Synopses & Reviews
• Expanded Side Quests! Complete walkthroughs for every side quest list everything from maps to loot rewards.
• Spoiler Alert: Spoiler warnings included throughout the guide.
• Over 40 labeled maps! From the ancient dwarven fortress Kal'Hirol to the deadly Dragonbone wastes.
• Full walkthroughs reveal pivotal story choices, puzzle secrets, and every quest stop!
• Expert tips on how to maximize your new abilities!
Table of Contents
How to Use This GuideBasics
Key Terms
Experience and Leveling
Your Health
Races and Classes
Skills, Talents, and Specializations
Items
Combat
The Map
The Codex
Character Generation
The Classes
Leveling
Skills
The Warrior
The Mage
The Rogue
The Party
Buddy Basics
Group Dynamics
Dealing with Threat
Healing
Combat Roles
Configurations and Equipment
Tactics
Companions
Understanding Companions
Supporting Cast
Equipment
Weapon and Armor Materials
Vendor Shopping
Weapons
Armor
Accessories
Runes
Crafting
Usable Items
Gifts
The Bestiary
Awakening Walkthrough
Essential Locations
How to Use the Walkthrough
Side Quests
The Blackmarsh
City of Amaranthine
Companions
Knotwood Hills/Kal'Hirol
Vigil's Keep
The Wending Wood
Random Encounters
Achievements and Trophies
Reading Group Guide
In the Basics chapter, learn how to navigate Amaranthine and the surrounding lands. Explore important game terms such as experience points, leveling, races, classes, skills, talents, and more. Suit up for combat with some fundamental strategy and tips, and study up on how to best spend your points during character generation.
A Grey Warden can train in the talents of a warrior or rogue, or tap into the spells of a mage. All three can decimate darkspawn; it’s just about whether you want to have fun smashing hurlocks with sword and shield, slashing out of the shadows with twin daggers, or torching possessed corpses with fireballs. Master all three in the Classes chapter with our special leveling class guides that include specs on a tank, melee DPS, ranged DPS, healer, mage DPS, scout, and more.
Chaotic free-for-alls will see you to an early grave. We show you the dos and don’ts of party combat, and the best engagement strategies for solo creatures, big mobs, boss fights, and ambushes. Comb through the Party chapter and you’ll master group dynamics, threat, combat roles, engagement strategies, and tactics, among many other things.
Use the Companions chapter to get into the minds of your trusted companions, learning what secrets they can teach you. Find out how to unlock them all for your party and how to make each the ultimate combatant. Companions covered include: Anders (mage), Justice (warrior), Mhairi (warrior), Nathaniel Howe (rogue), Sigrun (rogue), Velanna (mage), and one faithful companion from Dragon