Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gets Another Patch, And Fans Believe It Could Be The Last Big One

The newest patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now, and some believe it could be the game’s final update. The newest patch is mainly focused on bug fixes.

The update fixes an issue where Rook was limited to only being able to flirt with Lucanis in a specific conversation. It also addresses a “blocking” issue with a puzzle in the Converged City, as well as a particularly horrible-sounding bug that caused Rook to get caught in a drowning loop when allies should be rescuing them. There is one quality-of-life change in the update as well, and this adds recommended levels to side quests.

BioWare has signaled that this may be the final significant update for The Veilguard, saying it is happy with the game’s stability levels now and is shifting its focus to look for game-breaking bugs if they should appear. BioWare concluded its note by saying “Dareth shiral!” This translates to “farewell,” and many are taking this to mean BioWare is moving on from The Veilguard.

This wouldn’t be a surprise, of course, as BioWare itself confirmed in November 2024 that The Veilguard would receive no expansions and developers would shift to other projects, including the next Mass Effect. GameSpot has contacted EA/BioWare in an attempt to get more details on what’s next.

In other news, BioWare owner Electronic Arts recently announced that The Veilguard failed to reach the company’s expectations for number of players. The game “engaged” 1.5 million players during the company’s latest quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard January 23 patch notes

Quality of Life Changes:

• Recommended levels have been added to side quests that players may receive at significantly lower levels.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Rook could only flirt with Lucanis in a specific conversation.
• Fixed an issue with the Regrets of The Dread Wolf quest not triggering properly or stopping Rook with an invisible wall in the Crossroads.
• Fixed a blocking issue with a puzzle in the Converged City area of the Crossroads.
• Fixed an issue with the “Imperium’s Resolve” armor causing negative damage instead of the intended zero fire, cold, necrotic, and electric damage.
• Fixed excessive clipping on Taash’s “Rivain’s Legacy” armor.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some Rooks from changing the runes on their lyrium dagger.
• Fixed an issue with the Medium Armor Mastery skill for Warriors.
• Fixed a spot on Rivain’s beach where Rook could get stuck in a cycle of drowning, never to be pulled out of the water by their companions.
• Fixed a typo on a note Rook can find in Dock Town.
• Fixed an issue that caused photo mode screenshots to be noticeably worse quality when HDR was turned to “On.”
• Fixed an issue that was causing the photo mode screenshot location to still be shown on screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused the fireflies in the opening area of the Crossroads to flicker at an alarming rate on specific settings.
• Fixed a lighting issue in one of the conversations with the whole team in the Lighthouse.
• Fixed an issue in the Mirror of Transformation that blocked players from zooming in and out with the mouse scroll wheel.
• Fixed an issue where the Objective Marker Visibility was not updated when the exploration preset was changed with the other options in the Exploration sub-category.
• Some adjustments to the game credits.