Encounters (Awakening)

The following is a list of random encounters the Warden can stumble upon while journeying between locations in Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening. Avvar - A band of Avvar nomads attack you. Two crates of random loot. Bandits - Bandits attack you. No special loot, just two random crates. Blood Mages - A small group of two or three blood mages attack the party. Herbs and poultices are amongst the most common loot. Canyon Road - A random darkspawn encounter complete with Hurlock Alpha. One pile of filth, one pile of trash with generic loot. Possible map glitch. Darkspawn - Of course, no game is complete without random darkspawn encounter. Dragon attack - One dragon and a dragonling attack you. Just a small bag and one crate of random loot. Dragon and Drake Attack - One dragon and a drake attack. Two large sacks with random loot. Dragonbrand - Some dragonlings, drakes, a dragon and the corpse of an adventurer out for revenge on the dragon who killed his family. The tier 9 anti-dragon greatsword, Dragonbrand, is found on the corpse. Dwarven Warriors - Bandits or dwarven rebels, perhaps. Elven Warriors - Never given who they are or why they attack. Dalish in appearance, they'll attack even if the Warden is an elf, even a Dalish. Forest Path - A Fen Witch and wolves attack, they drop some random loot. Mercenaries - A group of mercenaries attack. Pirate Infested shore - A shore full of pirates. Unique weapon, Dumat's Claw, drops from it. Qunari Mercenaries - A band of qunari mercenaries with one leader. Random loot. Shadow Wolves - A small pack of shadow wolves ambush you. A small sack and a pile of trash have random loot. Spiders - A farm with five spiders. No loot. Sylvans - Two charred sylvans and one wild sylvan are in the area and attack if approached. A broken crate and small sack appear as loot. Wildfire - A wildfire has occurred in the wilds and it causes bears to attack the Warden. A chest and wooden crate spawn as loot. Skeletons - Six skeletons attack in the canyon road, a pile of filth and a small sack with random loot.