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Wyrmling Lair
Dragon Age: Origins

Wyrmling Lair

Navigate the Wyrmling Lair in Dragon Age: Origins. Defeat cultists, disarm traps, and make crucial choices regarding Kolgrim and the Urn of Sacred Ashes.

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Navigate the Wyrmling Lair in Dragon Age: Origins. Defeat cultists, disarm traps, and make crucial choices regarding Kolgrim and the Urn of Sacred Ashes.

Walkthrough
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    Head through the middle area to meet a Cultist Overseer; kill him and continue your trek.
  2. 2
    In the next room dispatch the enemies and check out the wooden crate at the back end.
  3. 3
    Enter the caverns to be ambushed by Dragonlings but be sure to disarm the traps.
  4. 4
    Further up the ramp you should encounter more Cultists and a few Dragonlings.
  5. 5
    Along the eastern wall are two chests and a book on Codex 124: The Frostback Mountains.
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    Continue north up another ramp with more Cultists and more Dragonlings.
  7. 7
    Take the eastern path to be ambushed by Drakes; loot them to start the quest “Drake Scale Armor“.
  8. 8
    The pile of dragon filth has the Stone Warrior Statuette rare gift for Alistair.
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    Return to the previous room and head down the other path this time.
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    As you reach the fork you are ambushed by Cultist Assassins; be sure to stun them.
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    Once they are dispatched continue the path north to an open room with Cultists and a few Dragonlings.
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    As you approach the top area where the Cultist Overseer was a few Drakes attack.
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    The Cultist Overseer can drop the Spellweaver, a great weapon for an Arcane Warrior.
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    Keep on rolling east and kill the Cultists and the Drake.
  15. 15
    The Dragon Egg grants the Lifedrinker whilst the book gives Codex 213: The First Blight - Chapter 3.
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    If you want to unlock both specializations you might want to make a save file before heading down the western path. Here you have a choice to make, and though you can unlock both in one play through it is the “bad” choice.
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    Return to the fork and choose to go west this time.
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    Follow the path until you reach a room with Cultists waiting with traps abound.
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    There is a single chest and three wooden crates in this room.
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    Continue along the path until you reach a man named Kolgrim.
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    Here you can make an interesting choice, you can either accept his quest to destroy the ashes or kill Kolgrim for this treachery.
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    You can however take a pinch of the ashes first and then defile the urn which will ultimately grant the Reaver Specialization and later the Champion Specialization for saving Arl Eamon.
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    Regardless of your decision head to the mountaintop.
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    Head to the eastern side of the mountaintop to find two chests and a broken chest.
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    If you didn’t kill Kolgrim he will quell the High Dragon and you can make your way to the Gauntlet.
Tips
  • Disarm traps when entering the caverns.
  • Stun Cultist Assassins when ambushed at the fork.
  • Save your game before heading down the western path to make a choice that allows unlocking both specializations in one playthrough.
  • Quest “Drake Scale Armor“
  • Stone Warrior Statuette (rare gift for Alistair)
  • Spellweaver (weapon, dropped by Cultist Overseer)
  • Lifedrinker (from Dragon Egg)
  • Codex 124: The Frostback Mountains
  • Codex 213: The First Blight - Chapter 3
  • Reaver Specialization (if ashes are defiled)
  • Champion Specialization (if ashes are defiled and Arl Eamon is saved)

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