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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

N/S Tunnel Tips

  • 1 of 12: Move south until a couple of thug archers in a west side area see you, then retreat back north to force them to leave their side area.
  • 2 of 12: After they're down, get your rogue to detect and disarm the trap in the thugs' side area.
  • 3 of 12: Open the side area's door, ready to pound a bunch of thugs in the room beyond. (Note that the thugs run out and attack you if you trigger the trap instead of disarming it.)
  • 4 of 12: Search their room to find a wooden crate, a locked chest, and a journal that starts the "Jammer's Stash" optional quest. (Hints for it will be incorporated into this quest's hints since it has to be done entirely during this quest.)
  • 5 of 12: Open the door in the side area that's east of that one to find more thugs and a qunari mercenary, plus a locked chest and wooden crate.
  • 6 of 12: Go south to the next pair of east/west side areas, ready to fight all the thugs that come out of the west side area.
  • 7 of 12: Look in the west-side room for a wooden crate and two locked chests, then open the east side area's door to find a qunari mercenary and a spellcasting elven mercenary. (WARNING: A carta assassin will appear and attack while you fight the two mercenaries.)
  • 8 of 12: After they're dealt with, raid the locked chest, then open up Kanky's common box and decide what to take from it. (This is part of the "Jammer's Stash" quest.)
  • 9 of 12: South of that, pass by the east side area and open the door that's a bit south of it.
  • 10 of 12: Kill off all the thugs that rush to the attack, then go past them to find a trap, a locked chest, a weapon stand, and an armor stand.
  • 11 of 12: Go back north and open the door in the east side area you skipped to find a large thug room.
  • 12 of 12: After you kill off the thugs, use the room's south door to leave it and the big N/S tunnel behind.