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Factions play a major role inDragon Age: The Veilguard, but Rook will need to gain reputation with them to increase their strength and get the most out of these tenuous alliances. There are six factions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and players get to choose which one their Rook belongs to. These are Grey Wardens, Veil Jumpers, Shadow Dragons, Antivan Crows, Mourn Watch, and Lords of Fortune. Each faction hails from a different region in northern Thedas that Rook can explore. Here, they will complete the majority of side quests and companion quests.
Each faction inDragon Age: The Veilguardhas a base in their region where players will land upon fast traveling. These often contain an Eluvian and a fast travel point for easy access from the Crossroads or the World Map, a few notable NPC quest givers, and a Faction Merchant with whom Rook can trade. Unlike other Merchants who appear in each region, players can level up Faction Merchants inDragon Age: The Veilguardto gain access to better items over time.
Where To Find Faction Merchants
Visit Faction Bases Across Thedas
Faction Merchants inDragon Age: The Veilguardgenerallyappear at the faction base in each exploration level. They will only unlock after Rook has recruited a companion from that faction and spoken to them in the Lighthouse to pick up their first location-based quest. For example, after recruiting Bellara and unlocking Arlathan Forest, entering Arlathan Forest via the Eluvian in the crossroads or the World Map will bring Rook and the party to the Veil Jumper camp. Here, they will find the Veil Jumper Faction Merchant. The same is true for the Grand Necropolis in Nevarra for the Mourn Watch, Treviso for the Antivan Crows, etc.
Every Dragon Age: The Veilguard Faction Name
Each faction in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, from the Lords of Fortune to the Grey Wardens, provides players with unique surnames tied to series lore.
Faction Merchants sell a variety of items, including armor and weapon appearances based on the faction’s style, gear for companions and for Rook,Mementos to increase the Caretaker’s power, decorations for Rook’s room based on the faction, and even sometimes companion gifts. At first, Faction Merchants only have a small selection, but as Rook upgrades these Merchants, they will improve their selection with more powerful items and better prices.
How to Upgrade Faction Merchants
Increase Faction Strength
As Rook establishes an alliance with each of the factions inDragon Age: The Veilguard, they will receive a Faction Strength score. Faction Strength begins as weak by default, but there are three ways to increase it:
The stronger the faction, the more help they will give Rook later in the game.
Rook will build a reputation slightly faster with thefaction chosen at the start ofDragon Age: The Veilguardin character creation, making it somewhat easier to improve that faction’s Strength more quickly.
Increased Faction Strength is required to upgrade Faction Merchants. Additionally, upgrades will cost some Resources Rook can gather while exploring, like Heartwood, Flawless Crystal, Ore, Imperial Weave, and so on. Once the Faction Merchant has been upgraded, they will begin selling stronger, more powerful items. Each Faction Merchant can be upgraded to Level 4.
It is possible to miss unlocking certain Faction Merchants if players are not careful about completing Secondary Quests, causing Rook to lose out on some of these specialty items and another way to build Faction Strength. In my first playthrough ofDragon Age: The Veilguard, I progressed the story too quickly after recruiting Lucanis.
Because I never made it to Treviso to unlock the Antivan Crows' faction hub and begin the Secondary Questline for the faction before progressing toOn Deadly/Blighted Wings, the first Crows faction quest auto-failed. As a result, I lost access to the Faction Merchant, among other content related to Lucanis and the Crows.
While it is still possible to increase Faction Strength with the Crows, it has become significantly harder as a result. Players should plan tocomplete as much side content as possible immediately once they unlock new exploration levels before progressing the main storyto avoid losing important means of building Faction Strength inDragon Age: The Veilguard.
