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Temple of Sacred Ashes

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition guide · After entering the temple

Entering the Temple of Sacred Ashes begins the sacred trials to retrieve the Urn of Sacred Ashes for Arl Eamon. You must navigate through cultist guards, solve the riddle chambers and puzzle trials of the Gauntlet, and choose whether to preserve or defile the sacred remains. The choice made here heavily impacts your companion approval and can lead to a fight with High Dragon on the mountain peak.

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Juggernaut Armor (Boots): Found on an altar in the trial chamber behind a locked doorKolgrim's Horn: Looted from Father Kolgrim if killed

Items

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Belt of the Magister Lords: In a chest inside the inner temple chambers

Secrets

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Lighting brazier puzzle in the Gauntlet reveals a bridge of solid light allowing passage across the chasm.

Enemies

Cultist Mage

Weak to Mana Clash

Uses offensive elemental spells and can heal allies; prioritize taking them down first.

Cultist Overseer

Tougher cultist warrior who can stun and knock down party members.

Ash Wraith

Weak to Nature or Spirit

Swirling vortex enemy that deals spirit damage and explodes upon defeat.

Tips

Bring Wynne to easily handle the undead encounters and Ash Wraiths with Spirit damage and cleansing magic.
Disarming and defiling the Urn with Kolgrim's blood causes Wynne and Leliana to turn hostile and attack you unless specific dialogue choices are made.
You must unequip all weapons and armor to step through the final wall of fire unharmed during the Gauntlet trial.

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