Dragon Age: The Veilguard unique items locations

Here’s where to find every unique weapon, armor, and item in the game

Griff Griffin | Nov 13, 2024

All this could be yours / BioWare

There are some truly powerful pieces of gear hiding away in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In this guide, we’ll show you where to find them.

Unique gear is indicated by a glowing red box around the item icon, and includes weapons, helms, armor, and rings. These unlock special powers, like a trinket that swarms your enemies with bees, or an accessory that makes healing potions recharge your ultimate ability.

It’s important to note each unique item changes depending on your class. For instance, as a mage, the Mythal’s Light weapon is a mageknife, but if you play as a warrior it’ll be a longsword.

Some unique items require you to fulfil a quest, whereas you can simply find others out in the world. If you’re looking to build a team around them, check out our guide to the Dragon Age: The Veilguard best squad synergies.

Look at all of these unique items / BioWare

Maw of the Black City ring

Your ability damage is always a critical hit
Using an ability consumes 20% of your maximum health as physical damage

After slaying 50 enemies in the Heights of Athim in the Crossroads, head to the blight-covered tree overlooking the area and hit the right side of it to activate an opening containing a chest.

Hope’s Last Kiss mageknife

1+ maximum arcane bomb
Orb final attacks now also apply an arcane bomb
Triggering an arcane bomb now consumes all stacks but makes the target immune to additional arcane marks

Spawn at the east beacon in Hossberg called Old Crossroads. Head north and turn right through a blight-covered passage to find a glade with the chest containing Hopes Last Kiss. If the passage is impassable, it means you need to do the Hossberg region quest called Something’s Coming.

Wings of Retribution amulet

+3 deflect maximum stacks
Deflect now absorbs only 40% of the damage
Gain deflect on perfect defense

You can only grab this during Harding’s companion quest, the Waiting Stone. While facing the huge double doors in the Deep Roads, turn around and head left. Drop down a ladder and loot the chest.

This is the Crow's Armet helm and Arlathan's Fall armor / BioWare

Iron Veil helm

When an enemy dies, it spawns an apparition that attacks nearby enemies, dealing necrotic damage

Obtained by solving the crystal beam puzzle in Arlathan Forest, then fighting the Guardian of Secret. Spawn at the Ancient Aqueduct beacon north/east of the Veil Jumper camp, then head right out of the entrance. Make a second right before the stream and head up the ladder to find the crystal beam puzzle.

Stormcharger orb

+50% electric resistance
Using an electric ability applies shocked to you
When you are hit while shocked, remove the effect and deal 300 electricity damage to all nearby enemies

Defeat the blight guardian in Arlathan Forest. To find it, spawn at the Tainted Woods beacon in the north, then turn around. Use Harding’s ability to move the interactive stone and head into the ruined temple.

Paragon Silent Gaze armor

Nearby enemies targeting you slowly deal less damage every second. This effect resets if they stop targeting you

This is another missable item. During’s Harding’s quest, Heart of Stone, you must shoot a ladder down. Climb up it, and just before you turn right to jump over a broken wooden bridge, continue left. At the end of this route is a chest containing the item.

Jenny's Belt accessory

Effect: 500 healing
Using a potion applies bees! to nearby enemies

A terrifying necromancer aaah / BioWare

Starting from the Heart and Central beacon in the north, head to the north/west corner of the map. Follow the route around until you come to a courtyard. Complete the straightforward statue puzzle here to unlock the chest containing Jenny's Belt.

The Point spellblade

Charged attacks against targets suffering from necrosis and bleeding afflictions will consume each charge and heal the player for a percentage depending on how many affliction stacks are in effect. This effect doesn't have a cooldown.

In Treviso, spawn at the western beacon called the Streets of Coin Financials. Head north/east and turn right at the corner. Up ahead, climb the wooden trellis and follow the route until you come to a broken window. Interact with the bookshelf to find the chest containing The Point.

Heart of Fire orb

+30% fire resistance
Using a fire ability applies burning to you and all nearby enemies

Complete Taash’s quest, Slaying the Fangstalker, and enter the final room to find the chest.

Call of the Hall ring

+50% takedown damage
+50% stagger
Gain a random advantage on takedown

Complete ten waves in the Hall of Valor arena. The arena is unlocked during Taash’s companion questline.

Two unique armor pieces you can get with this guide / BioWare

Shard of the Void accessory

While shocking Weapons is active, charged attacks deal electric damage in an area around the target but remove shocking weapons

You can find the Shard of the Void in the Warden Vault. Dragon Age: The Veilguard The Warden Vault – How to open the vault

Coral Tip mageknife

Deal +60 added cold damage
Triggering an arcane bomb also applies frozen

Find after completing Taash’s companion quest, Katarander the Stormrider.

Glorious Ultimatum accessory

Using a potion no longer grants health
Using a Potion now grants 35% Ultimate
Whenever you activate your Ultimate, heal to full

Complete the quest in Rivain Coast called Dead Men Tell Some Tales, which is available after completing Taash’s questline.

Meredith Legacy longsword

+10% leech effectiveness
This weapon leeches health on hit
You no longer gain health from potions or companion abilities

Head to the Rivain Cave in the north/west of Rivain Coast, which is unlocked during Taash’s companion quest. Inside the fort you’ll find a statue puzzle. This is called the Treasure of Sharkmouth Mountain Turn the Rian statue east, the Ifean statue south, the Dheon statue north, and the Cruach statue west. Meredith Legacy will spawn in the stone room outside and to the right.

Light of Starkhaven amulet

When at maximum mana, gain +25% weapon damage
When at 50 mana or lower, gain +25% weapon damage

Defeat the blight guardian in Hossberg during the Heart of Corruption quest. Check out our Dragon Age: The Veilguard – The Heart of Corruption walkthrough.

The Burden ring

+20% damage while at low health
Low health triggers 10% earlier
Your health cannot go above 70%

Defeat the blight guardian in the Converged City at the Crossroads during the Heart of Corruption quest.

Andraste's Will ring

+50% burning duration
+1 maximum burning stacks
All afflictions that you apply are applied as burning instead
+25% rage generation

Defeat the blight guardian of Elvhenan’s Havan during the Heart of Corruption quest.

Frozen Facade helm

When frozen ends, it shatters, blasting nearby enemies with 150 cold damage

Obtained after defeating the Fall of the Protector boss in the Heights of Athim. This is the penultimate encounter in the Heart of Corruption mission.

Last Resort ring

Each time you use an ability that hits an enemy, gain +20% damage and -20% to your resistances
This bonus is reset if you defend or dodge

Defeat the Revenant dragon in the final encounter of the Heart of Corruption quest.

Pillar of Departed armor

This armor has very high defense but no ability damage
Gain deflect and resistant when you reach low health

Defeat a dragon called The Formless One in the Necropolis. To get this quest, complete the Restless Spirit quest. This unlocks the Pinnacle of its Kind quest.

Deathrattle helm

Gain precision when you reach low health
Precision hits now leech 100% while you have low health

A reward for complete the Necropolis quest called Hauntings - Deadly Playtime.

Essence Vortex ring

Abilities now cost +50 rage to activate
+30% ability damage
Using an ability now heals you for 1 health per rage spent

Complete Emmrich’s companion quest, the Sacrifice of Souls.

Mythal's Light longsword

Deal +80 added fire damage
Deal +80 added necrotic damage
Deal +80 added electricity damage
Deal +80 added cold damage
+40 added fire damage

Choose the correct dialogue options with Mythal during Regrets of the Dread Wolf. This video shows you how. Note: the longsword will be a mageknife if you're a mage.

Magister's End armor

30% electric resistance
Gain quickened on perfect dodge
Gain 50 added electric damage for attacks and abilities while quickened is active

Complete the Desperate in Dock Town side quest by defeating the Desperation Demon in the Forgotten Sanctuary. This quest becomes available after completing several quests in Dock Town: The Cobbled Swan, A Hidden Hoard, and The Snake Nest Deal.

Archon’s Gaze stave

Ranged attacks with this weapon now hit up to 3 enemies

A reward for finding the Dragon Age: The Veilguard – all Candlehop locations. If playing as a rogue this item will be the Reptile Recurve shortbow which applies Necrosis on hit.

Unique shop items

You’ll find the rest of the Dragon Age: The Veilguard unique items at shops in every major settlement, indicated by the armor icon on the map.

These all require you to rank the vendor up to level four. They are: Tevinter Knight, The Bargain, Extravagant Plate, Plumage of the Mad Crow, Commander’s Presence, Arlathans Fall, Crow’s Armet.

Published Nov 13, 2024

GRIFF GRIFFIN

Griff Griffin is a writer and YouTube content creator based in London, UK.