Dragon Age The Veilguard Save File Location, Controller Support, and PC Features Explained

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now on PC through Steam, EA App, and the Epic Games Store. It’s an impressive showing from Bioware, who have done a tremendous job with the PC release, including optimization and ensuring that it has all the bells and whistles we expect from other modern PC titles. If you’re looking for your local progress and its features or figuring out how to get your controllers working in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, here is everything you need to know.

Dragon Age The Veilguard Save File Location

The save file for Dragon Age: The Veilguard can be found at the following location:

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age The Veilguard\save games

The “save games” folder contains all the data you’ll need, and if you want to back this up for future use, just copy the entire “Dragon Age The Veilguard” folder.

Faster Navigation

To quickly navigate to the same location, you can use Windows Run. To bring up Run, press the Windows and R keys together.

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age The Veilguard\save games\

This will take you to the same address, and the save file location will be the same whether you’re playing the game through Steam or the EA App.

Does Dragon Age: The Veilguard have Steam Cloud Support?

Yes, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has full Steam Cloud support for the Steam version. Cloud saves are enabled by default in the EA App as well. Outside of Steam Cloud, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has support for the following Steam features at launch:

• Steam Family Share
• Full Controller Support
• Trading Cards
• Achievements
• Remote Play
• Steam Deck Verified

The Steam version is a native release, so it does not require you to install the EA App, at all.

Fixing the Dragon Age The Veilguard Controller Issues

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has native support for multiple input types, including Xbox and PlayStation controllers like the DualSense and DualShock 4. To make sure those profiles are correctly loaded by the game, disable Steam Input.

• Make sure Dragon Age: The Veilguard isn’t running.
• Open Steam and navigate to your library
• Here, right-click on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and select Properties
• In the Controller tab, select the Disable Steam Input option under Override for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

To use the DualSense features in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, make sure you’re using a wired connection.

Check Detected Controllers

If you still can’t get your controllers to work, make sure Steam is detecting the ones you have plugged in. To check detected controllers in the Steam client, simply select Steam > Settings > Controller:

Can You Remap the Controls in Dragon Age The Veilguard?

Yes, you can rebind the controls in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. This extends to both keyboard and mouse, as well as controllers.

Dragon Age The Veilguard PC Features

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has the following PC-specific features from day one:

• Full ultrawide support which extends to cutscenes as well thanks to the “Cinematic Aspect Ratio” option. This removes black bars from the sides, even during cutscenes.
• Upscaling tech, including DLSS 3, FSR 2.2 and XeSS
• NVIDIA Reflex
• Frame Generation
• Uncapped frame rate
• HDR Support
• Field of View adjustment
• Optional Dynamic Resolution Scaling

Overall, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a fantastic PC port, that has all the features you’d expect from a big-budget PC release. It also runs great provided you have the hardware, and offers enough settings for players to adjust to scale things down, and still get a great experience.