Best Dragon Age Veilguard factions to choose for Rook

Rook can gain unique benefits by aligning with one of the six Dragon Age Veilguard factions

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Aligning with one of the Dragon Age Veilguard factions is something you’ll do during character creation, though it’s tough to judge which one is best. Being a member of any of the six factions comes with its own benefits, from unique dialogue options to minor buffs and abilities.

But, you’ll be working with all of the factions during theDragon Age Veilguardmain quest, bolstering their Strength to unlock exclusive faction weapons, armor, and other items. That’s why it’s important to know about all the factions in Dragon Age Veilguard, including which ones are best, and how you can increase the Strength of each treehouse club.

Best Dragon Age Veilguard Factions

Of the six factions available in Dragon Age Veilguard’s character creation, I’d say the best is theAntivan Crows, mainlyfor theirfree extra potion slot, though it’s a tight competition and that’s only if pushed - the reality is that there is no clear standout among the six factions, and it’s more contextual and about what you want to prioritize.

There factions don’t offer much that you can’t get otherwise inDragon Age The Veilguard, even the final extra buff in some cases - there’s a Rune you can discover that grants an extra potion, for example. However, not having to worry about that by picking the Antivan Crows is a big help, and this bonus is equally valuable to any of theDragon Age Veilguard lineages, classes, and builds.

Still, if you have a particularDragon Age Veilguard companionyou want to appeal to, or a specific build you want to lean into (such as picking the Veil Jumpers when you’re making a crit-heavy Rogue), picking the other factions is completely viable. None of them are seriously better or worse in any meaningful way, so feel liberated to choose more based on character concept than min-maxing.

All Dragon Age Veilguard factions

As mentioned, there are six factions that the players can choose from in Dragon Age Veilguard, with other non-playable factions (like the Inquisition and enemy groups like the Antaam) mentioned in-game. For whichever one you choose during character creation, you gain the following benefits:

However, each faction in Dragon Age 4 has some unique features and minor benefits, including an associated companion and a unique buff. I’ve laid out the essential details on all the available factions below:

If you’re going through character creation at the moment, don’t worry - at the hub area you unlock soon there’s a way you can discoverhow to change appearance in Dragon Age Veilguard, so if you want to customise your character’s face again, feel free! There’s no changing your starting faction after the fact though - it’s not like Rook has access to a time machine with which they can rewrite their own history.

Once you properly start playing and begin looking at your Dragon Age Veilguard class skill tree, you’ll also notice that three of the six segments are associated with one of the above factions (for example, the Warrior has segments for the Lords of Fortune, Grey Wardens, and Mourn Watch). As far as I can tell, the faction names just serve as a way of adding flavor to specializations and categorizing certain skills - they don’t have any meaning beyond that. For example, choosing the Grey Wardens as your faction but ignoring their section of the skill tree in favor of the Lords of Fortune is completely fine.

How to increase Dragon Age Veilguard faction Strength

In Dragon Age Veilguard, each faction has a measure of Strength for the fight ahead. This is effectively a reputation system, wherehelping out a particular faction increases its Strength. However, be aware that some choices, such as theDragon Age Veilguard Minrathous or Treviso choicecan actually reduce a faction’s Strength.

On the World tab of the map screen, you can see the Strength of all factions in a little sub-menu on the left. All factions start Weak, but you can increase the Strength of a faction by doing the following:

The main benefit of increasing a faction’s strength is that hitting certain Strength thresholds for a faction lets you pay to increase the rank of their merchant’s shop, granting you access to new and better gear, helping you getDragon Age Veilguard gear upgrades. Just remember that the faction you align yourself with in character creation gets a little boost to their Strength gains, so upgrading their shop should be slightly easier.Many of thebest RPGsincorporate faction mechanics and politics into their gameplay and stories, and Dragon Age 4 is no exception here. If you want to read all our glowing thoughts on it, check out ourDragon Age The Veilguard review.

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