Achievements (Origins)

Achievements or trophies mark specific accomplishments made during all playthroughs of Dragon Age: Origins. These include finishing plot-related activities, making specific choices at certain key points in the game, learning specializations, and performing certain tasks. Each milestone also awards the player a certain number of Gamescore points, which only have value as bragging rights; they have no other use. Achievements are updated on the player's BioWare account profile (and next to their account name in Bioware Forums).

The Stone Prisoner


Warden's Keep


Return to Ostagar


The Darkspawn Chronicles


Leliana's Song


The Golems of Amgarrak


Witch Hunt


Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening


Bugs

 * On the PC the achievement Blight-Queller states that you must kill 1,000 Darkspawn. However, you actually only have to kill 1,000 enemies of any type. The PS3 version of this achievement counts Darkspawn only, though they must all be killed by the character you control on one playthrough, which basically requires finding an area with many darkspawn, slaughtering them, and then doing multiple reloads. On occasion the Xbox 360 achievement will not be granted no matter how many Darkspawn are killed. (08/04/10 1200 DS killed without second or third trophies). The Xbox 360 achievement for Blight-Queller will only count kills done by the main character. It is also quite possible that it also only counts kills done when you are in control of the character.

This however can be avoided by deleting the Dragon Age Origins 1.04 patch. The kills will count across multiple playthroughs no matter who gains the kills, be it the player character or a party member. After the achievement is collected the patch can be reinstalled.

Another fix without deleting the patch is to play through the game until you reach the Alienage in Denerim: Final Battle. Save by the grand oak tree. If your custom character is a mage, run up the wooden platform to the left of where the Darkspawn are trying to get in. Cast Inferno, Blizzard, or Tempest on the darkspawn behind the gate to take them out. There are roughly 11-12 darkspawn per run (if you quit right after the initial wave is killed). You only need to do it about 100 times to get the three achievements.

Alternatively, you can get over 40 per turn if you persist through and kill all the remaining darkspawn. If you want to do this, after the initial AOE spell, use Mana Clash on the darkspawn general to take him out quickly, then Cone of Cold to freeze the first Ogre. Go through the gate to get close to the bridge, then cast repeated AOE spells near the bridge's exit - it will take out most darkspawn quickly as they come across. The other ogres that come through can usually be taken care of by the rest of your party.

Note: The number of darkspawn killed by the main character apparently has nothing to do with the number of darkspawn showed as killed on the heroic party accomplishments board.


 * On the PS3 the Perfectionist achievement may be awarded prematurely during a playthrough of the Witch Hunt DLC if one saves in the library after acquiring Finn as a party member; on loading the save, Perfectionist is awarded, even if only one ending of Origins has been viewed.
 * On the PS3 the Perfectionist achievement may be awarded for only doing three of the four playthroughs. This was seen after finishing the Loghain sacrifice without doing the Alistair sacrifice.