Dragon Age: The Veilguard

List of All Runes and Bonuses

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Dragon Age The Veilguard - List of All Runes and Bonuses

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!

List of Contents

List of All Runes
What Are Runes?
How to Use Runes
How to Get Runes
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All Rune Active and Passive Bonuses

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!
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!
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

What Are Runes?

Used to Boost Combat Capabilities

Gives Bonuses to Your Character

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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How to Use Runes

Trigger Active Abilities During Combat

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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How to Get Runes

Buy From Shops

Runes can be bought from shops when visiting different locations. Runes can be found under the Accessories category of each shop.

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Obtained From Treasure Chests

Runes can also be obtained by opening the treasure chests you find during exploration.

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