- For encounters in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, see Encounters (Awakening).
The following is a list of scripted and random encounters the Warden may trigger while journeying between locations in Dragon Age: Origins.
Scripted[]
- Back Alley – an encounter with Taliesen, while in in Denerim, during the Landsmeet with Zevran.
- Deserted Farmland – an encounter in which the Warden finds Dog.
- Forest Stream – prelude to Leliana's Past.
- The Long Road – Zevran's assassination attempt.
- Low Road – prelude to Wynne's Regret.
- Side Street – a Denerim encounter with Ser Landry and his men.
- Sulcher's Pass – an encounter with Felix de Grosbois.
- Taoran's Camp – possibly visited during A Change in Leadership.
Random[]
- Back Alley – an encounter on the city map with a guard and 16 soldiers if the Warden fails a stealing attempt while in Denerim; an additional encounter will occur later on with another guard and 19 soldiers.
- Bloody Plains – an encounter with darkspawn.
- The Crater – an encounter in which the Warden obtains Meteor Metal Ore.
- Dark Forest – an encounter with spiders.
- Desolate Highway – an encounter with a pack of wolves.
- Forest Clearing – an encounter with werewolves.
- Forest Incline – an encounter with rebel dwarves occurs after the main quest A Paragon of Her Kind has concluded.
- Gentle Path – the most common encounter, a surface dwarf merchant is selling wares.
- Hillside Path – an encounter in which Wynne gains the Vessel of the Spirit spell.
- Lakeside Road – an encounter of abominations and corpses fighting Templars if the Warden sided with the Templars during the Broken Circle questline.
- The Low Road – an encounter with blighted creatures.
- Narrow Road – an encounter with Templars and conscripted mages if the Warden fails a stealing attempt while at the Circle Tower.
- Out of the Way – an encounter generated during the Have You Seen Me? questline.
- River Crossing – an encounter with bandits.
- Roadside – an encounter of Circle mages fighting darkspawn after the Warden concludes the Broken Circle questline.
- Roadside Field – an encounter of Redcliffe soldiers fighting darkspawn after the Warden concludes the Arl of Redcliffe questline.
- Roadside Stop – an encounter generated during the Unintended Consequences questline.
- Rocky Road – an encounter of Dalish elves fighting darkspawn after the Warden sided with them during the Nature of the Beast questline.
- Steep Path – an encounter with demons.
- Strange Wood – an encounter with villagers who are standing around a tree stump.
- Trade Route – an encounter generated during the Five Pages, Four Mages questline.
- Treacherous Path – an encounter with shades.
- Twisted Forest – an encounter with wild sylvans.
- Twisted Path – an encounter with bandits.
- Winding Road – an encounter of Orzammar forces fighting darkspawn occurs after the main quest A Paragon of Her Kind has concluded.
- Wooded Glen – an encounter generated during Careless Accusations.
- Wooded Highway – an encounter of werewolves fighting darkspawn if the Warden sided with them during the Nature of the Beast questline.
- Wooded Hills – an encounter with Dalish elves if the Warden failed a stealing attempt or took the Song Book before the conclusion of the Nature of the Beast questline.