Race is the first real build decision in The Veil, and it sticks with you through every run in the labyrinth until you spend a reroll. Each one changes hard numbers — cast damage, resistance, summon health, speed, luck — and a couple hand you an active skill on top. Ten races exist right now, one of them is legendary, and the gap between the top pick and the bottom pick is large enough to feel in a boss fight.
Quick answer: Veilborne is the strongest race, Goblin is the best race you can realistically roll early, and you change races at the Stylist NPC in The Glade using rerolls from codes, daily rewards, the Robux store, or certain quests.
The Veil race tier list: all 10 races ranked
| Tier | Races |
|---|---|
| S | Veilborne |
| A | Goblin, Underling, Gemhead |
| B | Obelite, Hiveling |
| C | Wraith, Human, Skeleton |
| D | Mushling |
Ranking criteria: how much raw damage or effective health a race adds across a full run, whether the bonus works on every build or only one, and how badly its drawback bites in normal play. This reflects the September 2026 release-window meta, after the day-one balance pass that handed Mushling and Obelite their active skills.
Note: a few race names still appear with alternate spellings in game text and community listings — Veilborne shows up as Whaleborn, Wraith as Rat, and Hiveling as Havling. They are the same races.
Every race effect in one table
| Race | Rarity | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Veilborne | Legendary | Dusk Weaver: Weave caps at 4 stacks instead of 5, each stack gives +7.5% universal damage and speed instead of +5%. Nightfall: +10% insanity, and a night-only aura that deals 15 damage, drains 10 sanity from everyone nearby, and grants +10% universal damage and +10% speed for 15 seconds. |
| Goblin | Uncommon | Greedy Instincts: +20% luck, +10% cast damage, -10% cast cooldown. |
| Underling | Rare | Emberborn: +25% fire resistance, +10% regeneration, +15% cast damage. |
| Gemhead | Rare | Resonant Core: +10% summon damage, +15% summon life. |
| Obelite | Elite/Epic | Stoneform: +10% resistance, +10% stone resistance, +15% knockback, -10% speed. Exert Energy: 10 seconds of -15% speed and +15% resistance, then 15 seconds of -20% regeneration and -20% stamina regeneration. |
| Hiveling | Uncommon | Nocturnal: +10% damage, +10% resistance at night, -10% resistance during the day, -10% attack speed. |
| Wraith | Rare | Phase: 5% chance for any incoming hit to pass through you harmlessly. |
| Human | Common | Ambitious: +30 max HP per Prestige instead of +25, so roughly +50 extra HP by Prestige 10. |
| Skeleton | Uncommon | Brittle Bones: +10% speed, +10% summon damage, -10% resistance. |
| Mushling | Rare | Sporeheart: +10% regeneration, +10% healing received, -10% stamina regeneration. Decompose: sink into the ground for +25% regeneration, press again to climb out. |
Why Veilborne sits alone in S tier
Veilborne rewrites the Weave system rather than bolting a bonus onto it. A shorter stack cap means you hit maximum buff sooner, and the fatter per-stack value pushes the ceiling from +25% to +30% universal damage and speed. Damage and movement both scale with everything you do, so the bonus never sits idle regardless of whether you are casting, meleeing, or summoning.
Nightfall stacks another +10% damage and speed on top for 15 seconds while draining sanity from anyone standing near you, which matters in PvP as much as it does against packs. The +10% insanity is the only real cost, and it is small next to what the passive gives back. The catch is rarity — it is the single legendary race, so most players will spend a lot of rerolls before seeing it.
A tier: the races worth building around
Treat A tier as the practical top of the list. Goblin is the best race a new player can land, since Uncommon odds are generous and the package is genuinely strong — the cast cooldown reduction raises your sustained damage more than the raw numbers suggest, and +20% luck keeps paying out on loot for the entire run.
Underling hits harder per cast with +15% cast damage and adds a defensive layer that Goblin does not have. The +25% fire resistance is close to dead weight in some fights and a hard counter in others, which is the trade for losing the cooldown reduction. Gemhead is narrower still, but for a summoner it is the correct answer: boosting summon health by 15% keeps your minions alive long enough to actually deliver the +10% damage.
B tier: strong under specific conditions
Obelite is the tank pick, and it does the job — Stoneform plus an active Exert Energy window stacks resistance high enough to survive hits that delete other races. It lands below A tier because The Veil’s combat is dodge-based, and a permanent -10% speed with no damage buff works against you late, especially with the regeneration and stamina hangover after the skill ends.
Hiveling is a fine early-to-mid game race thanks to a flat +10% damage that applies at all hours. You can schedule around the day-time resistance loss by farming at night and handling shopping, inventory, and non-combat quests during daylight. The permanent -10% attack speed is the part you cannot play around, and it caps how far the race carries you.
C and D tier: reroll these when you can
Wraith reads better than it plays. A 5% chance to ignore any hit averages out to roughly one free miss every 20 hits taken, and you never get to choose which one. It occasionally saves a boss attempt, but you cannot build a strategy on it.
Human is reliable and completely unremarkable. Extra max HP per Prestige works with every build and never turns off, but by the time the bonus adds up to something meaningful you would rather be running a race that multiplies your damage. Skeleton has a niche if you pick up a summon lantern early, though -10% resistance is a steep price for +10% speed, and Gemhead does the summoner job better without the defensive hole.
Mushling sits at the bottom. Regeneration, healing received, and the Decompose skill make it a passable support option, but sinking into the ground to heal is slow, the stamina regeneration penalty hurts a dodge-heavy game, and there is no offensive value anywhere in the kit.
Race roll chances
The roll screen displays the odds for each race, and they explain why most players spend the early game as a Human.
| Race | Chance |
|---|---|
| Human | 37% |
| Goblin | 15% |
| Wraith | 15% |
| Skeleton | 15% |
| Mushling | 10% |
| Hiveling | 5% |
| Underling | 1% |
| Obelite | 1% |
| Gemhead | 1% |
| Veilborne | 1% |
How to change your race at the Stylist NPC
Races are not permanent. Rerolling happens at a single NPC, and it uses the same interface you saw during character creation.
Rerolls come from four places: code redemptions, daily login rewards, the Robux store, and a handful of quests that reroll your race outright, including Unmake the Shrouded.
Free race rerolls from codes
| Code | Reward |
|---|---|
| VERITYBOMB | 3 race rolls |
| RELEASE | 6 race rerolls and a party hat |
The Veil is only days into its Beta v1.0.0 release, and the balance team has already moved twice — the same patch cycle that gave Mushling and Obelite their active skills can just as easily shuffle these numbers again. Until then, roll toward Goblin or Underling if you cast, Gemhead if you summon, and keep spending free rerolls on the 1% chance at Veilborne.
