How to use valuables in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Unsure what to do with your valuables in Dragon Age: The Veilguard? You'll start stockpiling loot pretty early in the RPG as you explore every nook and cranny and upend treasure chests into your backpack. But the game doesn't make it clear what valuables are for. Sure, you can sell them to a merchant, but they also have a secondary purpose:gaining faction strength.

There are a number of ways to get loot in the game, whether from random merchants, quests, or by finding it during quests in...