Dragon Age Veilguard Neve romance guide
Here's how to steal the heart of a charming private investigator
Wondering how to secure a Neve romance in Dragon Age Veilguard? Neve is a popular romance choice in Dragon Age Veilguard due to her street smarts, dry sense of humour and connections with the criminal underbelly of Dock Town.
Cultivating a Neve romance in Dragon Age Veilguard requires a specific set of choices within the main questline. As such, beware of story spoilers up to the 15-hour mark of the game.
Below we've detailed all key choices to make, important dialogue options and other ways to ensure success. Read on if you wish to capture the heart of this cynical private investigator.
How to romance Neve
There are a few key ways you can encourage a romance with Neve in Dragon Age Veilguard. These are:
- Complete Neve's Companion Quests
- Choose to help Minrathous over Treviso
- Choose flirtatious dialogue options
- Give Neve a gift
- Commit to a Neve relationship when prompted
Neve can be recruited early on, but her romance will take a while to bud. Make sure you speak with her at the Lighthouse whenever she has an exclamation mark or speech bubble by her icon for a chance to flirt (represented by a heart icon).
Neve's Companion Quests
You'll need to complete Neve's various Companion Quests to earn a romance with her. Neve's Companion Quest 'A Study of Dock Town' can be missed if it is not completed before recruiting Davrin during the 'A Warden's Best Friend' quest. As such, make sure you complete it beforehand, or you'll miss this bonding moment with Neve.
Neve's second Companion Quest is offered much later on in the game, around the 30-hour mark once you complete 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' main quest. Afterwards, speak to Neve at the Lighthouse to acquire 'The Cobbled Swan Case' quest.
'Chasing Leads' will become available after completing the 'Fire and Ice' main quest and speaking with Neve at the Lighthouse. After completing that, you'll get 'A Clear Mind' almost straight away after reloading the Lighthouse and speaking with Neve once more. This is the point of no return where you will commit to an exclusive relationship with Neve and lock yourself out of any others. Bear this in mind as you advance through her questlog.
Choose to help Minrathous
One of the major choices regarding Neve happens around the 15-hour mark after recruiting Davrin via the 'A Warden's Best Friend' quest. Immediately after this quest, Rook has to choose between travelling to Minrathous or Treviso to lend the city some aid. If you choose Treviso over Minrathous, Neve will temporarily leave the Lighthouse and then return once Emmrich and Taash have been recruited. If the opposite is chosen, Lucanis will leave instead.
This won't lock you out of a romance with Neve, (unlike Lucanis) but it will leave her 'hardened', meaning that your Bond Rank will be harder to improve and she will no longer provide healing abilities in combat. Instead, certain abilities will offer more damage.
If you do decide to help Treviso instead of Minrathous, you'll be given a chance to repair your bond with Neve later on in the game. After completing 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' and 'The Cobbled Swan Case' quests, you'll receive the following dialogue choices:
- We'll face more tough times: Cut off possible romance with Neve.
- I want to be there for you: Romance may be possible, depending on past choices. (Won't lock you into a relationship yet).
- I've got your back: Cut off possible romance with Neve.
As such, helping Minrathous won't give you a huge advantage when romancing Neve but it will make the exchanges between Neve and Rook lighter and will offer a more natural progression into romance.
Neve romance dialogue choices
There are plenty of opportunities to flirt with Neve and make sure she knows you're interested in a relationship. Here are the following opportunities to take along the way:
| Dialogue choice | When it is available |
|---|---|
| I like surprises | During 'A Study of Dock Town' Companion Quest. |
| I'm glad you took the job | During 'A Study of Dock Town' Companion Quest. |
| I don't mind staying up | Speak with Neve at the Lighthouse after completing 'The Dragon Slayer' quest. |
| You're cute with Assan | Speak to Neve in the Lighthouse Courtyard after acquiring 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' quest. |
| Between us, I like Neve | Speak to Neve in the Lighthouse Courtyard after acquiring 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' quest (may need to reload the area to acquire). |
| I'm happy to help, Neve | Speak to Neve at the Lighthouse after completing 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' quest. |
| Never a dull moment | During 'The Cobbled Swan Case' Companion Quest. |
| Leave Neve alone | During 'The Cobbled Swan Case' Companion Quest. |
| I'm here for you | During 'The Cobbled Swan Case' Companion Quest. |
| I believe in you, Neve | During 'The Cobbled Swan Case' Companion Quest. |
| I'll keep you company | Speak to Neve at the Lighthouse after completing 'The Cobbled Swan Case' Companion Quest. |
| I still get time with you | During 'A Clear Mind' Companion Quest. |
| Not the easiest thing to do | During 'A Clear Mind' Companion Quest. |
| I'm here for you, Neve | During 'A Clear Mind' Companion Quest. |
Where to get the Neve gift
There is an optional gift called Collected Evidence which can be bought from the Shadow Dragons merchant in Dock Town. This merchant is below the Shadow Dragons' hideout, a 'candle hop' disguised as a regular storefront.
Once you buy the Collected Evidence, you'll be given a quest to give it to Neve. Afterwards, she will display it in her room at the Lighthouse.
Key moments to secure a Neve romance
A key moment will happen around the 30-hour mark after you have completed 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' and 'The Cobbled Swan Case' quests. Once you reload the Lighthouse area and speak to Neve, you'll get a cutscene with the wisps and the chance to properly express your romantic interest.
- What are friends for?: Cut off possible romance with Neve.
- I like surprising you: Express romantic interest in Neve. (Does not commit to a romance).
The point of the game where you actually commit to a relationship with Neve happens during 'A Clear Mind'. During this, you'll have the following dialogue options:
- We're in this together: Cut off any romance with Neve.
- No easy answers. As usual: Cut off any romance with Neve.
- We'll take down Aelia: Cut off any romance with Neve.
- I'm here. No matter what: Commit to an exclusive relationship with Neve.
If you choose to commit to Neve, you'll be locked out of other romance options and you'll gain the caption 'Falling Unexpectedly' under her Bond Rank level in the 'Companions' menu. Note that you will not get this scene if you have already committed to a serious relationship with one of the other companions.
If you're wondering at which point your physical connection with Neve will advance, this happens during 'The Dragon and the Dread Wolf' main quest near the end of the game. This is just before the final showdown, as is the way with most Dragon Age games.
That rounds up our guide on how to romance Neve in Dragon Age Veilguard. For more Dragon Age Veilguard tips and tricks, check out our guide to the best Faction in the game, best Class, or see our guide to upgrading gear.