Backwards Shield Bug

This page documents a bug confirmed in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening on and.

When this bug occurs, the character's shield appears on their back backwards and cocked at an angle. When entering combat, the shield is not visibly used, but the shield's combat effectiveness does not seem to be diminished.

This bug may only occur after using a Manual of Focus while a shield is equipped, although more testing may be required and its exact cause is unknown.

Documented Instances

 * This bug has been documented to affect the Fade Wall.


 * In one instance, the bug did not occur until a Manual of Focus was used by an Arcane Warrior equipped with the Landsmeet Shield, after which the Arcane Warrior's switching from a staff to the sword/shield weapon set triggered the bug reliably. The glitch could be temporarily undone by unequipping the shield, then re-equipping it.