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Everything you need to know about all Dragon Age: The Veilguard difficulty settings, how they affect gameplay, exploration, and more.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard aims to be one of the most accessible RPG experiences; uncompromising on the core gameplay features and challenges. However, it does offer plenty of modifiers as well as accessibility options for players to tailor their experience according to their preferences. One of the biggest changes in The Veilguard, compared to the previous Dragon Age titles, is the number of difficulty presets it offers. With the increased focus on accessibility in mind, it comes with five difficulty presets. There are also a host of accessibility options that can be toggled on and off at any time during gameplay.
The different difficulty presets are designed to offer a curated gameplay experience. Additionally, most of the presets can be switched between at any time during normal gameplay. The difficulty presets in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is quite similar to games like God of War Ragnarok and Horizon: Forbidden West. While the presets mostly dictate the overall combat difficulty, certain options allow you to tweak other gameplay elements, such as aiming and loot gathering. Here’s a comprehensive guide on all Dragon Age: The Veilguard difficulty settings.
All Difficulty Settings in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers 5 highly curated difficulty presets. Before starting the game, take some time to go through the descriptions of all the difficulty presets. That way, you can choose which one suits your playstyle the best. This is especially true for newcomers to the franchise or action RPGs. Although Bioware recommends starting the game on the “Adventurer” preset, which is the “Normal” difficulty, you’re free to switch between different presets whenever you want.
Here are the 5 difficulty settings in Dragon Age: The Veilguard:
- Storyteller: This is the easiest difficulty preset, allowing players to focus primarily on the story without having to worry too much about combat.
- Keeper: It’s roughly the same as Storyteller, albeit with slightly higher combat difficulty.
- Adventurer: Adventurer is the default difficulty with a balance of combat and story.
- Underdog: The “Hard” difficulty of The Veilguard, geared toward action RPG veterans.
- Nightmare: Nightmare is the “Very Hard” difficulty. It’s best used for New Game+ runs or for players looking for maximum challenge on their first playthrough.
Not that if you select the Nightmare preset, you’re locked to that difficulty for that particular playthrough. The Nightmare difficulty here works quite like the Give Me God of War and Ultra-Violence presets in God of War Ragnarok and Doom Eternal, respectively. If you want the flexibility of switching between different presets, without compromising on combat challenge, then the best options are Adventurer and Underdog.
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