There are a total of 6 difficulty settings that you will have access to in Dragon Age The Veilguard including a fully customizable Unbound option. Each difficulty has something new to offer in terms of gameplay challenges, which will also have a significant impact on your overall completion time.
You will be asked to select a difficulty option before you start the game, and picking the one that is right for you can be rather challenging in the RPG.
Here is a guide that goes over everything you need to know about the multiple difficulty options in Dragon Age The Veilguard.
Every difficulty option in Dragon Age The Veilguard
When you start your first playthrough of Dragon Age The Veilguard you will be presented with the following difficulty options to pick from:
- Storyteller
- Keeper
- Adventurer
- Underdog
- Nightmare
- Unbound (Full customizable mode)
The Storyteller will be the easiest and is more centered around enjoying the narrative that the game has to offer rather than focusing on combat challenges.
Nightmare, on the other hand, will force you to constantly be on top of your build, and min-max your character as much as possible. You will have to be on point with dodges and combo rotations, otherwise you are going to be dying a lot in this mode.
NPC and companion sidequests will also be important in Nightmare mode, so the playtime for this difficulty level i the highest.
Dragon Age The Veilguard Unbound difficulty explained
As mentioned, Unbound is the Fully Customizable difficulty option which will let you change some of the settings and tailor it to the type of experience that you are looking for. Here are all the features that you will be able to tinker with if you pick the Unbound difficulty option in Dragon Age The Veilguard:
- Aim Assist
- Aim Snap
- Combat Timing
- Enemy Aggression
- Enemy Damage
- Enemy Health
- Enemy Resistances
- Enemy Vulnerability
- Prevent Death
You will have the option to make your playthrough extremely difficult or easy by tinkering with the settings.
Which Difficulty option should you pick in Dragon Age The Veilguard?
If you’re new to Action RPGs then it’s recommended that you go for either the Storyteller or the Keeper difficulty setting as it will lower the combat difficulty and let you focus on the narrative.
If you are familiar with the combat style but still looking to go for a more casual run, then the Adventure setting will be the best pick for you. In layman’s terms, this option is the normal mode of the game.
Underdog and Nightmare modes are for those who want to take the difficulty up several notches and look to min-max their character as much as possible. You will need to focus a lot on side content to help your character get more powerful allowing you to have an easier time with some of the hardest encounters.
However, for the Nightmare difficulty, do keep in mind that your choice will be locked in once you pick it. This means that you will not be able to change your difficulty at any point during your run. So be very sure when picking this difficulty option.
We will not be recommending the Unbound option for those who are playing Dragon Age The Veilguard for the first time. Its customizable options are tailored more toward those who have already completed the game once and know exactly the type of setting that they need to change.
