Dragon Age: The Veilguard character creator released as a free standalone app

BioWare had plenty to share on Wednesday Day of the Dragon Age celebrations, including a major new patch for Dragon Age: The Veil Guard and a new standalone character creator for the game. Players can now spend countless hours fine-tuning the look of their Rook without actually having to pay for the game itself. If they do, they can transfer their personal character to the full version of Dragon Age: The Veil Guard.

There is no time limit on how long players can spend customizing their Rook in the standalone character creator. So if, like many other role-playing game enthusiasts, you want to spend dozens of hours creating a virtual person, Dragon Age: The Veil Guard‘s free character maker is available at PlayStation 5, Windows PCAnd Xbox Series.

For Dragon Age Day, BioWare released another treat for longtime franchise fans on Wednesday. Owners of Dragon Age: The Veil Guard can now remove the armor, body paint and ‘nose blood smear’ Dragon Age 2 protagonist Hawke for their Rook. These free cosmetics can be found in the Lighthouse after downloading the game’s new patch and completing the mission ‘The Singing Blade’. (More details at patch 4 for Dragon Age: The Veil Guard are available on the game’s official website.)

Character creation in games like Dragon Age: The Veil Guard have become major selling points in recent years, as evidenced by the deep and extensive customization tools in games like Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077And Elden Ring. Some publishers, like Capcom, have gone the extra mile for obsessive character creation, giving players access to pre-release customizations in Dragon dogma 2 and next year’s Monster Hunter Wilds.

Hopefully, by the time the next Mass Effect game arrives, BioWare will follow in Capcom’s footsteps so we can perfectly hone our commanders ahead of the full game’s release.