Expert mode
Get a Gold Medal on the Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty setting for an exercise to unlock the Expert difficulty setting for that exercise.
Medals
Reach the indicated brain size to unlock the corresponding medal:
Bronze medal: 100g brain
Silver medal: 200g brain
Gold medal: 300g brain
Platinum medal: 400g brain
Easy Platinum medal
Quit the game four times in less than one minute to automatically earn a Platinum medal.
11/30/2009
11/29/2009
ps2-James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
Golden gun
Successfully complete the Trouble In Paradise level with a "Gold" rank. To do this easily, get as much accuracy as you can, take as less hits as you can, and do all the Bond moves (shooting barrels to explode, shooting vital enemy characters and find secret areas).
Golden gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Precious Cargo level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Golden CH-6
Successfully complete the Precious Cargo level with a "Gold" rank. To do this easily, aim carefully and shoot the men out of the helicopters to get the gold medal. Also shoot the gasoline tanks at the roadblocks and shoot the gas station's pumps.
Golden accuracy power-up
Successfully complete the Bad Diplomacy level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden clip power-up
Successfully complete the Cold Reception level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden grenade power-up
Successfully complete the Night Of The Jackal level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden bullet power-up
Successfully complete the Poseidon level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden armor power-up
Successfully complete the Forbidden Depths level with a "Gold" rank.
Unlimited Golden gun ammunition
Successfully complete the Evil Summit level with a "Gold" rank.
Unlimited car missiles
Successfully complete the Dangerous Pursuit level with a "Gold" rank.
Rocket Manor multi-player level
Successfully complete the Trouble In Paradise level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Stealth Bond skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Dangerous Pursuit level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Cold Reception level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Alpine guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Streets Of Bucharest level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Cyclops Oil guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Poseidon level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Poseidon guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Mediterranean Crisis level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Carrier guard multi-player skin
Successfully complete the Evil Summit level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Rapid fire power-up
Successfully complete the Fire And Water level with a "Gold" rank.
Regenerative armor power-up
Successfully complete the Mediterranean Crisis level with a "Gold" rank.
Calypso gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Fire And Water level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Full arsenal in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Forbidden Depths level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Gravity boots in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Bad Diplomacy level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Viper gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Night Of The Jackal level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Lotus Esprit car
Successfully complete the Streets Of Bucharest level with a "Gold" rank
Successfully complete the Trouble In Paradise level with a "Gold" rank. To do this easily, get as much accuracy as you can, take as less hits as you can, and do all the Bond moves (shooting barrels to explode, shooting vital enemy characters and find secret areas).
Golden gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Precious Cargo level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Golden CH-6
Successfully complete the Precious Cargo level with a "Gold" rank. To do this easily, aim carefully and shoot the men out of the helicopters to get the gold medal. Also shoot the gasoline tanks at the roadblocks and shoot the gas station's pumps.
Golden accuracy power-up
Successfully complete the Bad Diplomacy level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden clip power-up
Successfully complete the Cold Reception level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden grenade power-up
Successfully complete the Night Of The Jackal level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden bullet power-up
Successfully complete the Poseidon level with a "Gold" rank.
Golden armor power-up
Successfully complete the Forbidden Depths level with a "Gold" rank.
Unlimited Golden gun ammunition
Successfully complete the Evil Summit level with a "Gold" rank.
Unlimited car missiles
Successfully complete the Dangerous Pursuit level with a "Gold" rank.
Rocket Manor multi-player level
Successfully complete the Trouble In Paradise level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Stealth Bond skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Dangerous Pursuit level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Cold Reception level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Alpine guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Streets Of Bucharest level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Cyclops Oil guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Poseidon level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Poseidon guard skin in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Mediterranean Crisis level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Carrier guard multi-player skin
Successfully complete the Evil Summit level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Rapid fire power-up
Successfully complete the Fire And Water level with a "Gold" rank.
Regenerative armor power-up
Successfully complete the Mediterranean Crisis level with a "Gold" rank.
Calypso gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Fire And Water level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Full arsenal in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Forbidden Depths level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Gravity boots in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Bad Diplomacy level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Viper gun in multi-player mode
Successfully complete the Night Of The Jackal level with a "Platinum" rank and all 007 icons.
Lotus Esprit car
Successfully complete the Streets Of Bucharest level with a "Gold" rank
Brutal Legend Updated Hands-On Impressions
We're only a few weeks off from Brutal Legend's October 13 release, which is a good thing, because every time we've seen this heavy-metal-themed action game, we've walked away more eager than before to get our hands on the finished product. Our most recent look has continued that trend, giving us the opportunity to go hands-on with a few missions we've previously seen only glimpses of and explore the game's open-world setting to see what sort of trouble protagonist Eddie Riggs can get into outside of the main story.
The Crushing Pit is not a friendly place.
The first mission we played had Eddie liberating an army of headbangers from a dungeon called The Crushing Pit, where they've been toiling away by slamming their heads against rock walls. This mission serves as a tutorial to the basics of squad commands, as Eddie (voiced by Jack Black) gains the ability to play a guitar solo that lets him recruit any nearby headbangers into his army. With these metal-head underlings in tow, you can use the directional pad to order them to follow you, wait and defend where you're standing, or charge toward and attack a distant point on the screen. While Brutal Legend is definitely an action game that's heavy on button combo melee attacks, this system lends a nice bit of strategy to the gameplay.
After using Eddie's heavy metal headbangers to defeat a gang of rival hair metal headbangers--think of them as mirror images of your troops, but with pink tiger-stripe pants and white cowboy hats--we made our way down to the bottom of the mines to take on the boss of this place. He belongs to an enemy class called the bouncers, who are giant brutes with tiny heads and fists the size of their entire body. He's the one brainwashing the headbangers into toiling their lives away by sending commands over his radio headset. We started by taking on a bunch of his minions using combo attacks like the powerslide, which lets Eddie sprint and slide (while on fire) into a bunch of enemies like a powerful bowling ball, and the roman candle, which levitates an enemy in the air on a stream of fireworks. The combo system is simple but deep, with quite a few gruesome yet humorous attacks available to you.
After we handled the bouncer boss's minions with ease, he approached us and exclaimed that we'd yet to take on his two most powerful allies: his fists, which bore the names Fear and Pain, misspelled in typically mangled metal fashion. To defeat him, we had to trade in Eddie's usual array of button combo attacks and use the environment to our advantage. Basically, we had to lure the boss underneath buckets of rubble passing overhead and attack at just the right moment so that the rubble would fall on him, sending him tumbling into the lava pits below. Thankfully, his radio headset was salvaged, and we used that to help rescue the rest of the headbangers from their toiling existence and recruit them into Eddie's army, which he'd set up to take on the villainous General Lionwhyte, leader of the hair metal brigade.
You can add to your combat repertoire with double-team attacks, which link up Eddie and anyone fighting in his army.
The next mission took the basics of squad commands and propelled them to the next level with a full-scale stage battle. If you read our impressions of Brutal Legend's multiplayer, then you're already familiar with how stage battles work. In short, they play like a light real-time strategy game: you control Eddie, and you spawn various troops into your army and then lead them into battle while keeping hold of resource points that let you spawn further troops. What we played was the portion of the game that explains how these high-concept battles figure into a game that, up until this point, is more about small one-on-one encounters.
When it becomes clear that General Lionwhyte is going to be sending a huge army of enemies Eddie's way, Eddie conjures up the idea to stage "possibly the greatest rock show of all time." His logic is simple: If he can take on a handful of enemies with just his guitar, then surely an entire rock concert will let him and his friends take on an entire army. These stage battles provide a nice balance to the usual hack-and-slash style of gameplay by expanding the scope a bit by allowing you to capture resource points and use those to spawn more troops into your army. The only part we had a problem with was being able to tell where new waves of enemies were approaching from, as there isn't any sort of map on the game's very minimalist heads-up display.
After that, we had a chance to explore the game's open world--a wild landscape that looks like a collage of metal album covers--to see what sorts of opportunities lie in wait outside of the main story. The game has at least 50 secondary missions that can be triggered by just exploring the world and finding random people looking for help. The first one we found was a lonely and remarkably unintimidating bouncer stationed on a cannon who'd been tasked with keeping Lionwhyte's troops from making it over a mountain pass. Not only is the guy the most docile-looking bouncer in the game (he's modeled after and voiced by Kyle Gass, Jack Black's bandmate in Tenacious D), but he's downright bad at his job. So Eddie agrees to help him out and ease the poor guy's neuroses by going around and targeting enemy troops to be taken out with the cannon.
It's a Tenacious D reunion with Jack Black and Kyle Gass.
In another side mission, we encountered a character voiced by comedian Brian Posehn (Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program), a diehard metal-head who went to high school with the game's creative director, Tim Schafer. This character wanted us to break his record for hunting the most urchins, the porcupine-like critters that roam freely around the gameworld. The reward for beating this mission, and any secondary mission in the game, is fire tributes, which is a currency you can use to upgrade your hot rod and unlock new combat abilities. Who's the merchant you buy these upgrades from? Ozzy Osbourne, of course. You can expect to see him and a host of other metal icons when the final game is released on October 13.
The Crushing Pit is not a friendly place.
The first mission we played had Eddie liberating an army of headbangers from a dungeon called The Crushing Pit, where they've been toiling away by slamming their heads against rock walls. This mission serves as a tutorial to the basics of squad commands, as Eddie (voiced by Jack Black) gains the ability to play a guitar solo that lets him recruit any nearby headbangers into his army. With these metal-head underlings in tow, you can use the directional pad to order them to follow you, wait and defend where you're standing, or charge toward and attack a distant point on the screen. While Brutal Legend is definitely an action game that's heavy on button combo melee attacks, this system lends a nice bit of strategy to the gameplay.
After using Eddie's heavy metal headbangers to defeat a gang of rival hair metal headbangers--think of them as mirror images of your troops, but with pink tiger-stripe pants and white cowboy hats--we made our way down to the bottom of the mines to take on the boss of this place. He belongs to an enemy class called the bouncers, who are giant brutes with tiny heads and fists the size of their entire body. He's the one brainwashing the headbangers into toiling their lives away by sending commands over his radio headset. We started by taking on a bunch of his minions using combo attacks like the powerslide, which lets Eddie sprint and slide (while on fire) into a bunch of enemies like a powerful bowling ball, and the roman candle, which levitates an enemy in the air on a stream of fireworks. The combo system is simple but deep, with quite a few gruesome yet humorous attacks available to you.
After we handled the bouncer boss's minions with ease, he approached us and exclaimed that we'd yet to take on his two most powerful allies: his fists, which bore the names Fear and Pain, misspelled in typically mangled metal fashion. To defeat him, we had to trade in Eddie's usual array of button combo attacks and use the environment to our advantage. Basically, we had to lure the boss underneath buckets of rubble passing overhead and attack at just the right moment so that the rubble would fall on him, sending him tumbling into the lava pits below. Thankfully, his radio headset was salvaged, and we used that to help rescue the rest of the headbangers from their toiling existence and recruit them into Eddie's army, which he'd set up to take on the villainous General Lionwhyte, leader of the hair metal brigade.
You can add to your combat repertoire with double-team attacks, which link up Eddie and anyone fighting in his army.
The next mission took the basics of squad commands and propelled them to the next level with a full-scale stage battle. If you read our impressions of Brutal Legend's multiplayer, then you're already familiar with how stage battles work. In short, they play like a light real-time strategy game: you control Eddie, and you spawn various troops into your army and then lead them into battle while keeping hold of resource points that let you spawn further troops. What we played was the portion of the game that explains how these high-concept battles figure into a game that, up until this point, is more about small one-on-one encounters.
When it becomes clear that General Lionwhyte is going to be sending a huge army of enemies Eddie's way, Eddie conjures up the idea to stage "possibly the greatest rock show of all time." His logic is simple: If he can take on a handful of enemies with just his guitar, then surely an entire rock concert will let him and his friends take on an entire army. These stage battles provide a nice balance to the usual hack-and-slash style of gameplay by expanding the scope a bit by allowing you to capture resource points and use those to spawn more troops into your army. The only part we had a problem with was being able to tell where new waves of enemies were approaching from, as there isn't any sort of map on the game's very minimalist heads-up display.
After that, we had a chance to explore the game's open world--a wild landscape that looks like a collage of metal album covers--to see what sorts of opportunities lie in wait outside of the main story. The game has at least 50 secondary missions that can be triggered by just exploring the world and finding random people looking for help. The first one we found was a lonely and remarkably unintimidating bouncer stationed on a cannon who'd been tasked with keeping Lionwhyte's troops from making it over a mountain pass. Not only is the guy the most docile-looking bouncer in the game (he's modeled after and voiced by Kyle Gass, Jack Black's bandmate in Tenacious D), but he's downright bad at his job. So Eddie agrees to help him out and ease the poor guy's neuroses by going around and targeting enemy troops to be taken out with the cannon.
It's a Tenacious D reunion with Jack Black and Kyle Gass.
In another side mission, we encountered a character voiced by comedian Brian Posehn (Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program), a diehard metal-head who went to high school with the game's creative director, Tim Schafer. This character wanted us to break his record for hunting the most urchins, the porcupine-like critters that roam freely around the gameworld. The reward for beating this mission, and any secondary mission in the game, is fire tributes, which is a currency you can use to upgrade your hot rod and unlock new combat abilities. Who's the merchant you buy these upgrades from? Ozzy Osbourne, of course. You can expect to see him and a host of other metal icons when the final game is released on October 13.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii UK Review
UK, November 19, 2009 - Often, as they say, the best ideas are the simplest ones. When Nintendo made a song and dance about New Super Mario Bros. Wii's brand new four-player mode at the game's official E3 unveiling, the concept was so underwhelming in its obviousness, naysayers thought the company had finally lost the last of its creative marbles.
Now that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is here though, it's hard to think of a more significant revolution for Nintendo's flagship mascot. Every single aspect of the game is open to anywhere between one and four players and it's a brilliant move for Mario's 2D adventures - from its note-perfect execution to the sheer amount of entertainment value the simple tweak offers.
Let's dive straight in: we're guessing everyone here understands the basic concept of a Mario platformer after 20 years of the genre: run left and right, and jump until you reach the end of a level. That's it, no convoluted 'innovations' - it's a formula so unwavering in its purity that literally everyone gets it after ten seconds of staring at the screen. Indeed, after some - admittedly unscientific - focus-testing, we've yet to find a person who hasn't fallen for the game's charms, and it's Nintendo's most joyously inclusive offering yet. That's all the more astonishing given that it doesn't sacrifice anything of the Mario formula in the name of accessibility.
This is a proper Mario platformer through and through and, while the original New Super Mario Bros. played like a love letter to Mario Bros. 3, this Wii iteration has more of a Super Mario World vibe, with its playful ingenuity, chunky environmental hazards and refined power-ups. True, it might not be particularly original - and much of the game will be familiar to anyone who's played one of Nintendo's previous platform classics - but it's infused with the company's trademark design excellence, taking traditional Mario tropes and giving them a subtle new spin.
Mario's new abilities, for instance, are a significant improvement over the DS game's largely superficial inclusions. This time, the likes of the propeller outfit and penguin suit play an integral role in the game, granting abilities that actually give you a tactical advantage when used intelligently - whether that's zipping over troublesome areas, freezing enemies into ice cubes and using them to fell multiple foes or offering greater manoeuvrability underwater. Oh, and Yoshi's back too! It all adds up to a game that's an absolute master class in family-friendly fun, without the design simplification seen in Nintendo's more recent mainstream offerings. Yes, Nintendo might be pushing New Super Mario Bros. Wii's multiplayer focus, but it still sits proudly alongside its predecessors as a bone fide Mario platformer, whether playing with friends or as a solo experience.
Now that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is here though, it's hard to think of a more significant revolution for Nintendo's flagship mascot. Every single aspect of the game is open to anywhere between one and four players and it's a brilliant move for Mario's 2D adventures - from its note-perfect execution to the sheer amount of entertainment value the simple tweak offers.
Let's dive straight in: we're guessing everyone here understands the basic concept of a Mario platformer after 20 years of the genre: run left and right, and jump until you reach the end of a level. That's it, no convoluted 'innovations' - it's a formula so unwavering in its purity that literally everyone gets it after ten seconds of staring at the screen. Indeed, after some - admittedly unscientific - focus-testing, we've yet to find a person who hasn't fallen for the game's charms, and it's Nintendo's most joyously inclusive offering yet. That's all the more astonishing given that it doesn't sacrifice anything of the Mario formula in the name of accessibility.
This is a proper Mario platformer through and through and, while the original New Super Mario Bros. played like a love letter to Mario Bros. 3, this Wii iteration has more of a Super Mario World vibe, with its playful ingenuity, chunky environmental hazards and refined power-ups. True, it might not be particularly original - and much of the game will be familiar to anyone who's played one of Nintendo's previous platform classics - but it's infused with the company's trademark design excellence, taking traditional Mario tropes and giving them a subtle new spin.
Mario's new abilities, for instance, are a significant improvement over the DS game's largely superficial inclusions. This time, the likes of the propeller outfit and penguin suit play an integral role in the game, granting abilities that actually give you a tactical advantage when used intelligently - whether that's zipping over troublesome areas, freezing enemies into ice cubes and using them to fell multiple foes or offering greater manoeuvrability underwater. Oh, and Yoshi's back too! It all adds up to a game that's an absolute master class in family-friendly fun, without the design simplification seen in Nintendo's more recent mainstream offerings. Yes, Nintendo might be pushing New Super Mario Bros. Wii's multiplayer focus, but it still sits proudly alongside its predecessors as a bone fide Mario platformer, whether playing with friends or as a solo experience.
But, oh, that four player mode! With a full group of friends in tow, for either story mode or multiplayer-specific extras, New Super Mario Bros. becomes thoroughly compulsive in its hilariously haphazard chaos. Its stroke of absolute genius in story mode is its complete lack of enforced objectives - it's not competitive and it's not cooperative. Instead, each level is a neutral playground that polarizes play styles in constantly shifting directions. With no particular goal - other than to reach the end - it's pretty much a free for all, usually starting off with good-natured camaraderie before nose-diving into vitriolic retribution as the ingenious way characters interact with the world and each other comes to the fore.
Saw Hands-on
April 13, 2009 - A lot of people won't admit to enjoying the Saw movies. Not I. The overacting doesn't bother me. The inane plots are laughable in all the right ways. I don't care how many times they bring back the Jigsaw Killer for unnecessary sequels. Seeing as how the Saw franchise is the highest grossing horror series of all time, I'm definitely not alone. And so I took the announcement of a Saw videogame with mixed emotions. It's always cool to see a franchise you like come to your favorite medium. But then, you have to wonder -- how in the heck can they turn the Saw movies into a game without losing the entire spirit of the series?
The job of bringing Saw to the gaming world went to Seattle based Zombie Studios, a company that has cut its teeth on military shooters and a few licensed projects. For this project, the developer worked closely with the creators of the franchise to ensure that it has the proper feel and fits into the storyline. The game will take place between the first and second films and promises to answer questions about the characters from the first movie. That story, starring Detective David Tapp, will be told through third-person action, exploration and a whole lot of traps.
It takes a special kind of serial killer to come up with traps like this.The game won't open with your traditional tutorial or introductory cutscene. Instead, you're tossed straight into a recognizable trap -- with your life on the line. The player awakes with the infamous reverse bear trap locked on and the clock ticking. As John Williamson, producer and designer for Saw, put it, "Everything [the player] needs to know is on the screen." The spinning analog stick at the bottom appears to make that claim feel a bit superfluous, but as most everyone at the preview event soon learned, there is a bit more than simply following the prompt needed to get out of this trap.
And by a bit more, I mean the first trap in the game is downright confusing. Zombie Studios agreed they might need to make the solution a little more obvious.
Once the solution to the first trap began circulating around the group gathered, we got to see more than the on-screen avatar repeatedly have his head ripped in two. It was then that I was rather pleasantly surprised. There was a puzzle that could only be solved by looking at a mirror at the right angle. Another puzzle harkened back to Saw II with a toilet filled with syringes. And, of course, doors with shotgun traps littered the area. Some doors could only be opened after solving little fuse box puzzles that we're told will keep getting more difficult as you progress through the game. It all felt more like a classic adventure game brought up to date with full exploration and spiffy graphics and less like the generic action brawler that we so often get with licensed games.
The playable demo didn't extend much beyond the opening moments, but we were given a presentation that offered up some more details on what to expect. The game takes place in a run-down asylum, which shouldn't really come as any big surprise. You're not alone though; others playing Jigsaw's games are there as well. Some will have given up all hope and resigned themselves to death. Others will have their own instructions that are contrary to your survival. And some will simply be human traps.
The real suspense, though, should come from Billy the ventriloquist dummy and his cackling instructions. Naturally, he's back and his pre-recorded tapes are littered throughout the game, along with hidden case files, which will offer a bit more insight into the story.
Insert cackling laughter here.The question remains for me though, of exactly how the moral decisions that the Saw movies are known for will be injected into the game. In the movies, the layout is simple. Each victim is given a choice with death as the ultimate punishment for choosing wrong. In a game, there isn't ever a reason to consider anything other than survival. Williamson assured me that moral decisions will indeed be a part of the game, even offering different paths to explore and multiple endings. Every choice has a consequence, we're told. Let's hope that idea holds up through the entire experience.
Saw will arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC alongside the next movie in the franchise this Halloween.
WET Review
September 14, 2009 - Combining a grindhouse film presentation style with Max Payne and Stranglehold-like slow-motion combat mechanics, Artificial Mind and Movement's WET certainly has a promising setup. You play as Rubi Malone, a raven-haired vixen clad in leather armor. Armed with dual pistols, she's as likely to fire bullets as she is to unload curse words and can flip, slide and swing around combat arenas. For the developer the game represents a spark of originality on a resume populated mostly with licensed products and ports, and its release was not always a sure thing. Amidst the shedding of intellectual property as the publishing giant Activision-Blizzard settled into its new skin, the title was let go, picked up earlier this year by Bethesda Softworks. It's a violent, crude, and often inane title -- which fits in neatly with its presentation style and tone -- but unfortunately its gameplay isn't as dynamic as it wants to be, falling flat and failing to sustain the experience.
As Rubi you're thrown into a world of murderers, double-crossers, drug runners, impossible action scenarios, and conspicuously dressed villains. There's a film grain effect skittering across the screen the entire time, which can be turned off, but while active reinforces the B-movie angle of the plot, dialogue, and characters. Rubi is wronged and angry, and the game in an appropriately inelegant manner smashes together pieces of story that move you through a series of combat arenas and quick-time event action sequences.
Borderlands the Fastest Selling New Title of 2009
November 16, 2009 - Texas-based developer Gearbox Software expressed enthusiasm today over the sales of its new, online co-op shooter franchise Borderlands, declaring the title to be the fastest selling new franchise launch of 2009.
"We are extremely excited about the reception that Borderlands has earned and I am personally very proud of the incredible team here at Gearbox for having created video game's first great shooter-looter," said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software.
"I want to thank all of the fans of the game who have bought in with us and I want to thank publishing partner 2k Games for taking a big bet on such an ambitious game and standing by the team here at Gearbox Software as Borderlands grew into a very special game - so bold and rare and fun in its style and design."
Borderlands' NPD numbers were impressive for the month of October. The combined platform sales of the title out performed Sony's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus.
Gearbox maintains Borderlands will continue to receive on-going support through various title updates and paid downloadable content.
"We are extremely excited about the reception that Borderlands has earned and I am personally very proud of the incredible team here at Gearbox for having created video game's first great shooter-looter," said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software.
"I want to thank all of the fans of the game who have bought in with us and I want to thank publishing partner 2k Games for taking a big bet on such an ambitious game and standing by the team here at Gearbox Software as Borderlands grew into a very special game - so bold and rare and fun in its style and design."
Borderlands' NPD numbers were impressive for the month of October. The combined platform sales of the title out performed Sony's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus.
Gearbox maintains Borderlands will continue to receive on-going support through various title updates and paid downloadable content.
THQ Sees Record Quarterly Results
July 28, 2009 - THQ saw a record high 77% increase in year-over-year net sales ($243.5 million from $137.6 million) for the June quarter.
As president and CEO Brian Farrell points out, this was due in part by the strong sales of UFC 2009 Undisputed.
"We reported the highest June quarter net sales and net income in our history, driven primarily by the success of our hit title UFC 2009 Undisputed," he said.
"Our first quarter results demonstrate the benefits of our more focused product strategy and aggressive cost management. These record results reflect the hard work and dedication of our employees around the globe."
Farrell added, "Our three recently announced business units - Core Games; Kids, Family and Casual Games; and Online Games - are focused on delivering a strong fiscal 2010 line-up and building our pipeline of games to support THQ's long-term profitability and growth."
THQ also pointed out that UFC 2009 Undisputed was the highest selling game in the US for the June quarter and has shipped 2.9 million units worldwide. Also, more than one million units of Red Faction: Guerrilla were shipped.
As president and CEO Brian Farrell points out, this was due in part by the strong sales of UFC 2009 Undisputed.
"We reported the highest June quarter net sales and net income in our history, driven primarily by the success of our hit title UFC 2009 Undisputed," he said.
"Our first quarter results demonstrate the benefits of our more focused product strategy and aggressive cost management. These record results reflect the hard work and dedication of our employees around the globe."
Farrell added, "Our three recently announced business units - Core Games; Kids, Family and Casual Games; and Online Games - are focused on delivering a strong fiscal 2010 line-up and building our pipeline of games to support THQ's long-term profitability and growth."
THQ also pointed out that UFC 2009 Undisputed was the highest selling game in the US for the June quarter and has shipped 2.9 million units worldwide. Also, more than one million units of Red Faction: Guerrilla were shipped.
Call of Duty Franchise Tops $3 Billion in Sales
November 27, 2009 - Activision announced today the long-standing Call of Duty series has surpassed $3 billion in retail sales worldwide, making it one of the biggest gaming franchises ever.
"Call Of Duty has become one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, Inc. "If you consider the number of hours our audiences are engaged in playing Call of Duty games, it is likely to be one of the most viewed of all entertainment experiences in modern history."
Since the first release of the original Call of Duty, the franchise has sold over 55 million units worldwide. The latest, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, went on to generate over $500 million in sales in its first week.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 enters the ring
With the release of the well-received fighter UFC 2009 Undisputed, and the announcement of EA's Mixed Martial Arts game, many may have already forgotten the traditional wrestling game, which for troubled publisher THQ represents a quarter of its profits.
When Candice mentioned they should do yoga together, this wasn't exactly what she had in mind.
Today THQ has announced the latest in its string of wrestling games, which to date have sold more than 47 million units worldwide, with WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. The game, which is due to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, and DS this autumn, is to be developed in conjunction with toy maker Jakks Pacific, with whom THQ has had something of a love-hate relationship.
The publisher has not given details on gameplay improvements, but has promised to "deliver player freedom never before experienced in the SmackDown vs. Raw franchise." The game's cover will also feature WWE superstars John Cena, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, and Rey Mysterio.
THQ will be unveiling more on the game at the SummerSlam event in LA on August 23, and will be running down a history of the franchise at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Keep an eye on GameSpot's E3 page for more.
When Candice mentioned they should do yoga together, this wasn't exactly what she had in mind.
Today THQ has announced the latest in its string of wrestling games, which to date have sold more than 47 million units worldwide, with WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. The game, which is due to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, and DS this autumn, is to be developed in conjunction with toy maker Jakks Pacific, with whom THQ has had something of a love-hate relationship.
The publisher has not given details on gameplay improvements, but has promised to "deliver player freedom never before experienced in the SmackDown vs. Raw franchise." The game's cover will also feature WWE superstars John Cena, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, and Rey Mysterio.
THQ will be unveiling more on the game at the SummerSlam event in LA on August 23, and will be running down a history of the franchise at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Keep an eye on GameSpot's E3 page for more.
Modern Warfare 2 Trade-ins Expected to be Low
November 23, 2009 - It's been close to two weeks since this holiday's most anticipated title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, launched in just about every store across the globe. And despite its semi-short campaign length, it appears most players will be hanging onto the title until well into the New Year.
I spoke with GameStop VP of Marketing Tony Bartel a little while back about this, and he says Call of Duty titles are rarely seen back at the store until about two months after its release.
"Typically, we don't see a lot of people trading back in their new games right away," Bartel told IGN. "In fact, when you look at our used sales, at any given time, less than four percent of those used sales come from new games launched in the last 60 days."
"But what we've found historically with the Call of Duty franchise, that percentage is actually even smaller."
GameStop revealed last week the company sold 2.5 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 in the first three days of sales. I recently called ten random GameStop stores located in the biggest cities in the U.S. and none had any used copies in stock, even with the recent releases of Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2.
Another reason players may be hesitant to trade in the title could be because they simply ran out of other titles to offer up instead, as GameStop says the company will receive a huge influx of pre-owned stock due to the demand for Modern Warfare 2.
"For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, twenty percent of the product we sell will be funded in GameStop through credits from games people no longer play," Bartel added.
How long will Modern Warfare 2 be in your games library?
I spoke with GameStop VP of Marketing Tony Bartel a little while back about this, and he says Call of Duty titles are rarely seen back at the store until about two months after its release.
"Typically, we don't see a lot of people trading back in their new games right away," Bartel told IGN. "In fact, when you look at our used sales, at any given time, less than four percent of those used sales come from new games launched in the last 60 days."
"But what we've found historically with the Call of Duty franchise, that percentage is actually even smaller."
GameStop revealed last week the company sold 2.5 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 in the first three days of sales. I recently called ten random GameStop stores located in the biggest cities in the U.S. and none had any used copies in stock, even with the recent releases of Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2.
Another reason players may be hesitant to trade in the title could be because they simply ran out of other titles to offer up instead, as GameStop says the company will receive a huge influx of pre-owned stock due to the demand for Modern Warfare 2.
"For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, twenty percent of the product we sell will be funded in GameStop through credits from games people no longer play," Bartel added.
How long will Modern Warfare 2 be in your games library?
ps3-Need For Speed: Shift
Easy driver points
To get easy driver points and money, in Quick Race mode, select "Drift mode", "0 opponents", "15 laps", and ".22 Mile Oval Track" as a location. This track is so small you should get a 2x quickly and keep it the entire time.
In Quick Race mode, select "Race mode", "15 opponents", "20 laps", and "Hazyview Eight" as a location.
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Trial By Fire (Bronze): Complete the NFS Live Pre-Race Event.
One Small Step (Bronze): Win you first event.
Road to Success (Bronze): Reach Tier 2.
Driving Rookie (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 2.
Driving Amateur (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 5.
Driving Semi-Pro (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 10.
Bronze Earner (Bronze): Earn 5 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Hunter (Bronze): Earn 10 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Collector (Bronze): Earn 15 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Master (Bronze): Earn 20 Bronze Badges.
Silver Earner (Bronze): Earn 5 Silver Badges.
Silver Hunter (Bronze): Earn 10 Silver Badges.
Chance of a Lifetime (Silver): Reach Tier 3.
Driving Pro (Silver): Reach Driver Level 20.
Driving Veteran (Silver): Reach Driver Level 30.
Driving Hero (Silver): Reach Driver Level 40.
Silver Collector (Silver): Earn 15 Silver Badges.
Silver Master (Silver): Earn 20 Silver Badges.
Gold Earner (Silver): Earn 5 Gold Trophies.
Gold Hunter (Silver): Earn 10 Gold Badges.
Gold Collector (Silver): Earn 15 Gold Badges.
Gold Master (Silver): Earn 20 Gold Badges.
Epic Earner (Silver): Earn 5 Epic Badges.
Epic Hunter (Silver): Earn 10 Epic Badges.
The Final Countdown (Gold): Reach Tier 4.
NFS Live World Champion (Gold): Win the NFS Live World Championship.
Driving Legend (Gold): Reach Driver Level 50.
Epic Collector (Gold): Earn 15 Epic Badges.
Epic Master (Gold): Earn 20 Epic Badges.
Platinum Trophy (Platinum): Unlocked all of Need for Speed: SHIFT's trophies.
To get easy driver points and money, in Quick Race mode, select "Drift mode", "0 opponents", "15 laps", and ".22 Mile Oval Track" as a location. This track is so small you should get a 2x quickly and keep it the entire time.
In Quick Race mode, select "Race mode", "15 opponents", "20 laps", and "Hazyview Eight" as a location.
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Trial By Fire (Bronze): Complete the NFS Live Pre-Race Event.
One Small Step (Bronze): Win you first event.
Road to Success (Bronze): Reach Tier 2.
Driving Rookie (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 2.
Driving Amateur (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 5.
Driving Semi-Pro (Bronze): Reach Driver Level 10.
Bronze Earner (Bronze): Earn 5 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Hunter (Bronze): Earn 10 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Collector (Bronze): Earn 15 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Master (Bronze): Earn 20 Bronze Badges.
Silver Earner (Bronze): Earn 5 Silver Badges.
Silver Hunter (Bronze): Earn 10 Silver Badges.
Chance of a Lifetime (Silver): Reach Tier 3.
Driving Pro (Silver): Reach Driver Level 20.
Driving Veteran (Silver): Reach Driver Level 30.
Driving Hero (Silver): Reach Driver Level 40.
Silver Collector (Silver): Earn 15 Silver Badges.
Silver Master (Silver): Earn 20 Silver Badges.
Gold Earner (Silver): Earn 5 Gold Trophies.
Gold Hunter (Silver): Earn 10 Gold Badges.
Gold Collector (Silver): Earn 15 Gold Badges.
Gold Master (Silver): Earn 20 Gold Badges.
Epic Earner (Silver): Earn 5 Epic Badges.
Epic Hunter (Silver): Earn 10 Epic Badges.
The Final Countdown (Gold): Reach Tier 4.
NFS Live World Champion (Gold): Win the NFS Live World Championship.
Driving Legend (Gold): Reach Driver Level 50.
Epic Collector (Gold): Earn 15 Epic Badges.
Epic Master (Gold): Earn 20 Epic Badges.
Platinum Trophy (Platinum): Unlocked all of Need for Speed: SHIFT's trophies.
xbox360-Need For Speed: Shift
Easy driver points
To get easy driver points and money, in Quick Race mode, select "Drift mode", "0 opponents", "15 laps", and ".22 Mile Oval Track" as a location. This track is so small you should get a 2x quickly and keep it the entire time.
In Quick Race mode, select "Race mode", "15 opponents", "20 laps", and "Hazyview Eight" as a location.
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Trial By Fire (10 points): Complete the NFS Live Pre-Race Event.
One Small Step (25 points): Win your first event.
Road to Success (100 points): Reach Tier 2.
Chance of a Lifetime (100 points): Reach Tier 3.
The Final Countdown (100 points): Reach Tier 4.
NFS Live World Champion (150 points): Win the NFS Live World Championship.
Driving Rookie (10 points): Reach Driver Level 2.
Driving Amateur (25 points): Reach Driver Level 5.
Driving Semi-Pro (50 points): Reach Driver Level 10.
Driving Pro (50 points): Reach Driver Level 20.
Driving Veteran (50 points): Reach Driver Level 30.
Driving Hero (50 points): Reach Driver Level 40.
Driving Legend (50 points): Reach Driver Level 50.
Bronze Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Collector (15 points): Earn 15 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Master (20 points): Earn 20 Bronze Badges.
Silver Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Silver Badges.
Silver Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Silver Badges.
Silver Collector (15 points): Earn 15 Silver Badges.
Silver Master (20 points): Earn 20 Silver Badges.
Gold Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Gold Badges.
Gold Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Gold Badges.
Gold Collector (20 points): Earn 15 Gold Badges.
Gold Master (25 points): Earn 20 Gold Badges.
Epic Earner (10 points): Earn 5 Epic Badges.
Epic Hunter (15 points): Earn 10 Epic Badges.
Epic Collector (20 points): Earn 15 Epic Badges.
Epic Master (25 points): Earn 20 Epic Badges.
To get easy driver points and money, in Quick Race mode, select "Drift mode", "0 opponents", "15 laps", and ".22 Mile Oval Track" as a location. This track is so small you should get a 2x quickly and keep it the entire time.
In Quick Race mode, select "Race mode", "15 opponents", "20 laps", and "Hazyview Eight" as a location.
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Trial By Fire (10 points): Complete the NFS Live Pre-Race Event.
One Small Step (25 points): Win your first event.
Road to Success (100 points): Reach Tier 2.
Chance of a Lifetime (100 points): Reach Tier 3.
The Final Countdown (100 points): Reach Tier 4.
NFS Live World Champion (150 points): Win the NFS Live World Championship.
Driving Rookie (10 points): Reach Driver Level 2.
Driving Amateur (25 points): Reach Driver Level 5.
Driving Semi-Pro (50 points): Reach Driver Level 10.
Driving Pro (50 points): Reach Driver Level 20.
Driving Veteran (50 points): Reach Driver Level 30.
Driving Hero (50 points): Reach Driver Level 40.
Driving Legend (50 points): Reach Driver Level 50.
Bronze Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Collector (15 points): Earn 15 Bronze Badges.
Bronze Master (20 points): Earn 20 Bronze Badges.
Silver Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Silver Badges.
Silver Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Silver Badges.
Silver Collector (15 points): Earn 15 Silver Badges.
Silver Master (20 points): Earn 20 Silver Badges.
Gold Earner (5 points): Earn 5 Gold Badges.
Gold Hunter (10 points): Earn 10 Gold Badges.
Gold Collector (20 points): Earn 15 Gold Badges.
Gold Master (25 points): Earn 20 Gold Badges.
Epic Earner (10 points): Earn 5 Epic Badges.
Epic Hunter (15 points): Earn 10 Epic Badges.
Epic Collector (20 points): Earn 15 Epic Badges.
Epic Master (25 points): Earn 20 Epic Badges.
xbox360-Darksiders
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Prison Break (20 points): Free Samael from his prison.
Death Dealer (10 points): Meet Vulgrim.
Like A Bat Outta Hell (40 points): Defeat Tiamat.
One Tough Cookie (10 points): Meet Ulthane.
Rocked Your Face Off (40 points): Defeat The Griever.
Ashes to Ashes (40 points): Defeat The Stygian.
One Mean Mother (40 points): Defeat Silitha.
Payback's A B**** (50 points): Defeat Straga.
The Final Challenger? (70 points): Defeat The Destroyer.
Balance Restored (100 points): Complete the game on Normal difficulty.
The True Horseman (100 points): Complete the game on Apocalyptic difficulty.
To Move A Mountain (10 points): Collect the Earthcaller.
Who's Counting? (20 points): Defeat more angels than Ulthane.
Reach Out And Touch Somebody (10 points): Collect the Abyssal Chain.
Into the Void (10 points): Collect the Voidwalker.
Elemental Thief (10 points): Collect the Crossblade.
Sight Beyond Sight (10 points): Collect the Mask of Shadows.
Devastator (10 points): Kill 10 enemies with one Blade Geyser wrath attack.
Tremor Bringer (10 points): Collect the Tremor Gauntlet.
An Old Friend (10 points): Collect Mercy.
Reaper (10 points): Collect the Scythe.
Aerial Predator (20 points): Kill 160 enemies while on the angelic beast.
Full Power (20 points): Collect the maximum amount of lifestones.
Wrath of War (20 points): Collect the maximum amount of wrath cores.
Wrath Machine (10 points): Collect all the Wrath Powers.
Reunited (20 points): Obtain Ruin.
Don't Make Me Angry (20 points): Collect the Chaos Form Ability.
Chasm Jumper (10 points): Gain the Shadowflight Ability.
Legendary Form (20 points): Collect the Abyssal Armor Set.
Time Lapse (15 points): Gain the Chronomancer Ability.
Battle Hardened (20 points): Max out all weapons and unlock all combat moves.
High Flier (20 points): Kill 5 duskbats without touching the ground.
Improvised Kills (10 points): Kill 150 enemies with items from the environment.
You Call This Easy? (10 points): Complete the game on Easy difficulty.
Open Air Parking (5 points): Destroy a helicopter during the apocalypse with a vehicle.
Additionally, there are eight secret achievements:
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (30 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (30 points): Unknown.
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Prison Break (20 points): Free Samael from his prison.
Death Dealer (10 points): Meet Vulgrim.
Like A Bat Outta Hell (40 points): Defeat Tiamat.
One Tough Cookie (10 points): Meet Ulthane.
Rocked Your Face Off (40 points): Defeat The Griever.
Ashes to Ashes (40 points): Defeat The Stygian.
One Mean Mother (40 points): Defeat Silitha.
Payback's A B**** (50 points): Defeat Straga.
The Final Challenger? (70 points): Defeat The Destroyer.
Balance Restored (100 points): Complete the game on Normal difficulty.
The True Horseman (100 points): Complete the game on Apocalyptic difficulty.
To Move A Mountain (10 points): Collect the Earthcaller.
Who's Counting? (20 points): Defeat more angels than Ulthane.
Reach Out And Touch Somebody (10 points): Collect the Abyssal Chain.
Into the Void (10 points): Collect the Voidwalker.
Elemental Thief (10 points): Collect the Crossblade.
Sight Beyond Sight (10 points): Collect the Mask of Shadows.
Devastator (10 points): Kill 10 enemies with one Blade Geyser wrath attack.
Tremor Bringer (10 points): Collect the Tremor Gauntlet.
An Old Friend (10 points): Collect Mercy.
Reaper (10 points): Collect the Scythe.
Aerial Predator (20 points): Kill 160 enemies while on the angelic beast.
Full Power (20 points): Collect the maximum amount of lifestones.
Wrath of War (20 points): Collect the maximum amount of wrath cores.
Wrath Machine (10 points): Collect all the Wrath Powers.
Reunited (20 points): Obtain Ruin.
Don't Make Me Angry (20 points): Collect the Chaos Form Ability.
Chasm Jumper (10 points): Gain the Shadowflight Ability.
Legendary Form (20 points): Collect the Abyssal Armor Set.
Time Lapse (15 points): Gain the Chronomancer Ability.
Battle Hardened (20 points): Max out all weapons and unlock all combat moves.
High Flier (20 points): Kill 5 duskbats without touching the ground.
Improvised Kills (10 points): Kill 150 enemies with items from the environment.
You Call This Easy? (10 points): Complete the game on Easy difficulty.
Open Air Parking (5 points): Destroy a helicopter during the apocalypse with a vehicle.
Additionally, there are eight secret achievements:
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (30 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (10 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (20 points): Unknown.
Secret achievement (30 points): Unknown.
xbox360-Dragon Age: Origins
Legendary weapons
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary weapon:
Ageless: In Orzammar before you pick a new king, click the king's throne, set three of your party members on pressure plates around the area, and use the fourth to click the throne again. Kill the dragon to get the Ageless legendary weapon.
Keening Blade: Successfully complete the "Unbound" quest. To start it, collect the journals from the following locations:
1. Adventurer's corpse in Ruined Temple on the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest in the southwest corridor.
2. Brecilian Ruins' Lower Ruins in the south fire trap room.
3. Talk to an adventurer in Orzammar's Tapster's tavern.
4. Go to Denerim, then go to the dirty back alley, and fight the demon.
Marjorlaneses Recurve: Successfully complete Leliana's character quest.
Staff Of The Magister Lords: Purchased it in the Wonders Of Thedas in Denerim.
Starfang Longsword: Get the random encounter with the crater, then take the Starmetal to Wardens Keep to have a one or two handed sword made.
Summersword: Defeat Loghain's general when trying to save the queen.
The Rose's Thorn: Purchased it in a shop in Orzammar.
Topsiders Honor: In Deep Roads, find the three pieces, then reassemble them in Ortan Thaig.
Yusaris Greatsword: Successfully complete the "Statue" quest on the third floor of the Magi Tower by selecting the statues in the following order: Left, Right, Middle, then the statue near the fourth floor stairs.
Wintersbreath: It can be obtained through the Warden's Keep DLC or by purchasing it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Legendary armor
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary armor:
Blood Dragon: Use the DLC to get the first piece, and the rest will be in Bodhan's shop in your camp.
Juggernaut: Examine the three tombstones in the Brecilian Forrest to get the first three pieces. Successfully complete the "Jug" quest in the Ruins to get the final piece.
Legion Set: Pieces are spread throughout the Deeproads.
Reapers Vestment (best robe): Purchased it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Robes Of Possession: Successfully complete Morrigan's character quest by killing Flemmeth. They can then be found in the chest in Flemeth's hut.
Wade's: Wade of Wade's Emporium in Denerim will make you three sets of armor, two of which will use 3x Drake Scales, and the other will need the Dragon Scale. The first two sets are leather armor, and the third is your choice of medium, heavy, or massive. You can get lots of Drake Scales and the Dragon Scale during the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest. Note: Make sure you always pay the extra gold when asked to get the best results.
Specialization classes
Note: Specialization points are obtained at levels 7 and 14.
Mage
Arcane Warrior: Learned from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins ("Nature of the Beast" quest line).
Blood Mage: Learned from Desire Demon in Fade ("Arl of Redcliffe" quest line).
Shapeshifter: Learned from Morrigan (companion) or Varathorn (Dalish Camp).
Spirit Healer: Learned from Wynne (companion) or Wonders of Thedas (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Rogue
Assassin: Learned from Zevran (companion) or Alarith's Store (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Bard: Learned from Leliana (companion) or Alimar (Orzammar).
Duelist: Learned from Isabela (The Pearl in Denerim).
Ranger: Learned from Bodann's Wares (Party Camp).
Warrior
Berserker: Learned from Oghren (companion) or Gorim (Denerim Market).
Champion: Learned from Arl Eamon (at the end of the "Urn of Sacred Ashes" quest line).
Reaver: Learned from Kolgrim (Wyrmling Lair).
Templar: Learned from Alistair (companion) or Bodahn's Wares (Party Camp).
Item set bonuses
Equip the indicated item set to get the corresponding bonus:
Item Set 1 - Griffon: Immunity to Flanking
Item Set 2 - Effort: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 3 - Juggernaut Plate: +3 Strength +3 Constitution
Item Set 4 - Imperium Rings: +2 Armor
Item Set 5 - Legion Of The Dead: +3 Damage +3 Constitution
Item Set 6 - Dalish Leather: +5 Defense
Item Set 7 - Duster Leather: +2 Armor
Item Set 8 - Wade's Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 9 - Wade's Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue
Item Set 10 - Wade's Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue
Item Set 11 - Wade's Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 12 - Leather Armor: -5% Fatigue
Item Set 13 - Studded Leather Armor: +1 Defense
Item Set 14 - Chainmail: -2.5% Fatigue
Item Set 15 - Scale Armor: +4.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 16 - Splint Mail: +1 Armor
Item Set 17 - Dwarven Medium Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 18 - Ancient Elven Armor: +5 Defense
Item Set 19 - Ceremonial Armor: +6 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 20 - Diligence: +5 Willpower
Item Set 21 - Dwarven Heavy Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 22 - Heavy Chainmail: -3% Fatigue
Item Set 23 - Chevalier Armor: +3 Willpower +3 Constitution
Item Set 24 - Commander's Plate: +5 Willpower
Item Set 25 - Dwarven Massive Armor: +2 Armor
Item Set 26 - Heavy Plate: +7.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 27 - Wade's Superior Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 28 - Wade's Superior Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 29 - Wade's Superior Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 30 - Wade's Superior Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Secret - Armor Of The River Dane Set: +6 Willpower +1 Cunning +6 Attack +4 Defense
Secret - Warden's Commander: +? Health +? Strength
Easy gold
Put your most expensive item in the junk section in your inventory. Find a merchant, enter the "Junk" section in your inventory, highlight the expensive item, then press Y followed by A very quickly. If done correctly, your item will be sold at twice its value. It may require a few attempts. Buy it back, and repeat the process as many times as desired. It is best if you use two fingers, with one on Y and another on A so you can press them almost simultaneously. It is recommended you either do this with a merchant that you have not sold any junk to before, or buy back all the junk you previously sold. This speeds up the process enough so that you can double the gold as fast as possible. Additionally, if the merchant has an item more expensive than the one you are selling, buy it, and use that instead to increase the amount of gold you get. If you have the Blood Dragon Plate, this can be easily done with the first merchant.
Easy experience
You can use the "Easy gold" glitch to basically get unlimited experience. Once you save the life of the Arl of Redcliffe, a soldier of his will appear in your party's camp. There will be a box for donating to the army. Enter the screen, and select the first option to donate 30 gold. You can do this as many times as desired to get a good amount of experience from each donation. If you just keep pressing A then X repeatedly, you will keep quickly donating large sums of gold, skipping through the dialog screens, and getting a lot of experience quickly. If you start getting low on gold, perform the "Easy gold" glitch again with the merchant in your camp. Note: Be careful, as enemies will also level as you do. If you get too high of a level and do not have the correct equipment, you can be quickly defeated.
In Ostargar, do the "Tainted Blood" mission that is unlocked immediately before you become a Grey Warden. Collect the three Vials of Darkspawn Blood, but not the Grey Warden Treaties. Return to camp, talk to Duncan, and report "We have the blood, but not the scrolls." You will exit out of the conversation, but still get the experience for the mission. You can repeat this as many times as desired. It does not take long to reach the level 25 cap if you skip the conversations to speed up the process.
Note: This trick requires you have the Trap Making ability. In Lothering, go to the right after exiting Dane's Refuge (near the center of Lothering). There will be a quest giver by the name of Allison. She will ask you to make traps, and requires three traps to complete the quest. Once you complete the quest, you will get a moderate amount of experience and 50 silver. You can repeat this quest as many times as desired; however, the quest will become unavailable as you progress through the game. To keep repeating the quest, go back to Dane's Refuge, and buy Trap Triggers. He has an unlimited supply of them. As long as you have Trap Making, create Spring Traps. Spring Traps only cost approximately 3 silver to create, and she requires three traps each time. Thus, it only costs you roughly 9 silver for the quest.
To get extra experience points early in the game, go to the city of Denerim as soon as you leave Lothering. Then, enter the "Wonders of Thedas" building, and purchase the Archivist's Belt. While it is equipped, you will get an experience point boost for everything in your Codex. Books will increase from 50 to 75 experience points.
Duplicate items
This glitch allows you to duplicate gear, ingredients, potions, and other stuff. First, you need at least two of the item you want to duplicate. The glitch is basically the same as the "Easy gold" glitch. Thus, it is best to only have the items you want to duplicate in both your and the merchant's "Junk" inventory. This help speeds up and organize things. Put at least two of the item you want to copy in the "Junk" section of your bag. Go to any merchant, and press Y to sell all the junk in your bag. Then, select the item from the merchant's side, and buy back all but one of the item. Next, select it when it is in your inventory again. Press Y followed by A very quickly. This requires precise timing like the "Easy gold" glitch and may require a few attempts, but it becomes easy to do after a few tries. You can keep repeating the process until you have 99 of the item. Some items will show in the merchant's inventory as being one row of 99, and another row of a different number (for example, 33). Sometimes the extra items can be taken and kept; however, other times they will vanish from your inventory. Be careful about taking the correct row. If you have the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content, you can store unlimited items in the bottomless chest so you will always have more if you ever run out and do not want to keep using this glitch. This glitch should also work with books that add Skill or Talent points. When you get any of those books, wait until you have two of them so you can make unlimited copies and max out your characters.
Free Specialization books
Save the game, then buy a Specialization book from a vendor. The message "Specialization Unlocked" will appear. Then, load your saved game, and you will have the gold back that you spent for the book, but the specialization will still be unlocked.
When you first arrive at your party camp, you will see Bodahn Fennick, the Dwarf trader. Speak to him, and view his wares. You will find two Specialization books, Ranger and Templar. Save the game, then buy one to unlock that Specialization. Reload your game, and buy the other one. You will now have both specialties unlocked and still retain your gold after reloading your game again. This works with all Specialization books.
Extra storage
In Lothering, go towards a bridge on the edge of town. There will be a bridge where a Dwarven father and son are getting attacked. If you save and are nice to them, they will be in your party's camp when you arrive shortly afterwards. They are merchants, and the son is an enchanting savant. The father has good items to start. Buy the items, using the "Easy gold" glitch if needed. He never seems to lose what you sell him. You can basically use him as free storage. This works well for players without the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content's bottomless chest, or if you do not want to keep traveling to Soldier's Peak to retrieve your excess inventory.
Extra backpack in Ostagar
When you arrive in Ostagar, buy the Backpack from the Quartermaster. Note: You should have enough money all long as you collected sell-able items and gear during the beginning storyline. Successfully complete the quest where you and the other recruits enter the Wilds; make sure you explore the entire map. Successfully complete the "Joining" ritual, and become a Grey Warden. Before attending the meeting with Duncan and the King, go back to the Quartermaster, and there should be another Backpack available to purchase at the same price as before.
Mass Effect reference
There is a book titled "Load Limit Reached" that you can find in the Orzammar underground section "The Dead Trenches", near the "Legionnaire Shrine" at the end of a broken bridge. The first line in the book is "Mass will have an effect". It mentions a Dwarf named Shepard, which is the same name as the main character of Mass Effect.
Portal reference
Note: You must have Sten in your party for this trick to work. At the end of the game, if you choose to perform the ritual with Morrigan, you will go to the crowning of the new king or queen. After the dialogue with Alistair, you can walk around and talk to your companions. Find Sten, and he will say "Where is the cake? They promised there would be cake. The cake is a lie..."
Superman reference
The following event is random and occurs while traveling on the world map. You will encounter a farmer and his wife who find a baby in a meteor crash, right after it happens. They decide to take the baby and raise it as their own. You get the Meteor Ore the baby came in. It can be made into armor by Wade in Denerim. A good way to get this event to occur is from one of the Chantry Board missions in Redcliffe. Travel straight from Redcliffe to Refugees.
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Last of Your Line (10 points): Completed the Human Noble origin story.
Corrupted (10 points): Completed the Dalish Elf origin story.
Conscripted (10 points): Completed the City Elf origin story.
Harrowed (10 points): Completed the Magi origin story.
Casteless (10 points): Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story.
Kinslayer (10 points): Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story.
Last of the Wardens (20 points): Completed Ostagar.
Standard-Bearer (20 points): Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies.
Hero of Redcliffe (20 points): Completed "The Arl of Redcliffe".
Rabble-Rouser (20 points): Completed "The Landsmeet".
Mercenary (20 points): Complete 15 job-board quests.
Recruiter (25 points): Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members.
Hopelessly Romantic (25 points): Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances.
Perfectionist (50 points): Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings.
Educated (15 points): Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills.
Magic Sympathizer (20 points): Sided with the mages in "Broken Circle".
Annulment Invoker (20 points): Sided with the templars in "Broken Circle".
Slayer (20 points): Sided with the werewolves in "Nature of the Beast".
Poacher (20 points): Sided with the elves in "Nature of the Beast".
Sacrilegious (20 points): Sided with the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn Of Sacred Ashes".
Ceremonialist (20 points): Defied the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn of Sacred Ashes".
Bhelen's Ally (20 points): Sided with Bhelen in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Harrowmont's Ally (20 points): Sided with Harrowmont in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Liberator (20 points): Destroyed the Anvil of the Void.
Pragmatist (20 points): Preserved the Anvil of the Void.
Heavy Hitter (10 points): Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit.
Bloodied (10 points): Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle.
Traveler (35 points): Set foot in every area in the game.
Master of Arms (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior.
Shadow (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue.
Archmage (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a mage.
Pilgrim (10 points): Completed a Chanter's Board quest.
Grey Warden (20 points): Killed 100 darkspawn.
Master Warden (25 points): Killed 500 darkspawn.
Blight-Queller (25 points): Killed 1000 darkspawn.
Tinkerer (10 points): Crafted an item.
Persuasive (10 points): Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts.
Silver Tongued (20 points): Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts.
Bully (10 points): Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts.
Menacing (20 points): Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts.
First Knight (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair.
Witch Gone Wild (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan.
Easy Lover (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Zevran.
Wine, Woman, and Song (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana.
Veteran (25 points): Main character learned a specialization.
Elite (30 points): Main character learned two specializations.
Additionally, there are four secret achievements:
A Dark Promise (50 points): Defeated the archdemon and, through a dark ritual with Morrigan, spared your own life.
The Ultimate Sacrifice (50 points): Made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of Ferelden.
Dragonslayer (30 points): Defeated the dragon guarding the Urn of Sacred Ashes.
Defender (20 points): Preserved the lives of half the troops at Denerim's Gates in "The Final Battle".
The following achievements require "The Stone Prisoner" bonus downloadable content:
Rock and a Hard Place (25 points): Completed "The Golem in Honnleath".
Stone's Lament (25 points): Completed "A Golem's Memories".
The following achievements require the "Warden's Keep" bonus downloadable content:
Diabolist (25 points): Took advantage of Avernus's research.
Master of the Peak (25 points): Completed "Soldier's Peak".
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary weapon:
Ageless: In Orzammar before you pick a new king, click the king's throne, set three of your party members on pressure plates around the area, and use the fourth to click the throne again. Kill the dragon to get the Ageless legendary weapon.
Keening Blade: Successfully complete the "Unbound" quest. To start it, collect the journals from the following locations:
1. Adventurer's corpse in Ruined Temple on the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest in the southwest corridor.
2. Brecilian Ruins' Lower Ruins in the south fire trap room.
3. Talk to an adventurer in Orzammar's Tapster's tavern.
4. Go to Denerim, then go to the dirty back alley, and fight the demon.
Marjorlaneses Recurve: Successfully complete Leliana's character quest.
Staff Of The Magister Lords: Purchased it in the Wonders Of Thedas in Denerim.
Starfang Longsword: Get the random encounter with the crater, then take the Starmetal to Wardens Keep to have a one or two handed sword made.
Summersword: Defeat Loghain's general when trying to save the queen.
The Rose's Thorn: Purchased it in a shop in Orzammar.
Topsiders Honor: In Deep Roads, find the three pieces, then reassemble them in Ortan Thaig.
Yusaris Greatsword: Successfully complete the "Statue" quest on the third floor of the Magi Tower by selecting the statues in the following order: Left, Right, Middle, then the statue near the fourth floor stairs.
Wintersbreath: It can be obtained through the Warden's Keep DLC or by purchasing it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Legendary armor
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary armor:
Blood Dragon: Use the DLC to get the first piece, and the rest will be in Bodhan's shop in your camp.
Juggernaut: Examine the three tombstones in the Brecilian Forrest to get the first three pieces. Successfully complete the "Jug" quest in the Ruins to get the final piece.
Legion Set: Pieces are spread throughout the Deeproads.
Reapers Vestment (best robe): Purchased it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Robes Of Possession: Successfully complete Morrigan's character quest by killing Flemmeth. They can then be found in the chest in Flemeth's hut.
Wade's: Wade of Wade's Emporium in Denerim will make you three sets of armor, two of which will use 3x Drake Scales, and the other will need the Dragon Scale. The first two sets are leather armor, and the third is your choice of medium, heavy, or massive. You can get lots of Drake Scales and the Dragon Scale during the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest. Note: Make sure you always pay the extra gold when asked to get the best results.
Specialization classes
Note: Specialization points are obtained at levels 7 and 14.
Mage
Arcane Warrior: Learned from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins ("Nature of the Beast" quest line).
Blood Mage: Learned from Desire Demon in Fade ("Arl of Redcliffe" quest line).
Shapeshifter: Learned from Morrigan (companion) or Varathorn (Dalish Camp).
Spirit Healer: Learned from Wynne (companion) or Wonders of Thedas (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Rogue
Assassin: Learned from Zevran (companion) or Alarith's Store (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Bard: Learned from Leliana (companion) or Alimar (Orzammar).
Duelist: Learned from Isabela (The Pearl in Denerim).
Ranger: Learned from Bodann's Wares (Party Camp).
Warrior
Berserker: Learned from Oghren (companion) or Gorim (Denerim Market).
Champion: Learned from Arl Eamon (at the end of the "Urn of Sacred Ashes" quest line).
Reaver: Learned from Kolgrim (Wyrmling Lair).
Templar: Learned from Alistair (companion) or Bodahn's Wares (Party Camp).
Item set bonuses
Equip the indicated item set to get the corresponding bonus:
Item Set 1 - Griffon: Immunity to Flanking
Item Set 2 - Effort: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 3 - Juggernaut Plate: +3 Strength +3 Constitution
Item Set 4 - Imperium Rings: +2 Armor
Item Set 5 - Legion Of The Dead: +3 Damage +3 Constitution
Item Set 6 - Dalish Leather: +5 Defense
Item Set 7 - Duster Leather: +2 Armor
Item Set 8 - Wade's Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 9 - Wade's Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue
Item Set 10 - Wade's Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue
Item Set 11 - Wade's Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 12 - Leather Armor: -5% Fatigue
Item Set 13 - Studded Leather Armor: +1 Defense
Item Set 14 - Chainmail: -2.5% Fatigue
Item Set 15 - Scale Armor: +4.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 16 - Splint Mail: +1 Armor
Item Set 17 - Dwarven Medium Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 18 - Ancient Elven Armor: +5 Defense
Item Set 19 - Ceremonial Armor: +6 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 20 - Diligence: +5 Willpower
Item Set 21 - Dwarven Heavy Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 22 - Heavy Chainmail: -3% Fatigue
Item Set 23 - Chevalier Armor: +3 Willpower +3 Constitution
Item Set 24 - Commander's Plate: +5 Willpower
Item Set 25 - Dwarven Massive Armor: +2 Armor
Item Set 26 - Heavy Plate: +7.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 27 - Wade's Superior Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 28 - Wade's Superior Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 29 - Wade's Superior Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 30 - Wade's Superior Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Secret - Armor Of The River Dane Set: +6 Willpower +1 Cunning +6 Attack +4 Defense
Secret - Warden's Commander: +? Health +? Strength
Easy gold
Put your most expensive item in the junk section in your inventory. Find a merchant, enter the "Junk" section in your inventory, highlight the expensive item, then press Y followed by A very quickly. If done correctly, your item will be sold at twice its value. It may require a few attempts. Buy it back, and repeat the process as many times as desired. It is best if you use two fingers, with one on Y and another on A so you can press them almost simultaneously. It is recommended you either do this with a merchant that you have not sold any junk to before, or buy back all the junk you previously sold. This speeds up the process enough so that you can double the gold as fast as possible. Additionally, if the merchant has an item more expensive than the one you are selling, buy it, and use that instead to increase the amount of gold you get. If you have the Blood Dragon Plate, this can be easily done with the first merchant.
Easy experience
You can use the "Easy gold" glitch to basically get unlimited experience. Once you save the life of the Arl of Redcliffe, a soldier of his will appear in your party's camp. There will be a box for donating to the army. Enter the screen, and select the first option to donate 30 gold. You can do this as many times as desired to get a good amount of experience from each donation. If you just keep pressing A then X repeatedly, you will keep quickly donating large sums of gold, skipping through the dialog screens, and getting a lot of experience quickly. If you start getting low on gold, perform the "Easy gold" glitch again with the merchant in your camp. Note: Be careful, as enemies will also level as you do. If you get too high of a level and do not have the correct equipment, you can be quickly defeated.
In Ostargar, do the "Tainted Blood" mission that is unlocked immediately before you become a Grey Warden. Collect the three Vials of Darkspawn Blood, but not the Grey Warden Treaties. Return to camp, talk to Duncan, and report "We have the blood, but not the scrolls." You will exit out of the conversation, but still get the experience for the mission. You can repeat this as many times as desired. It does not take long to reach the level 25 cap if you skip the conversations to speed up the process.
Note: This trick requires you have the Trap Making ability. In Lothering, go to the right after exiting Dane's Refuge (near the center of Lothering). There will be a quest giver by the name of Allison. She will ask you to make traps, and requires three traps to complete the quest. Once you complete the quest, you will get a moderate amount of experience and 50 silver. You can repeat this quest as many times as desired; however, the quest will become unavailable as you progress through the game. To keep repeating the quest, go back to Dane's Refuge, and buy Trap Triggers. He has an unlimited supply of them. As long as you have Trap Making, create Spring Traps. Spring Traps only cost approximately 3 silver to create, and she requires three traps each time. Thus, it only costs you roughly 9 silver for the quest.
To get extra experience points early in the game, go to the city of Denerim as soon as you leave Lothering. Then, enter the "Wonders of Thedas" building, and purchase the Archivist's Belt. While it is equipped, you will get an experience point boost for everything in your Codex. Books will increase from 50 to 75 experience points.
Duplicate items
This glitch allows you to duplicate gear, ingredients, potions, and other stuff. First, you need at least two of the item you want to duplicate. The glitch is basically the same as the "Easy gold" glitch. Thus, it is best to only have the items you want to duplicate in both your and the merchant's "Junk" inventory. This help speeds up and organize things. Put at least two of the item you want to copy in the "Junk" section of your bag. Go to any merchant, and press Y to sell all the junk in your bag. Then, select the item from the merchant's side, and buy back all but one of the item. Next, select it when it is in your inventory again. Press Y followed by A very quickly. This requires precise timing like the "Easy gold" glitch and may require a few attempts, but it becomes easy to do after a few tries. You can keep repeating the process until you have 99 of the item. Some items will show in the merchant's inventory as being one row of 99, and another row of a different number (for example, 33). Sometimes the extra items can be taken and kept; however, other times they will vanish from your inventory. Be careful about taking the correct row. If you have the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content, you can store unlimited items in the bottomless chest so you will always have more if you ever run out and do not want to keep using this glitch. This glitch should also work with books that add Skill or Talent points. When you get any of those books, wait until you have two of them so you can make unlimited copies and max out your characters.
Free Specialization books
Save the game, then buy a Specialization book from a vendor. The message "Specialization Unlocked" will appear. Then, load your saved game, and you will have the gold back that you spent for the book, but the specialization will still be unlocked.
When you first arrive at your party camp, you will see Bodahn Fennick, the Dwarf trader. Speak to him, and view his wares. You will find two Specialization books, Ranger and Templar. Save the game, then buy one to unlock that Specialization. Reload your game, and buy the other one. You will now have both specialties unlocked and still retain your gold after reloading your game again. This works with all Specialization books.
Extra storage
In Lothering, go towards a bridge on the edge of town. There will be a bridge where a Dwarven father and son are getting attacked. If you save and are nice to them, they will be in your party's camp when you arrive shortly afterwards. They are merchants, and the son is an enchanting savant. The father has good items to start. Buy the items, using the "Easy gold" glitch if needed. He never seems to lose what you sell him. You can basically use him as free storage. This works well for players without the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content's bottomless chest, or if you do not want to keep traveling to Soldier's Peak to retrieve your excess inventory.
Extra backpack in Ostagar
When you arrive in Ostagar, buy the Backpack from the Quartermaster. Note: You should have enough money all long as you collected sell-able items and gear during the beginning storyline. Successfully complete the quest where you and the other recruits enter the Wilds; make sure you explore the entire map. Successfully complete the "Joining" ritual, and become a Grey Warden. Before attending the meeting with Duncan and the King, go back to the Quartermaster, and there should be another Backpack available to purchase at the same price as before.
Mass Effect reference
There is a book titled "Load Limit Reached" that you can find in the Orzammar underground section "The Dead Trenches", near the "Legionnaire Shrine" at the end of a broken bridge. The first line in the book is "Mass will have an effect". It mentions a Dwarf named Shepard, which is the same name as the main character of Mass Effect.
Portal reference
Note: You must have Sten in your party for this trick to work. At the end of the game, if you choose to perform the ritual with Morrigan, you will go to the crowning of the new king or queen. After the dialogue with Alistair, you can walk around and talk to your companions. Find Sten, and he will say "Where is the cake? They promised there would be cake. The cake is a lie..."
Superman reference
The following event is random and occurs while traveling on the world map. You will encounter a farmer and his wife who find a baby in a meteor crash, right after it happens. They decide to take the baby and raise it as their own. You get the Meteor Ore the baby came in. It can be made into armor by Wade in Denerim. A good way to get this event to occur is from one of the Chantry Board missions in Redcliffe. Travel straight from Redcliffe to Refugees.
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Last of Your Line (10 points): Completed the Human Noble origin story.
Corrupted (10 points): Completed the Dalish Elf origin story.
Conscripted (10 points): Completed the City Elf origin story.
Harrowed (10 points): Completed the Magi origin story.
Casteless (10 points): Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story.
Kinslayer (10 points): Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story.
Last of the Wardens (20 points): Completed Ostagar.
Standard-Bearer (20 points): Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies.
Hero of Redcliffe (20 points): Completed "The Arl of Redcliffe".
Rabble-Rouser (20 points): Completed "The Landsmeet".
Mercenary (20 points): Complete 15 job-board quests.
Recruiter (25 points): Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members.
Hopelessly Romantic (25 points): Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances.
Perfectionist (50 points): Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings.
Educated (15 points): Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills.
Magic Sympathizer (20 points): Sided with the mages in "Broken Circle".
Annulment Invoker (20 points): Sided with the templars in "Broken Circle".
Slayer (20 points): Sided with the werewolves in "Nature of the Beast".
Poacher (20 points): Sided with the elves in "Nature of the Beast".
Sacrilegious (20 points): Sided with the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn Of Sacred Ashes".
Ceremonialist (20 points): Defied the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn of Sacred Ashes".
Bhelen's Ally (20 points): Sided with Bhelen in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Harrowmont's Ally (20 points): Sided with Harrowmont in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Liberator (20 points): Destroyed the Anvil of the Void.
Pragmatist (20 points): Preserved the Anvil of the Void.
Heavy Hitter (10 points): Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit.
Bloodied (10 points): Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle.
Traveler (35 points): Set foot in every area in the game.
Master of Arms (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior.
Shadow (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue.
Archmage (25 points): Main character achieved level 20 as a mage.
Pilgrim (10 points): Completed a Chanter's Board quest.
Grey Warden (20 points): Killed 100 darkspawn.
Master Warden (25 points): Killed 500 darkspawn.
Blight-Queller (25 points): Killed 1000 darkspawn.
Tinkerer (10 points): Crafted an item.
Persuasive (10 points): Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts.
Silver Tongued (20 points): Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts.
Bully (10 points): Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts.
Menacing (20 points): Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts.
First Knight (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair.
Witch Gone Wild (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan.
Easy Lover (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Zevran.
Wine, Woman, and Song (10 points): Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana.
Veteran (25 points): Main character learned a specialization.
Elite (30 points): Main character learned two specializations.
Additionally, there are four secret achievements:
A Dark Promise (50 points): Defeated the archdemon and, through a dark ritual with Morrigan, spared your own life.
The Ultimate Sacrifice (50 points): Made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of Ferelden.
Dragonslayer (30 points): Defeated the dragon guarding the Urn of Sacred Ashes.
Defender (20 points): Preserved the lives of half the troops at Denerim's Gates in "The Final Battle".
The following achievements require "The Stone Prisoner" bonus downloadable content:
Rock and a Hard Place (25 points): Completed "The Golem in Honnleath".
Stone's Lament (25 points): Completed "A Golem's Memories".
The following achievements require the "Warden's Keep" bonus downloadable content:
Diabolist (25 points): Took advantage of Avernus's research.
Master of the Peak (25 points): Completed "Soldier's Peak".
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Bonus cars
Have a saved game file from the original DiRT to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with No Fear (Gold) Livery.
Have a saved game file from Grid to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with Ravenwest Livery.
Successfully complete the indicated event to unlock the corresponding car:
Colin McRae Challenge: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with chrome Colin McRae Livery
World Tour - Landrush: Toyota Stadium Truck
World Tour - Raid: Mitsubishi Pajero Dakar 1993
World Tour - Rally Cross: Ford RS200 Evolution
World Tour - Trailblazer: Dallenbach Special
X-Games - All Completed: Ford Escort MKII and MG Metro 6R4
X-Games - Asia: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with X-Games Livery for Trailblazer only
X-Games - Europe: Colin McRae R4 with X-Games Livery for Rallycross only
X-Games - North America: Subaru Impreza WRX STi with X-Games Livery for Rally only
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Big Bucks! (25 points): Earn those big bucks.
Dedication (80 points): Win every event in the DiRT Tour.
The Full Set (30 points): Drive every vehicle in the game.
Gut It Out! (10 points): Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race.
Head Over Wheels (10 points): Roll your vehicle and still win the race.
Gnarly! (15 points): Finish with Flair! Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground.
Keep It Clean! (20 points): Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing.
Terminated! (15 points): Take terminal damage while travelling at over 140mph (225km/h).
Nailed an Event (10 points): Win an event.
You're The Best, Around! (20 points): Win a race at every track in the game (in any game mode).
Dominated! (15 points): Win a domination event, getting the maximum available points.
That All You Got? (15 points): Win a Timed Throwdown.
On The Bubble (15 points): Be second to last at each elimination point but go on to win a Last Man Standing race.
Gate Crashed! (10 points): Hit every gate in a Gatecrasher event.
Friends For Life (10 points): Become true friends with a superstar.
Aren't You Popular! (15 points): Become true friends with 4 superstars.
Best Friends Forever! (30 points): Become true friends with every superstar.
Rookie Coming Through! (10 points): Race in your first DiRT Tour race.
Pro (15 points): Win a Pro division event.
All-Star (25 points): Win an All-Star division event.
Piece Of Cake (10 points): Win a Throwdown.
I like a Challenge (20 points): Win 12 Throwdowns.
Getting A Reputation (15 points): Reach Level 15 in the DiRT Tour.
As Good As It Gets (30 points): Reach Level 30 in the DiRT Tour.
Whose Backyard? (15 points): Beat Travis Pastrana in a Throwdown.
Block Party (15 points): Beat Ken Block in a Throwdown.
Jet Setter (15 points): Compete in a race in every location.
World Tour Winner (50 points): Win all the World Tour events.
X Games Champ! (50 points): Win all the X Games events.
Five Of Your Best (15 points): Win 5 Pro Tour races over Xbox LIVE.
Tourney (20 points): Take part in four tournaments.
Famous (20 points): Reach Online Fame Level 15.
Notorious (40 points): Reach Online Fame Level 30.
Rush Hour (10 points): Win an Xbox LIVE Pro Tour race against 7 competitors.
Mix It Up! (15 points): Play in every discipline over Xbox LIVE (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
In His Footsteps (25 points): Win 25 Rally races in the DiRT Tour.
With Great Honor (15 points): Achieve a 'Cautious' impact rating in Multiplayer races (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
Mirra Image (15 points): Beat Dave Mirra in a Throwdown.
I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost! (10 points): Choose a ghost, download and beat it!
Dialled In (5 points): Win a race using a custom vehicle setup.
Two Cups One Girl (10 points): Win two team events with the same female team-mate.
X Games Europe Champ (20 points): Win X Games Europe.
X Games Asia Champ (25 points): Win X Games Asia.
X Games America Champ (30 points): Win X Games America.
Showboating (20 points): Bask in your success at X Games America.
Additionally, there are two secret achievements:
Just Drive! (15 points): You drove 100 miles (161 kilometres) without unlocking any other achievement.
For Colin (75 points): You've won the Colin McRae Challenge Event.
Have a saved game file from the original DiRT to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with No Fear (Gold) Livery.
Have a saved game file from Grid to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with Ravenwest Livery.
Successfully complete the indicated event to unlock the corresponding car:
Colin McRae Challenge: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with chrome Colin McRae Livery
World Tour - Landrush: Toyota Stadium Truck
World Tour - Raid: Mitsubishi Pajero Dakar 1993
World Tour - Rally Cross: Ford RS200 Evolution
World Tour - Trailblazer: Dallenbach Special
X-Games - All Completed: Ford Escort MKII and MG Metro 6R4
X-Games - Asia: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with X-Games Livery for Trailblazer only
X-Games - Europe: Colin McRae R4 with X-Games Livery for Rallycross only
X-Games - North America: Subaru Impreza WRX STi with X-Games Livery for Rally only
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Big Bucks! (25 points): Earn those big bucks.
Dedication (80 points): Win every event in the DiRT Tour.
The Full Set (30 points): Drive every vehicle in the game.
Gut It Out! (10 points): Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race.
Head Over Wheels (10 points): Roll your vehicle and still win the race.
Gnarly! (15 points): Finish with Flair! Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground.
Keep It Clean! (20 points): Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing.
Terminated! (15 points): Take terminal damage while travelling at over 140mph (225km/h).
Nailed an Event (10 points): Win an event.
You're The Best, Around! (20 points): Win a race at every track in the game (in any game mode).
Dominated! (15 points): Win a domination event, getting the maximum available points.
That All You Got? (15 points): Win a Timed Throwdown.
On The Bubble (15 points): Be second to last at each elimination point but go on to win a Last Man Standing race.
Gate Crashed! (10 points): Hit every gate in a Gatecrasher event.
Friends For Life (10 points): Become true friends with a superstar.
Aren't You Popular! (15 points): Become true friends with 4 superstars.
Best Friends Forever! (30 points): Become true friends with every superstar.
Rookie Coming Through! (10 points): Race in your first DiRT Tour race.
Pro (15 points): Win a Pro division event.
All-Star (25 points): Win an All-Star division event.
Piece Of Cake (10 points): Win a Throwdown.
I like a Challenge (20 points): Win 12 Throwdowns.
Getting A Reputation (15 points): Reach Level 15 in the DiRT Tour.
As Good As It Gets (30 points): Reach Level 30 in the DiRT Tour.
Whose Backyard? (15 points): Beat Travis Pastrana in a Throwdown.
Block Party (15 points): Beat Ken Block in a Throwdown.
Jet Setter (15 points): Compete in a race in every location.
World Tour Winner (50 points): Win all the World Tour events.
X Games Champ! (50 points): Win all the X Games events.
Five Of Your Best (15 points): Win 5 Pro Tour races over Xbox LIVE.
Tourney (20 points): Take part in four tournaments.
Famous (20 points): Reach Online Fame Level 15.
Notorious (40 points): Reach Online Fame Level 30.
Rush Hour (10 points): Win an Xbox LIVE Pro Tour race against 7 competitors.
Mix It Up! (15 points): Play in every discipline over Xbox LIVE (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
In His Footsteps (25 points): Win 25 Rally races in the DiRT Tour.
With Great Honor (15 points): Achieve a 'Cautious' impact rating in Multiplayer races (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
Mirra Image (15 points): Beat Dave Mirra in a Throwdown.
I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost! (10 points): Choose a ghost, download and beat it!
Dialled In (5 points): Win a race using a custom vehicle setup.
Two Cups One Girl (10 points): Win two team events with the same female team-mate.
X Games Europe Champ (20 points): Win X Games Europe.
X Games Asia Champ (25 points): Win X Games Asia.
X Games America Champ (30 points): Win X Games America.
Showboating (20 points): Bask in your success at X Games America.
Additionally, there are two secret achievements:
Just Drive! (15 points): You drove 100 miles (161 kilometres) without unlocking any other achievement.
For Colin (75 points): You've won the Colin McRae Challenge Event.
ps3-God Of War Collection
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
God Of War
1.21 Gigawatts (Bronze): Acquire Poseidon's Rage.
Rocking Out (Bronze): Acquire Medusa's Gaze.
Bolt Action (Bronze): Acquire Zeus' Fury.
Sword Man (Bronze): Acquire Blade of Artemis.
Soul Search (Bronze): Acquire Army of Hades.
Matador (Bronze): Win the first Minotaur fight.
Scape Goat (Bronze): Win the first Satyr fight.
Roll Over ... and Die (Bronze): Win the first Cerberus fight.
Don't They Ever Shut Up! (Bronze): Defeat the Desert Sirens.
Beat a Dead Horse (Bronze): Complete the Centaur sacrifice to Hades.
Kickboxer (Bronze): Complete the Spike Room Box Puzzle.
Rockin' the Boat (Bronze): Complete the Sex Mini-Game.
Don't Leave Her Hanging (Bronze): Rescue the Oracle with 10 seconds to spare.
Get the Ball Rolling (Bronze): Complete the Challenge of Atlas.
Totally Baked (Bronze): Complete the Human sacrifice.
Splash (Bronze): Kiss the Nyad.
Get Me a Beer Kid (Bronze): Free yourself from the depths of Hades.
Zero Health = Bronze Trophy (Bronze): Open a Health Chest when your health meter is already full.
Hitman (Bronze): Get a 100 Hits Combo.
Getting My Ass Kicked (Bronze): Die enough times to get offered Easy Mode.
Kratos' Marble Collection (Silver): Collect all the Gorgon Eyes.
Stick it in Your Cap! (Silver): Collect all the Phoenix Feathers.
It's the HUGE One (Silver): Retrieve the Captain's Key.
Take the Bull by the Horns (Silver): Defeat Pandora's Guardian.
God Killer (Silver): Kill Ares.
Head Hunter (Silver): Obtain the head of the Architect's wife.
The Power to Kill a God (Silver): Retrieve Pandora's Box.
Hitman 2 (Silver): Get a 200 Hits Combo.
Legend of the Twins (Silver): Watch the 'Birth of the Beast' Treasure.
Seeing Red (Silver): Max out all Weapons and Magic.
Prepare to be a God (Gold): Beat the Game on any Difficulty.
You Got the Touch! (Gold): Climb the Spiked Column in Hades without taking damage.
I'll Take the Physical Challenge (Gold): Complete the Challenge of the Gods.
Speed of Jason McDonald (Gold): Beat the game in under 5 hours on any Difficulty.
Key to Success (Gold): Collect all of the Muse Keys.
Trophy of Zeus (Platinum): Unlock all God of War Trophies.
God Of War 2
Breaking Wind (Bronze): Acquire Typhon's Bane.
Big, Tuff, Buff and Rough (Bronze): Acquire Rage of the Titans.
Blue Balls (Bronze): Acquire Cronos' Rage.
Shiner (Bronze): Acquire the Golden Fleece.
Rock their World (Bronze): Acquire the Head of Euryale.
Learning to Fly (Bronze): Acquire the Icarus Wings.
Shaky Ground (Bronze): Acquire Atlas Quake.
Death from Above 2009 (Bronze): Defeat the Dark Rider for the first time.
Resurrection (Bronze): Climb from the pit of Hades.
Rock Hard (Bronze): Defeat the Titan Minotaur inside Atlas.
Pick'n on the Little Guy (Bronze): Win the battle outside of the Palace of the Fates.
Watcha Got on the Hot Plate? (Bronze): Solve the riddle of the Fire Phoenix Statue.
Whip it Good (Bronze): Whip the Steeds of Time.
Lift with Your Knees (Bronze): Topple the Temple in the Bog of the Forgotten.
Swinger (Bronze): Cross the collapsing Grapple Bridge.
Stoner (Bronze): Stone and Shatter 30 Enemies.
Super Sized (Bronze): Get a 500 Hits Combo.
Hitting Your Stride (Bronze): Power up any item.
Eye Can't Believe it (Silver): Collect all the Gorgon Eyes.
Go Make a Pillow! (Silver): Collect all the Phoenix Feathers.
Eye Sore (Silver): Collect 20 Cyclops Eyes.
Boss Batch 1 (Silver): Kill the Colossus of Rhodes, the Dark Rider, and Theseus.
Boss Batch 2 (Silver): Kill the Barbarian King, Euryale, and Perseus.
Boss Batch 3 (Silver): Kill the Kraken and all three Sisters of Fate.
Daddy Issues (Silver): Defeat Zeus.
Rise and SHINE (Silver): Awaken the Phoenix.
Spread 'Em (Silver): Open the wings of the Temple of the Fates.
Shine King (Silver): Open the door to the Temple of Euryale.
Blowin' Your Wad (Silver): Max out all Weapons and Magic.
The End Begins (Gold): Beat the Game on any Difficulty.
Feel the Urn (Gold): Collect and use at least 2 Urns of Power.
Bleeding Thumbs (Gold): Beat the Challenge of the Titans.
15 Min Fight Scene (Gold): Battle your way to the Loom Chamber in under 10 minutes.
You Know the Germans Make Good Stuff... (Gold): Collect all Uber Chests.
Trophy of Gaia (Platinum): Unlock all God of War II Trophies.
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
God Of War
1.21 Gigawatts (Bronze): Acquire Poseidon's Rage.
Rocking Out (Bronze): Acquire Medusa's Gaze.
Bolt Action (Bronze): Acquire Zeus' Fury.
Sword Man (Bronze): Acquire Blade of Artemis.
Soul Search (Bronze): Acquire Army of Hades.
Matador (Bronze): Win the first Minotaur fight.
Scape Goat (Bronze): Win the first Satyr fight.
Roll Over ... and Die (Bronze): Win the first Cerberus fight.
Don't They Ever Shut Up! (Bronze): Defeat the Desert Sirens.
Beat a Dead Horse (Bronze): Complete the Centaur sacrifice to Hades.
Kickboxer (Bronze): Complete the Spike Room Box Puzzle.
Rockin' the Boat (Bronze): Complete the Sex Mini-Game.
Don't Leave Her Hanging (Bronze): Rescue the Oracle with 10 seconds to spare.
Get the Ball Rolling (Bronze): Complete the Challenge of Atlas.
Totally Baked (Bronze): Complete the Human sacrifice.
Splash (Bronze): Kiss the Nyad.
Get Me a Beer Kid (Bronze): Free yourself from the depths of Hades.
Zero Health = Bronze Trophy (Bronze): Open a Health Chest when your health meter is already full.
Hitman (Bronze): Get a 100 Hits Combo.
Getting My Ass Kicked (Bronze): Die enough times to get offered Easy Mode.
Kratos' Marble Collection (Silver): Collect all the Gorgon Eyes.
Stick it in Your Cap! (Silver): Collect all the Phoenix Feathers.
It's the HUGE One (Silver): Retrieve the Captain's Key.
Take the Bull by the Horns (Silver): Defeat Pandora's Guardian.
God Killer (Silver): Kill Ares.
Head Hunter (Silver): Obtain the head of the Architect's wife.
The Power to Kill a God (Silver): Retrieve Pandora's Box.
Hitman 2 (Silver): Get a 200 Hits Combo.
Legend of the Twins (Silver): Watch the 'Birth of the Beast' Treasure.
Seeing Red (Silver): Max out all Weapons and Magic.
Prepare to be a God (Gold): Beat the Game on any Difficulty.
You Got the Touch! (Gold): Climb the Spiked Column in Hades without taking damage.
I'll Take the Physical Challenge (Gold): Complete the Challenge of the Gods.
Speed of Jason McDonald (Gold): Beat the game in under 5 hours on any Difficulty.
Key to Success (Gold): Collect all of the Muse Keys.
Trophy of Zeus (Platinum): Unlock all God of War Trophies.
God Of War 2
Breaking Wind (Bronze): Acquire Typhon's Bane.
Big, Tuff, Buff and Rough (Bronze): Acquire Rage of the Titans.
Blue Balls (Bronze): Acquire Cronos' Rage.
Shiner (Bronze): Acquire the Golden Fleece.
Rock their World (Bronze): Acquire the Head of Euryale.
Learning to Fly (Bronze): Acquire the Icarus Wings.
Shaky Ground (Bronze): Acquire Atlas Quake.
Death from Above 2009 (Bronze): Defeat the Dark Rider for the first time.
Resurrection (Bronze): Climb from the pit of Hades.
Rock Hard (Bronze): Defeat the Titan Minotaur inside Atlas.
Pick'n on the Little Guy (Bronze): Win the battle outside of the Palace of the Fates.
Watcha Got on the Hot Plate? (Bronze): Solve the riddle of the Fire Phoenix Statue.
Whip it Good (Bronze): Whip the Steeds of Time.
Lift with Your Knees (Bronze): Topple the Temple in the Bog of the Forgotten.
Swinger (Bronze): Cross the collapsing Grapple Bridge.
Stoner (Bronze): Stone and Shatter 30 Enemies.
Super Sized (Bronze): Get a 500 Hits Combo.
Hitting Your Stride (Bronze): Power up any item.
Eye Can't Believe it (Silver): Collect all the Gorgon Eyes.
Go Make a Pillow! (Silver): Collect all the Phoenix Feathers.
Eye Sore (Silver): Collect 20 Cyclops Eyes.
Boss Batch 1 (Silver): Kill the Colossus of Rhodes, the Dark Rider, and Theseus.
Boss Batch 2 (Silver): Kill the Barbarian King, Euryale, and Perseus.
Boss Batch 3 (Silver): Kill the Kraken and all three Sisters of Fate.
Daddy Issues (Silver): Defeat Zeus.
Rise and SHINE (Silver): Awaken the Phoenix.
Spread 'Em (Silver): Open the wings of the Temple of the Fates.
Shine King (Silver): Open the door to the Temple of Euryale.
Blowin' Your Wad (Silver): Max out all Weapons and Magic.
The End Begins (Gold): Beat the Game on any Difficulty.
Feel the Urn (Gold): Collect and use at least 2 Urns of Power.
Bleeding Thumbs (Gold): Beat the Challenge of the Titans.
15 Min Fight Scene (Gold): Battle your way to the Loom Chamber in under 10 minutes.
You Know the Germans Make Good Stuff... (Gold): Collect all Uber Chests.
Trophy of Gaia (Platinum): Unlock all God of War II Trophies.
ps3-Dragon Age: Origins
Legendary weapons
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary weapon:
Ageless: In Orzammar before you pick a new king, click the king's throne, set three of your party members on pressure plates around the area, and use the fourth to click the throne again. Kill the dragon to get the Ageless legendary weapon.
Keening Blade: Successfully complete the "Unbound" quest. To start it, collect the journals from the following locations:
1. Adventurer's corpse in Ruined Temple on the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest in the southwest corridor.
2. Brecilian Ruins' Lower Ruins in the south fire trap room.
3. Talk to an adventurer in Orzammar's Tapster's tavern.
4. Go to Denerim, then go to the dirty back alley, and fight the demon.
Marjorlaneses Recurve: Successfully complete Leliana's character quest.
Staff Of The Magister Lords: Purchased it in the Wonders Of Thedas in Denerim.
Starfang Longsword: Get the random encounter with the crater, then take the Starmetal to Wardens Keep to have a one or two handed sword made.
Summersword: Defeat Loghain's general when trying to save the queen.
The Rose's Thorn: Purchased it in a shop in Orzammar.
Topsiders Honor: In Deep Roads, find the three pieces, then reassemble them in Ortan Thaig.
Yusaris Greatsword: Successfully complete the "Statue" quest on the third floor of the Magi Tower by selecting the statues in the following order: Left, Right, Middle, then the statue near the fourth floor stairs.
Wintersbreath: It can be obtained through the Warden's Keep DLC or by purchasing it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Legendary armor
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary armor:
Blood Dragon: Use the DLC to get the first piece, and the rest will be in Bodhan's shop in your camp.
Juggernaut: Examine the three tombstones in the Brecilian Forrest to get the first three pieces. Successfully complete the "Jug" quest in the Ruins to get the final piece.
Legion Set: Pieces are spread throughout the Deeproads.
Reapers Vestment (best robe): Purchased it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Robes Of Possession: Successfully complete Morrigan's character quest by killing Flemmeth. They can then be found in the chest in Flemeth's hut.
Wade's: Wade of Wade's Emporium in Denerim will make you three sets of armor, two of which will use 3x Drake Scales, and the other will need the Dragon Scale. The first two sets are leather armor, and the third is your choice of medium, heavy, or massive. You can get lots of Drake Scales and the Dragon Scale during the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest. Note: Make sure you always pay the extra gold when asked to get the best results.
Specialization classes
Note: Specialization points are obtained at levels 7 and 14.
Mage
Arcane Warrior: Learned from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins ("Nature of the Beast" quest line).
Blood Mage: Learned from Desire Demon in Fade ("Arl of Redcliffe" quest line).
Shapeshifter: Learned from Morrigan (companion) or Varathorn (Dalish Camp).
Spirit Healer: Learned from Wynne (companion) or Wonders of Thedas (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Rogue
Assassin: Learned from Zevran (companion) or Alarith's Store (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Bard: Learned from Leliana (companion) or Alimar (Orzammar).
Duelist: Learned from Isabela (The Pearl in Denerim).
Ranger: Learned from Bodann's Wares (Party Camp).
Warrior
Berserker: Learned from Oghren (companion) or Gorim (Denerim Market).
Champion: Learned from Arl Eamon (at the end of the "Urn of Sacred Ashes" quest line).
Reaver: Learned from Kolgrim (Wyrmling Lair).
Templar: Learned from Alistair (companion) or Bodahn's Wares (Party Camp).
Item set bonuses
Equip the indicated item set to get the corresponding bonus:
Item Set 1 - Griffon: Immunity to Flanking
Item Set 2 - Effort: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 3 - Juggernaut Plate: +3 Strength +3 Constitution
Item Set 4 - Imperium Rings: +2 Armor
Item Set 5 - Legion Of The Dead: +3 Damage +3 Constitution
Item Set 6 - Dalish Leather: +5 Defense
Item Set 7 - Duster Leather: +2 Armor
Item Set 8 - Wade's Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 9 - Wade's Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue
Item Set 10 - Wade's Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue
Item Set 11 - Wade's Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 12 - Leather Armor: -5% Fatigue
Item Set 13 - Studded Leather Armor: +1 Defense
Item Set 14 - Chainmail: -2.5% Fatigue
Item Set 15 - Scale Armor: +4.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 16 - Splint Mail: +1 Armor
Item Set 17 - Dwarven Medium Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 18 - Ancient Elven Armor: +5 Defense
Item Set 19 - Ceremonial Armor: +6 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 20 - Diligence: +5 Willpower
Item Set 21 - Dwarven Heavy Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 22 - Heavy Chainmail: -3% Fatigue
Item Set 23 - Chevalier Armor: +3 Willpower +3 Constitution
Item Set 24 - Commander's Plate: +5 Willpower
Item Set 25 - Dwarven Massive Armor: +2 Armor
Item Set 26 - Heavy Plate: +7.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 27 - Wade's Superior Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 28 - Wade's Superior Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 29 - Wade's Superior Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 30 - Wade's Superior Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Secret - Armor Of The River Dane Set: +6 Willpower +1 Cunning +6 Attack +4 Defense
Secret - Warden's Commander: +? Health +? Strength
Easy gold
Put your most expensive item in the junk section in your inventory. Find a merchant, enter the "Junk" section in your inventory, highlight the expensive item, then press Triangle followed by X very quickly. If done correctly, your item will be sold at twice its value. It may require a few attempts. Buy it back, and repeat the process as many times as desired. It is best if you use two fingers, with one on Triangle and another on X so you can press them almost simultaneously. It is recommended you either do this with a merchant that you have not sold any junk to before, or buy back all the junk you previously sold. This speeds up the process enough so that you can double the gold as fast as possible. Additionally, if the merchant has an item more expensive than the one you are selling, buy it, and use that instead to increase the amount of gold you get. If you have the Blood Dragon Plate, this can be easily done with the first merchant.
Easy experience
You can use the "Easy gold" glitch to basically get unlimited experience. Once you save the life of the Arl of Redcliffe, a soldier of his will appear in your party's camp. There will be a box for donating to the army. Enter the screen, and select the first option to donate 30 gold. You can do this as many times as desired to get a good amount of experience from each donation. If you just keep pressing X then Square repeatedly, you will keep quickly donating large sums of gold, skipping through the dialog screens, and getting a lot of experience quickly. If you start getting low on gold, perform the "Easy gold" glitch again with the merchant in your camp. Note: Be careful, as enemies will also level as you do. If you get too high of a level and do not have the correct equipment, you can be quickly defeated.
In Ostargar, do the "Tainted Blood" mission that is unlocked immediately before you become a Grey Warden. Collect the three Vials of Darkspawn Blood, but not the Grey Warden Treaties. Return to camp, talk to Duncan, and report "We have the blood, but not the scrolls." You will exit out of the conversation, but still get the experience for the mission. You can repeat this as many times as desired. It does not take long to reach the level 25 cap if you skip the conversations to speed up the process.
Note: This trick requires you have the Trap Making ability. In Lothering, go to the right after exiting Dane's Refuge (near the center of Lothering). There will be a quest giver by the name of Allison. She will ask you to make traps, and requires three traps to complete the quest. Once you complete the quest, you will get a moderate amount of experience and 50 silver. You can repeat this quest as many times as desired; however, the quest will become unavailable as you progress through the game. To keep repeating the quest, go back to Dane's Refuge, and buy Trap Triggers. He has an unlimited supply of them. As long as you have Trap Making, create Spring Traps. Spring Traps only cost approximately 3 silver to create, and she requires three traps each time. Thus, it only costs you roughly 9 silver for the quest.
To get extra experience points early in the game, go to the city of Denerim as soon as you leave Lothering. Then, enter the "Wonders of Thedas" building, and purchase the Archivist's Belt. While it is equipped, you will get an experience point boost for everything in your Codex. Books will increase from 50 to 75 experience points.
Duplicate items
This glitch allows you to duplicate gear, ingredients, potions, and other stuff. First, you need at least two of the item you want to duplicate. The glitch is basically the same as the "Easy gold" glitch. Thus, it is best to only have the items you want to duplicate in both your and the merchant's "Junk" inventory. This help speeds up and organize things. Put at least two of the item you want to copy in the "Junk" section of your bag. Go to any merchant, and press Y to sell all the junk in your bag. Then, select the item from the merchant's side, and buy back all but one of the item. Next, select it when it is in your inventory again. Press Triangle followed by X very quickly. This requires precise timing like the "Easy gold" glitch and may require a few attempts, but it becomes easy to do after a few tries. You can keep repeating the process until you have 99 of the item. Some items will show in the merchant's inventory as being one row of 99, and another row of a different number (for example, 33). Sometimes the extra items can be taken and kept; however, other times they will vanish from your inventory. Be careful about taking the correct row. If you have the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content, you can store unlimited items in the bottomless chest so you will always have more if you ever run out and do not want to keep using this glitch. This glitch should also work with books that add Skill or Talent points. When you get any of those books, wait until you have two of them so you can make unlimited copies and max out your characters.
Free Specialization books
Save the game, then buy a Specialization book from a vendor. The message "Specialization Unlocked" will appear. Then, load your saved game, and you will have the gold back that you spent for the book, but the specialization will still be unlocked.
When you first arrive at your party camp, you will see Bodahn Fennick, the Dwarf trader. Speak to him, and view his wares. You will find two Specialization books, Ranger and Templar. Save the game, then buy one to unlock that Specialization. Reload your game, and buy the other one. You will now have both specialties unlocked and still retain your gold after reloading your game again. This works with all Specialization books.
Extra storage
In Lothering, go towards a bridge on the edge of town. There will be a bridge where a Dwarven father and son are getting attacked. If you save and are nice to them, they will be in your party's camp when you arrive shortly afterwards. They are merchants, and the son is an enchanting savant. The father has good items to start. Buy the items, using the "Easy gold" glitch if needed. He never seems to lose what you sell him. You can basically use him as free storage. This works well for players without the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content's bottomless chest, or if you do not want to keep traveling to Soldier's Peak to retrieve your excess inventory.
Extra backpack in Ostagar
When you arrive in Ostagar, buy the Backpack from the Quartermaster. Note: You should have enough money all long as you collected sell-able items and gear during the beginning storyline. Successfully complete the quest where you and the other recruits enter the Wilds; make sure you explore the entire map. Successfully complete the "Joining" ritual, and become a Grey Warden. Before attending the meeting with Duncan and the King, go back to the Quartermaster, and there should be another Backpack available to purchase at the same price as before.
Mass Effect reference
There is a book titled "Load Limit Reached" that you can find in the Orzammar underground section "The Dead Trenches", near the "Legionnaire Shrine" at the end of a broken bridge. The first line in the book is "Mass will have an effect". It mentions a Dwarf named Shepard, which is the same name as the main character of Mass Effect.
Portal reference
Note: You must have Sten in your party for this trick to work. At the end of the game, if you choose to perform the ritual with Morrigan, you will go to the crowning of the new king or queen. After the dialogue with Alistair, you can walk around and talk to your companions. Find Sten, and he will say "Where is the cake? They promised there would be cake. The cake is a lie..."
Superman reference
The following event is random and occurs while traveling on the world map. You will encounter a farmer and his wife who find a baby in a meteor crash, right after it happens. They decide to take the baby and raise it as their own. You get the Meteor Ore the baby came in. It can be made into armor by Wade in Denerim. A good way to get this event to occur is from one of the Chantry Board missions in Redcliffe. Travel straight from Redcliffe to Refugees.
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Annulment Invoker (Bronze): Sided with the templars in "Broken Circle".
Archmage (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a mage.
Bhelen's Ally (Bronze): Sided with Bhelen in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Blight-Queller (Gold): Killed 1000 darkspawn.
Bloodied (Bronze): Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle.
Bully (Bronze): Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts.
Casteless (Bronze): Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story.
Ceremonialist (Bronze): Defied the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn of Sacred Ashes".
Conscripted (Bronze): Completed the City Elf origin story.
Corrupted (Bronze): Completed the Dalish Elf origin story.
Easy Lover (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Zevran.
Educated (Bronze): Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills.
Elite (Bronze): Main character learned two specializations.
First Knight (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair.
Grey Warden (Bronze): Killed 100 darkspawn.
Harrowed (Bronze): Completed the Magi origin story.
Harrowmont's Ally (Bronze): Sided with Harrowmont in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Heavy Hitter (Bronze): Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit.
Hero of Redcliffe (Bronze): Completed "The Arl of Redcliffe".
Hopelessly Romantic (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances.
Kinslayer (Bronze): Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story.
Last of the Wardens (Bronze): Completed Ostagar.
Last of Your Line (Bronze): Completed the Human Noble origin story.
Liberator (Bronze): Destroyed the Anvil of the Void.
Magic Sympathizer (Bronze): Sided with the mages in "Broken Circle".
Master of Arms (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior.
Master Warden (Silver): Killed 500 darkspawn.
Menacing (Bronze): Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts.
Mercenary (Bronze): Complete 15 job-board quests.
Perfectionist (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings.
Persuasive (Bronze): Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts.
Pilgrim (Bronze): Completed a Chanter's Board quest.
Poacher (Bronze): Sided with the elves in "Nature of the Beast".
Pragmatist (Bronze): Preserved the Anvil of the Void.
Rabble-Rouser (Bronze): Completed "The Landsmeet".
Recruiter (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members.
Sacrilegious (Bronze): Sided with the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn Of Sacred Ashes".
Shadow (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue.
Silver Tongued (Bronze): Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts.
Slayer (Bronze): Sided with the werewolves in "Nature of the Beast".
Standard-Bearer (Bronze): Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies.
The Ultimate Reward (Platinum): Completed all Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies.
Tinkerer (Bronze): Crafted an item.
Traveler (Bronze): Set foot in every area in the game.
Veteran (Bronze): Main character learned a specialization.
Wine, Woman, and Song (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana.
Witch Gone Wild (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan.
The following trophies require "The Stone Prisoner" bonus downloadable content:
Rock and a Hard Place (Bronze): Completed "The Golem in Honnleath".
Stone's Lament (Bronze): Completed "A Golem's Memories".
The following trophies require the "Warden's Keep" bonus downloadable content:
Diabolist (Bronze): Took advantage of Avernus's research.
Master of the Peak (Bronze): Completed "Soldier's Peak".
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary weapon:
Ageless: In Orzammar before you pick a new king, click the king's throne, set three of your party members on pressure plates around the area, and use the fourth to click the throne again. Kill the dragon to get the Ageless legendary weapon.
Keening Blade: Successfully complete the "Unbound" quest. To start it, collect the journals from the following locations:
1. Adventurer's corpse in Ruined Temple on the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest in the southwest corridor.
2. Brecilian Ruins' Lower Ruins in the south fire trap room.
3. Talk to an adventurer in Orzammar's Tapster's tavern.
4. Go to Denerim, then go to the dirty back alley, and fight the demon.
Marjorlaneses Recurve: Successfully complete Leliana's character quest.
Staff Of The Magister Lords: Purchased it in the Wonders Of Thedas in Denerim.
Starfang Longsword: Get the random encounter with the crater, then take the Starmetal to Wardens Keep to have a one or two handed sword made.
Summersword: Defeat Loghain's general when trying to save the queen.
The Rose's Thorn: Purchased it in a shop in Orzammar.
Topsiders Honor: In Deep Roads, find the three pieces, then reassemble them in Ortan Thaig.
Yusaris Greatsword: Successfully complete the "Statue" quest on the third floor of the Magi Tower by selecting the statues in the following order: Left, Right, Middle, then the statue near the fourth floor stairs.
Wintersbreath: It can be obtained through the Warden's Keep DLC or by purchasing it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Legendary armor
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding legendary armor:
Blood Dragon: Use the DLC to get the first piece, and the rest will be in Bodhan's shop in your camp.
Juggernaut: Examine the three tombstones in the Brecilian Forrest to get the first three pieces. Successfully complete the "Jug" quest in the Ruins to get the final piece.
Legion Set: Pieces are spread throughout the Deeproads.
Reapers Vestment (best robe): Purchased it at the Wonders Of Thedas.
Robes Of Possession: Successfully complete Morrigan's character quest by killing Flemmeth. They can then be found in the chest in Flemeth's hut.
Wade's: Wade of Wade's Emporium in Denerim will make you three sets of armor, two of which will use 3x Drake Scales, and the other will need the Dragon Scale. The first two sets are leather armor, and the third is your choice of medium, heavy, or massive. You can get lots of Drake Scales and the Dragon Scale during the "Urn Of Sacred Ashes" quest. Note: Make sure you always pay the extra gold when asked to get the best results.
Specialization classes
Note: Specialization points are obtained at levels 7 and 14.
Mage
Arcane Warrior: Learned from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins ("Nature of the Beast" quest line).
Blood Mage: Learned from Desire Demon in Fade ("Arl of Redcliffe" quest line).
Shapeshifter: Learned from Morrigan (companion) or Varathorn (Dalish Camp).
Spirit Healer: Learned from Wynne (companion) or Wonders of Thedas (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Rogue
Assassin: Learned from Zevran (companion) or Alarith's Store (Denerim, after Landsmeet starts).
Bard: Learned from Leliana (companion) or Alimar (Orzammar).
Duelist: Learned from Isabela (The Pearl in Denerim).
Ranger: Learned from Bodann's Wares (Party Camp).
Warrior
Berserker: Learned from Oghren (companion) or Gorim (Denerim Market).
Champion: Learned from Arl Eamon (at the end of the "Urn of Sacred Ashes" quest line).
Reaver: Learned from Kolgrim (Wyrmling Lair).
Templar: Learned from Alistair (companion) or Bodahn's Wares (Party Camp).
Item set bonuses
Equip the indicated item set to get the corresponding bonus:
Item Set 1 - Griffon: Immunity to Flanking
Item Set 2 - Effort: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 3 - Juggernaut Plate: +3 Strength +3 Constitution
Item Set 4 - Imperium Rings: +2 Armor
Item Set 5 - Legion Of The Dead: +3 Damage +3 Constitution
Item Set 6 - Dalish Leather: +5 Defense
Item Set 7 - Duster Leather: +2 Armor
Item Set 8 - Wade's Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 9 - Wade's Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue
Item Set 10 - Wade's Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue
Item Set 11 - Wade's Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue
Item Set 12 - Leather Armor: -5% Fatigue
Item Set 13 - Studded Leather Armor: +1 Defense
Item Set 14 - Chainmail: -2.5% Fatigue
Item Set 15 - Scale Armor: +4.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 16 - Splint Mail: +1 Armor
Item Set 17 - Dwarven Medium Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 18 - Ancient Elven Armor: +5 Defense
Item Set 19 - Ceremonial Armor: +6 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 20 - Diligence: +5 Willpower
Item Set 21 - Dwarven Heavy Armor: +1 Armor
Item Set 22 - Heavy Chainmail: -3% Fatigue
Item Set 23 - Chevalier Armor: +3 Willpower +3 Constitution
Item Set 24 - Commander's Plate: +5 Willpower
Item Set 25 - Dwarven Massive Armor: +2 Armor
Item Set 26 - Heavy Plate: +7.5 Defense vs. Missiles
Item Set 27 - Wade's Superior Drakeskin: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 28 - Wade's Superior Dragonskin: -25% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 29 - Wade's Superior Dragonscale: -20% Fatigue +5 Defense
Item Set 30 - Wade's Superior Dragonbone Plate: -10% Fatigue +5 Defense
Secret - Armor Of The River Dane Set: +6 Willpower +1 Cunning +6 Attack +4 Defense
Secret - Warden's Commander: +? Health +? Strength
Easy gold
Put your most expensive item in the junk section in your inventory. Find a merchant, enter the "Junk" section in your inventory, highlight the expensive item, then press Triangle followed by X very quickly. If done correctly, your item will be sold at twice its value. It may require a few attempts. Buy it back, and repeat the process as many times as desired. It is best if you use two fingers, with one on Triangle and another on X so you can press them almost simultaneously. It is recommended you either do this with a merchant that you have not sold any junk to before, or buy back all the junk you previously sold. This speeds up the process enough so that you can double the gold as fast as possible. Additionally, if the merchant has an item more expensive than the one you are selling, buy it, and use that instead to increase the amount of gold you get. If you have the Blood Dragon Plate, this can be easily done with the first merchant.
Easy experience
You can use the "Easy gold" glitch to basically get unlimited experience. Once you save the life of the Arl of Redcliffe, a soldier of his will appear in your party's camp. There will be a box for donating to the army. Enter the screen, and select the first option to donate 30 gold. You can do this as many times as desired to get a good amount of experience from each donation. If you just keep pressing X then Square repeatedly, you will keep quickly donating large sums of gold, skipping through the dialog screens, and getting a lot of experience quickly. If you start getting low on gold, perform the "Easy gold" glitch again with the merchant in your camp. Note: Be careful, as enemies will also level as you do. If you get too high of a level and do not have the correct equipment, you can be quickly defeated.
In Ostargar, do the "Tainted Blood" mission that is unlocked immediately before you become a Grey Warden. Collect the three Vials of Darkspawn Blood, but not the Grey Warden Treaties. Return to camp, talk to Duncan, and report "We have the blood, but not the scrolls." You will exit out of the conversation, but still get the experience for the mission. You can repeat this as many times as desired. It does not take long to reach the level 25 cap if you skip the conversations to speed up the process.
Note: This trick requires you have the Trap Making ability. In Lothering, go to the right after exiting Dane's Refuge (near the center of Lothering). There will be a quest giver by the name of Allison. She will ask you to make traps, and requires three traps to complete the quest. Once you complete the quest, you will get a moderate amount of experience and 50 silver. You can repeat this quest as many times as desired; however, the quest will become unavailable as you progress through the game. To keep repeating the quest, go back to Dane's Refuge, and buy Trap Triggers. He has an unlimited supply of them. As long as you have Trap Making, create Spring Traps. Spring Traps only cost approximately 3 silver to create, and she requires three traps each time. Thus, it only costs you roughly 9 silver for the quest.
To get extra experience points early in the game, go to the city of Denerim as soon as you leave Lothering. Then, enter the "Wonders of Thedas" building, and purchase the Archivist's Belt. While it is equipped, you will get an experience point boost for everything in your Codex. Books will increase from 50 to 75 experience points.
Duplicate items
This glitch allows you to duplicate gear, ingredients, potions, and other stuff. First, you need at least two of the item you want to duplicate. The glitch is basically the same as the "Easy gold" glitch. Thus, it is best to only have the items you want to duplicate in both your and the merchant's "Junk" inventory. This help speeds up and organize things. Put at least two of the item you want to copy in the "Junk" section of your bag. Go to any merchant, and press Y to sell all the junk in your bag. Then, select the item from the merchant's side, and buy back all but one of the item. Next, select it when it is in your inventory again. Press Triangle followed by X very quickly. This requires precise timing like the "Easy gold" glitch and may require a few attempts, but it becomes easy to do after a few tries. You can keep repeating the process until you have 99 of the item. Some items will show in the merchant's inventory as being one row of 99, and another row of a different number (for example, 33). Sometimes the extra items can be taken and kept; however, other times they will vanish from your inventory. Be careful about taking the correct row. If you have the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content, you can store unlimited items in the bottomless chest so you will always have more if you ever run out and do not want to keep using this glitch. This glitch should also work with books that add Skill or Talent points. When you get any of those books, wait until you have two of them so you can make unlimited copies and max out your characters.
Free Specialization books
Save the game, then buy a Specialization book from a vendor. The message "Specialization Unlocked" will appear. Then, load your saved game, and you will have the gold back that you spent for the book, but the specialization will still be unlocked.
When you first arrive at your party camp, you will see Bodahn Fennick, the Dwarf trader. Speak to him, and view his wares. You will find two Specialization books, Ranger and Templar. Save the game, then buy one to unlock that Specialization. Reload your game, and buy the other one. You will now have both specialties unlocked and still retain your gold after reloading your game again. This works with all Specialization books.
Extra storage
In Lothering, go towards a bridge on the edge of town. There will be a bridge where a Dwarven father and son are getting attacked. If you save and are nice to them, they will be in your party's camp when you arrive shortly afterwards. They are merchants, and the son is an enchanting savant. The father has good items to start. Buy the items, using the "Easy gold" glitch if needed. He never seems to lose what you sell him. You can basically use him as free storage. This works well for players without the "Warden's Keep" downloadable content's bottomless chest, or if you do not want to keep traveling to Soldier's Peak to retrieve your excess inventory.
Extra backpack in Ostagar
When you arrive in Ostagar, buy the Backpack from the Quartermaster. Note: You should have enough money all long as you collected sell-able items and gear during the beginning storyline. Successfully complete the quest where you and the other recruits enter the Wilds; make sure you explore the entire map. Successfully complete the "Joining" ritual, and become a Grey Warden. Before attending the meeting with Duncan and the King, go back to the Quartermaster, and there should be another Backpack available to purchase at the same price as before.
Mass Effect reference
There is a book titled "Load Limit Reached" that you can find in the Orzammar underground section "The Dead Trenches", near the "Legionnaire Shrine" at the end of a broken bridge. The first line in the book is "Mass will have an effect". It mentions a Dwarf named Shepard, which is the same name as the main character of Mass Effect.
Portal reference
Note: You must have Sten in your party for this trick to work. At the end of the game, if you choose to perform the ritual with Morrigan, you will go to the crowning of the new king or queen. After the dialogue with Alistair, you can walk around and talk to your companions. Find Sten, and he will say "Where is the cake? They promised there would be cake. The cake is a lie..."
Superman reference
The following event is random and occurs while traveling on the world map. You will encounter a farmer and his wife who find a baby in a meteor crash, right after it happens. They decide to take the baby and raise it as their own. You get the Meteor Ore the baby came in. It can be made into armor by Wade in Denerim. A good way to get this event to occur is from one of the Chantry Board missions in Redcliffe. Travel straight from Redcliffe to Refugees.
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Annulment Invoker (Bronze): Sided with the templars in "Broken Circle".
Archmage (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a mage.
Bhelen's Ally (Bronze): Sided with Bhelen in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Blight-Queller (Gold): Killed 1000 darkspawn.
Bloodied (Bronze): Completed an origin story without the main character ever falling in battle.
Bully (Bronze): Succeeded at five difficult Intimidate attempts.
Casteless (Bronze): Completed the Dwarf Commoner origin story.
Ceremonialist (Bronze): Defied the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn of Sacred Ashes".
Conscripted (Bronze): Completed the City Elf origin story.
Corrupted (Bronze): Completed the Dalish Elf origin story.
Easy Lover (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Zevran.
Educated (Bronze): Used a tome to improve the main character's attributes, talents, spells, or skills.
Elite (Bronze): Main character learned two specializations.
First Knight (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Alistair.
Grey Warden (Bronze): Killed 100 darkspawn.
Harrowed (Bronze): Completed the Magi origin story.
Harrowmont's Ally (Bronze): Sided with Harrowmont in "A Paragon of Her Kind".
Heavy Hitter (Bronze): Main character inflicted 250 damage with a single hit.
Hero of Redcliffe (Bronze): Completed "The Arl of Redcliffe".
Hopelessly Romantic (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, experienced all possible romances.
Kinslayer (Bronze): Completed the Dwarf Noble origin story.
Last of the Wardens (Bronze): Completed Ostagar.
Last of Your Line (Bronze): Completed the Human Noble origin story.
Liberator (Bronze): Destroyed the Anvil of the Void.
Magic Sympathizer (Bronze): Sided with the mages in "Broken Circle".
Master of Arms (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a warrior.
Master Warden (Silver): Killed 500 darkspawn.
Menacing (Bronze): Succeeded at 10 difficult Intimidate attempts.
Mercenary (Bronze): Complete 15 job-board quests.
Perfectionist (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, discovered all possible endings.
Persuasive (Bronze): Succeeded at five difficult Persuasion attempts.
Pilgrim (Bronze): Completed a Chanter's Board quest.
Poacher (Bronze): Sided with the elves in "Nature of the Beast".
Pragmatist (Bronze): Preserved the Anvil of the Void.
Rabble-Rouser (Bronze): Completed "The Landsmeet".
Recruiter (Bronze): Across all playthroughs, recruited all party members.
Sacrilegious (Bronze): Sided with the Cult of Andraste in "The Urn Of Sacred Ashes".
Shadow (Silver): Main character achieved level 20 as a rogue.
Silver Tongued (Bronze): Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts.
Slayer (Bronze): Sided with the werewolves in "Nature of the Beast".
Standard-Bearer (Bronze): Used the Grey Warden treaties to recruit all possible allies.
The Ultimate Reward (Platinum): Completed all Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies.
Tinkerer (Bronze): Crafted an item.
Traveler (Bronze): Set foot in every area in the game.
Veteran (Bronze): Main character learned a specialization.
Wine, Woman, and Song (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Leliana.
Witch Gone Wild (Bronze): Experienced the thrill of romance with Morrigan.
The following trophies require "The Stone Prisoner" bonus downloadable content:
Rock and a Hard Place (Bronze): Completed "The Golem in Honnleath".
Stone's Lament (Bronze): Completed "A Golem's Memories".
The following trophies require the "Warden's Keep" bonus downloadable content:
Diabolist (Bronze): Took advantage of Avernus's research.
Master of the Peak (Bronze): Completed "Soldier's Peak".
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Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Prison Break (Bronze): Free Samael from his prison.
Death Dealer (Bronze): Meet Vulgrim.
One Tough Cookie (Bronze): Meet Ulthane.
To Move A Mountain (Bronze): Collect the Earthcaller.
Who's Counting? (Bronze): Defeating more Angels than Ulthane.
Reach Out & Touch Somebody (Bronze): Collect the Abyssal Chain.
Into The Void (Bronze): Collect Voidwalker.
Elemental Thief (Bronze): Collect the Crossblade.
Sight Beyond Sight (Bronze): Collect the Mask of Shadows.
Devastator (Bronze): Kill 10 enemies with one blade geyser wrath attack.
Tremor Bringer (Bronze): Collect the Tremor Gauntlet.
An Old Friend (Bronze): Collect Mercy.
Reaper (Bronze): Collect the Scythe.
Aerial Predator (Bronze): Kill 160 enemies while on the angelic beast.
Wrath Machine (Bronze): Collect all the Wrath Powers.
Reunited (Bronze): Obtain Ruin.
Slayer (Bronze): Kill 666 Demons.
Don't Make Me Angry (Bronze): Collect the Chaos Form Ability.
Chasm Jumper (Bronze): Collect the Shadowflight Ability.
River of Blood (Bronze): Shed 3000 gallons of demon blood.
Dark Rider (Bronze): Ride for 100 miles.
Horseman (Bronze): Kill 150 Demons from horseback.
Time Lapse (Bronze): Collect the Chronomancer Ability.
High Flier (Bronze): Kill 5 duskwings without touching the ground.
Improvised Kills (Bronze): Kill 150 enemies with items from the environment.
Open Air Parking (Bronze): Taking out a helicopter with a car, during the apocalypse.
Like A Bat Outta Hell (Silver): Defeat Tiamat.
Rocked Your Face Off (Silver): Defeat the Griever.
Ashes to Ashes (Silver): Defeat the Stygian.
One Mean Mother (Silver): Defeat Silitha.
Payback's A B**** (Silver): Defeat Straga.
The Final Challenger (Silver): Defeat the Destroyer.
Treasure Hunter (Silver): Search 150 chests.
Full Power (Silver): Collect the maximum amount of lifestones.
Wrath of War (Silver): Collect the maximum amount of wrath cores.
Ultimate Blade (Silver): Forge the Armageddon Blade.
World Raider (Silver): Collect all 27 Artifacts.
Legendary Form (Silver): Collect the Abyssum Armor Set.
Battle Hardened (Silver): Max out all weapons and unlock all combat moves.
Balance Restored (Gold): Defeat the game on Normal.
The True Horseman (Gold): Defeat the game on Apocalyptic.
You Call That Easy? (Gold): Complete the game on Easy.
BFA (Platinum): Unlocked everything.
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Prison Break (Bronze): Free Samael from his prison.
Death Dealer (Bronze): Meet Vulgrim.
One Tough Cookie (Bronze): Meet Ulthane.
To Move A Mountain (Bronze): Collect the Earthcaller.
Who's Counting? (Bronze): Defeating more Angels than Ulthane.
Reach Out & Touch Somebody (Bronze): Collect the Abyssal Chain.
Into The Void (Bronze): Collect Voidwalker.
Elemental Thief (Bronze): Collect the Crossblade.
Sight Beyond Sight (Bronze): Collect the Mask of Shadows.
Devastator (Bronze): Kill 10 enemies with one blade geyser wrath attack.
Tremor Bringer (Bronze): Collect the Tremor Gauntlet.
An Old Friend (Bronze): Collect Mercy.
Reaper (Bronze): Collect the Scythe.
Aerial Predator (Bronze): Kill 160 enemies while on the angelic beast.
Wrath Machine (Bronze): Collect all the Wrath Powers.
Reunited (Bronze): Obtain Ruin.
Slayer (Bronze): Kill 666 Demons.
Don't Make Me Angry (Bronze): Collect the Chaos Form Ability.
Chasm Jumper (Bronze): Collect the Shadowflight Ability.
River of Blood (Bronze): Shed 3000 gallons of demon blood.
Dark Rider (Bronze): Ride for 100 miles.
Horseman (Bronze): Kill 150 Demons from horseback.
Time Lapse (Bronze): Collect the Chronomancer Ability.
High Flier (Bronze): Kill 5 duskwings without touching the ground.
Improvised Kills (Bronze): Kill 150 enemies with items from the environment.
Open Air Parking (Bronze): Taking out a helicopter with a car, during the apocalypse.
Like A Bat Outta Hell (Silver): Defeat Tiamat.
Rocked Your Face Off (Silver): Defeat the Griever.
Ashes to Ashes (Silver): Defeat the Stygian.
One Mean Mother (Silver): Defeat Silitha.
Payback's A B**** (Silver): Defeat Straga.
The Final Challenger (Silver): Defeat the Destroyer.
Treasure Hunter (Silver): Search 150 chests.
Full Power (Silver): Collect the maximum amount of lifestones.
Wrath of War (Silver): Collect the maximum amount of wrath cores.
Ultimate Blade (Silver): Forge the Armageddon Blade.
World Raider (Silver): Collect all 27 Artifacts.
Legendary Form (Silver): Collect the Abyssum Armor Set.
Battle Hardened (Silver): Max out all weapons and unlock all combat moves.
Balance Restored (Gold): Defeat the game on Normal.
The True Horseman (Gold): Defeat the game on Apocalyptic.
You Call That Easy? (Gold): Complete the game on Easy.
BFA (Platinum): Unlocked everything.
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Bonus cars
Have a saved game file from the original DiRT to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with No Fear (Gold) Livery.
Have a saved game file from Grid to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with Ravenwest Livery.
Successfully complete the indicated event to unlock the corresponding car:
Colin McRae Challenge: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with chrome Colin McRae Livery
World Tour - Landrush: Toyota Stadium Truck
World Tour - Raid: Mitsubishi Pajero Dakar 1993
World Tour - Rally Cross: Ford RS200 Evolution
World Tour - Trailblazer: Dallenbach Special
X-Games - All Completed: Ford Escort MKII and MG Metro 6R4
X-Games - Asia: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with X-Games Livery for Trailblazer only
X-Games - Europe: Colin McRae R4 with X-Games Livery for Rallycross only
X-Games - North America: Subaru Impreza WRX STi with X-Games Livery for Rally only
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
All-Star (Silver): Win an All-Star division event.
Aren't You Popular! (Bronze): Become true friends with 4 superstars.
As Good As It Gets (Silver): Reach Level 30 in the DiRT Tour.
Best Friends Forever! (Silver): Become true friends with every superstar.
Big Bucks! (Silver): Earn those big bucks.
Block Party (Bronze): Beat Ken Block in a Throwdown.
Dedication (Gold): Win every event in the DiRT Tour.
Dialled In (Bronze): Win a race using a custom vehicle setup.
Dominated! (Bronze): Win a domination event, getting the maximum available points.
Famous (Bronze): Reach Online Fame Level 15.
Five Of Your Best (Bronze): Win 5 Pro Tour races online.
Friends For Life (Bronze): Become true friends with a superstar.
Gate Crashed! (Bronze): Hit every gate in a Gatecrasher event.
Getting A Reputation (Bronze): Reach Level 15 in the DiRT Tour.
Gnarly! (Bronze): Finish with Flair! Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground.
Gut It Out! (Bronze): Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race.
Head Over Wheels (Bronze): Roll your vehicle and still win the race.
I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost! (Bronze): Choose a ghost, download and beat it!
I like a Challenge (Bronze): Win 12 Throwdowns.
In His Footsteps (Bronze): Win 25 Rally races in the DiRT Tour.
Jet Setter (Bronze): Compete in a race in every location.
Keep It Clean! (Bronze): Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing.
Mirra Image (Bronze): Beat Dave Mirra in a Throwdown.
Mix It Up! (Bronze): Play in every discipline online (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
Nailed an Event (Bronze): Win an event.
Notorious (Silver): Reach Online Fame Level 30.
On The Bubble (Bronze): Be second to last at each elimination point but go on to win a Last Man Standing race.
Perfect finish! (Platinum): You've unlocked every other trophy - Congratulations!
Piece Of Cake (Bronze): Win a Throwdown.
Pro (Bronze): Win a Pro division event.
Rookie Coming Through! (Bronze): Race in your first DiRT Tour race.
Rush Hour (Bronze): Win a Pro Tour race online against 7 competitors.
Showboating (Bronze): Bask in your success at X Games America.
Terminated! (Bronze): Take terminal damage while travelling at over 140mph (225km/h).
That All You Got? (Bronze): Win a Timed Throwdown.
The Full Set (Silver): Drive every vehicle in the game.
Tourney (Bronze): Take part in four tournaments.
Two Cups One Girl (Bronze): Win two team events with the same female team-mate.
Whose Backyard? (Bronze): Beat Travis Pastrana in a Throwdown.
With Great Honor (Bronze): Achieve a 'Cautious' impact rating in Multiplayer races (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
World Tour Winner (Silver): Win all the World Tour events.
X Games America Champ (Bronze): Win X Games America.
X Games Asia Champ (Bronze): Win X Games Asia.
X Games Champ! (Gold): Win all the X Games events.
X Games Europe Champ (Bronze): Win X Games Europe.
You're The Best, Around! (Silver): Win a race at every track in the game (in any game mode).
Additionally, there are two secret trophies:
Just Drive! (Bronze): You drove 100 miles (161 kilometres) without unlocking any other trophy.
For Colin (Gold): You've won the Colin McRae Challenge Event.
Have a saved game file from the original DiRT to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with No Fear (Gold) Livery.
Have a saved game file from Grid to unlock the Subaru Impreza STi Group N with Ravenwest Livery.
Successfully complete the indicated event to unlock the corresponding car:
Colin McRae Challenge: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with chrome Colin McRae Livery
World Tour - Landrush: Toyota Stadium Truck
World Tour - Raid: Mitsubishi Pajero Dakar 1993
World Tour - Rally Cross: Ford RS200 Evolution
World Tour - Trailblazer: Dallenbach Special
X-Games - All Completed: Ford Escort MKII and MG Metro 6R4
X-Games - Asia: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with X-Games Livery for Trailblazer only
X-Games - Europe: Colin McRae R4 with X-Games Livery for Rallycross only
X-Games - North America: Subaru Impreza WRX STi with X-Games Livery for Rally only
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
All-Star (Silver): Win an All-Star division event.
Aren't You Popular! (Bronze): Become true friends with 4 superstars.
As Good As It Gets (Silver): Reach Level 30 in the DiRT Tour.
Best Friends Forever! (Silver): Become true friends with every superstar.
Big Bucks! (Silver): Earn those big bucks.
Block Party (Bronze): Beat Ken Block in a Throwdown.
Dedication (Gold): Win every event in the DiRT Tour.
Dialled In (Bronze): Win a race using a custom vehicle setup.
Dominated! (Bronze): Win a domination event, getting the maximum available points.
Famous (Bronze): Reach Online Fame Level 15.
Five Of Your Best (Bronze): Win 5 Pro Tour races online.
Friends For Life (Bronze): Become true friends with a superstar.
Gate Crashed! (Bronze): Hit every gate in a Gatecrasher event.
Getting A Reputation (Bronze): Reach Level 15 in the DiRT Tour.
Gnarly! (Bronze): Finish with Flair! Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground.
Gut It Out! (Bronze): Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race.
Head Over Wheels (Bronze): Roll your vehicle and still win the race.
I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost! (Bronze): Choose a ghost, download and beat it!
I like a Challenge (Bronze): Win 12 Throwdowns.
In His Footsteps (Bronze): Win 25 Rally races in the DiRT Tour.
Jet Setter (Bronze): Compete in a race in every location.
Keep It Clean! (Bronze): Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing.
Mirra Image (Bronze): Beat Dave Mirra in a Throwdown.
Mix It Up! (Bronze): Play in every discipline online (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
Nailed an Event (Bronze): Win an event.
Notorious (Silver): Reach Online Fame Level 30.
On The Bubble (Bronze): Be second to last at each elimination point but go on to win a Last Man Standing race.
Perfect finish! (Platinum): You've unlocked every other trophy - Congratulations!
Piece Of Cake (Bronze): Win a Throwdown.
Pro (Bronze): Win a Pro division event.
Rookie Coming Through! (Bronze): Race in your first DiRT Tour race.
Rush Hour (Bronze): Win a Pro Tour race online against 7 competitors.
Showboating (Bronze): Bask in your success at X Games America.
Terminated! (Bronze): Take terminal damage while travelling at over 140mph (225km/h).
That All You Got? (Bronze): Win a Timed Throwdown.
The Full Set (Silver): Drive every vehicle in the game.
Tourney (Bronze): Take part in four tournaments.
Two Cups One Girl (Bronze): Win two team events with the same female team-mate.
Whose Backyard? (Bronze): Beat Travis Pastrana in a Throwdown.
With Great Honor (Bronze): Achieve a 'Cautious' impact rating in Multiplayer races (Pro Tour or Jam Session).
World Tour Winner (Silver): Win all the World Tour events.
X Games America Champ (Bronze): Win X Games America.
X Games Asia Champ (Bronze): Win X Games Asia.
X Games Champ! (Gold): Win all the X Games events.
X Games Europe Champ (Bronze): Win X Games Europe.
You're The Best, Around! (Silver): Win a race at every track in the game (in any game mode).
Additionally, there are two secret trophies:
Just Drive! (Bronze): You drove 100 miles (161 kilometres) without unlocking any other trophy.
For Colin (Gold): You've won the Colin McRae Challenge Event.
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