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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

Confront the archdemon and its generals.

  • 1 of 11: The next thing you need to do is go after the two generals so they won't be able to help the archdemon when you fight it.
  • 2 of 11: One general is in the Market District, and the other is in the Elven Alienage. You can go after them in either order. (Use the area transition point on the west side of the City Gates area to get the city map.)
  • 3 of 11: After you kill both generals, travel to the Palace District.
  • 4 of 11: Do the "Hold the Gates" quest, then move forward to get the now-familiar "army picker" display.
  • 5 of 11: After choosing an army to help you out, run up the first large set of stairs to find an ogre and several other darkspawn to slaughter.
  • 6 of 11: Clear that level before moving on to the next one, which is also heavily darkspawn-infested.
  • 7 of 11: After the area in front of the royal palace is clear, go around behind it to find lots more enemies to kill.
  • 8 of 11: When that area is clear, look for loot before using the big gate to travel to Fort Drakon.
  • 9 of 11: You'll have to fight your way into the fort and then through its two floors before you can reach the archdemon on the roof.
  • 10 of 11: After the archdemon is killed, you'll get a series of triumphant cut-scenes, after which you can run around talking to people.
  • 11 of 11: When you tire of that, approach the exit doors and choose to go outside to get the final "what happens to everyone later" cut-scene.