Easter eggs (Inquisition)

For Easter eggs in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II, see Easter eggs (Origins) and Easter eggs (Dragon Age II).

In Dragon Age: Inquisition, there are multiple instances where the developers have included in-jokes. This article contains detailed information regarding these Easter eggs.

Dragon Age: Origins

• A ladder can be found, and "Can I get you a ladder to get off my back?" is scratched into it. This is what a violent Warden sometimes says when chosen or told to perform commands.
• If you tell the soldier guarding the gate outside of Redcliffe that you are with the Inquisition, she will reply, "Sure, and I'm the Empress of Orlais." Similarly, when at Lake Calenhad Docks in Origins, the templar Carroll is guarding the ferry which leads to the Circle Tower. If you tell him that you are a Grey Warden, he will reply, "Sure, and I'm the Queen of Antiva."
• When meeting with Bull's Chargers, talking to Stitches will have Iron Bull comment that he makes a fantastic healing potion that tastes terrible. Stitches will reply "That's because it's a poultice, ser. You're not supposed to drink it." This is a nod to the Health Poultice from the first game, which uses the same drinking animation as any Herbalism product.

Mass Effect

• During Promise of Destruction in the Castle of Caer Oswin, in the corridor where you meet Cassandra's apprentice, go to the eastern end of the hall, and there is A krogan head mounted on a wall.

  

  A krogan head mounted on a wall

• In the Multiplayer Map: Orlesian Chateau there is a trophy room. Mounted above two animals on a wall is a krogan head.

• In Halamshiral, Grand Duke Gaspard's trophy room has a krogan head in it as well.

• While in the War Room, Cullen may make a comment about leaving to "calibrate" the trebuchets. Leliana will complain that he is always doing this. Similarly, in Mass Effect, Garrus always talks about how he needs to make calibrations, which characters will occasionally comment on.

Jade Empire

• In some dialogue, Cole will make many references to other media, most of which are spoilers. One reference Cole makes is when he says, "He teaches them to fight with a secret flaw, part of a glorious strategy." This was said by Master Li in Jade Empire.

Knights of the Old Republic

• Cole has dialogue in which he says, "He was their enemy the whole time, but she made him forget, so he could change." This is a reference to another Bioware game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, when the player character, Darth Revan, had his memory erased by Bastila Shan so Revan would aid the Jedi Order against Darth Malak, also because she believed Revan could be changed from his evil ways.

Plants vs. Zombies

• There is a codex entry titled "Plants vs. Corpses", an obvious nod to the game. The battle is called the Battle of Pauper's Cap (a play on the company's name, "Pop Cap"). Aside from the combat between plants and the undead, the combat tactics are like that in the game. The person recounting the story, Daveth the Mad, stated that he wanted bacon for lunch, and refused to take a pot off of his head. In Plants vs. Zombies, the man whose garden is also the battlefield is called Crazy Dave; he wears a pot on his head and likes bacon.
• South of Crestwood, on Linden Farm, a row of giant flowers can be found against a wall, each in their own column. In several of the columns, corpses can be found on the ground.

Film and Television

Soylent Green

• "They don't know, but it's made of people." This is a reference to the film Soylent Green. When Detective Thorn is speaking to Hatcher about how the truth must be revealed, he says, "It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people."

The Sixth Sense

• "He was dead the whole time, he didn't know." This is the ending plot twist of the film The Sixth Sense. In addition, the movie centers around this man mentoring a young child named Cole, who has the ability to see ghosts.

Citizen Kane

• "It wasn't from a flower. He rode it in the snow." In Citizen Kane, Kane rides a sled named "Rosebud" in the snow. Obviously, the sled, Rosebud, is not a flower.

The Empire Strikes Back

• "He didn't kill his father, he was his father." This is a rather obvious reference to The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader asks Luke if Obi-Wan ever told him what happened to his father. Luke replies, "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!" In response, Vader says, "No, I am your father."

Miscellaneous

• At Skyhold, you can manage to fall through the floor and appear in a cavernous room with creepy music discovered under Skyhold houses. In it is what appears to be a pie in a top hat. This was shown in a video on YouTube, in which BioWare designers Jason Hill and Graham Kelly eventually commented on the video. Kelly dubbed it "The Lord of the Pies", though both he and Hill admitted that they didn't expect anyone to find it.
• In the Western Approach, a floating, golden chalice can be found.
• In the Emerald Graves, just north of Gracevine Camp, a gap in the rock face can be followed to a small cave with a large number of Bear heads nailed to a wall all together.