Dragon Age: The Veilguard: All difficulty settings explained and which one should you pick

Adventure RPG title Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be released globally on October 31, 2024. While the Dragon Age franchise can be quite daunting for some, BioWare included five different difficulty settings in their latest title, with inclusivity in mind. These settings can be changed at any point during the campaign according to your will.

Apart from the combat difficulty, players will also get to customize a few other features like aim assist. With that being said, let's take a look at all the difficulty settings available in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard: difficulty settings explored

You can turn off death in Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Image via Electronic Arts)

The game provides five different difficulty settings to choose from. You can pick a difficulty setting based on your skills in games of this genre, and can even choose to change it mid-game if the going gets too easy or hard. However, the difficulty setting cannot be tweaked if you start your playthrough on the Nightmare difficulty option.

The different difficulty settings in Dragon Age: The Veilguard are as follows:

• 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 geared toward action RPG veterans.
• Nightmare: Nightmare is the “Very Hard” difficulty mode. It’s best used for New Game+ runs or for players looking for the maximum challenge in their first playthrough.

Moreover, in the Storyteller preset, you can even choose to turn off death, making it possible to never die during the entire playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Which difficulty setting should you pick in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

Even though the difficulty setting is something very subjective and can vary from gamer to gamer, the best way is to start with an easier one and gradually increase it if the game doesn't feel exciting or challenging enough. If you are someone who plays video games for the story and doesn't mind facing easier opponents or are new to gaming in general, you should pick the Storyteller difficulty.

Making things a little more hard during combat is the Keeper preset. Here, you will be able to enjoy the story as well as a little chaos during fights. If you have been playing RPG titles for a while now, but still don't want to spend too much time in combat, BioWare suggests picking the Adventurer preset as it provides the perfect balance between combat difficulty and loot.

The next two difficulties are strictly for those who have been playing Dragon Age games for a while now and consider themselves experts. Pick the Underdog or the Nightmare preset if you feel the last few RPG titles you played weren't hard enough.