How to increase bond with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard

Increasing your bond with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard can provide you with some welcoming advantages, considering Bioware's latest RPG is not one to go easy on you, especially in its 'Nightmare' difficulty. Thus, you must acquire every advantage to make progressing through the campaign easier, including unlocking companion skill points to allocate and power up.

One of the quickest ways to unlock these skill points is to increase your bond with companions in the game. The Dragon Age series is known for its diverse cast and its compelling characterization, thus, it would make sense that engaging frequently with your companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard would help progress your bond with the said character.

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Here's how to level up your bond with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard

1) Complete quests with the companions in your party

All active party members will be rewarded with XP after completing a quest. (Image via Electronic Arts)

The game rewards you and your party with various items when you complete a quest, with one of them being Experience Points (XP). All Companions in your active party are rewarded with XP. As such, one of the fastest ways to increase bonds with your companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard is to complete various quests while keeping the respective companion in your party.

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2) Pick the correct dialogue options

Abuse manual saves if you get the choice wrong at first. (Image via Electronic Arts)

Dialogue systems have been a major part of RPG titles, let alone Dragon Age, but Bioware's medieval RPG is one to do it the best. Each dialogue option has consequences with both the situation and the character dynamic succeeding the choice.

As such, you need to choose the correct dialogue options that said allies approve of, if you need to increase your bond with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard. While realizing which option is the right one can be difficult from the surface, you will need to study the situation and understand your relationship with the companion to find the answer.

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3) Give them a gift

You will need to unlock regions by progressing the main quest to gain access to these merchants. (Image via Electronic Arts)

There are special one-time companion gifts available that you can give to provide a quick boost to your bond with companions in DragonAge The Veilguard. These gifts can be purchased from the Merchant relevant to said companion. These Faction Merchants are located in specific locations on the map.

These are all the items you can gift to your companion:

Gift	Companion
Elven Frog Figurine	Bellara
Display on Ancient Griffons	Davrin
Haunted Statuette	Emmrich
Hinterland Oak	Harding
Antivan Tea Set	Lucanis
Collected Evidence	Neve

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4) Kill enemies linked to their faction

Each companion is related to a faction that has a dynamic with a certain enemy. (Image via Electronic Arts)

Another way to increase your bond with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard is to include your companion in fights against enemies related to their factions. When your companions fight against enemies that have a rivalry with their faction, it can provide small increases to your bond with them.

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What do you additionally get for increasing your bond with companions?

Improving Rook's bond with companions can also provide you with other rewards along with skill points. Improving your bonds with companions in Dragon Age The Veilguard can unlock all the companion quests, along with allowing you to romance them if you have developed enough.