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Dragon Age: Origins Hints

What can I do with this Ruck character?

  • 1 of 8: Follow him and find out.
  • 2 of 8: Loot the nearby darkspawn corpse, then move toward Ruck to get him to talk to you.
  • 3 of 8: He'll run off again, and a bunch of giant spiders will appear behind you and attack.
  • 4 of 8: Kill the spiders, then move down the tunnel after Ruck.
  • 5 of 8: When you reach his camp, loot the vase to get the Topsider's Pommel and the "An Admirable Topsider" quest.
  • 6 of 8: Loot the darkspawn corpse and fractured stone, then talk to Ruck.
  • 7 of 8: Pass a persuade or intimidate check, then ask him if he has anything to trade in order to get merchant services from him.
  • 8 of 8: If you got the "A Mother's Hope" quest earlier, talk to him about his mother to make progress on that quest.