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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

West Optional Tunnel Tips

  • 1 of 8: Move down the tunnel until you're ambushed by a trio of shrieks.
  • 2 of 8: Kill them and heal up before moving on to the tunnel intersection, where a powerful ogre alpha will run to the attack.
  • 3 of 8: Retreat and hit it with ranged attacks as much as you can before letting it close to melee.
  • 4 of 8: After it's dead and looted, return to the path intersection and look to the south for a fractured stone.
  • 5 of 8: Go down the north tunnel to find another fractured stone, plus the "drifters' cache" container if you've done what's necessary to reveal it. (See the East Optional Tunnel Tips for details.)
  • 6 of 8: Move down the west tunnel to reach a cave with a group of darkspawn led by a genlock emissary. Stay back and try to take them on a few at a time, especially since a shriek or two may join the attack.
  • 7 of 8: NOTE: Be sure to loot the emissary to get the Topsider's Hilt item, which will be useful later on.
  • 8 of 8: Check their cave for a locked chest and a broken chest, then move on to emerge on the road a bit west of the ballista area. (Or go back the way you came.)