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Dragon Age Inquisition Game Model Heights: Fauna and Enemies

Please note that none of these are canon. None of these numbers are reliable or meant to assert any sort of canon status. Some of these models do not appear the same size as in game.

I started pulling creature models from Inquisition for my bestiary project. Since my gaming computer died and it's hard to get a good screenshot on console, so I was hoping to do extracts.

But, I kept pulling them because I wanted to see if I could find a a rhyme or reason to ground my height estimates for the fauna of Thedas where I could. (Spoiler, I couldn't) I do however still find worth in these heights if for no other reason than for the fun of them. That said, I'm once again asking BioWare why they're changing the size of models in game so drastically with no clear system and scaling them up so drastically.

In terms of known incorrect scaling models, as in they do not reflect what is displayed in game, the following is what I know/can easily confirm: Deepstalkers, dragons*, dragonlings, fennic, giants*, great bears, large bears, lurkers, and phoenix.

* For the dragons and giants it is unclear which model's scaling is off, as in game we know that the giant is bigger than the vinsomer dragon on the Storm Coast. We also cannot confirm or deny if the dragon models are the same size across all of the different subspecies. I would say you reasonably could assume that given they all share the same skeleton, but I don't want to assume anything when it comes to scaling in Inquisition.

I would also like to note an update on some of the previously shared models from this post. I got better at blender, studied the models more to find the true shoulder, and thus these numbers have gotten more accurate. It's truly amazing what a mouse and hours of practice and study will do.

Methodology

These models are extracted from the game files using Frosty Editor in the measurement units of meters. I then brought the models into Blender. When it comes to measuring the heights, I'm measuring from the shoulder of quadrupeds, head for bipedals, and included some variations - such as additional height due to horns, crystals, ect. separately. For any creature with armor, helmets, ect, I measured from the top of their skull when possible or from an estimated top of their skull, such as with the Arcane Horror.

In terms of the numbers provided in measurement in Blender. I am taking the numbers only from the first 2 decimal places, I'm not rounding up nor am I rounding down in any area. When converting from meters to inches, I am only doing whole numbers so these will be rounded down if below .5 or up if they are .5 and above.

Darkspawn Heights

From left to right, we have:

Ogre: 11'11 / 3.64m at the head, 14'6 / 4.42m with horns

Emissary: 10'5 / 3.18m

Alpha Emissary: 10'4 / 3.16m

Corypheus: 10'5 / 3.17m

Hurlock: 7' / 2.15m

Alpha genlock: 3'11 / 1.19m

Hurlock: 5'11 / 1.81m

Hurlock: 5'11 / 1.80m

Shriek: 5'11 / 1.81m

Ghoul: 5'11 / 1.81m

Genlock: 4'8 / 1.42m

Corrupted Spider: 3'3 / 0.98m

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Draconic Heights

These are measured from their shoulder height, however I would like to note that due to the high dragons A-pose putting their front legs off the ground level they are measured off of their hind legs. In order from left to right:

Corypheus's dragon: 22'4 / 6.8m

Trespasser dragon: 23' / 7.02m

Crestwood dragon: 23' / 7m

Dragonling: 8'2 / 2.5m

Snowy "wyvern": 8' / 2.44m

Varghest: 7'6 / 2.28m

Wyvern: 8'2 / 2.49m

Wingspan of the high dragons are: 163'10 / 49.94m, one wing is 81'11 / 24.97m.

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General Fauna Heights

From left to right across all images:

Giant: 17'9 / 5.41m

Druffalo: 6'7 / 2m

Nuggalope: 6'6 / 1.97m

Red Hart - Mount: 6'3 / 1.91m

Crehtahl: 6'2 / 1.89m

Horse: 6'2 / 1.89m

Dracolisk: 6'2 / 1.88m

Gurn: 5'11 / 1.80m

Bronto: 5'12 / 1.82m

Bronto carrying: 5'12 / 1.82m

Bogfisher: 5'11 / 1.80m

Quillback: 4'11 / 1.49m

August Ram: 4'2 / 1.28m

Red Hart - Small/Non-mount: 4'2 / 1.27m

Halla: 4'1 / 1.25m

Ram: 4'1 / 1.25m

Large bear: 4'4 / 1.31m

Great Bear: 4'3 / 1.29m

Giant Spider: 3'5 / 1.03m

Corrupt Spider: 3'3 / 1m

Fennic: 3'3 / 0.99m

Black Wolf: 3'4 / 1.02m

Hyena: 3'5 / 1.05m

Mabari: 3'3 / 0.99m

Armored Mabari: 4'4 / 1.31m at the head

Tusket: 2'4 / 0.72m

Snoufleur: 2' / 0.62m

Nug: 1'9 / 0.53m

Lurker: 2'9 / 0.84m

Pheonix: 2'8 / 0.80m

Deepstalker: 2'6 / 0.76m

Raven: 1'8 / 0.52m

Gull: 1'9 / 0.53m

Cockatrice: 1'9 / 0.53m

Raven - Small: 9" / 0.22m

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Red Templar Heights

From left to right:

Behemoth: 11' / 3.36m at the head, 15'7 / 4.75m with the crystals

Red Templar Horror: 7'9 / 2.37m

Red Templar Knight: 7'4 / 2.24m

Red Templar Shadow: 6' / 1.82m

Red Templar Foot Soldier: 6' / 1.83m

Red Templar Guard: 6' / 1.84m

Red Templar Marksman: 6' / 1.83m

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Demon and Spirit Heights

From left to right across all images:

Gibbering Horror: 2'8 / 0.82m

Fearling Spider: 4'5 / 1.34m

Despair demon: 5'7 / 1.70m

Shade 1: 6'3 / 1.90m

Shade 2: 6'3 / 1.90m

Shade 3: 6'3 / 1.90m

Shade 4: 6'3 / 1.90m

Shade 5: 6'3 / 1.90m

Rage Demon: 6'4 / 1.93m

Revanant: 7'5 / 2.26m

Terror demon: 8'2 / 2.49m

Greater Terror demon: 8'2 / 2.49m

Envy demon: 8'3 / 2.51m

Nightmare demon: 8'6 / 2.58m

Arcane Horror: 10'1 / 3.08m

Pride demon: 14'10 / 4.53m at the head, 18'5 / 5.61m with the horns

Greater Fear demon aka Smiley aka Blinky: 93'6 / 28.49m

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Corpses

All corpses use the same default/base model and are all the same height without their armor putting them all at a height of: 6' / 1.82m

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