Dragon Age: The Veil Guard allows you to recruit many companions, whose bond levels can improve when you give them gifts from various locations in the regions you explore. Giving someone a gift deepens Rook’s relationship with that person, allowing for a greater understanding of their character and making them perform better in battle. Those who want to start a romance will also make great progress in giving a companion their favorite gift.
It doesn’t matter which party combos you use in DA: The Guard of the Veilyou will want increase everyone’s bond levels to unlock more companion skill points. This can help give companions new abilities to help your party in difficult combat situations. Improving your relationship with a certain character can also unlock exclusive side quests tied to them, giving you a chance to learn who they are.
Where to find all companion gifts in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Search specific areas unlocked in the story
Since it’s practically impossible to have a romance with someone until you find their favorite gift, you should check with suppliers in all major settlements to find unique items with seemingly no other purpose. Each companion has a unique item they would love to receive as a giftmaking it difficult to know what to get. However, you can pay attention to their dialogue when talking to them to get tips on the best possible gift.
Gifts are sold by Faction Merchantsthen a companion’s favorite gift is probably linked to which faction they belong to. For example, Davrin is associated with the Gray Wardens faction, who generally reside in the Hossberg Wetlands. Even if you get this clue by talking to this companion between missions, you can assume that the merchant in Hossberg Wetlands might carry Davrin’s favorite gift item.
Even with all the context clues, it can still be difficult to know which items from a vendor’s store can be given as gifts to companions. To make sure you’re not giving the wrong gift to a potential romantic interest, here’s each date’s favorite item and where you can find each one:
|
Partner |
Favorite gift |
Location of the gift |
How to get |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Belara |
Elven Frog Figurine |
Arthalan Forest |
Purchase from the Veil Jumper Merchant in the Veil Jumper Camp area for 70 gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
|
David |
Display in Ancient Griffins |
Hossberg Wetlands |
Buy from the merchant at this location for 90 Gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
|
Emmrich |
Haunted Figurine |
Great Necropolis, Lower Hollow Belfry |
Buy from the Necropolis Halls merchant called Vorgoth to 60 gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
|
Harding |
Inland oak |
Dock City |
Full “The Black Emporium” quest to unlock a merchant in an area with the same name as the quest. You can occasionally buy this gift from this merchant for 3 Etheric Remnants in DA: The Guard of the Veil. |
|
Lucanis |
Antivan Tea Set |
Treviso |
Buy from the Treviso faction merchant at The Centori Diamond location for 90 gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
|
snow |
Evidence collected |
Dock City |
Depending on whether you saved Minrathous or Treviso in DA: The Guard of the VeilThis item can be purchased from the Shadow Dragons faction Merchant in the Pawn Shop for 70 gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
|
Taash |
Priceless antique trinket |
Hall of Valor, Lower Hall |
Buy from the Hall of Valor Merchant of The Lords of Fortune faction for 90 Gold and 10 perfect crystals. |
As you can see, you need a lot of gold and perfect crystals to buy gifts. You can earn these two coins completing side missions or selling useless items your group is no longer useful as you progress. You’ll need to unlock many of the locations where companion gifts can be found by simply running through story events long enough to make different regions available for exploration.
Buying any gift item unlocks a complementary side mission where you can give that character what you just bought. You You can only give gifts to teammates in the Lighthouse areaso make sure you have the right object in your inventory when you return to that location. Whenever you approach a companion when you receive their gift, all you have to do is press the button “Give a gift” option to start a short scene with them.
The side quest tied to a companion ends when the cutscene ends, where your bond level with that NPC also increases. Bonds improve by a quarter of a full level when companions receive a gift, leading to steady progress in that relationship. Once you find the location of all the gifts you can give a companion Dragon Age: The Veil Guardyou’ll be that much closer to romance or simply stronger abilities for your favorite party members.