How to Romance Bellara in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Bellara Lutare is one of seven romanceable companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard who might have caught your attention with her quirky but endearing personality. Bellara is an Elven Mage and Veil Jumper who joins your party early on in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, so there’s plenty of time to learn how to romance Bellara as you play through the game’s story campaign. While Bellara often appears nervous and awkward, this can make for several entertaining interactions that allow you to learn more about her and her backstory in a rewarding Dragon Age: The Veilguard romance.

Of course, romancing Bellara in Dragon Age: The Veilguard takes time, as it means progressing through many main story quests to trigger conversations with opportunities for romance. However, there are several things you can do to help raise your Bond and Approval levels with Bellara. There are also several Bellara companion quests to complete, which will help you on your romance journey with this shy character.

How to Romance Bellara in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

You first recruit Bellara in an early main story quest called In Entropy’s Grasp. After completing this quest, Bellara immediately becomes available as a romanceable companion. However, if you want to win this Veil Jumper’s heart, you will need to focus on raising Bellara’s Bond Level by doing the following things:

• Choose the heart dialogue option in conversations to flirt with Bellara whenever possible. Like other companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Bellara begins as an Acquaintance, but her bond can develop from a friend and potentially, more. You can check your Bond level with Bellara in the companion menu.
• Talk to Bellara in between main story quests as much as possible by checking for the speech bubble icon next to her character marker on the map. Bellara’s room is in the Workshop at the Lighthouse, so it’s worth keeping an eye out for opportunities to chat in between quests. Bellara appreciates kind, supportive, and empathetic responses. She also appreciates enthusiasm for her interests.

• Complete Bellara’s companion quests, with the main first outing being ‘Echoes of the Past.’ Not only are companion quests crucial for the game’s ending, but they also give opportunities to improve your relationship with Bellara and learn more about her background and story.
• Choose Bellara for your party when going on quests, as completing quests often rewards you with increased Bond levels with companions you take.
• It can also help to increase Bellara’s Approval levels, so be mindful of your choices and actions to avoid antagonizing her in conversations and at key decision moments. Completing Veil Jumper faction quests in Arthalan Forest can also help raise her Approval.

• Give Bellara a gift to increase her Bond Level. You can buy Bellara’s gift in Dragon Age: The Veilguard at the Veil Jumper camp in the Arthalan Forest, triggering one of her companion quests called Fit for a Veil Jumper, a short quest showing you giving her the gift.

Bellara Companion Quests and Key Romance Scenes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

All Bellara Companion Quests

There are six Bellara companion quests or outings to complete in Dragon Age: The Veilguard as listed below:

• Fit for a Veil Jumper (unlocks after buying Bellara’s companion gift)
• Echoes of the Past (available after completing the Into the Crossroads main quest when speaking with Bellara at the Lighthouse)
• The Demon’s Bargain
• Hummingbird’s Lament
• Through the Shadows
• The Forest of Spirits

You can also help Bellara decide whether she should
free or keep the archive
in her Through the Shadows companion quest.

Completing Bellara’s companion quests is essential to romancing her and helps her overcome her past. However, there are some key points where you can express a romantic interest in Bellara without committing and when you can fully commit to a romance with her, ruling out any possibility of romance with any other companions.

How to Express an Interest in Bellara (Without Committing)

After completing Dragon Age: The Veilguard‘s Unwanted Guests quest, you can express a romantic interest in Bellara during a conversation back at the Lighthouse by choosing the following heart dialogue options:

• ‘Back at you.’
• ‘It’s not, and I do like you.’

You can then complete the conversation with a positive choice, like:

• ‘Do whatever feels right.’

Expressing a romantic interest in Bellara raises her Bond Level to Shy Crush in the companion menu. If you are romancing more than one companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, this also enables you to express a romantic interest in Bellara without committing to a romance, giving you more time to decide. If you choose the option that says ‘I didn’t mean to lead you on,’ you end any chance of romance with Bellara.

How to Commit to a Romance with Bellara

After pursuing more main story and Bellara companion quests, you can commit to an exclusive romance with Bellara during a later conversation at the Lighthouse. To commit to a romance with Bellara, you should select the dialogue option below that says:

If you choose the other dialogue option, ‘Maybe not the best idea,’ you will end the romance and stay friends with Bellara. Of course, other Bellara romance scenes become available as you progress through the game and improve your relationship with her even more, including Bellara’s final romance scene.