Dragon Age: Origins Hints & Cheats

Unlockables

Achievements

Complete each achievement to receive the allotted gamerscore.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Completed the Human Noble origin story	Last of Your Line (10)
Completed the Dalish Elf origin story	Corrupted (10)
Completed the City Elf origin story	Conscripted (10)
Completed the Magi origin story	Harrowed (10)
Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story	Casteless (10)
Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story	Kinslayer (10)
Completed Ostagar	Last of the Wardens (20)
Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies	Standard-Bearer (20)
Completed "The Arl of Redcliffe"	Hero of Redcliffe (20)
Completed "The Landsmeet"	Rabble-Rouser (20)
Complete 15 job-board quests	Mercenary (20)
Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members	Recruiter (25)
Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances	Hopelessly Romantic (25)
Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings	Perfectionist (50)
Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills	Educated (15)
Sided with the mages in "Broken Circle"	Magic Sympathizer (20)
Sided with the templars in "Broken Circle"	Annulment Invoker (20)
Sided with the werewolves in "Nature of the Beast"	Slayer (20)
Sided with the elves in "Nature of the Beast"	Poacher (20)
Sided with the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn Of Sacred Ashes"	Sacrilegious (20)
Defied the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn of Sacred Ashes"	Ceremonialist (20)
Sided with Bhelen in "A Paragon of Her Kind"	Bhelen's Ally (20)
Sided with Harrowmont in "A Paragon of Her Kind"	Harrowmont's Ally (20)
Destroyed the Anvil of the Void	Liberator (20)
Preserved the Anvil of the Void	Pragmatist (20)
Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit	Heavy Hitter (10)
Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle	Bloodied (10)
Set foot in every area in the game	Traveler (35)
Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior	Master of Arms (25)
Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue	Shadow (25)
Main character achieved level 20 as a mage	Archmage (25)
Completed a Chanter's Board quest	Pilgrim (10)
Killed 100 darkspawn	Grey Warden (20)
Killed 500 darkspawn	Master Warden (25)
Killed 1000 darkspawn	Blight-Queller (25)
Crafted an item	Tinkerer (10)
Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts	Persuasive (10)
Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts	Silver Tongued (20)
Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts	Bully (10)
Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts	Menacing (20)
Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair	First Knight (10)
Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan	Witch Gone Wild (10)
Experienced the thrill of romance with Zevran	Easy Lover (10)
Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana	Wine, Woman, and Song (10)
Main character learned a specialization	Veteran (25)
Main character learned two specializations	Elite (30)
Defeated the archdemon and, through a dark ritual with Morrigan, spared your own life	A Dark Promise (50)
Preserved the lives of half the troops at Denerim's Gates in "The Final Battle"	Defender (20)
Defeated the dragon guarding the Urn of Sacred Ashes	Dragonslayer (30)
Made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of Ferelden	The Ultimate Sacrifice (50)

Unlock Items From Dragon Age Journeys for your Dragon Age Origins Game

In order to complete the following, one must play Dragon Age Journeys and complete the objectives as listed. Journeys is a flash-based RPG made with the same spirit as it's PC/Console Counterparts. You must have a Bioware account and have it linked with your DA:O account in order for this to work. One can play Dragon Age Journeys at www.dragonagejourneys.com.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
To earn Embri's Many Pockets in Dragon Age: Origins, save the Grey Warden Martine by completing The Missing Warden quest.	Embri's Many Pockets
To earn the Helm of the Deep in Dragon Age: Origins, you must earn all five achievements in Dragon Age Journies: The Deep Roads.	Helm of the Deep
To earn the Amulet of the War Mage in Dragon Age: Origins, simply sign in to your EA account in Dragon Age Journeys. If you do not have an existing EA	Amulet Of the War Mage

Glitches

Get specialization manuals for FREE
FInd a vendor that has the manual you want. Save your game. Buy the manual to unlock the specialization. Now reload your save, and it will still be unlocked, and you will have your money back. The manual will also be missing from the merchants inventory.

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
FAQ/Walkthrough	FAQ/Walkthrough by noz3r0	507K
Character Guide	Dual-Wielding Warrior Guide by JohnSay	40K
Other	Origin Story Guide by doctorofwho	41K
Achievement Guide	Achievement Guide by Echelon17	62K
Other	Additional Content Guide by Naranek Angmar	38K
Character Guide	Dual Weapon Rogue by zeusodinra	42K
Other	Conversation Guide by moneytalk18	72K
Other	Character Development Guide by bigdaddyjug	34K
Character Guide	Shapeshifter by Tonberry66	20K
Other	Class/Character Build Guide by KerathArcwind	174K
Other	Class Guide by asmiroth	89K
Other	Blood Magic Guide by atomicmew	21K
FAQ/Walkthrough	FAQ/Walkthrough by MRadford	207K
Character Guide	Arcane Warrior Guide by Sajber	67K
Other	Crafting Guide by Myriddan	39K
Other	Gauntlet Bridge Solution by brandinb21	50K
FAQ/Walkthrough	FAQ/Walkthrough by scopius2	111K

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