Dragon Age: The Veilguard Patch Adds New Mass Effect N7 Day Cosmetic Armor

BioWare has released its first major patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, providing several fixes and improvements. There are also new cosmetic-only armor appearances to celebrate Mass Effect’s N7 Day. You’ll have to complete “The Singing Blade”, after which you’ll find them in a chest near the Caretaker’s Workshop. One option bears an interesting resemblance to what could be the next game’s protagonist.

However, patch 1.0.0 offers much more than that. Issues like DLSS options greyed out for Nvidia’s 40 Series GPUs and various crashes have been fixed, while Intel XeSS is updated to 1.3.1 on PC. A bug that caused skill points for companions to reset is also fixed, and global banter won’t start too early. Furthermore, you don’t have to worry about Harding and Taash bantering unto infinity.

Check out the full patch notes below for more details. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. You can check out our review, where we gave it a seven out of 10. Unfortunately, it won’t receive any story DLC, with BioWare focusing on the next Mass Effect.

Patch 1.0.0 Release Notes

N7 Day Content:

• Rook can find a new N7 day appearance in the Lighthouse. This is a cosmetic-only armor.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where DLSS options could end up “greyed-out” on a 40-series Nvidia GPU. (PC Only)
• Eliminated the cause of a small number of crashes. (PC Only)
• Updated XeSS version to 1.3.1. (PC Only)
• Fixed an issue where some customizations were not applied to the Inquisitor correctly in one of the ending scenes.
• Fixed a bug that caused Companion Skill Points to reset.
• Adjusted Companion Approval notifications so they remain on-screen longer as scenes end.
• Harding now has arrows in her quiver and is ready for battle.
• Global banter should no longer start too early.
• Harding and Taash banter no longer repeat indefinitely.
• Fixed potential issues that could occur if a player fast-traveled during a quest.
• Changing your party members on the way to certain quests no longer breaks the camera for in-world missions.
• Updated a number of assets to improve visual performance over long distances.
• Fixed several distance “pop-ins” on level art assets.
• Added collision to several assets that were missing it.
• Fixed a minor texture issue with codex art.
• Added haptics to a number of interactions and events.
• Fixed lip sync in some ambient scenes.
• Adjusted audio balance on several assets.
• Changing equipment no longer disables helmet voice processing.
• Fixed several objective markers that were spawning improperly.
• Cleaned up certain interactions between Skills that caused them to not behave as described.
• Apparitions generated by Iron Veil will now attack Razikale.
• Entropic Spheres now behave properly on vertical surfaces.
• Fixed a bug where Taunt would sometimes be cleared early, which caused enemies to ignore it.
• Fixed a rare issue where Rogues would not hold their bow while aiming down sights.
• Made the detailed stats screen more readable.
• Balance changes made to certain fights to match design intent.
• Balance adjustments were made to several player skills.
• Fixed leashing exploits on major encounters.
• The Rage Demon’s Ring of Fire should now be appropriately dodgeable in all situations.
• Slowed down the speedy raven in Hossberg.
• Adjusted creepy corpse movement while they moved on/off-camera.
• The Dalish elf in the Unwanted Guests quest is now an actual elf.
• Fixed a rare blocking issue in the Sea of Blood quest.
• Halla should no longer float during the In Entropy’s Grasp quest.
• Fixed a blocking issue in the Pinnacle of Its Kind quest.
• Adjusted timing on epilogue text cards.
• NPC necks no longer grow unexpectedly.
• Corrected instances where NPCs would not properly look at each other or Rook.
• Long hair should now properly mesh with certain armor.
• Fixed several issues with makeup in character creation.
• Venatori crystal VFX should now disappear properly.
• Added scroll wheel support to the sell screen.
• Opening the journal while on the map no longer causes it to continue scrolling.
• The Faction Achievements will now be gained properly upon reaching max Faction Strength instead of the Faction Cap.