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*Disclaimer! The majority of this roadmap is Method's work, i only added the DLC info to it.

 

Overview:

-Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10

-Offline: 76/76 (1750:gsicon:)

-Online: 0/76 (0:gsicon:)

-Approximate amount of time to 1750:gsicon:: 70 Hours

-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Full playthrough plus at least 6 partial playthroughs for the main game. 1 Full playthrough plus 1 partial playthrough of each of the separate DLC's, but some of the DLC's can be done during the main story playthroughs.

-Missable achievements: Numerous, see below

-Does difficulty affect Achievements: Yes (2 of the DLC achievements, but none in the main game)

-Unobtainable/glitched Achievements: None

-Extra equipment needed?: None

-Is there DLC? Yes

 

  • The Stone Prisoner

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    1/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 50:gsicon::
    1-2 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Warden's Keep

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    1/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 50:gsicon::
    1-2 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Return to Ostagar

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    1/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 25:gsicon::
    1 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Awakening

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    2/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 250:gsicon::
    10 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Darkspawn Chronicles

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    3/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 75:gsicon::
    3-4 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Leliana's Song

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    2/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 100:gsicon::
    3 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Golems of Amgarrak

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    5/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 100:gsicon::
    2-3 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

  • Witch Hunt

  • Estimated achievement difficulty:
    5/10

  • Approximate amount of time to 100:gsicon::
    2-3 Hours

  • Glitchy/Missable/Unobtainable:
    None

 

Introduction:

Welcome to Dragon Age: Origins. This is a 3rd person RPG that takes you on the journey of a Grey Warden. This road map will be written for those who wish to max out this game as quickly as possible. If you do not wish to play this way, you're looking at a minimum of four full playthroughs. Thankfully. the game has no achievements that require you to play on any difficulty other than the easiest setting. This makes difficult battles very easy to win. When the game was released, the DLCs (Warden's Keep and Stone Prisoner) both had glitched achievements. That problem has been fixed for anyone who buys the DLC now. For those who did have them glitch, they should be fixed with the next free title update which is being released on January 13, 2010.

 

Step 1: Preparation

Before we begin I highly recommend that you have this walkthrough handy in case you get lost or confused. The walkthrough shows you everything you need to know and where to find virtually everything in the game. In addition I also recommend that you have this website bookmarked. If you have a question about something within this game, you can almost guarantee that wiki will have an answer for you. With those two tools handy it's time to begin your first, and if you're trying to finish the game as quick as possible, only playthrough.

 

Step 2: Full Playthrough

This playthrough will be the longest and most involved step in the process. Begin a new game on the easiest difficulty setting. Your class and origin don't matter, but make sure it's one you'll like. Next, you'll want to complete your origin story to get that achievement. With your origin story complete you'll now need to start worrying about all the missable achievements. I'll address them all now.

 

Story Related Achievements: Below in the guide, you'll see that all the story related achievements are grouped into a section. Although not all are missable, many are. The reason for this is because you get an achievement for each side of the quest's main choice. This is why knowing the location of each key save noted under the achievement is critical. Failure to save at the right moments could result in you having to do another full playthrough.

 

Traveler: This achievement requires you to set foot in every area of the game. Make sure you are constantly checking this achievement's guide as many areas of the game are only available for a brief period of time.

 

Recruiter: Some of your companions are not storyline related and as such are missable. Be sure to check to see if you can recruit a member in any new area you enter. It is very easy to get this achievement in one playthrough.

 

Hopelessly Romantic: Although this achievement requires more than one playthrough, do your best to get three of the four romances done on your full playthrough. This will make it that much easier to get this achievement on your second partial playthrough. For the absolute fastest way to get this achievement, play as a female first. This way on your male playthrough you only have to romance Morrigan, who can be bedded the moment you hit your camp for the first time.

 

Menacing/Silver Tongued: The Coercion skill is your best friend when it comes to these achievements and therefore should be the first skill you focus on. Always choose intimidation options over persuasion ones as they occur less frequently.

 

Perfectionist: Although technically story related, I just wanted to ensure that you look at the locations of the key saves for this achievement. Failure to do so will result in your having to play the whole game again.

 

Stone's Lament: If you have the Stone Prisoner DLC ensure that you destroy the Anvil when given the opportunity. Otherwise Shale will leave your party and you miss out on getting this achievement's quest.

 

NOTE: Try to do as many of the miscellaneous achievements as you can this playthrough.

 

NOTE #2: The DLCs can be completed anytime after you leave your party camp for the first time. The DLCs that can be completed during the main game are 'The Stone Prisoner', 'Warden's Keep' and 'Return to Ostagar'. The remaining DLCs are all separate from the main game and must be accessed through the main menu.

 

Step 3: Partial Playthrough #2

With your full playthrough complete it's time to start mopping up everything else. Begin a new playthrough, again on the easiest setting, and choose a class, sex and origin story you haven't played yet. Complete the origin story and then use the leveling glitch described in Archmage to get to level 25. Continue playing until you get your final romance, Hopelessly Romantic and Blight-Queller to unlock. That's it for this playthrough.

 

Step 4: Partial Playthrough #3

This playthrough will be quick. Simply choose the last class you haven't played as well as an origin story you haven't played and play through until you can again do the leveling glitch. Once you hit level 20 with this character, spend all the talents points and then quit out.

 

Step 5: Origin Stories

For the final step, simply play through the remaining three origin stories you haven't chosen yet. It doesn't matter what class you choose for these so long as the origin story allows that class. It should take about an hour or so per origin story if you don't rush.

 

Step 6: DLC - Awakening

Awakening is the biggest DLC available for Dragon Age: Origins and is quite the campaign, for length and quality of content. In this DLC you will continue to use your created character from the main game, but it is still a separate campaign. You will retake control of a fortress and build it back to its former glory all while fighting a seemingly re-grouping Darkspawn.

 

The achievements in this are straightforward and you can obtain all but one of them in one playthrough. You will need to make a choice at the end of the campaign and you will unlock an achievement depending on which choice you make. You can either play through the DLC twice, or you can create a save before having to make your choice, then reload your save after choosing and thus unlocking both achievements in good time.

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Step 7: DLC - Darkspawn Chronicles

In darkspawn Chronicles, you take on the role of a Darkspawn and you are playing a part in the attack on Denerim, from the main game, but this time from the opposite team. There are only 3 achievements here but 1 of them is missable. This is 'Ogre's Keeper'(Keep the initial ogre alive as your thrall throughout the entire module. (Darkspawn Chronicles)), and if you let the Ogre die, you will need to begin the DLC again. As for the other 2 achievements, one is unmissable and the other can be gotten at your leisure.

 

Step 8: DLC - Leliana's Song

In Leliana's Song, you play as Leliana, one of your companions from the main game, and learn of her story and how she came to be one of your companions. This is a relatively short story and all of the achievements are straight forward. You can miss two of the three achievements, so be wary of them and follow the guide below to make sure you don't leave anything behind.

 

Step 9: DLC - Golems of Amgarrak

In Golems of Amgarrak, you once again use your created character from the main game, but once again it is still a separate campaign. Although it is relatively short, it can pose a difficult problem in one of the achievements, as it is obtained by defeating the final boss on Hard or Nightmare difficulty. This can be very challenging, but you only need to defeat the boss at this difficulty. You can play the entire campaign on easy, then at the last minute, change the difficulty to Hard or Nightmare and defeat the boss. There is also a missable collectibles acheivement, so you should be conscious of the guide below to be sure you don't miss any.

 

If you cannot defeat the final boss on Hard or Nightmare difficulty, you may want to consider using the Glitch Here to make it much easier.

 

Step 10: DLC - Witch Hunt

Witch Hunt is the final piece of DLC available for Dragon Age: Origins and the final DLC where you will use your created character from the main game, but again in a separate campaign. There is generally more of the same achievements from the previous DLCs, with a collectibles achievement, two story related ones and a difficulty related one. You cannot miss the story related achievements, but you should consult the below achievement guide for the locations of the collectibles. There is a final boss fight in this DLC with a difficulty related achievement, much like the previous DLC. This is a much easier fight than the previous DLC boss, but can still be challenging. You may again want to resort to the aforementioned glitch to make this fight much easier.

 

Conclusion:

That's it! If you still have a miscellaneous achievement left, load up one of you level 20+ characters and knock it out. Congrats on your 1100:gsicon:.

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