Mageknives and spellblades are off-hand slot weapons exclusively used by a mage class Rook in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Mageknives and spellblades are collectively referred to as daggers in the game's tutorials and skill tree, such as when referring to the Orb and Dagger combat style. Daggers used by the mage class should not be confused with companion weapon daggers specific to Lucanis.
There are no differences between the dagger sub-types of mageknife and spellblade in terms of gameplay function. Appearances of both types of mage daggers are interchangeable.
Mage daggers are used in conjunction with orbs. In the Orb and Dagger combat style, attacks involving the dagger are triggered by the heavy attack command, which is used for melee strikes as well as in various combos sequences. The dagger is also used to parry incoming enemy attacks.
Standard daggers[]
Mageknives[]
| Name | Damage | Stagger | Acquisition | Abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encircled Blade | 40 Physical (base damage, unupgraded) | 20 (base stagger, unupgraded) | ||
| Sharpened Dragonbone | 178 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 299 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+20% Penetration Gain Rally Party on Perfect Defense Companions ignore enemy Defense while Rally Party is active Companion cooldowns are reduced by 15% while Rally Party is active |
| Spellcaster's Stiletto | 176 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 191 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+15% Mana generation +30 Defense Each Arcane Bomb on an enemy reduces their outgoing damage by -10% Gain +20 Defense per active Advantage |
| Thorn of Misfortune | 179 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 299 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+20% Crit Damage Triggering an Arcane Bomb now deals Critical damage Critical hits with this weapon now apply an Affliction based on the damage type of your Orb Creating an Arcane Bomb requires 1 fewer Arcane Mark |
| Twist of the Veil | 170 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 105 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+25% damage vs. Armor +30% Charged attack damage Gain Enhanced Damage when breaking an enemy's Armor Enhanced Damage now also grants +25% damage vs. Armor and Barrier |
Spellblades[]
| Name | Damage | Stagger | Acquisition | Abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystalline Shard | 174 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 152 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+25% damage vs. Barrier Bonus damage to Armor is now applied to Barrier Gain Quickened when this weapon breaks an enemy's Barrier All damage vs. Barriers leeches a portion of its damage as health |
| Enchanted Athame | 184 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 213 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+50 maximum Mana Gain +2 Mana on hit with this weapon Deal 10% more damage for every 50 Mana that you are missing Abilities now cost +50 Mana and deal +100% bonus damage |
| Split-Hilt Dirk | 174 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 155 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+20% Heavy attack damage +30% damage with Final Heavy attacks Final attacks with this weapon apply Shocked while Shocking Weapons is active +1 maximum Arcane Bomb |
| Timeworn Mageknife | 181 Physical (base damage at +10 legendary) | 213 (base stagger at +10 legendary) |
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+20% Arcane Bomb trigger damage Triggering an Arcane Bomb now also Staggers enemies around your target Gain 250 health on triggering an Arcane Bomb Triggering Arcane Bombs now costs 10 Mana but deals its damage in an area |
Unique daggers[]
Mageknives[]
| Name | Damage | Stagger | Acquisition | Abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Tip | 160 Physical (base damage) | 140 (base stagger) |
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Deal +60 added Cold damage Triggering an Arcane Bomb also applies Frozen |
| Hope's Last Kiss | 175 Physical (base damage) | 200 (base stagger) |
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+1 maximum Arcane Bomb Orb Final attacks now also apply an Arcane Bomb Triggering an Arcane Bomb now consumes all stacks but makes the target immune to additional Arcane Marks |
| Mythal's Light | 0 Physical | 200 (rogue), 180 (warrior), 135 (mage) (base stagger) |
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Deal +80 added Fire damage Deal +80 added Necrotic damage Deal +80 added Electricity damage Deal +80 added Cold damage |
Spellblades[]
| Name | Damage | Stagger | Acquisition | Abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Point | 125 Physical (base damage) | 150 (base stagger) |
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Charged attacks vs. enemies suffering from Necrosis or Bleeding removes all stacks and heals you |
Damage and stagger[]
The following tables rank all weapons in this slot based on base damage and base stagger.
Base damage[]
Base damage values of non-unique weapons at +10 legendary (i.e., at the maximum rarity and upgraded level) are given below, along with the base damage values of unique weapons, which cannot be upgraded. The "base damage" is the weapon damage without any skill tree traits (note that each trait adds +10% weapon damage) and also without any bonuses from passives, stat-boosting valuables (specifically, Kirkwall Select 9:36), or other items.
In practice, the final, modified weapon damage will typically be much higher than the base values listed below due to the presence of traits, passives, and other bonuses. However, the base values shown below illustrate the relative damage between different weapons.
| Rank | Weapon | Base Damage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanted Athame (spellblade) | 184 |
| 2 | Timeworn Mageknife (spellblade) | 181 |
| 3 | Thorn of Misfortune (mageknife) | 179 |
| 4 | Sharpened Dragonbone (mageknife) | 178 |
| 5 | Spellcaster's Stiletto (mageknife) | 176 |
| 5 | Crystalline Shard (spellblade) | 176 |
| 7 | Hope's Last Kiss (unique mageknife) | 175 |
| 8 | Split-Hilt Dirk (spellblade) | 174 |
| 9 | Twist of the Veil (mageknife) | 170 |
| 10 | Coral Tip (unique mageknife) | 160 |
| 11 | The Point (unique spellblade) | 125 |
| 12 | Mythal's Light (unique spellblade) | — |
Base stagger[]
Base stagger values of non-unique weapons at +10 legendary are given below, along with the base stagger values of unique weapons, which cannot be upgraded.
| Rank | Weapon | Base Stagger |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharpened Dragonbone (mageknife) | 299 |
| 1 | Thorn of Misfortune (mageknife) | 299 |
| 3 | Timeworn Mageknife (spellblade) | 213 |
| 3 | Enchanted Athame (spellblade) | 213 |
| 5 | Hope's Last Kiss (unique mageknife) | 200 |
| 6 | Spellcaster's Stiletto (mageknife) | 176 |
| 7 | Split-Hilt Dirk (spellblade) | 155 |
| 8 | Crystalline Shard (spellblade) | 152 |
| 9 | The Point (unique spellblade) | 150 |
| 10 | Coral Tip (unique mageknife) | 140 |
| 11 | Mythal's Light (unique spellblade) | 135 |
| 12 | Twist of the Veil (mageknife) | 105 |
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