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Dragon Age: Origins

A party-based fantasy RPG set in Thedas. The player becomes a Grey Warden and builds an alliance against the Fifth Blight while choices shape companions, quests and the political future of Ferelden.

Developer: BioWare Publisher: Electronic Arts Released: 2009 Modes: Single-player
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Locations

Items, equipment & collectibles

Use this as a location index for important gear, permanent upgrades, collectibles and other things players commonly miss.

Permanent upgrade · The Fade — Broken Circle

Fade Attribute Fonts

Location: Scattered across the Fade islands during Lost in Dreams.

Use the four transformation forms to revisit blocked rooms and activate every essence/font before fighting the Sloth Demon.

Each font permanently increases a character attribute; leaving the Fade makes missed fonts unavailable.

Quest item · Circle Tower

Litany of Adralla

Location: Given/found before the final Uldred confrontation.

Keep it on the quickbar and use it when Uldred begins transforming a mage.

Unique armor · Brecilian Forest / Ruins

Juggernaut Armor Set

Location: Obtained through the ancient tomb/ritual encounters associated with the Brecilian ruins.

Explore the forest tombstones and lower ruins thoroughly; the set is split across several revenant/treasure encounters.

Unique weapon · World map / Soldier’s Peak

Starfang

Location: A meteorite random encounter can occur after completing Warden’s Keep.

Take the meteor metal to the Soldier’s Peak smith and choose the one-handed or two-handed Starfang version.

Unique ring · Orzammar

Key to the City

Location: Assembly cache after completing the Key to the City codex hunt.

Find the required Orzammar codex entries, then open the cache in the Assembly area.

Unique equipment · Return to Ostagar

Cailan’s Armor / Arms

Location: Recovered from the Ostagar battlefield during the DLC quest.

Search the battlefield objectives and key bodies/chests while clearing Return to Ostagar.

Unique helm · Honnleath

Helm of Honnleath

Location: The Stone Prisoner DLC village.

Search Honnleath’s accessible buildings/containers while completing the Shale recruitment quest.

DLC equipment · Inventory / merchant

Blood Dragon Armor

Location: Promotional/DLC entitlement item; availability depends on the edition/account content.

Install/enable the corresponding content and obtain the pieces through the game’s DLC item delivery/merchant flow.

Unique weapon · Denerim

Aodh

Location: Dropped by Cristof after the Pearls Before Swine quest.

Complete the related Denerim mercenary quest and loot Cristof.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique dagger · Denerim Alienage

Fang

Location: Obtained from Cyrion on the City Elf return route under the required origin choice.

City Elf-specific reward; earlier Vaughan decisions affect availability.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique weapon · Denerim — Quaint Hovel

Keening Blade

Location: Dropped by Gaxkang at the end of Unbound.

Complete Unbound and defeat Gaxkang.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique weapon · Return to Ostagar

Maric's Blade

Location: Inside Cailan’s locked chest/cache during Return to Ostagar.

Recover the key/cache access during the DLC route and loot the royal chest.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique weapon · Mountainside Caverns

Spellweaver

Location: Dropped by the Arcane Warrior cultist overseer during the Urn route.

Loot the overseer in the caverns before leaving the temple route.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique dagger · Orzammar Commons

The Rose's Thorn

Location: Sold by Garin.

Purchase it from Garin’s shop when you have enough gold.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique axe · Party Camp

The Veshialle

Location: Sold by Bodahn Feddic.

Check Bodahn’s late-game inventory and purchase it.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique weapon · Ortan Thaig

Topsider's Honor

Location: Reward from An Admirable Topsider at the Warrior’s Grave.

Collect all three blade pieces and finish the grave interaction.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique greatsword · Orzammar Royal Palace

Ageless

Location: Reward from the hidden throne/pressure-plate dragon encounter.

Position companions on the three pressure plates and interact with the throne to trigger the encounter, then loot the dragon.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique maul · Denerim / Gorim

Chasind Great Maul

Location: Available from Gorim after enough main treaties have been completed.

Check Gorim’s merchant inventory after completing three major treaty questlines.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)

Unique armor set · Return to Ostagar

Cailan's Armor Set

Location: Recovered across the Return to Ostagar battlefield and darkspawn encounters.

Search the battlefield thoroughly and loot the named royal gear pieces before exiting the DLC area.

Reference: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_equipment_(Origins)