The Veilguard Teases Next Big Update

Key Takeaways

• The first Dragon Age: The Veilguard update is coming later this week, most likely by November 8.
• The patch will include bug fixes, balancing changes, and crash mitigations, among other novelties.

BioWare has shared a small preview of its first Dragon Age: The Veilguard update, which promises to address a number of critical and other issues with the day-one version of the game. The upcoming patch is planned to reach Dragon Age: The Veilguard in early November 2024.

Following an elongated development period during which it was rebooted twice, the latest entry in BioWare’s RPG series at last hit physical and digital store shelves on October 31. Early Dragon Age: The Veilguard reviews from players and critics alike were predominantly positive. Publisher Electronic Arts has yet to say anything about how the game performed commercially.

In the meantime, BioWare has just teased the RPG’s very first update, which it says will address some newly identified issues with the game. One of them concerns a situation where Nvidia DLSS options are grayed out under graphics settings and cannot be enabled no matter what, which reportedly only affects the RTX 40-series GPUs. The update also promises to fix a bug that infrequently causes companions’ Skill Points distribution to be completely reset.

Finally, BioWare mentioned the patch will address an issue causing customizations not to be applied correctly to one Dragon Age: The Veilguard character during a key story cutscene. While the developer did share a bit more information about this particular fix, those details can be considered a spoiler, so fans who haven’t yet beaten the game might prefer not to seek them out.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s First Update Will Contain Even More Changes

If BioWare’s support of its second-latest release, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, is any indication, Dragon Age: The Veilguard won’t receive any updates during weekends. Therefore, the developer’s promise that the game’s first patch will arrive by the end of this week most likely means that fans can expect it by Friday, November 8. The three aforementioned fixes won’t be the only things included in the update, which BioWare also says will introduce some balancing tweaks and changes meant to mitigate crashes, among other novelties. The full patch notes will be released alongside the update itself.

Bug fixes and similar refinements are the only thing that fans can expect from the RPG’s development team moving forward. Namely, BioWare recently confirmed it has no plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC, and is instead already looking to pivot toward its next project, the fifth mainline entry in the Mass Effect series. Assuming that game manages to avoid the development hell that The Veilguard was stuck in for years, it might hit the market circa 2029.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s First Update Patch Notes Preview

• Fixed an issue where some customizations were not applied to the Inquisitor correctly in one scene.
• Fixed an issue where DLSS options could end up “grayed-out” on a 40-series Nvidia GPU. (PC only)
• Fixed an issue that caused Companion Skill Points to reset.
• Minor balance changes
• Some crash mitigations

The complete changelog for the first Dragon Age: The Veilguard patch will be available once the update itself is out.