This reference covers class ability options and equipment crafting in Dragon Age: Inquisition. The abilities guide lists four starting trees and three specializations for each class, explains that specializations unlock later, and distinguishes active abilities, passive abilities, and upgrades. It provides broad class descriptions but not the effects of individual trees or specializations. The crafting passage explains how schematics and materials shape crafted items, what the primary, utility, offense, and defense slots contribute, and how upgrades and masterwork slots work. Its cloth table records effects for named materials. These entries describe only the supplied information; they do not rank choices or establish a complete catalog.
If you are identifying available class options, start with the class-specific lists; the guide names trees and specializations but does not describe their individual effects.
Rogue ability trees Mage ability trees Warrior ability treesIf you are interpreting a crafted item, read the slot descriptions first, then compare the documented effects for specific cloth materials.
Primary material slot Utility material slot Offense material slotIf you are looking at additional item effects, check the upgrade slot limits and masterwork description alongside the listed Dragon Webbing effects.
Equipment upgrade slots Masterwork material slot Dragon WebbingChoose a topic to see how it works, where it helps and what to consider.
The guide lists Double Daggers, Archery, Sabotage, and Subterfuge as Rogue starting ability trees. It does not detail each tree’s abilities or effects.
Understand this choiceThe guide lists Spirit, Storm, Inferno, and Winter as Mage starting ability trees. It does not describe their individual abilities or mechanical effects.
Understand this choiceThe guide lists Weapon and Shield, Two-Handed, Battlemaster, and Vanguard as Warrior starting ability trees, without detailing individual tree effects.
Understand this choiceAssassin, Tempest, and Artificer are the three Rogue specializations named in the guide; it says specializations unlock further into the game.
Understand this choiceKnight Enchanter, Necromancer, and Rift Mage are the Mage specializations listed. The guide says specializations unlock later but gives no individual effects.
Understand this choiceThe guide names Reaver, Templar, and Champion as Warrior specializations. It gives broad thematic descriptions but does not assign them to specific specializations.
Understand this choiceAbilities are categorized as active, passive, or upgrades: active abilities go on the combat hotbar, passives provide permanent bonuses, and upgrades enhance specific abilities.
Understand this choiceThe primary material slot determines a staff’s base elemental damage or a crafted weapon or armor item’s attack or armor value.
Understand this choiceThe utility slot adds a core attribute such as Strength or Magic, with the material’s tier determining the boost per piece.
Understand this choiceThe offense slot provides special offensive boosts, with the page giving enemy armor or barrier reduction, bleeds, and healing on kill as examples.
Understand this choiceThe defense slot boosts elemental and damage-type resistances; armor set buffs can provide specific resistances or trigger reflect effects.
Understand this choiceDales Loden Wool is Tier 3 rare cloth that removes armor class restrictions and has listed armor, Magic, barrier damage, and magic defense effects.
Understand this choiceDragon Webbing is Tier 4 rare cloth with very high armor rating, Willpower or Magic utility, critical damage, and fire resistance effects.
Understand this choiceEverknit Wool is Tier 2 common cloth with medium armor rating, Magic utility, barrier damage bonus, and magic defense effects.
Understand this choiceSome weapons and armor take separately crafted upgrades; armor has at most two slots and weapons at most three, and upgrades add stats and alter appearance.
Understand this choiceSome high-level and tier weapon or armor schematics include an optional masterwork slot for special effects unavailable from other material slots.
Understand this choiceThe Skills passage concerns the Warden and Dragon Age: Origins and points readers to a separate Inquisition abilities page. Its skill ranks and point progression do not document this game's ability system.
The crafting page assigns appearance and potential power to schematics, while materials determine the specific stats and powers added. Both roles matter when interpreting a crafted item.
The abilities guide names class trees and specializations and provides broad class descriptions, but it does not state individual tree or specialization effects, upgrades, or numerical restrictions.
A descriptive reference to class ability trees and specializations, ability types, crafting slot roles, equipment upgrades, masterwork slots, and named cloth material effects documented in the supplied passages. Comparative effectiveness, optimality, completeness, and current patch status are not assessed.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.
