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Dragon Age II Hints

The Deep Roads Expedition

  • 1 of 10: You start Act I with this quest, but there's no need to do anything on it until after you finish all of the other main plot quests except "Friends in Low Places." (Note that you also have to do the "Birthright" companion quest.)
  • 2 of 10: After you do, you'll have the Deep Roads maps you need, but you'll still have to provide 50 gold coins for funding. Hopefully, you'll have gotten that much while doing other quests. If not, do the "Friends in Low Places" quest.
  • 3 of 10: Once you've done all the necessary quests (and all the optional ones you want to) and have raised 50 gold for the expedition one way or another, get Varric in your party, then talk to Bartrand at the north end of Hightown's Merchants Guild area and tell him you have the coin.
  • 4 of 10: If you're ready to go, talk to him again tell him so, then choose which two companions besides Varric (who's required) will go with you.
  • 5 of 10: After a cut-scene, Bodahn will run up to you and say that Sandal's gone missing. Agree to find him, then start working on your new objective.
  • 6 of 10: Go north to find that Bodahn and Sandal have set up their shops in the new expedition camp area, then get going on the next objectives.
  • 7 of 10: Loot the chest in the hunger demon's room, then continue east to reach the vault area, fighting profane and shadows on the way if you didn't make a deal with the hunger demon. (Watch for a pile of bones to loot on the way.)
  • 8 of 10: When you enter the vault, you'll have to fight the huge and mighty Ancient Rock Wraith.
  • 9 of 10: After the ancient wraith is defeated, the wraith abomination you met earlier will show up if you made a deal with it. You'll have to fight it and its minions next. (Note that if you have Varric with you, you can get him to eliminate the abomination before the battle starts.)
  • 10 of 10: Loot the chests to get the crypt key, then use the nearby locked door to escape the thaig. If you brought your surviving sibling with you (Bethany or Carver), you'll have one more thing to deal with before starting Act II.