, Skyrim, and XCOM 2. He has a first-class degree in Games Studies from Staffordshire University and has written for several sites such as USA Today's ForTheWin, Game Rant, The Sun, and KeenGamer. Email: ryan.woodrow@glhf.gg

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