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Second Floor
Dragon Age: Origins

Second Floor

Detailed walkthrough for the Second Floor in Dragon Age: Origins. Find Bel's Cache, Scrolls of Banastor, Love Letters, and more. Defeat Blood Mages and Revenants.

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Detailed walkthrough for the Second Floor in Dragon Age: Origins. Find Bel's Cache, Scrolls of Banastor, Love Letters, and more. Defeat Blood Mages and Revenants.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Approach Owain and speak with him to advance the quest line.
  2. 2
    Loot the pile of filth and charred corpse.
  3. 3
    Pass through the eastern door.
  4. 4
    Defeat the three Blood Mages to release the barrier sealing off the Senior Mage Quarters.
  5. 5
    You can choose to kill the Blood Mage that begs for her life or spare her.
  6. 6
    Loot the pile of books.
  7. 7
    Find Bel’s Cache, a chest, Ancient Text, and another Apprentice Note in the room.
  8. 8
    The Ancient Text yields a Scroll of Banastor(1).
  9. 9
    Head into the hall and open the first door, defeating the enemies that appear.
  10. 10
    Loot the charred corpse and the chest containing a Love Letter(2).
  11. 11
    Make your way to the next room which is filled with Shambling Corpses.
  12. 12
    Loot the chest to the right.
  13. 13
    Find an armoire.
  14. 14
    Dispose of the enemies lurking further in the room.
  15. 15
    Check the vanity for another gift.
  16. 16
    Search the closet to find Godwin hiding inside.
  17. 17
    Head to the third room where two Blood Mages are battling an Abomination.
  18. 18
    Help the mages destroy the abomination.
  19. 19
    Kill the two Blood Mages; one holds a Creationist Cord.
  20. 20
    Acquire the Apprentice Note.
  21. 21
    Loot the pile of books and the chest.
  22. 22
    Continue down the hall into the next room and defeat the enemies.
  23. 23
    Loot the armoire and scrolls.
  24. 24
    In the adjacent room, loot the soldier’s corpse and charred corpse.
  25. 25
    The soldier's corpse carries a Chantry Amulet and the charred corpse carries an Ice Band.
  26. 26
    Prepare yourself for a tough battle and observe the Toppled Statue to summon a Revenant.
  27. 27
    Loot the Revenant once defeated to obtain Codex 241: The Black Vials.
  28. 28
    Enter the last room, which is Irving’s office.
  29. 29
    Check the bookcase for Codex 074: The Fraternity of Enchanters.
  30. 30
    Open Irving’s Chest, which contains the story gift Black Grimoire.
  31. 31
    Check the enchanter’s desk.
  32. 32
    Loot the enchanter’s scroll which yields Codex 246: Irving’s Mistake.
  33. 33
    Check the cabinet, chest, and scrap paper in the corner.
  34. 34
    The scrap paper yields Codex 243: Circles Within Circles.
  35. 35
    Make your way to the third floor.
Tips
  • Scrolls of Banastor are turned in for a quest obtained later in the game. They are marked and numbered throughout the guide.
  • Give the Black Grimoire to Morrigan to start “Flemeth’s Grimoire”.

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