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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

Shaperate Tips

  • 1 of 4: Talk to Shaper Assistant Milldrate and Orta to get the "Thief in the House of Learning" and "Lost to the Memories" optional quests.
  • 2 of 4: Look near Orta for a book that you can read for a codex entry.
  • 3 of 4: There's another codex-giving book on a table in between the building's two main rooms.
  • 4 of 4: Search the northern room to find five more codex-giving books, plus a locked chest and a "wall of memories" gadget that gives another codex entry.