Dragon Age Inquisition Best Defense Slot

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If you played the previous Dragon Age games, you may expect Unique purple weapons to be the best, but that is not the case. The best weapons in DA: I are crafted. Although there are plenty of powerful unique items, they pale in comparison to crafted gear. Jan 12, 2015  I was playing through DAO again for the first time in a few years, and I got to thinking during the Ostagar segment. Namely, I wondered what could have driven Cailan to have pushed for the strategy of fighting the darkspawn when it seemed like his closest advisers were pushing him against it.

Crafting Masterwork gear in Dragon Age: Inquisition will provide you with some of the best weapons and armor in the game. Believe it or not, the best items in the game aren’t those acquired through fighting your enemies—instead, you’re going to have to craft them yourself. Even some of the best equipment you find through your adventures can be further upgraded and improved through the use of the game’s crafting mechanics.

That’s where Masterwork crafting enters the picture. Through Masterwork crafting, you’ll be able to create the weapons and armor in the style you want, with the stats you want, and upgrade it even further with a powerful Rune.

You might have noticed that almost all of the weapons and armor you find in the game are randomly generated. From corpses on the ground to treasure chests hidden in trapped chambers, much of the gear in the game is rolled through a random number generator. The good news is that even if you have bad luck in finding the gear you want, you’ll be able to craft exactly what you need by acquiring schematics.

Once you have the schematic you need, head on over to the Undercroft in Skyhold, or to the blacksmithing area in Haven (assuming you haven’t reached Skyhold yet) and you’ll find four benches for which to perform crafting and modifications: Craft Armor, Craft Weapons, Modify Armor, and Modify Weapons. At the crafting stations, you’ll be able to fill in the material slots with items you’ve scavenged from your adventures.

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Each slot in the schematic represents an improvement that you can apply to the base weapon or armor, such as Offense or Defense stats. Through the use of metal, leather, and cloth, you can customize your gear with improvements such as increasing your maximum health or raising your critical hit chance.

For added effects, add a Masterwork material into the mix at the top of the schematic. This step is entirely optional, but allows you to greatly boost the potency of your gear.

Once you craft your armor or weapon, you can further upgrade them with pommels and blades for your sword, or leg and arm sets for your armor.

How powerful the weapons and armor you craft depend on how far you are willing to go with the game’s crafting system and how much time and resources you are willing to invest into creating particular pieces of kit.

The following video guide by KineticGTR will walk you through the steps of creating your own piece of armor or weapon.

Dragon age inquisition best defense slot machine

Dragon Age Inquisition Best Defense Slot Gun

Crafting Material Name, Tier & Location

Primary Slot

Utility Slot

Offense Slot

Defense Slot

Bloodstone
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:Emerald Graves, Emprise du Lion
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1.5 Constitution2.5% armor penetration13 health
Blue Vitriol
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:The Fallow Mire
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength1% chance on stagger target on hit1% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Dawnstone
Tier 3 (Common)
Location:Emerald Graves, Emprise du Lion
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1.75 Constitution3% armor penetration15 health
Dragon Bone
Tier 4 (Rare)
Location:The Hinterlands, The Storm Coast, Crestwood, The Western Approach, The Exalted Plains, Emerald Graves, Emprise du Lion, The Hissing Wastes
Very high armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1 Constitution / 1 Strength2% chance to bleed target on hit4% fire damage resistance
Drakestone
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:The Hinterlands, Crestwood
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1 Constitution2% armor penetration10 health
Everite
Tier 3 (Common)
Location:Crestwood, The Western Approach, The Exalted Plains, Emerald Graves, Emprise du Lion
-10 in still ruins in western approach behind a locked door that requires deft hands perk.
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1.75 Strength1.75% attack1.75% melee defense
Iron
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:Haven, The Hinterlands, The Storm Coast, Crestwood, Emerald Graves
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1 Strength1% attack1% melee defense
Lazurite
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:The Western Approach, The Exalted Plains, The Hissing Wastes
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength / 0.5 Constitution1.5% chance to stagger on hit1.5% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Nevarrite
Tier 3 (Common)
Location:The Hissing Wastes
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength / 0.75 Constitution1.75% chance to stagger target on hit1.75% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Obsidian
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:The Hinterlands, Crestwood, The Exalted Plains, Emerald Graves
Sold by:Argon's Lodge Merchant
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength / 0.5 Constitution1.5% chance to stagger target on hit1.5% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Onyx
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:The Hinterlands, Crestwood
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength1% chance on stagger target on hit1% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Paragon's Luster
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:Forbidden Oasis, The Western Approach
Sold by:Argon's Lodge Merchant
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1.5 Strength1.5% attack1.5% melee defense
Pyrophite
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:Emerald Graves
Sold by:Argon's Lodge Merchant
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1.5 Consititution2.5% damage to guard13 health
Serpentstone
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:The Storm Coast,Forbidden Oasis, The Western Approach, The Hissing Wastes
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1 Strength1% attack1% melee defense
Silverite
Tier 3 (Rare)
Location:The Arbor Wilds, Emprise du Lion
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: cold)1 Strength / 0.75 Constitution1.75% chance to stagger target on hit1.75% chance to stagger attacker on being hit
Stormheart
Tier 3 (Common)
Location:Emerald Graves, The Arbor Wilds, Crestwood
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1.75 Strength1.75% attack1.75% melee defense
Summer Stone
Tier 1 (Common)
Location:The Fallow Mire & The Storm Coast
Low armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1 Constitution2% damage to guard10 health
Veridium
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:The Exalted Plains, Crestwood
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1.5 Strength1.5% attack1.5% melee defense
Volcanic Aurum
Tier 3 (Common)
Location:The Hissing Wastes
High armor rating / damage (staff damage type: fire)1.75 Constitution3% damage to guard15 health
Serault Infused Glass
Tier 2 (Common)
Location:Skyhold
Sold by:Bonny Sims
Medium armor rating / damage (staff damage type: electricity)1.5 Strength1.5% attack1.5% melee defense