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As you explore Thedas inDragon Age: The Veilguard, you’ll find loads of chests to loot. In those chests you find gold and random items that are classed as valuables. You can then sell those valuables to Faction merchants in return for some gold and a small amount of Faction Strength.
That Faction Strength is then used to upgrade merchants and unlock new gear to buy. However, while you’ll have a lot of valuables to sell after completing main quests, you have to decide who you’re going to sell them to. That decision is not an easy one to make.
Which Faction Should You Sell Valuables To?
Who you should sell your valuables to comes down to a few considerations. Before we get into the deeper reasons to choose one faction over another,you can simply choose based on which faction you prefer.
You cannot reach max Stength and Merchant Rank with whichever faction you do not help when Treviso and Minrathous are attacked by dragons.
Otherwise, the most obvious reason to choose one faction over anotheris the connection between them and the companions you have the best relationship with. Since you’ll likely complete side quests and gain Faction Strength in the meantime, you’ll make good progress towards ranking up the faction.
Therefore,selling your valuables to those factions to max their store rank quickly will be smart.
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You can also just use your valuables to gain Faction Strength for any faction you’re close to leveling up, so that you can quickly unlock and purchase the gear they’re selling at their next rank.Merchants will also offer more gold in return when you’re close to reaching the next rank.
Otherwise, you can instead look through the gear faction merchants sell at higher ranks and see if there’s stuff you’d like to buy. Then, you can sell your valuables to those merchants.
All Locked Weapons At All Merchants
Before you decide which faction merchant to increase the rank of, you’ll want to know what items are locked behind those higher ranks. Ther items will change depending on what you’ve already bought and what class you chose at the start of the game.
Antivan Crows
You’ll find this merchant close to the main fast travel beacon in Treviso.
370 Gold
Three
A primary weapon that does Physical and Stagger damage. 50 percent penetration for Attack My Target instructions for Lucanis.
750 Gold
Axe for Rook that adds 20 percent Penetration, makes final attacks Critical against enemies with high health, and makes Critical hits reapply penetrated damage again when upgraded.
Four
Rapier that does high physical damage and some Stagger. Asking Lucanis to attack does 100 percent damage vs. enemies at high health.
1,100 Gold
A high Stagger Maul that does +20 percent Heavy attack damage, +25 percent damage vs. armour, and grants Enhanced Damage when breaking an enemy’s armour when upgraded.
460 Gold
Physical damage focused Dagger that grants you ten percent Ultimate when using Lucanis’s abilities.
Lords of Fortune
In the Hall of Valor, head to the main fast travel beacon and run into the main courtyard to find the vendor.
450 Gold
Mageknife that adds 20 percent Penetration, gives Rally Part on Perfect Defense, makes companions ignore enemy Defense while Rally Party is Active, reduces companion cooldowns.
340 Gold
When fully upgraded, Taunted Dragons takes 50 percent extra damage and applying Taunted to Dragons deals 400 damage.
600 Gold
Sleeplade that grants + 50 percent Mana, grants two Mana on hits, deals ten percent more damage for every 50 Mana you’re missing.
Veil Jumpers
The Veil Jumpers merchant is up the stairs from the main fast travel point, in the corner of the busy room.
400 Gold
Two
Basic Targe that increases Rage attack damage by 15 percent, Weakpoint damage by 15 percent, and Stagger on Weakpoint hits by 20 percent when fully upgraded.
Well rounded Physical focused Axe that adds 15 percent Rage generation, 100 percent Rage generation from taking damage, and sees Barrier and Armour damage increased for every two Rage when fully upgraded.
Stagger focused Heater that adds 15 percent Resistance, allows you to deal 250 Stagger to your target on perfect Defense, and deal 250 Stagger around you on perfect Defense when fully upgraded.
The Mourn Watch
Head to the centre of the Necropolis Halls, where it branches off. The merchant is right in the middle.
High Stagger Heater that increases Heavy attack damage by 20 percent, damage vs armor by 20 percent, and applies Immovable when breaking an enemy’s armour when it’s fully upgraded.
Guardian of the Abyss Stave (Emmrich)
510 Gold
A stave that deals Necrotic damage that deal 50 percent extra damage to health. It also sees you heal for five percent of your maximum health when Attack My Target brings enemies to low health when fully upgraded.
6,300 Gold
High Stagger unique Targe that sees all enemies nearby take Necrotic damage when charging a Shield Toss.
700 Gold
Well-rounded Targe that deals 40 Necrotic damage, adds a Shield Toss bounces, and makes it so that a Shield Toss charged to max applies Necrosis to the first target hit.
A high Stagger maul that adds 30 Defense, makes weapon attacks gain ten percent of your Defense as bonus damage, and gain one Defense for each percent of missing health.
530 Gold
Heater that adds 25 percent Stagger and heals you for two percent whenever an enemy becomes Staggered.
Shadow Dragons
In Dock Town, head out of the room you first spawn in when fast travelling there and head left out the door that’s opened with the blue circle on the floor. The merchant is then on the right.
850 Gold
Well-rounded Great Axe that adds 15 percent Cold resistance. It also makes Necrotic bonus affect a weapon’s base damage, applies Chilled to Charged attacks, and applies Necrosis when you apply Chilled.
Should You Buy Valuables From Merchants?
When buying gear and mementos from merchants, you’ll also notice that you can also buy valuables. However, it’s not clear whether they’re worth the investment.
There are two reasons to buy valuables from merchants, but they shouldn’t be a priority. If they’re selling gear that’ll upgrade your Rook or Mementos, you should buy them first. The first reason to buy valuables though, is becausesome of them increase some of your stats when you purchase them. Some will increase your maximum health by 100 and some will increase your defense by one percent.
Otherwise, you’re able to alsobuy them if you’re in dire need of Faction Strength. In return for some gold or common resources, you get a valuable that you can then sell to a merchant for a smaller amount of gold and some Strength.
If you have loads of the resources or gold, which you likely will, and don’t need them for Caretaker gear upgrades, you can buy valuables whenever you see them.
