Thread: Dragon Age: Origins + Awakening and DLC Trophy Guide

Dragon Age: Origins Trophy Guide
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Path Towards The Ultimate Reward:

- Playthrough 1: Start your game with your preferred character origin and class (Warrior, Mage, or Rogue) and play through the game. It is best during this playthrough to do as much as you can, exploring everything and doing as many side quests as possible. Make sure you're at level 20 before you beat the Archdemon and the game. If you have DLC do all of that as well.

- Playthrough 2: Start a new game with a new preferred character origin and class (one you haven't chosen before) and repeat. Use this playthrough to clean up any major plot trophies and missable trophies (such as Dragon Slayer, Recruiter and Traveler) if you haven't done them already. If you have DLC you haven't done do that here.

- Playthrough 3: Use this playthrough for the final class trophy in which you must reach level 20. If you have the patches and have yet to get the darkspawn kills trophies you need it is best obtain them here (see trophy descriptions for details). If you followed the guide and got dramatically different endings you should have earned Perfectionist by the end of this playthrough if you haven't done so the last one.

- Playthrough 4: This will be where you basically go through all the origins you've yet to do and just play them till you get to Ostagar. This is also a clean up playthrough (and the second best opportunity for the darkspawn kills trophies).

Overview:

Trophy Difficulty: Moderate
Offline Trophies: All obtainable online
Online Trophies: All obtainable online
Minimum number of play throughs: 3-4
Number of miss-able trophies: Mercenary, Educated, Heavy Hitter, Traveler, Dragonslayer, Defender, Recruiter
Known glitched trophies: The Darkspawn Kill Trophies, Annuelment Invoker & Magic Sympathizer

The Ultimate Reward

Achieve all Bronze, Silver, and Gold trophies in Dragon Age: Origins.

This is not one of the harder platinums out there to obtain, and frankly, the journey is well worth it. The major sticking points are the possible glitched out trophies and just pressing through the game three maybe even four times. There are also instances of people having trouble with the romances, specifically Leliana. These reasons justify a four star rating to the platinum difficulty. Note: If a trophy glitches and does not show, the best method to fixing it is to delete your game data (NOT YOUR SAVE FILE) and reinstall. People seem to have more problems with the trophies and the game itself after the patch.

Last Of Your Line

Completed the Human Noble origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

The human noble class is the easiest class to obtain the title of King or Queen at the end of the game due to their nobility as with the fact they're a human. This makes them the most unique origin story as the only other humans the player can choose to be are Mages.

Do NOT miss out on getting the Family Sword and the Shield Of Highever, as they are both great, powerful weapons to have early on in the game. Also, if you're a Rogue, take advantage of all the locked rooms and chests for free experience.

Talk to people. Mainly to the old sage who will teach you about your family history and garner you a piece of your codex in the process. There are also side quests depending on one of the two possible love interests, Dairren and Iona.

Corrupted

Completed the Dalish Elf origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

This is the shortest of all the origins, which in turn means there is little to do aside from loot the cave and the treasure behind the mirror. You can, however, practice sheer cruelty with the humans at the beginning of the origin with out any consequences.

Conscripted

Completed the City Elf origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

The city elf origin allows you to play as the elf that single handedly brings down the arl's estate and turns Denerim in an uproar because of it. Fun yes? As a Rogue you will have access to several locked rooms inside the castle, and as a female you're open to much more gritty dialogue if you so choose.

There is a side quest to spare a lot of family grief for a young woman, but I have yet to be convinced that you can successfully persuade her father to let her stay.

Harrowed

Completed the Magi origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

The mage origin story is perhaps the only origin story that can end on a fairly good note for your character. To do this you must tell First Enchanter Irving about Jowan's plans. Afterwords just keep your promise to Irving and go along with the events to get a more bittersweet then bad ending for your character.

If you do not go about getting the signature from Irving, you can get it from one of the female enchaters after helping her with a spider problem in the mage's storage. I would suggest helping her regardless of who you go to, as you can get some extra items and experience by gaining access to the storage.

Casteless

Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

The Dwarf Commoner origin is a very combat heavy origin story witha lot of experience and a chance to get some of the Orzammar codex early. You won't need to explore too much as the path is fairly linear and you will be returning to Orzammar again.

Kinslayer

Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story.

Simply complete the indicated origin story to earn this trophy. Do not die during the origin to earn the Bloodied as well (if you haven't obtained it already). Here are a few useful tips for this origin for those playing their first time:

Spoiler

The Dwarf Noble origin offers a spectacular armor set for your character right from the get go inside the tunnels, so make sure you get it as it's not hard to find.

If you want some additional experience you can go to the Provings and choose to enter the arena rather then just watch.

Last Of The Wardens

Completed Ostagar.

This is a story-related trophy and you can not miss it.

Spoiler

There are many optional quests, especially in the Korcari Wilds. Keep a look out for the Chasind Trail Signs as finding them all will lead you to a hidden treasure with some valuable loot.

Helping out (or killing) the prisoner in the cage bears you a key to the tranquil's chest with more valuable items and quest experience. You won't be able to open the chest until the tranquil leaves, which means finish the quest after you obtained the treaties.

Do not forget about finding the wild flower for the mabari hounds. If you're a Human Noble you already have your own, if not, doing this quest will obtain you your very own mabari hound. It's best give the kennel keeper a wild flower simply out of good will regardless... and for the experience.

You can upgrade your backpack twice in Ostagar. Buy the upgrade once before you go into the Wilds and once again upon returning with the treaties and before you talk to Duncan. The extra space will come in handy.

Standard Bearer

Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies.

This is a story-related trophy and you can not miss it.

Spoiler

Complete the quests "Broken Circle", "Paragon Of Her Kind", "Nature Of The Beast", and "The Arl Of Redcliffe"/"Urn Of Sacred Ashes". This is a very time consuming process and there will be several trophies along the way, all mostly concerning critical choices you must make in recruiting your army.

Hero Of Redcliffe

Completed The Arl Of Redcliffe.

This is a story-related trophy and you can not miss it.

Spoiler

Do not forget to explore every inch of the castle for Alistair's special gift, money, descent weapons to use/ lander, codex, and the like. You unlock every possible area in the castle when you have the choice to chase after Conner to his room and deal with him.

For people who want to be a little evil, you can make a deal with the Desire Demon to obtain the Blood Mage or Reaver attribute. But are you willing to just let her go?

Rabble Rouser

Completed The Landsmeet.

This is a story-related trophy and you can not miss it.

Spoiler

If you wish to get the Recruiter trophy, you may want to consider letting Teryn Loghain live. This of course means that you will sacrifice having Alistair as a party member to do so, and most likely a chance to sacrifice yourself in the end. Also, Loghain is extremely hard to convince to sleep with Morrigan if you are a female character.

Mercenary

Completed 15 Chanter's Board quests.

In Lothering you will immediatly be able to do up to three side quests for the local chanter's board in front of the Chantry. There is a chanter's board in both Redcliffe and Denerim, however you will not have access to the Redcliffe chanter's board until after you help fend off the attacking undead. Simply complete a total of 15 quests between all three boards and you should be set, since there are more then 15 available quests to choose from.

This does not include the Mage's Collective, Blackstone Irregulars, the Secrete Informants, the Crows, or any other small side quests as the description strictly says 'Chanter's Board'.

Recruiter

Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members.

The following list are the character's required for this trophy. Note that Shale is a DLC character so you do not have to recruit her in order to obtain this trophy. Be aware though that if you want to collect everyone on a single playthrough it will almost indefinitely restrict you to a very small amount of end game choices. Just as the description states though, you do not have to get everyone in a single playthrough.

Spoiler

- Alistair - You can not play through without having Alistair in your party as he joins you regardless of what you say or do during and after the battle at Ostagar.
- Morrigan - I'm not certain if it is possible to deny Morrigan's help and she actually stay with Flemeth or not because I have never tried. I do know that you are almost 100% certain to have her in your party considering she leads you straight to Lothering after you leave Flemeth's Hut.
- Mabari Warhound - As a human noble, you will have your warhound early. Simply go to the kitchen to assist the cook in getting your dog out of the larder and he will be part of your party. For everyone else, you must help out the sick mabari in Ostagar. If you complete the Mabari Hound quest, the dog will come find you in a random encounter when you head off to Lothering for the first time.
- Leliana - You will find her in the tavern in Lothering. It is possible to miss her or tell her no she can't join you, but you'll need her to romance at some point so it's best you don't. If you leave Lothering without entering the tavern, she will be killed by the darkspawn invasion.
- Sten - Sten is only slightly harder to miss then Leliana, but is more reluctant to join your party. Convince him that you'll help him redeem himself on the battlefield and either pick his cage lock or somehow convince the Reverend Mother to let him out into your custody (which is much easier to do with Leliana in your party). He will die just like Leliana if you do not recruit him before you leave Lothering.
- Wynne - Wynne will join your party only if you side with the mages through out the whole Broken Circle quest line. It is possibly to have the Rite Of Annulment invoked and still keep her, but that requires a lot of poor affirmative action during the boss battle with Uldred. She will not be afraid to turn on you if you suggest killing all of the mages.
- Zevran - Zevran is one of the easier characters to recruit. When he and his gang ambush you and you defeat them, do not kill him. He will wake and pledge loyalty to you in exchange for his life. Allow him to join you and you will have officially recruited him. Keeping him in your team is slightly more difficult in the later part of the game.
- Oghren - Oghren will almost certainly join you when you begin your quest into the deep roads in search of Branka. He is not a hard character to recruit nor is he hard to keep. Being a drunk he is probably the most care free character in the game.
- Loghain - Yes, you can recruit the very bastard who caused you so much trouble. You only have one of two choices, the latter being to kill him or have Alistair kill him. If you decide to spare him and make him a gray warden, Alistair will leave your party forever, king or not. Loghain should be the last required character to recruit for this trophy, though it is at a great moral strain.

Hopelessly Romantic

Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances.

To get this trophy you must obtain the Witch Gone Wild, First Knight, Easy Lover, and Wine, Women, And Song trophies. This, of course, can be done across all your playthroughs of Dragon Age.

Perfectionist

Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings.

This trophy seems to have many roundabout methods of being obtained as well as one failsafe method. The fail safe is to finish the game with the four major endings, being:

Spoiler

1. Sacrifice yourself.
2. Sacrifice Alistair.
3. Sacrifice Loghain.
4. Accept to do the ritual with Morrigan.

Several people have managed to possibly glitch this trophy within only two full playthroughs. When I first obtained this trophy, both endings involved the different gold ending trophies and different rulers ruling (in one case they were married to me). Speculation points to making Alistair king once and Anora queen once also affects this trophy. This could easily have been a glitch and is already patched since the trophies were obtained, but still worth mentioning here.

Educated

Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills.

After you leave Lothering and open up the world map, there are several places you can go to obtain a tome. Mainly (if not only) in particular shops. The dwarves that follow you in camp will have at least two for sale. The tranquil's shop in Denerim has at least one for purchase. Some of the dwarves in Orzammar have tome's up for sale, and I believe Valethorn in the Dalish Camp and the Quartermaster at the Circle Of Magi carry them as well. They're not cheap, but very useful in making a powerful character. Buy one and go to your Usable Items screen, select the tomb for the character you wish to use it on, then exit out and it will say you have leveled up. Go to the level up screen and you will get this trophy after adding in your newly acquired skills.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

The ultimate sacrifice was made in defense of Ferelden.

Spoiler

To earn this trophy at the end of the game (and contribute to earning Perfectionist), you must refuse Morrigan's offer no matter what when she approaches you in the Arl of Redcliffe's estate. She will leave the party and you will enter the final battle without her. At the end of the road when the Archdemon falls, you must choose to sacrifice your life and kill the Archdemon. Alternatively you can have either Alistair or Loghain do it in your place.

Note: Want to beat the Archdemon without a major hassle? Abuse the ballistas.

A Dark Promise

Defeated the Archdemon and, through a dark ritual with Morrigan, spared your own life.

Spoiler

To earn this trophy at the end of the game (and contribute to earning Perfectionist), you must accept Morrigan's offer when she approaches you in the Arl of Redcliffe's estate. After a little whoopi you will continue on to the final battle. Play it out as you wish and you will earn this trophy upon beating the Archdemon.

Note: Want to beat the Archdemon without a major hassle? Abuse the ballistas.

Magic Sympathizer

Sided with the mages in Broken Circle.

Spoiler

There are several methods of going about this trophy and Annulment Invoker. The key lies in whether or not Irving is alive before or after the Uldred fight. If he dies in the fight, you will have sided with the templars even if you stood up and fought for the mages the whole time. On the other hand you could support the templars the whole time, still save Irving and convince Gregor to spare him and get this trophy.

Note: This trophy has glitched for some. Refer to glitched trophies in the platinum overview if you finish Broken Circle with the mage army and still receive no trophy.

Annulment Invoker

Sided with the templars in Broken Circle.

Spoiler

There are several methods of going about this trophy and Magic Sympathizer. The key lies in whether or not Irving is alive before or after the Uldred fight. If he dies in the fight, you will have sided with the templars even if you stood up and fought for the mages the whole time. On the other hand you could support the templars the whole time. As long as Irving dies or you turn him in to Gregor to be executed, you will get this trophy.

Note: This trophy has glitched for some. Refer to glitched trophies in the platinum overview if you finish Broken Circle with the mage army and still receive no trophy.

Slayer

Sided with the werewolves in Nature Of The Beast.

Spoiler

The only point during this questline where you have a choice to affect the outcome of your army is when you get the chance to persuade the Lady of the Forest to simply lead the werewolves to attack the elven campsite. In doing so, the elves will be slaughtered and you will no longer be able to seek their services for the rest of the game.

Poacher

Sided with the elves in Nature Of The Beast.

Spoiler

Whether Zathrian lives or dies isn't what is important here, but rather the context in which he dies. If you allow him to sacrifice himself and free the werewolves of their cursed form, Zathrian's second will take command and agree to aid you against the Blight. If he lives then he himself will aid you. You can choose to kill the Lady and the werewolves or free them to get this trophy, though most will want to consider the latter.

Sacrilegious

Sided with the Cult of Andraste in Urn Of The Sacred Ashes.

Spoiler

If you lack any sense of morality or follow Morrigan's way of thinking, you will side with the Cult of Andraste upon meeting Krom for the first time. Listen to his words and agree to help him. He will give you dragon's blood to defile the ashes. Once you are before the ashes, immediately pour the blood on the ashes. The Guardian will enter to fight you, as will Wynne if she is in your party and probably even Leliana. Never the less, you will loose a lot of friends taking this path, which is why players like me make a save to earn it then revert back.

Ceremonialist

Defied the Cult of Andraste in Urn Of The Sacred Ashes.

Spoiler

Simply put, if you do not wish for the Reaver attribute from Krom or don't want possibly loose Wynne or Leliana and piss off Alistair, you will go with killing Krom and his minions without pouring the dragon's blood into the urn. You do not have to fight Krom on the first encounter to do this, so long as you do not choose the option to defile the ashes you will get this trophy. Remember, killing Krom will still give you the powerful Faith's Edge two0handed axe for you greedy players out there.

Bhelen's Ally

Sided with Bhelen in 'A Paragon of Her Kind'

Spoiler

During your time in Orzammar you're given ample time to pick who's side you're on in the debate of who shall be the next dwarven king. Whether or not you help Bhelen or Harrowmont surprisingly has little effect on the options of choice when it comes time to decide. Do as you wish in Orzammar, but when it comes time to choose the king, simply choose Bhelen in order to get this trophy. Your only other choice is the more noble but less effective Harrowmont.

Harrowmont's Ally

Sided with Harrowmont in 'A Paragon of Her Kind'

Spoiler

During your time in Orzammar you're given ample time to pick who's side you're on in the debate of who shall be the next dwarven king. Whether or not you help Bhelen or Harrowment surprisingly has little effect on the options of choice when it comes time to decide. Do as you wish in Orzammar, but when it comes time to choose the king, simply choose Harrowmont in order to get this trophy. Your only other choice is the shady but effective Bhelen.

Liberator

Destroyed the Anvil of the Void.

Spoiler

upon reaching the end of the Deep Roads in search for Branka, you will meet the golem Carradin, a former paragon and creator of the anvil. When time comes to side with Branka or Carradin to decide the fate of the anvil, side with Carradin. You will battle Branka to the death immediately afterwards. To thank you for your help Carradin will forge a crown for you to give to the king of your choice. You will destroy the anvil and obtain this trophy. Do not forget to look at the large statue to the right facing the entrance for another quest to take an ancient tablet to the Shaperate.

Note: You must choose this path in order to unlock 'A Golem's Memories' for Shale (only if you have the Stone Prisoner DLC).

Pragmatist

Preserved the Anvil of the Void.

Spoiler

upon reaching the end of the Deep Roads in search for Branka, you will meet the golem Carradin, a former paragon and creator of the anvil. When time comes to side with Branka or Carradin to decide the fate of the anvil, side with Branka. You will battle Carradin to the death immediately afterwards. To thank you for your help Branka will forge a crown for you to give to the king of your choice. With the golems under the dwarves control you will obtain this trophy. Do not forget to look at the large statue to the right facing the entrance for another quest to take an ancient tablet to the Shaperate.

Note: You can not unlock 'A Golem's Memories' for Shale if you take this path (only if you have the Stone Prisoner DLC). In fact, Shale will turn on you if he's in your party or next time you talk to him at camp.

Heavy Hitter

Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit.

- As a Warrior: If you're a two-handed fighter with heavy focus on Strength and Willpower, strike an enemy down with Final Blow with a full bar of stamina (buffer effects always welcome). This is easily the hardest of the three classes to deal this level of damage to an enemy in a single hit.
- As a Rogue: Even if you're not an archer by fighting style it is wise to put some of your points into getting the deadly Arrow of Slaying. This high level Archer skill can easily deal between 250 to 300 damage at early levels. This is the easiest way to obtain this trophy.
- As a Mage: There are two ways as a Mage to deal over 250 damage a hit. The easier of the two methods is to upgrade your Magic skills and cast Virulent Walking Bomb. The enemy will explode upon death dealing heavy damage to all enemies around it. A heavy focus in Magic (around the 40's and 50's) will deal 250 damage + to all enemy bystanders. The other method is to cast Mana Clash on an enemy mage. It is also considered possible with the buffers Spell Wisp, Spell Might, and one or two really strong damage increasing weapons or equipped items with any high level Mage.

Bloodied

Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle.

On Easy and Normal difficulty, this trophy is a cake walk. Simply complete your character's origin without dying. Save often if you're unsure of your abilities or are playing on Hard or Nightmare difficulty.

Traveler

Set foot in every area in the game.

Along with Perfectionist, this trophy has caused the most problems for people looking to platinum Dragon Age: Origins. You do NOT have to reveal the entire map for every area you visit. You simply need to set foot in them for this trophy to unlock during the battle against the Archdemon.

Here are all the locations required for this trophy. All bold locations are unmissable as are areas marked as such:

Spoiler

Ostagar
- Korcari Wilds (Unmissable)
- Flemth's Hut (Unmissable)
- Tower of Ishal (Unmissable)
Lothering
- Dane's Refuge (Tavern)
- Lothering Chantry
Redcliffe Village
- Blacksmith
- Tavern
- Dwyn's Home
- Kaitleyn's Home
- Kaitleyn's Home 2nd Floor
- General Store
- Chantry (Unmissable)
- Windmill (Unmissable)
Redcliffe Castle
Redcliffe Castle 2nd Floor (Unmissable)
- Redcliffe Dungeons (Unmissable)
- Castle Couryards (Unmissable)
- The Fade *You must enter to try and save Conner*
Lake Calenhad Docks
- Spoiled Princess Tavern
Circle Tower
- Pentagon portion of the Fade puzzle (Unmissable)
- Outer portions of the Fade *You must save all your companions for the boss. This is optional*
- Every floor on the tower (Unmissable)
Haven
- Mountain Entrance (Unmissable)
- The Dragon's Lair (Unmissable)
- Ruined Temple (Unmissable)
- House near the entrance
- General Store
- Haven chantry (Unmissable)
Frostback Mountains
Orzammar
- Cairidin's Cross (Unmissable)
- Ortan Thaig (Unmissable)
- The Dead Trenches (Unmissable)
- Anvil of the Void (Unmissable)
- Aeducan Thaig
- Orzammar Commons (Unmissable)
- Janar Armorer's
- Figor's Imports
- Proving Grounds
- Tapster's Tavern
- Dust Town (Unmissable)
- Alimar's Emporium
- Slums house (Unmissable)
- Jarvia's Hideout (Unmissable)
- Diamond Quarter (Unmissable)
- Harrowmont's Estate
- Royal Palace
- Shaperate
- Orzammar Council (Unmissable)
Brecilian Outskirts
- Dalish Camp (Unmissable)
- West Brecilian Forest (Unmissable)
- East Brecilian Forest (Unmissable)
- Brecilian Forest (Unmissable)
- Elven Ruins (Unmissable)
- Werewolf Lair (Unmissable)
Denerim
- Eleven Alienage (Unmissable)
- Cyrion's Home
- Shop
- Orphanage
- Valendrian's home
- Apartments
- Quarantined Hospice
- Market District (Unmissable)
- Wonder's of Thedas
- Blacksmith
- Gnarled Noble Tavern
- Warehouse
- Goldanna's house (Alistair's sidequest)
- Marjorlaine's house (Leliana's sidequest)
- Arl of Redcliffe's Estate (Unmissable)
- Royal Palace (Unmissable)
- Arl of Denerim's Estate (Unmissable)
- Fort Drakon (Unmissable)
- The Pearl
- Dirty Back Alley
- Rundown Back Streets
- Dark Alley
- Deserted Building *You'll need to find Ser Friden's corpse and do "The Last Request" side quest.*
- Royal Palace District *Final Battle only*
- "K" or "D" Hideout *You can only visit one of these*
- Quaint Hovel *"Unbound" side quest*
- Bann Federal's Estate *"Crime Wave" side quest*

Side Quests (Areas Will Be Marked On The Main Map):
- Civil War *From the Chantry board in Denerim*
- Battlefield *From the Chantry board in Denerim*
- Refugees *From the Chantry board in Redcliffe*
- Caravan *From the Chantry board in Redcliffe*

Master Of Arms

Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior.

For each class you must reach level 20 in order to get a silver trophy for the respective class. This works well with trying to earn the Perfectionist trophy. It is a long grind, so make a character you really like and keep at it! Your first two playthroughs you will want to try and earn all the different story related trophies. Have fun!

Shadow

Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue.

See the Master of Arms trophy.

Archmage

Main character achieved level 20 as a mage.

See the Master of Arms trophy.

Dragonslayer

Defeated the dragon guarding the Urn of Sacred Ashes.

Along with Flemeth, the High Dragon is the strongest optional boss you will face in the game. Killing it will garner you amazing exp, items, and a scale to give to Wade for the ultimate armor. Why would you not want to do this? Well unless you're whole party is at least at level 15 with you or a party member set to do some major mass healing, you will die. To call down the High Dragon, go to it's lair in the mountains where the Urn is kept and ring the gong. Bating this beast almost requires you play keep-away if you're a ranged fighter. Try and force the dragon to focus on the tank member of the party and wail on it from behind. This will cause you to be attacked by it's back feet and tail, which does not hurt nearly as much as it's mouth and fire breath. If you're not the healer party member, do what you can to keep your healer alive, as the dragon has its share of instant kill moves. With persistence and pre-planning, you can win the battle without too much stress.

Pilgrim

Completed a Chanter's Board quest.

Your first chanters board quest will be given to you in Lothering. Head out into the fields and kill the three groups of bandits in the area and return to the board for your reward. Easy trophy.

Grey Warden ( with any patches)

Killed 100 darkspawn.

Here we have the three darkspawn kill trophies. Now if you're new to the game and haven't played online or were lucky enough to not be affected by the firmwire's graphic glitch that only affected Dragon Age: Origins, then you're set. Beat the game killing all the darkspawn and you should round out to about 1000. It carries over to your next playthrough if not. If you have any of the patches, as far as I know, this set of trophies are a lot harder. The patch has apparently for most people made it so only your character and your character alone must make these kills to count. Whether they carry over like before has yet to be proven.

Master Warden ( with any patches)

Killed 500 darkspawn.

See the Grey Warden trophy.

Blight-Queller ( with any patches)

Killed 1000 darkspawn.

See the Grey Warden trophy.

Defender

Preserved the lives of half the troops at Denerim's Gates in "The Final Battle".

On Easy and Normal this trophy is fairly easy to get. On Easy it is even possible to go through all of the Final Battle without using any troops. When the time comes to rid the world of the Archdemon and his army, be conservative with your command over the troops and prevent them from dying. As long as you have more then half of all your recruited soldiers, you should be good. You will get this trophy before the final boss if you're successful, so save before just in case.

Tinkerer

Crafted an item.

This will most likely be one of the first trophies you earn in the game. To get this, you must craft an item by going to your radial menu and selecting the Potions crafting option 'Herbalism', or you can go to the Traps and Poisons section and choose 'Trap-Making' or 'Poison-Making'. You do not have to do this with your character, but at least one character in your party will have to know one of these three abilities (Morrigan starts out with Herbalism and Leliana starts out with Poison-Making). In Lothering there are three people that give crafting quests for some easy experience points, just look for the '!' over their heads.

You will need ingredients in order to properly craft an item. Even as early as Lothering you should have what is needed for some traps and poultices right off the bat. If you want to make poisons first you'll most likely have to collect Toxic Extract from the giant spiders outside the town. Here is a list of some of the basic craft items you can make early on:

Spoiler

Potions
-- Lesser Health Poultice: 1 Elfroot, 1 Flask
-- Lesser Lyrium Potion: 1 Lyrium Dust, 1 Flask
-- Mabari Crunch: 1 Elfroot, 1 Deep Mushroom
Poisons
-- Venom: 1 Toxin Extract, 1 Flask
-- Deathroot Extract: 1 Deathroot, 1 Flask
Traps
-- Spring Trap: 1 Trap Trigger
-- Small Claw Trap: 1 Metal Shard, 1 Trap Trigger
-- Small Shrapnel Trap: 1 Metal Shard, 1 Trap Trigger

Persuasive

Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts.

Your ability to successfully persuade people is based around your level of coercion, which you can increase as you put points to your cunning upon leveling up. You can persuade up to five people fairly early in the game (both the King's guard at his tent and Loghain's, the guard that can give you food for the prisoner, the bandit leader right before you enter Lothering, Ser Bryant, the Reverend Mother, and the shady merchant). Other opportunities will arise depending on how you take the story. For a lot of the early persuasion minigames you do not need more then Improved Coercion, but as time progresses it will get harder and you will want to boost your persuasive skills.

Silver-Tongued

Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts.

See the Persuasive trophy.

Bully

Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts.

Intimidate acts just like Persuade does in a conversation, though it tends to be a more forceful and less feel-good. It is also a lot rarer then Persuade. Coercion is just as important in Intimidate, but your character must also have around 18-20 points in strength in order to be successful.

Menacing

Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts.

See the Bully trophy.

First Knight

Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair.

By thrill of romance, they do mean you must unlock the 'naughty' scene in order for this trophy to pop up. Just being in love with them and kissing is not enough. Alistair is very easy to romance with if you're a woman and impossible if you're a man. In fact, he'll almost always naturally be attracted to you if you show an overall good and not evil personality. He'll even bring you a flower (which is one of the easiest ways to start the romance). As long as you do not mock Alistair or make fun of him you will not lower his approval in conversation. He is a righteous and noble person and will disapprove of anything too morally corrupt. Morally ambiguous choices do not tend to affect his approval.

The Best Gifts For Alistair:

Spoiler

Alistair's Mother's Amulet (plot-specific)
Black Runestone
Duncan's Sheild (plot-specific)
Onyx Demon Statuette
Small Carved Statuette
Stone Dragon Statuette
Stone Warrior Statuette
White Runestone

Witch Gone Wild

Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan.

By thrill of romance, they do mean you must unlock the 'naughty' scene in order for this trophy to pop up. Just being in love with them and kissing is not enough. Morrigan is fairly easy to romance with if you're a man and impossible if you're a woman. Once you break that outer shell Morrigan will open up a bit more to you, just get her in your tent early because once she is in love with you it will be much much harder. Morrigan is more of a flinger then she is a lover. It is possible to romance her right out of Lothering with enough gifts and saying the right things. Morrigan likes to see you be your own person and ignore the aid of others. She will give a lot of approval for the morally corrupt path. Expect a lot of disapproval if you're a righteous person.

The Best Gifts For Morrigan:

Spoiler

Black Grimoire (plot-specific)
Flemeth's Grimoire (plot-specific)
Gold Amulet
Golden Demon Pendant
Golden Mirror (plot-specific)
Golden Rope Necklace
Locket
Silver Brooch
Silver Chain
Silver Medallion
Tribal Necklace

Easy Lover

Experienced the thrill of romance with Zeveran.

By thrill of romance, they do mean you must unlock the 'naughty' scene in order for this trophy to pop up. Just being in love with them and kissing is not enough. Zeveran is almost inevitably going to hit on you. As long as you don't degrade him in a racially insensitive way and talk a little dirty he'll happily make love to you. Loving Zeveran will put the both of you in a slightly more awkward then normal position with him, so making naughty early on is a good thing here. he tends to liek the morally ambiguous path the most, not always approving the evil deeds and being disappointed of some of your good deeds.

The Best Gifts For Zeveran:

Spoiler

Antivan Leather Boots (plot-specific)
Dalish Gloves (plot-specific)
Medium Gold Bar
Medium Silver Bar
Small Gold Bar
Small Silver Bar

Wine, Women, And Song

Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana.

By thrill of romance, they do mean you must unlock the 'naughty' scene in order for this trophy to pop up. Just being in love with them and kissing is not enough. Leliana is easily the hardest character to start a romance with as a female, and only slightly less hard as a male. If you're female, follow dialog that is very flirtatious with Leliana whenever possible. If you do things right after she compliments your hair the romance will start. She is very religious, and even after you've hardened her through her personal quest, she will still frown on you for any evil deed. In fact, she'll try and kill you if you defile the urn, so be careful.

The Best Gifts For Leliana:

Spoiler

Andraste's Grace (plot-specific)
Bronze Symbol of Andraste
Chantry Amulet
Etched Silver Symbol
Golden Symbol of Andraste
Nug (plot-specific) (you can only give a nug as a gift once Leliana tells you how cute they are and you go to the nug wrangler in Dust Town to buy one)
Silver Sword of Mercy
Steel Symbol of Andraste

Veteran

Main character learned a specialization.

You're given up to two specialization points per character when you level up. The first point is a t level 7, while the second is at 14. Specializations add a slight boost in their given field of stats as well as open up four new abilities to add points to. All you need to do is unlock the specialization (find the respective trainer, the tome, or be lucky to have it unlocked already) and you will earn this trophy.

Specializations:

Spoiler

Rogue
- Assassin - Learned from Zevran or purchased from Alarith's Store during "Landsmeet"
- Bard - Learned from Leliana or purchased from Alimar in Orzammar
- Duelist - Learned from Isabella in the Pearl in Denerim
- Ranger - Purchased from Bodahn's Wares in your Party Camp

Mage
- Arcane Warrior - Learned from The Presence in the Brecilian Ruins during "Nature of the Beast"
- Blood Mage - Learned from the Desire Demon in the Fade during "The Arl of Redcliffe"
- Shapeshifter - Learned from Morrigan or purchased from Varathorn in the Dalish Camp
- Spirit Healer - Learned from Wynne or from the Wonders of Thedas during "Landsmeet"

Warrior
- Champion - Learned from Arl Eamon after "The Urn of Sacred Ashes"
- Templar - Learned from Alistair or purchased from Bodhain's Wares in your Party Camp
- Berserker - Learned from Oghren or purchased from Gorim in Denerim Market
- Reaver - Learned from Kolgrim in the Wyrmling Lair

Elite

Main character learned two specializations.

See the Veteran trophy.

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