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Dragon Age: Origins Hints
Enter the phylactery chamber and destroy Jowan's phylactery.
1 of 15: Approach the next locked door to get another cut-scene.
2 of 15: After the rod of fire fails to open it, make sure Jowan and Lily's equipment and combat tactics are set the way you want them, then move on to find a door that the rod will open.
3 of 15: As soon as the door-opening cut-scene is over, you'll have to fight the sentinel that comes to life behind you.
4 of 15: Fight two more sentinels after you round the next corner, then check the two rooms on the left for chests before going north to another two-sentinel area.
5 of 15: Raid the chest and crate in that room, then go north to find three more sentinels, one of which is robed (meaning it's a spellcaster).
6 of 15: The next room contains several deep stalkers, including a leader. Hang back and see if you can draw them to you one or two at a time instead of charging right in.
7 of 15: Check the northern side room for a storage cabinet, then go through the south door to enter a hallway and get attacked by another sentinel threesome.
8 of 15: Loot the chest and crate in the south side room, then go to the other end of the hallway to find a door to a room with three regular sentinels, a chest, and a crate.
9 of 15: The next hallway is very dangerous, since it contains three regular sentinels plus a robed one. Be sure to stay back and zap sentinels as they charge you.
10 of 15: Past them is the big and fancy repository room. Loot the chest for a Blackened Heartwood Staff, then optionally talk to the weird Tevinter statue for a codex entry.
11 of 15: Now you need to figure out how to get into the phylactery chamber from here.
12 of 15: As you enter the chamber, two sentinels and a sentinel guardian will attack. Despite the guardian's added toughness, they shouldn't be too hard to take down.
13 of 15: Loot the nearby chest, then go up the stairs and find Jowan's phylactery on the small altar.
14 of 15: Right-click on it to get it destroyed, then go down the stairs and find the nearby door labeled as "second door."
15 of 15: Open it up, then head south to the basement exit. When you return to the first floor, a series of cut-scenes will start up that will take you to Ostagar.
