n chantry during daytime (No quest needed)
Second Book ~ Act 2 ~
In chantry during daytime (No quest needed)
Third Book ~ Act 2 ~
In chantry during (Follow the Qun)
Save before entering the Chantry
You can only get this during the
null in battle. Fight next to the
alter, and just keep trying to pick
it up during the fight. If you can't
RELAOD Save and do it again.
Fourth Book ~ Act 3 ~
In chantry during daylight (No quest needed)
Three Messages in Act1 of Dragon Age 2:
(1) Low Town(Night):
You can find it in Elven Alienage in the northeastern most point of the map. It is behind
the big tree in the back corner, located directly behind the sewer grate.
(2) The Gallows:
You can find it to the very North in a pile of bricks in front of a closed gate.
(3) The Bone Pit * :
When you complete the 'Birthright' companion quest(You can get this quest by speak to
your sister after the main story quest 'A New Home' speak to your mother in Gamlen's
Home), you will find the 'Bone Pit' as a letter on your desk. Once in the Bone Pit, travel
to the Southeast dead end and you will see it before the broken train tracks.
The Hidden Band of Three Messages in Act2 of Dragon
Age 2:
(1) Chantry:
Upon entering the chantry, head straight to the balcony, climbed the stairs on the right. At
the top, you will find it on the table by the fireplace.
(2) Darktown:
Head up the first set of stairs and then take the next set of stairs on your right. You will
see it straight ahead when you towards the "Leave Area" icon on your mini-map.
(3) Dorks:
When you entering the dorks, head up the stairs to the left by the change party station to
enter the Qunari Compound. You will find it on the left side of the stairs after passing
through the gates.
(4) Gallows Dungeon *:
First, you must complete Blackpowder Courtesy. Then visit Anders' clinic with him in
your party to start companion quest 'Dissent'. This dungeon can only be accessed during
'Dissent'. Once in the Gallows Dungeon, progress until you encounter a cutscene with a
group of Templars harassing a mage. After it is over, continue up the stairs. The exit door
back to Darktown will be in front of you. Go to the right and down the northern dead end
to get this.
The Hidden Band of Three Messages in Act3 of Dragon
Age 2:
(In Act3, all of these secret messages are found during quests.)
(1)Justice:
In first place you enter with Anders the sewer once you are in a room where there is a
skinny spiral like walkway to a silverite for the quest. The corners of the larger room
right before you go up to get the silverite.
(2)On The Loose:
It is in the second room past Meridith's room on the right from the Templar Hall of the
Gallows. Go in the room turn left and it's in the light.
(3)Gamlen's Greatest Treasure:
During this quest you will get a note to go to the docks. Once you are there you will find
Smetty's Fish Guttery. Go inside and down the ramp and this will be besides a shipping
crate.
(4)Last Straw:
During the quest you will need to travel to the docks. Go down a set of stairs then go
right. It appears as a piece of paper on the ground. (Do everything you want to complete
before this quest as there is no turning back once you get into it.)
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<B>Act 1 Resources - Do not start the main plot before collecting all up until
Deep Roads. Also you MUST recruit Isabela in Act 1 and have earned either her
friendship or rivalry by the by the "Following the Qun" quest to ensure she
returns so you have access to the Ambrosia. Also you MUST complete the side
quest "The First Sacrifice" in order to access the quest "All That Remains" to
get inside the "Killer's Lair" in Act 2.<BR><BR>Lowtown (Day) </B>- Spindleweed
1/6 - As you look at the map it's on the eastern side on a pathway south from
where the long stairs down is.<BR><BR><B>Diused Passage</B> - Deathroot 1/6 - Go
to the docks at NIGHT, when looking at the map head to the south west corner of
the map and you will find the entrance to the passage there. Once inside follow
the path until you reach a box shape room, the deathroot will be on the right
when you enter. (If you reach the room with the flames before finding it you
have gone to far).<BR><BR><B><SPAN
class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Darktown</SPAN></B><SPAN
class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> - Deathroot 2/6 - When looking at the
map it's located to the very south of the map.</SPAN><BR><BR><B>The Wounded
Coast</B> - Glitterdust 1/6 - Soon as you arrive take the low path and the 1st
spilt in the road you come to it is located down there.<BR><BR>Spindleweed 2/6 -
After arriving take the high path this time, and take the 1st spilt in the road
that branches to the right up it and it will be around the bend to your
left.<BR><BR>Elfroot 1/9 - On the high path it will be to the left right after
the 1st spilt in the road.<BR><BR>Elfroot 2/9 - Follow the lower path til you
reach a dead end and it will be there.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount Ambush Site</B> -
Elfroot 3/9 - Can to get to with the quest "The Way It Should Be", once you
encounter your 1st group of slavers continue going straight up around the long
loop and it will be on your left toward the end of the
loop.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount</B> - Elfroot 4/9 - Before making it to the Dalish
camp there is a small loop section and it is located on the left as you are
going around the loop.<BR><BR>Elfroot 5/9 - Up the path to the Sundermount
Passage, you will reach a point where and elf tells you he's glad Merril will be
gone, after this it's in back of the stone block leaning on another one directly
in front of you.<BR><BR>Deep Mushroom 1/9 - Before you reach the alter the
mushroom will be located on the left by a statue.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount
Passage</B> - Silverite 1/6 - Once you enter the passage and fight the spiders
continue along the path and down the steps, it will be right there in front of
you.<BR><BR><B>Dead Man's Pass</B> - 1/6 Embrium - During a random encounter
to
the outskirts you will talk to a dwarf beginning the quest "Blackpower Promise"
after you finish talking to him start to go toward the exit that is behind him
and before you reach it turn around and it will be by two trees.<BR><BR><B>Bone
Pit and Bone Pit Mine</B> - Elfroot 6/9 - Looking at the map go to the far east
of the map and it's located next to one of the Enigma's of
Kirkwall.<BR><BR>"Refined" Lyrium 1/9 - After killing all of the dragonlings
head north and its in the upper left corner.<BR><BR>Deep Mushroom 2/9 - After
passing the room where you fight another "Dragon" in the next room you fight a
bunch of "Dragonlings" after you have killed them all head up the 1ST set of
stairs and turn right, it should be there in front of you.<BR><BR><B>Slaver
Caverns</B> - Spindleweed 3/6 - The cave is located on the Wounded Coast and can
only be entered during the quest "Wayward Son". Upon entering the cave continue
forward a bit and it will be on the left hand side between a wall and mine
cart.<BR><BR>Deep Mushroom 3/9 - After defeating the slavers in the 1st room,
head up the steps to the east onto the platform, there will be a hole in the
cave wall up there. Follow it and inside the small room will be the mushroom
located in the upper right corner.<BR><BR><B>Runaway's Cavern</B> - "Raw"
Lyrium
2/9 - This can only be obtained during the quest "Act of Mercy". Once inside the
cavern go until to talk to a mage about what's going on, after you talk to him,
head down the steps and take a right, keep going and you will see the lyrium on
your right.<BR><BR><B>Sanctuary</B> - Deathroot 3/6 - Sanctuary is a entrance in
Darktown and can only be entered during the quest "Enemies Among Us". Once you
are inside and have fought off the shades in the 1st part there, it will be on
your right up past the crate.<BR><BR><B>Tal-Vashoth Cavern</B> - "Raw" Lyrium
3/9 - The cavern can only be entered during the quest "Blackpowder Promise".
Once your inside make your way to an area with large wooden towers in it, once
you have killed all the enemies in that area. Stand at the door leading to the
plot point, from there turn around and head toward the latern that's on your
right and you will see a path in front of you. Follow that path down the stairs
to a long hall that leads down. The lyrium will be on your left once you reach
the bottom<BR><BR>Silverite 2/6 - Again standing at the same door as for the
lyrium above turn around and head up the steps to your right, it will be in
front of you as you reach the top.<BR><BR><B>Vimmark Mountain Pass</B> -
Silverite 3/6 - Can only reach during the quest "Shepherding Wolves". Once you
get onto the island and kill all the Qunari, turn around to where you came out
and it will be sitting up on a sand bank.<BR><BR><B>Deep Roads</B> - Deep
Mushroom 4/9 - Once you encounter your 1st group of darkspawn head down the 1st
set of stairs and immeadiately go right, once you do go right again and it will
be in front of you.<BR><BR>Silverite 4/6 - Once you come to an area where you
see blue lyrium veins for the 1st time head right down the steps into the large
pit, it will be on the right against the wall.<BR><BR>Deep Mushroom 5/9 - Once
you have collected the silverite and turn the corner you will be attacked by a
group of darkspawn, once they have been defeated the mushroom will be in that
room by a pile of rocks to the left of where you entered.<BR><BR>"Raw" Lyrium
4/9 - After you speak to Sandal turn left and it will be by a blue lyrium
crystal sitting on the ground.<BR><BR>"Raw" Lyrium 5/9 - Once you continue on
you will reach a room where bright lyrium light shines down onto the floors and
you will once again be attacked by darkspawn. After having killed the darkspawn,
stand looking at the lyrium then go left and it will be on the floor by a rock
wall.<BR><BR><B>Primeval Ruins</B> - Orichalcum 1/6 - After the cutscene you
will be in the Ruins, continue onward until to get to a point where you fight
some shades and a golem. Once they are defeated continue forward and it will be
in front of a stone pillar just before you go down the steps.<BR><BR><B>Act 2
Resources - Do not start the quest "Following the Qun" until you have obtained
all the resources up until where it changes to Act 3.<BR><BR>Darktown</B> -
Deathroot 4/6 - Go to Ander's Clinic, walk outside and down the steps and you
will see it straight ahead on the left hand side.<BR><BR><B>Lowtown (Day)</B> -
Spindleweed 4/6 - Go to the armor merchant in lowtown, then take the southeast
passage to a dead end, it will be located on the left.<BR><BR><B>Wounded
Coast</B> - Elfroot 7/9 - Upon arriving take the lower path, once you kill the
raiders keep going a bit and it will be on your left.<BR><BR>Embrium 2/6 -
Continuing on the lower path, go until you reach the path that leads south.
Follow it until you reach the blocked mine with a cart, it will be ahead of that
partly hidden behind the large stone.<BR><BR>Embrium 3/6 - Go back to where you
orginally enter and take the top path this time, continue along it til you see a
tree hanging over head, it will be up the slope on the
right.<BR><BR><B>Smuggler's Cut</B> - Silverite 5/6 - Can only get to it during
the quest "Blackpowder Courtesy" quest, make your way through the tunnels and
once you get to a long stone hallway with a Mercenary Archer at the top,
continue through the doorway and it will be there on your right.<BR><BR>Deep
Mushroom 6/9 - Before going up the stairs to where the quest marker is shown,
continue around to ther other side. Keep going til you head down a flight of
stairs, turn right and the mushroom will be in front of a small hole in the
wall.<BR><BR><B>Dank Cave</B> - "Raw" Lyrium 6/9 - Dank Cave is located on the
Wounded Coast, toward the upper middle section of the map. This cave can only be
accessed by the quest "Forbidden Knowledge" which in turn can only be started by
destroying a blood mage tome inside the Chantry somewhere. Once you enter the
cave continue forward until you see a large tower statue, the lyrium will be on
your right.<BR><BR><B>Bone Pit</B> - Deathroot 5/6 - Upon arriving at the Bone
Pit head forward a bit and it will be on your right by some rocks and a
plant.<BR><BR>Glitterdust 2/6 - Head to the Eastern portion of the map and up
the slope, it will be in front of the mine up there.<BR><BR><B>Cave</B> -
"Corrupted" Lyrium 7/9 - The "Cave" is located in the Bone Pit on the upper
right path on the east side a little below where you found the glitterdust. This
cave can only be accessed by the quest "Forbidden Knowledge" which in turn can
only be started by destroying a blood mage tome inside the Chantry somewhere.
Once inside the cave go until you see a fire, it will be to the left of the
fire.<BR><BR><B>Gallows Dungeon</B> - Spindleweed 5/6 - Can be accessed through
Darktown only during the quest "Dissent" Ander's sidequest in Act 2 which only
appears have you have completed the quest "Blackpower Courtesy". Once you are in
the dungeon go completely straight through the door on the left and then turn
left. It will be up a ways to your left. *Credit for this one goes to sc0ttieBB
on xbox360achievements.org*<BR><BR>Deep Mushroom 7/9 - Once you arrive in a big
area with spiders, look in the upper middle corner of the room and it will be
sitting to the left of a corpse.<BR><BR><B>Holding Caves</B> - Embrium 4/6 -
Upon arriving at the holding caves which can only be accessed during Fenris's
sidequest "A Bitter Pill", head up the pathway on the right, halfway up you will
see it on the left hand side.<BR><BR>Glitterdust 3/6 - After passing the point
where the fire camp is located after you take out all the enemies head left down
the slope to where the long in-accessable lower path would be, it will be down
there on the right.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount and Sundermount Cavern</B> - Elfroot
8/9 - Make your way past the Dalish camp to where the exit on the other side is,
but before you get to the exit take the path the branches right. Continue till
you see what looks like the remains of a stone building on the left, the elfroot
will be there next to a bush.<BR><BR>Glitterdust 4/6 - From the Dalish camp make
your way up toward the top of the mountain this time, once you round the bend it
will be on your right<BR><BR>Silverite 6/6 - Once you have climbed Sundermount
and gone inside the cavern you will fight a Monsterous Spider, once it is slain
the final silverite is located in a hidden alcove on your right, go back into it
and you will find it.<BR><BR>Orichalcum 2/6 - Once you fend off the corrupted
spiders enter the next room and turn left, keep going until you can turn left
again and it will be right in front of you.<BR><BR>Orichalcum 3/6 - In the same
room as you found the previous Orichalcum head to the upper right hand corner
and up the stairs and fight off the corpses. Go all the way to the back where
the sack is and turn left it will be there in front of you.<BR><BR>Embrium 5/6 -
Once back outside continue on up the mountain, once you get up to a certain
point there will be two trees on your right, the Embrium will be right in front
of them.<BR><BR><B>The Killer's Lair</B> - Orichalcum 4/6 - Upon entering the
killers lair and after slaying the shades and rage demon, progress through the
lair and head around the 1st corner, it will be up ahead a bit in front of
you.<BR><BR><B>Bone Pit Mines</B> - "Corrupted" Lyrium 8/9 - Can be accesed
from
the Bone Pit during the quest "Cave Crawling" which can only be obtained after
completing the quest "Inside Job". Once you enter the mine and have killed the
spiders and Queen spider, go up the step that are directly in front of you when
you enter. Once you are up them turn to your right and it will be on your
left.<BR><BR><B>Varterral Hunting Ground</B> - Orichalcum 5/6 - This cave can
only be entered during Merril's sidequest "Mirror Image". Once you are inside
make your way until you reach the 2nd group of spiders, once they are slain look
in the upper left corner in the area they drop down from and it will be
there.<BR><BR>Glitterdust 5/6 - After gathering the Orichalcum head through the
door to the next area it will be down the steps to your left.<BR><BR>Deep
Mushroom 8/9 - After defeating the Varterral, and collecting whatever you need
from down there, start heading back toward the exit of the cave. Once you head
up the 1st flight of stairs from the area where you fought the Varterral it will
be ahead of you and slighty to the left.<BR><BR><B>Before starting the quest
"Following the Qun" now would be a good time to check if you have all the
resources up to this point as a recap you should have...<BR>- 8 Elfroot<BR>- 5
Spindleweed<BR>- 5 Emberium<BR>- 8 Lyrium<BR>- 6 Silverite<BR>- 5
Orichalcum<BR>- 8 Deep Mushroom<BR>- 5 Deathroot<BR>- 5
Glitterdust<BR><BR>READ
THIS - Once you have completed the quest "Following the Qun" and go to your
mansion and experience the argument between Isabela and Aveline. You MUST side
with Isabela, and you also can NOT turn her over to the Arishok.<BR><BR>Act 3
Resources - Do not start the quest "The Last Straw" before collecting all the
below resources.<BR><BR>Lowtown</B> - Spindleweed 6/6 - Go to the Foundry
District in Lowtown, the Spindleweed will be located on the right side of the
stairs to the entrance of the place where your mom died to collect the final
Spindleweed.<BR><BR><B>Darktown</B> - Deathroot 6/6 - Upon arriving at
Darktown
make your way far south, you will run into a group of slavers and a mage. Once
they are defeated, look for the giant wheel leaning against the wall on the
right go a bit past that and the final Deathroot will be there on the right
waiting for you.<BR><BR><B>The Bone Pit</B> - Dragon's Blood 1/1 - Once you
arrive at the Bone Pit head down the previously blocked path and be ready to
fight the High Dragon. Once it's slain loot it's corpse for the Dragon's
Blood.<BR><BR><B>Wounded Coast</B> - Elfroot 9/9 - Upon arriving take the lower
path, keep going until you pass a mine cart on your right. Up ahead in front of
a tree will be the final Elfroot.<BR><BR>Embrium 6/6 - Head all the way to the
exit on the other side of the map, when your almost to the arrow the final
Embrium will be on your left, on a tiny slope.<BR><BR><B>Drakestone Mines</B> -
Deep Mushroom 9/9 - The Drakestone Mines are located in the Bone Pit and can
only be acessed by Ander's sidequest "Justice". Once you arrive in the mine and
have fought off your 1st wave of spiders take the passage on the left down the
stairs into a split room. More spiders will attack you, once you have slain
them, head toward the north side of the room the final mushroom will be up ahead
to the left.<BR><BR><B>Castillon's Landing</B> - Ambrosia 1/1 - This warehouse
can be acessed in the docks only during Isabela's sidequest "No Rest for the
Wicked". Once you are inside the warehouse, and have killed the thugs and
Isabela says to look around head up the ramp that is close to the dock, and go
inside the room. You will see a treasure chest on your right that says Ambrosia,
open it to get the resource.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount Cavern</B> - "Raw" Lyrium
9/9
- Head up Sundermount and into the cavern, keep going until you reach the spot
where you killed in giant spider in Act 2. The final Lyrium will be off to the
left between some stone spikes.<BR><BR>Orichalcum 6/6 - Once you get to the part
just before you go outside again you will be attacked by some spiders and
shades. Once they are defeated, when looking at the map head to the north-west
corner of the room, the final Orichalcum will be there in front of
you.<BR><BR><B>Sundermount</B> - Glitterdust 6/6 - Once you are outside on the
top part of Sundermount head up to the very top of Sundermount fighting
Dragonlings and a Dragon on the way. Once you get near the top you will notice a
lamp on the right hand side (if you get to the lamp on the left hand side before
the large open area you have gone to far). Once you get to the lamp on the right
hand side go up just a bit and turn right the final Glitterdust will be on the
ledge in front of you.<BR><BR><B>Alright guys by this point you should have all
the resources accounted for except for the Felandaris, so make sure you
do.<BR><BR>Pride's End</B> - Felandaris 1/1 - This cave is located on the very
top of Sundermount and can only be accessed by Merril's sidequest "A New Path"
which you get after completing the "On the Loose" quest for Meredith. Once you
are inside the cave head towards the plot point the Felandaris will be to the
right of the statue.<BR><BR><B>Once you have picked up the Felandaris the
achievement should unlock, if you have collected everything up to this point,
and had all the other resources before entering the cave.</B>
