Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers 33 Unique Weapons, Armor, and Gears hidden and locked behind side quests all around the world. The unique item’s perks are what makes them interesting to acquire, they don’t follow the route of common items in the game. The Unique Sets can’t be upgraded, but you are allowed to enchant them in Caretaker’s Workshop. Here is a complete guide to all 33 unique sets in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and their stat details as well.
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All Unique Weapons In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
1. Brute Hammer Unique Weapon
Type: Maul
Quest: Slaying The Fangscorcher
Quest Giver: Taash
Location: Burnt Village
How to get: You must defeat the Fanscorcher at the end of Taash’s personal quest in Burnt Village. Before talking to Taash to leave the area, here loot the chest to receive the Brute Hammer Unique Maul weapon.
Brute HammerAbilties:
375 Physical Damage/ 250 Stagger
- +100% Damage against Armor
- Charge Attacks Apply Sundered against enemies with armor.
2. The Hard Way Unique Weapon
Type: Axe
Quest: Missing in Action
Location: Treviso Canals, Streets of Coin Financials
How to get: Head to the south of the map, here make your way to the rooftops. Climb the boxes, and then take the railing on the right to get inside the building. Interact with the bookshelf to open the door to the balcony, where you will find the treasure chest with Hard Way weapon in it.
The Hard Way Stats:
256 Physical Damage/ 80 Stagger
- Lowers Target Defense by 5 on hit
- Enemies take 50% more damage if their defense level is 0
3. Reptile Recurve
Type: Shortbow
Location: Dock Town
How to Get: Here you will have to interact with seven Candlehops scattered throughout the Dock Yard. Don’t give up, we have an excellent guide that covers all the spots with in-depth detail to make it easier for you to burn through all the candles. After collecting the candles head back to Shadow Dragon Hideout to collect the reward.
Note: You must complete The Cobbled Swan Case (Neve Companion quest) and A Hidden Hoard and Desperate In Dock Town side quest to go after the Candlehops in Dock Town.
Reptile Recurve Stats:
385 Physical Damage & 146 Stagger
- Maximum Necrosis stacks go up to 6.
- 50% less Necrosis Damage
- Any hit from the bow inflicts Necrosis.
4. Meredith’s Legacy
Type: Longsword
Quest: The Treasure of Sharkmouth Mountain
Location: Rivain Coast
How to Get: You must complete the Lair of the Dragon King quest in Tassh’s questline, then you tackle the Treasrue of Sharkmouth Mountain quest to unlock the room with the treasure box. If you are having trouble figuring out the puzzle, look at our guide to go through the section easily without dropping a sweat.
Meredith’s Legacy Stats:
274 Necrotic Damage and 160 Stagger
- Leech effectiveness goes up to 10%
- Steals health on hit
- It blocks health gain from potions and companion abilities.
5. Mythals’ Light
Type: Longsword
Location: Crossroads
Quest: Regrets of the Dread Wolf
How to Get: Here we will have to talk to Mythal and convince her to join our cause without getting into a fight. You must choose the pacifist route to get the weapon at the end as a reward. We have an in-depth guide to help the dialogues you have to choose to get her on our side without any bloodshed.
Achievement Unlock: Clear Minds and Open Hearts
Mythal’s Light Stats:
180 Stagger
- Deal +80 Fire, Necrotic, Electricity, and Cold damage
6. Casket Sharp
Type: Axe
Quest: Gate of Pale Reflection (Heart of Darkness Questline)
Location: Crossroads, Heights of Athim
How to Get: You must finish the Gate of Pale Reflection side quest for the Heart of Corruption questline to obtain this unique item. Casket Sharp is the second unique item part of the Gate of Pale Reflection questline.
Casket Sharp Stats:
423 Physical Damage & 175 Stagger
- Light attacks also act as Heavy Attacks
- Killing enemies staggers other enemies nearby.
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7. Pillar of the Departed
Type: Heavy Armor
Quest: Pinnacle of its Kind
Location: Necropolis Halls Arena, Chamber of the Unforged
How to Get: You must finish the quest Restless Spirit to access Pinnacle of its Kind questline. Here you must defeat the undead dragon at the end to access the unique armor piece.
Note: You will find a Mysterious Circle here, an item needed to achieve the secret ending to the Veilguard.
Pillar of the Departed Stats:
200 Defense
- Pure high defense but no ability damage.
- Reaching low health will grant Deflect and Resistant.
8. Paragon’s Silent Gaze (Missable)
Type: Helm
Quest: The Heart of The Titan (Companion Quest)
Quest GIver: Harding
Location: Ancient Mining Operation
How to Get:
Once you get the Worn Journal, shoot the machine to drop the ladder from the ledge, Climb on the ledge on the right, and you will find a green pot over it. Head straight, jump down, walk across the beam and squeeze through the narrow gap on the left to get to a different location: Lyrium Cavern.
You will see a track on the ground. It gets cut off on the right. Move to the left end of the track to get to a small area. Here, you will find the treasure chest with Paragon’s Silent Gaze inside.
Paragon’s Silent Gaze Stats:
87 Defense & 30% Ability Damage
- Any nearby enemies will deal less damage only if they are targeting you. The effects end once they stop targeting your character.
Note: You can come back to the area later to get the item.
9. Iron Veil
Type: Light Helm
Location: Arlathan Forest, Waterfront Glades
How to get: Solve the Laser Beam puzzle in Waterfront Glades to remove the force barricading the treasure in the middle. But when you do decide to go near the chest, the game will spawn the Guardian of Secret mini-boss, defeat him, and then open the chest to get our Iron Veil Reward.
Iron Veil Stats:
44 Defense & 30% Ability Damage
- Once an enemy falls it creates an apparition that attacks nearby enemies and deals Necrotic Damage.
Note: It’s not related to any quest, and can be done at any time.
10. Deathrattle
Type: Medium Helm
Quest: Hauntings Quest Chain
Quest Giver: Mourn Watch
Location: Hollow Belfry
How to Get: Complete a series of Haunting Questlines, where you will come face to face against death. Defeat death to collect the reward Deathrattle.
Deathrattle Stats:
73 Defense and 11% Ability Damage
- Low health grants Precision.
- Precision hits leech 100% during low health.
11. Magister’s End
Type: Light Armor
Quest: Desperate in Dock Town (Region Quest)
Location: Dock Town, Catacombs
How to Get: From the Catacombs, follow the objective marker to make your way to the Forgotten Sanctuary, you will find the chest next to the bridge activator right across the blue field door.
Magister’s End Stats:
50 Defense & 80% Ability Damage
- 30% Resistance to Electric
- Perfect Dodge triggers Quickened
- While Quickened is active, gain 50 Electric Damage to attacks and abilities.
12. Jenny’s Belt
- Type: Grenade Belt
- Location: Treviso Canals, Dellamorte Estates
- How to Get: You will need to solve the puzzle at Dellamorte Estates, if you are having trouble figuring it out, we have a fantastic guide to help you figure out the quickest way to solve the Treviso Canals Statues Puzzle.
Jenny’s Belt Stats:
500 Healing
- When you use a potion you will send Bees to enemies nearby.
13. Glorious Ultimatum
Type: Belt
Quest: Dead Men Tell Some Tales (Region Quest)
How to Get: You will need to finish all of Taash’s Companion questline to unlock this one. The item Glorious Ultimatum can be found at the end of the Dead Men Tell Some Tales quest.
Glorious Ultimatum Stats:
25% Ultimate charge rate
- No Health gain after using the potion.
- Potion now grants 35% Ultimate.
- Ultimate activation leads to full health.
14. Field-Commander’s Helm
Type: Heavy Helm
Quest: Gate of Pale Reflection ( Heart of Corruption Quest)
Location: Hossberg Wetlands
How to Get: The unique item is part of the Heart of Corruption questline, you will get the helm at the end of the Gate of Pale Reflection side quest. The side quest holds two unique weapons as a reward, the first one you will get is the Field-Commander’s Helm.
Field-Commander’s Helm Stats:
131 Defense & 15% ability quest
- Rage generation 75%
- Abilities now have no Rage cost but get a 60-second cooldown
- Damage increases by 1% for every 2 Rage.
15. Arlathan’s Fall
Type: Medium Armor
Location: Arlathan Forest, Veil Jumper Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Veiljumper Quartermaster in Arlathan Forest. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Arlathan’s Fall Stats:
100% Ability Damage
- It comes with no base defense
- When you take a hit, you will gain 20 defenses for 15 seconds, stack up to 10, and also gain Immovable.
16. Imperium’s Resolve
Type: Heavy Armor
Location: Dock Town, Shadow Dragon Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Shadow Dragon Quartermaster in Dock Town. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Imperium’s Resolve Stats:
180 Defense & 25% Ability Damage
- 40% Resistance and 5% Maximum Resistance to Fire, Cold, Necrotic, and Electric damage.
- Prevents you from dealing Fire, Cold, Necrotic, and Electric damage, you will only do physical damage.
17. Plumage of the Mad Crow
Type: Medium Armor
Location: Treviso, Antivan Crows Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Antivan Crows Quartermaster in Treviso. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Cost: 3325 Gold
Plumage of the Mad Crow Stats:
100 Defense and & 70% Ability Damage
- A feather projectile launches at a random target dealing 150 physical damage and inflicting Necrosis when executing a perfect dodge.
18. Commander’s Presence
Type: Light Armor
Location: Hossberg Wetlands, Grey Wardens Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Grey Wardens Quartermaster in Hossberg Wetlands. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Cost: 4025 Gold
Commander’s Presence Stats:
110 Defense & 75% Ability Damage
- 100% Rally party effectiveness
- Gain Rally Parry start of combat
- -30% less damage from all sources.
19. Extravagant Plate
Type: Heavy Armor
Location: Hall of Valor, Lord of Fortune Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Lords of Fortune Quartermaster in Hall of Valor. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Cost: 5200 Gold
Extravagant Plate Stats:
150 Defense & 50% Ability Damage
- 25% Staggered duration and Takedown damage
- Gain gold and glory after a takedown
20. Crow’s Armet
Type: Heavy Helm
Location: Black Emporium, Dock Town
How to Get: You can buy it from the Xenon Antiquarian shop in the Black Emproum in Docktown.
Cost: 98 Etheric Remnant
Crow’s Armet Stats:
73 Defense and 10% Ability Damage
- Gain 10% more gold on pickup
- Gain Defelect when enemies drop gold.
All Unique Gear In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
21. Wings of Retribution (Missable)
Type: Amulet
Quest: The Waiting Stone (Companion Quest)
Quest Giver: Harding
Location: Deep Roads, Kal-Sharok Outpost
How to Get: Right when the objective has you to ‘Meet Stalgard’, on your way to the deep roads, take the ladder to your right to drop the floor below, here go down the walkway to find the treasure chest at the end. Open the chest to find Wings of Retribution.
Wings of Retribution Stats:
- +3 Deflect Maximum Stacks.
- Deflect only absorbs 40% of the damage.
- Perfect defense now allows you to gain Deflect.
Note: Even if you missed it, you can return later to collect it.
22. Essence Vortex
Type: Ring
Quest: The Sacrifice of Souls (Companion Quest)
Quest Giver: Emmrich
Location: Blackthorne Manor, Secret Passage
How to Get: Before entering the Hezenkoss Workshop on the left, take the route to the right in the secret passage to find the treasure box with our item Essence Vortex inside.
Essence Vortex Stats:
- Abilities will add +50 Rage to activate.
- Abilities will do +30 Damage.
- Abilites will now heal you 1 health per Rage spent.
23. Unyielding Stone
Type: Amulet
Quest: Kataranda The Stormrider (Region Quest)
Quest Giver: Taash
Location: The Hall of Valor, Lower Concourse
How to Get: After defeating Deathstorm the Stormrider at the Dragon Beach, open the chest in the area to find the Unyielding Stone.
Unyielding Stone Stats:
- Immovable duration gets a 300% increase
- Immovable prevents you from dodging.
- You will get Immoveable at the beginning of the combat.
24. Maw of the Black City
Type: Ring
Location: Crossroads, Heights of Athim
How to Get: Get to the blight-covered tree near the fort in Heights of Athim, located northeast of the Crossroads. Once you get to the large tree, our objective here is to eliminate 50 Darkspawn enemies in the area.
You will not find any tracker keeping the counts, so you will have to do it in the head, or just slay 50 enemies in the area, once the numbers are reached, head back to the blight-covered tree and hit the red spot to unlock the room with the chest inside to get our reward.
Maw of the Black City Stats:
- Ability damage is always a critical hit
- Using ability will take 20% of your maximum health and transfer it as physical damage.
25. Crookytail’s Crest
Type: Ring
Location: Rivain Coast
How to Get: To find our unique item we must solve a puzzle in the Warden Castle. We have an in-depth guide to navigate you through the Warden puzzle in this area to get the Unique Ring to your finger.
Crookytail’s Crest Stats:
When Flaming Weapons is active, any charged attack will deal fire damage around you but it will take out the Flaming Weapon.
26. Call of the Hall
Type: Ring
Quest: The Hall of Valor (Taash’s Arc)
Location: The Hall of Valor, The hilt – Upper Balcony
How to Get: You must finish the quest The Hall of Valor, here Isabela asks us to win 10 out of 10 matches on the battlefield. You will get the reward at the end that will unlock the ring Call of the Hall.
Call of the Hall Stats:
- 50% Takedown Damage & Stagger
- You will gain a Random Advantage on Takedown.
27. The Burden
Type: Amulet
Location: Crossroads
Quest: Gate of Lost Ages (Heart of Corruption-Region Quest)
How to Get: You must finish Gate of Lost Ages, part of the Heart of Corruption questline to obtain the item.
The Burden Stats:
- Low health grants 20% damage.
- Low health triggers 10% earlier, your health is limited to 70%.
28. Andraste’s Will
Type: Ring
Location: Crossroad, Elvhenan’s Haven
Quest: Gate of Parched Hopes (Heart of Corruption questline)
How to Get: You will get the Andraste’s Will chest at the end of Gate of Parched Hopes’ side quest.
Andraste’s Will Stats:
- 50% Burning Duration
- +1 Maximum Burning stack
- All afflictions apply to Burning
29. The Last Resort
Type: Ring
Quest: Heart of Corruption
Location: Crossroad, Beacon Island
How to Get: You must finish the Heart of Corruption quest to get The Last Resort.
The Last Resort Stats:
- Every time your ability hits enemies, you will get a 20% bonus for your damage and resistance as well. But the bonus disappears if you defend or dodge.
30. A Pale Reflection
Type: Amulet
Location: Crossroads, Nest of the Ancients
Quest: Regrets of the Dread Wolf
How to Get: After finishing the Regrets of the Dread Wolf questline, and talking to Mythal, check the area left of the location to find the chest with A Pale Reflection inside.
A Pale Reflection Stats:
- Deal 20% damage against Low Health enemies.
- Standard enemies are seen as a Low health. It doesn’t affect bosses in the game only common enemies.
- Killing enemies gains 5% Ultimate.
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31. Fade-Touched Bulwark
Type: Heater or Shield
Quest: Gate of Faded Glories (Region Quest)
Location: Arlathan Forest, Tainted Woods
How to Get: Once you defeat the champion at the end of the quest, lift the block on the ground by using Eternal Hymn, right corner of the area. Climb on the lifted block of rock, then the ladder to get to the top of the Tainted Woods. When you take the stairs to your right, your way will be blocked by a giant orb.
To open the gate, we must destroy six glowing red orbs in the area. You don’t need to get down, from the edge of the floor, you can hit all six red orbs, the last one on the back left of the stairs. Go through the newly open location to find the chest.
Fade-Touched Bulwark Stats:
189 Physical Damage & 255 Stagger
- Nearby enemies are pulled towards your character only when you perform Perfect Dodge.
32. Gravenstone
Type: Shield
Location: Necropolis Halls, Mourn Watch Camp
How to Get: You can only buy it from Mourn Watch Quartermaster in Necropolis Halls. (Requires Shop Level 4)
Cost: 6300 Gold
Gravenstone Stats:
376 physical damage & 350 Stagger
- Charging for a Shield Toss will inflict Necrotic damage to nearby enemies.
33. Wedge Of Destiny (Aged 10 Years)
Type: Shield
Location: Hossberg Wetlands
How to Get: Finish the quest Something’s Coming. Then you need to complete all the side quests in the Hossberg Wetlands. After doing all that, travel to the beacon east of Hossberg Wetlands, at Old Crossroads. Here you will find the chest with Wedge of Destiny. The path here stays locked until you destroy the corruption.
Wedge Of Destiny Stats:
68 Physical Damage & 42 Stagger
- +10 Shield Toss bounces
- It ignores the defense of the enemy but hits very low damage
- Shield toss might hit the same enemy many times.
And with that, you have collected all unique weapons, armor and gear that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has to offer. You can also check this video out which covers the same topic if you are finding difficulty in following any of the steps to get one of these unique items.