Dragon Age Origins: Favors Dragon Age: Origins Guide
Last update: 07 June 2024
Favors
Correspondence Interruptus
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Your assignment will be to retrieve twelve love letters. I would recommend starting this quest in the early stages of the game and to always explore nearby chests and shelves to keep finding the letters. Thankfully all the letters will be placed in the quest category of your personal inventory, so you can't sell them by mistake. Here are the exact locations of the letters: [Denerim - Market district - Wade's emporium] (one of the chests found inside the store), [Denerim - Pearl] (inside one of the smaller rooms of the brothel), [Denerim - Arl Eamon's estate] (Eamon's bedroom), [Brecilian forest - Dalish elf camp] (close to Varathorn), [Brecilian forest - Upper ruins] (hidden southern corridor), [Orzammar - Diamond quarter - Royal palace] (inside a small room in the eastern section of the palace), [Orzammar - Commons - Dust town - Cartel hideout] (Jarvia's office available after defeating her), [Lake Calenhad docks - Spoiled princess] (inside the tavern), [Redcliffe] (crate found inside the windmill), [The Circle tower - Mage quarters] (eastern room), [Village of Haven] (near a building wall), [Redcliffe castle - Basement] (area connecting the main floor with the courtyard).
Solving problems
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Your job will be to reach unexperienced assassins in need of disposing the bodies of the people they've just killed. Each time you'll be required to pick up a body in a bag and then you'll have to transport the body to a well found in [Denerim - Market district] (M64, 11). Clicking on the well will allow you to dump the body and thankfully you won't be seen by anyone. The assassins can be found in [Denerim - Market district] (M64, 12), [Denerim - Pearl] (M65, 4) and [Denerim - Market district - Market warehouse] (M65, 5). Notice that the entrance to the warehouse won't be marked on the district map, so you'll have to search for it yourself.
Sign of safe passage
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Make sure that you have a bow in your inventory before starting this quest. Travel to [Brecilian forest - Western part], proceed to the clearing (M42, 2) where you've encountered the first group of werewolves and find a shooting spot. Open your inventory and choose a bow as your primary weapon and then click on the ground near the yellow icon. Sending the message will result in the arrival of the mercenaries from Denerim (including one mini-boss). Getting rid of the bandits shouldn't be a problem, but don't forget to switch weapons again before attacking them.
False witnesses
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Your job will be to find and murder three witnesses. Notice that each person will have a mini-boss status and will be surrounded by several bodyguards. The witnesses you'll have to kill are Cam of Redside found in [Denerim - Market district - Wonders of Thedas] (M65, 9), Skinny Frank found by the pier in [Lake Calenhad docks] (M32, 5) and Brian found in the middle of the square in [Frostback mountains pass] (M47, 2).
Negotiation aids
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: In order to complete this quest you must deliver the bartender fifteen units of toxin extracts. You can keep finding the toxins during your journeys or you buy at least some of them from the traders (Caesar will have a lot of them but only if you've already completed Trial of the Crows quest).
Untraceable
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: This time your mission will be to deliver the barkeep ten garnets. It would be a good idea to start this quest early during the game, so you won't sell any garnets by mistake. Otherwise you'll have to check the traders again to see who has the objects for sale.
Dead drops
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Your job will be to visit four different areas. To be more specific, you'll have to travel to [Denerim - Market district], [Frostback mountains pass], [Lake Calenhad docks - Spoiled princess] and [Redcliffe]. When you get to the last area you'll notice a trap. Deal with the situation and make a decision on how to end this quest. You may return to the Bartender for your reward or you can revisit three other locations to neutralize the traps. I have to warn you that if you decide to go to these areas you may prevent the main character from receiving new quests from this group.
Harsh decisions
Received from: Bartender [Denerim - Market district - Gnawed noble tavern]
Description: Your primary objective will be to hunt down and kill K. Before that happens you'll have to deal with his lieutenant and you'll meet this person automatically as soon as you've decided to travel to a different part of Denerim. Approach K's lieutenant and attack him. I guess you won't be surprised to hear that aside from him you'll also have to deal with a couple of other assassins. Once you've won examine his body and collect a map with the directions to the hideout. Leave this area and confirm that you want to travel to [Denerim - K's hideout].
Despite what you might think you won't have to spend a lot of time trying to hunt down K, because he'll be waiting for you inside a small room. Make a few steps forward to have a short conversation with him and then attack him and some of his last followers. Winning here shouldn't be a big problem, especially since K's men won't pose a big threat.