All Dragon Age Veilguard Companions and how to recruit them

There are 7 companions in DA Veilguard for Rook to recruit

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Recruiting Dragon Age Veilguard companions is how you’ll fill out your Veilguard team, from an eccentric necromancer to a ice-cold detective. All seven of the companions are recruited via the game’s main story, with Rook persuading or hiring them to join the fight. Each one brings their own skills and abilities to the table, but you can only bring two along with you on eachDragon Age The Veilguardquest, so team composition is another consideration. With all that in mind, knowing about each of the Veilguard companions, how to recruit them, and how to upgrade them is incredibly useful. Teamwork makes the deicidal dream work, after all.

Dragon Age Veilguard companions list

There are seven companions in Dragon Age Veilguard, all of which are listed below in the rough order that they become available.

In terms of ranking the Dragon Age Veilguard companions,none of them are inherently more powerful than any other as they all have good damage output and support abilities; instead it’s about finding good combinations of teammates for the enemies you’re going up against, paying particular attention towhich effects a companion can apply and detonate with their abilities- there’s a lot of crossover in this regard so mixing up your party is easy.

You’ll also be pleased to read that all seven areDragon Age Veilguard romance options, though not at the same time, as you’re restricted to just one romantic relationship per playthrough.

How to recruit all Companions in Dragon Age Veilguard

Minor spoilers ahead,but below we’ll cover how to recruit all the companions in Dragon Age Veilguard. Like above, these are laid out in the order you’ll encounter them across the game.

The times laid out above are admittedly rough estimates that will vary depending on how much players do in the way of side quests (and how much trouble they have completing the game up until that point), but at the very least this is the set order - you can’t recruit Lucanis before Bellara, for example.

The last two of these characters,Emmrich and Taash, have both their quests become available at the same time, though it’s not important which you do first - the plot won’t progress until you have them both.

We’ll make it clear again;you cannot miss out on any companions or teammates in Dragon Age Veilguard- the most you can do is delay the point by which you hire them by delaying progress in the main quest. Don’t worry about missing out on certain time-sensitive quests or hidden conditions; as long as you are pushing through the plot, you’ll have the whole gang before long.

Dragon Age Veilguard companions ranked

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As mentioned, there’s no inherent “best companion” in Veilguard who’s supposed to be mechanically superior to the others, thoughyou can focus on their skills, abilities and relationships to make them more powerful more quickly.

There are also notably strong combinations of characters as they represent differentDragon Age Veilguard classes: I’d recommendbringing Neve and Harding with you.Despite being the two default companions, they nonetheless make a powerful combo: Harding can heal and apply damage buffs as well as targeted strikes, while Neve does potent area-of-effect ice spells that damage and freeze crowds.Likewise, the combination ofHarding’s Shred Power and Neve’s Blizzardallows players to prime and detonate opponents - there are several combinations that can do this, as well as the player’s own abilities, but it is still another reason that Neve and Harding work well together.

Dragon Age Veilguard companion upgrades and bonds explained

All companions in Dragon Age Veilguard can be customized from the “Companions” tab of the main menu. Here you can do the following:

These systems are very interlinked - equipment for companions is found throughout the game (especially in areas and quests connected with them, such as Dock Town for Neve), butyou gain skill points for companions by increasing your bond level with them.

Bonds appear to be separate from romantic approval, which means the main ways to increase your bond with a particular companion are tocomplete any quests while they’re in your party, complete any companion quests they offer, and give them gifts. You’ll also want to make sure you avoid theDragon Age Veilguard Hardenedcondition as this will slow down the rate at which your bond increases.

Once a companion’s bond goes up to the next level, you’ll get two skill points to spend on their abilities skill tree. The powers they have can also be slotted in and out from this menu - and you’ll want to do that. Each character has six core powers, but can only ever have three usable in combat at a single time. To get more out of them, you’ll need to swap them out to taste - try various combinations and see what works.Dragon Age 4 has some excellent companions, as noted in ourDragon Age Veilguard review. But it’s not alone in that regard as some of thebest RPGsyou can play now also have excellent allies.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.

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