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Runes are equippable items that provide Active and Passive abilities to help you during combat in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. See a list of all Runes, their Active and Passive bonuses, as well as how to get and use them!
| Rune | Active and Passive Bonuses |
|---|---|
| Overflow |
Active: Your current Potion's additional effects are applied. Passive: +1 maximum Potions |
| Defy |
Active: You take no damage from your current target for 10 seconds. Passive: Take 10% less damage while at Low Health |
| Divert |
Active: Enemies disengage from you and attack your companions instead for 10 seconds. Does not affect some of the strongest boss enemies. Passive: +10% health |
| Hemorrhage |
Active: All of your weapon attacks apply Bleeding for 10 seconds. Passive: +10% Bleeding duration |
| Repulse |
Active: All enemies within 6 meters are Knocked Down. Passive: +10 all Resistances while at High Health |
| Ascend |
Active: Your health drops to 1, and you cannot heal any higher for 10 seconds. You gain Enhanced Damage, Quickened, and Shocking Weapons, and your Mana is restored to its maximum. Passive: +10% damage |
| Fortify |
Active: You gain Invulnerable. Passive: +25% Invulnerable duration |
| Withstand |
Active: You gain Immovable. Passive: +25% Immovable duration |
| Dominate |
Active: All generated Mana is converted to Ultimate for 10 seconds. Passive: +10% Ultimate generation |
| Refresh |
Active: The durations of all applied Advantages are reset. Passive: +10% Advantage duration |
| Hunger |
Active: Your weapon attacks leech 25% of their damage for 10 seconds. Passive: +10% leech effectiveness |
| Scourge |
Active: All of your weapon attacks deal Necrotic damage for 20 seconds. Passive: +10% Necrotic damage |
| Pierce |
Active: Your damage gains +100% Penetration for 10 seconds. Passive: +10% Penetration |
| Shatter |
Active: Ranged attacks break through enemies' guard for 10 seconds Passive: +10% Ranged attack damage |
| Besiege |
Active: Light and Heavy attacks are no longer penalized vs. Barrier for 20 seconds Passive: +10% damage vs. Barrier |
| Crush |
Active: Light and Ranged attacks are no longer penalized vs. Armor for 20 seconds Passive: +10% damage vs. Armor |
| Crystallize |
Active: All enemies within 10 meters are Frozen Passive: +10% Frozen duration |
| Daze |
Rune Details Coming Soon!
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| Diminish |
Active: All enemies within 6 meters are Weakened Passive: 10% Primer duration |
| Electrify |
Active: All of your weapon attacks deal Electric damage for 20 seconds Passive: +10% Electricity damage |
| Escalate |
Active: Your next Ability is greatly enhanced, dealing much higher damage or increasing efficacy Passive: +10% Ability damage |
| Glaciate |
Active: All of your weapon attacks deal Cold damage for 20 seconds Passive: +10% Cold damage |
| Mend |
Active: Lose all Rage and heal for an equivalent amount Passive: +10% incoming healing |
| Ravage |
Active: Deal 50% more damage vs. health for 20 seconds Passive: +10% damage vs. health |
| Redouble |
Active: All of your companions' Ability cooldowns are refreshed. Passive: +10% companion Ability damage |
| Regroup |
Rune Details Coming Soon!
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| Scorch |
Active: All of your weapon attacks deal Fire damage for 20 seconds Passive: +10% Fire damage |
| Upend |
Active: All of your defensive Resistances become offensive damage bonuses of the same type for 10 seconds Passive: +5% all Resistances |
| Vivify |
Active: Your ability cooldowns are refreshed, and your next Ability use is free. Passive: +10% Mana generation |
Runes are items that can be equipped on your character that provide unique Active and Passive abilities. They provide offensive and defensive buffs to help you take down foes.
You can equip up to three Runes in the Lyrium Dagger.
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Use runes by opening the ability shortcut and then pressing the Rune button (default: L2 + Triangle). Use the D-Pad to switch between four equipped Runes.
When the Active ability of a rune is triggered, it will go on cooldown. Note that you cannot switch to your other Runes while a Rune is on cooldown.
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Runes can be bought from shops when visiting different locations. Runes can be found under the Accessories category of each shop.
Runes can also be obtained by opening the treasure chests you find during exploration.
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