Dragon Age: The Veilguard- The fastest way to max faction strength

Factions offer more than just flavor in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and players need to max out faction strength for the best experience.

Dragon Age is a franchise filled with iconic factions and Dragon Age: The Veilguard allows players to take their pick from six. Players can choose from the Grey Wardens, Lords of Fortune, Antivan Crows, Veil Jumpers, and Shadow Dragons upon character creation. Each faction offers unique goals, rewards, and bonuses, adding a layer of replayability to the game.

One of the most important aspects of the faction system in Veilguard is maxing out faction strength. Faction strength plays a huge role in the overall effectiveness of the player’s chosen faction, and there are several ways to raise that metric throughout the game.

How to max out faction strength in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Players can max out faction strength by selling items to faction merchants, doing faction quests, and just doing as much as possible in the faction’s city.

Maxing out faction strength is relatively easy. Faction quests are standard fare and are given by each faction’s significant NPCs. They naturally give players a variety of rewards that make the worth tackling, regardless of faction strength. Do not progress the main questline too fast, as that may lock out certain quests. Another method that requires some planning is selling to faction merchants. Naturally, this also helps players make money fast.

It’s tempting to sell loot as soon as it’s acquired, but it’s best to hold onto it when not within a friendly faction’s city. To max out faction strength, hold onto all that loot and only sell it to a faction merchant. Doing so will quickly max out faction strength in the early game.

The best faction in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Warriors should join Grey Wardens and Lords of Fortune, rogues should join Veil Jumpers and Antivan Crows, and mages should join Shadow Dragons and The Mourn Watch.

Maxing out faction strength in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is worth doing regardless, but it yields major boosts in strength when the right class is partnered with the right faction. While Dragon Age: The Veilguard players can be effective regardless of faction, these combinations maximize the perks for each class. Here are the bonus perks provided by each faction. 

Additionally, gaining more reputation is easier with a chosen faction. People who prioritize roleplay will not miss out on anything mechanically by not choosing the “optimal” faction. That said, the best factions for early game progress are Grey Wardens, Shadow Dragons, or Antivan Crows, as they deal bonus damage to the most common enemies.