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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

Alienage Optionals

  • 1 of 12: The huge tree is a mystical site of power for one of the Mages' Collective quests. Once you mark it, you can finish up that quest series (see the Optional Quests).
  • 2 of 12: Read the sign that's next to the huge tree to get a codex entry.
  • 3 of 12: Look south of the tree to find the locked door to Valendrian's home. Have your rogue pick it open so you can go inside and raid a couple of locked chests and an armoire.
  • 4 of 12: Just NE of Valendrian's home is a special Andraste's Grace flower that you can loot for a gift item.
  • 5 of 12: Find Ser Otto a bit NE of the big tree and talk to him to get the "Something Wicked" optional quest.
  • 6 of 12: Finish it and "Hearing Voices," then enter the back alley that's directly north of the huge tree.
  • 7 of 12: Check the small fenced-off garden for two deathroot plants, then go to the west end of the alley to find the door to some apartments.
  • 8 of 12: Go inside and loot the chest in the northern apartment to find the sextant you need for the "Fazzil's Request" optional quest.
  • 9 of 12: The apartment directly across from that one has a locked chest and a wooden crate in it.
  • 10 of 12: Have your rogue unlock the door to the west apartment so you can fight four Tevinter soldiers, loot two locked chests, and read a pile of books for a codex entry.
  • 11 of 12: NOTE: You can greatly shortcut the alienage quest by reading the note on the table and getting its key (it opens the nearby locked door), but I advise against that.
  • 12 of 12: Leave the apartments and go finish the "Fazzil's Request" quest before returning and getting back to work on the alienage quest.