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Jess Kinghorn

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's impressive tresses feature '50,000 individual strands per character for over 100 hairstyles'

Dragon Age: The Veilguard hair in action.

Whether you're happy sticking with Dragon Age: The Veilguard's presets for your version of Rook, or you agonise over every slider in the character creator, this is a judgement free zone. Regardless of where on that spectrum you fall, chances are you've noticed that almost everyone across Thedas is sporting gorgeous locks that look straight out of a glossy hair care advert.

In a recent blog post, publisher EA offers a peek behind the curtain (of hair) to examine all the tech that goes into those tremendous tresses. Developer Bioware built Dragon Age: The Veilguard using EA's proprietary Frostbite engine, with a number of teams from both companies working together to "elevate [EA's] Strand Hair technology."

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