Gifts (Awakening)

See also: Gifts (Origins) and Feastday Gifts and Pranks

This page contains a list of the companion specific gifts in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. Gifts are used to gain approval with your companions.

Any gifts carried over from Origins can be given to the Awakening companions. However, gifts that are favored in Origins will be treated as ordinary gifts in Awakening, e.g., Oghren's favored gifts will not have favored status in Awakening, but work as ordinary gifts.

Gifts for Companions

Gifts for Anders

Anders has a preference for shiny things and kittens.

Name	Notes	Description
Gold Earring	Located: Vigil's Keep	A single gold earring.
Kitten	Located: Vigil's Keep Plot Item	An adorable tabby kitten.
Knitted Scarf	Located: City of Amaranthine - Chantry of Our Lady Redeemer	A soft wool scarf.
Engraved Silver Bracers	Located: Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter	Bracers bearing a motif of eagles in flight.
Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood	Located: Inside the Architect's Lab at the Silverite Mine	A volume on the origin and history of phylacteries.
Bell Collar	Located: City of Amaranthine	This is a collar for a small animal. A bell is attached.

Gifts for Justice

Justice has a preference for spiritual objects and things that remind him of Kristoff.

Name	Notes	Description
Elven Prayer for the Dead	Located: Wending Wood - Destroyed Dalish Camp	This prayer implores Falon'din to guide the dead across the Veil. "O Falon'Din Lethanavir--Friend to the Dead Guide my feet, calm my soul, Lead me to my rest."
Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker	Located: City of Amaranthine - Abandoned Warehouse	A book about lyrium, necessarily heavy on conjecture.
Kristoff's Locket	Located: Blackmarsh - Kristoff's camp	This locket contains a miniature painting of a woman and a lock of hair. An engraving reads: "Yours always, Aura."
Kristoff's Mementos	Located: City of Amaranthine - Crown and Lion	A box of mementos that once belonged to Kristoff.
Lyrium Ring	Located: Kal'Hirol - Main Hall Becomes: Lyrium Ring	An unusual ring of unrefined lyrium, toxic to most living creatures.
Verses of Dreams	Located: Next to Ambassador Cera at Vigil's Keep in a Pile of books	Poetry inspired by the Fade.

Gifts for Nathaniel

Nathaniel has a preference for practical items and artifacts pertaining to his family.

Name	Notes	Description
Bronze Sextant	Located: Wending Wood - Corpse	An instrument used in navigation.
Howe Bow	Located: Vigil's Keep Becomes: Howe Bow Plot Item	An aged but immaculate bow, stamped with the Howe crest.
Delilah Howe's Letters	Located: Vigil's Keep - Basement	Correspondence between Delilah Howe and a friend in Denerim, providing great insight into Delilah's recent life.
Golden Vase	Located: Sold by Octham the Grocer in the City of Amaranthine	This vase, bearing the Howe family crest, was likely stolen from the keep at some point.
Locksmith's Tools	Located: Smuggler's Cove	Implements for defeating or repairing locks.
Whetstone	Located: Kal'Hirol	A whetstone to sharpen swords, knives, and daggers.

Gifts for Oghren

Oghren still has a preference for alcoholic beverages.

Name	Notes	Description
Aqua Magus	Found in the Abandoned Warehouse	Fine spirits infused with a bit of refined lyrium. Potentially fatal if ingested in quantity.
"Dragon Piss"	Obtained in Hubert's Den.	The name is probably figurative, but no one knows for sure.
Hirol's Lava Burst	Obtained in Knotwood Hills.	"It tastes like burning." Brewed exclusively in Kal'Hirol.
Mackay's Epic Single Malt	Obtained in the City of Amaranthine.	This whiskey is older than the Maker and smoother than elven baby-butt.
Toy Horse	Located: Blackmarsh Plot Item	A child might appreciate the simple toy.
West Hill Brandy	Obtained in Vigil's Keep's Wine Cellar.	Notes of blackcurrant with a honeysuckle finish. Also, tastes like brandy.

Gifts for Sigrun

Sigrun has a preference for knickknacks, trinkets, and other oddities from the surface world.

Name	Notes	Description
The Warrior's Heart	Located: Stack of booksVigil's Keep - Throne Room	A book on various orders of warriors, with particular emphasis on the Grey Wardens, Ash Warriors, Legion of the Dead, and Silent Sisters.
Toy Chariot	Located: Smuggler's Cove	A small painted chariot. Horse sold separately.
Spyglass	Located: Wending Wood - Silverite Mines - Soldier Corpse Plot Item	A scope for examining distant scenes.
Potted Plant	Located: City of Amaranthine - Next to Chantry Board	A little plant in a lovely clay pot.
Snow Globe	Located: City of Amaranthine	Tiny figures of King Cailan and Queen Anora inside a sphere of water. Glittering flecks of "snow" float lazily around them.
Soap on a Rope	Located: Vigil's Keep - Dungeon	Soap! On a Rope! How quaint.

Gifts for Velanna

Velanna has a preference for elven literature and things that are green (her favorite color).

Name	Notes	Description
Elven Runestone	Located: Vigil's Keep- Deep roads Gem Mine	A flat stone bearing an elven rune.
Discarded Journal	Located: City of Amaranthine - Village	In this old journal, an elf who lived in Amaranthine writes about the hardships of daily life and the unrealized hopes of his people.
Blank Journal	Located: City of Amaranthine - Chantry of Our Lady Redeemer Plot Item	A fine leather binding surrounds crisp, wordless pages.
Ornate Silver Bowl	Located: Blackmarsh	This antique bowl is embossed with graceful representations of elven halla.
Carved Greenstone	Located: Kal'Hirol - Treasury in the trade quarter	Delicate greenstone engraved with eye-catching swirls.
Shiny Malachite	Located: Silverite Mines	A smooth piece of malachite, polished until glossy.
Elven Trinket	Found in the Wending Wood	A carved ironbark trinket inlaid with silver and suspended from a leather cord.

Lookup table

There are two types of gifts: regular and favored gifts. Regular gifts have a base approval bonus of +5 approval; favored gifts have a base approval bonus of +10 approval for certain companions.

Legend:
Prefer shows the companion who will value the gift the most.

+4 x

= Refuses

+3 -

= Accepts (base: +5 approval)

+

= Prefers (base: +10 approval)

+1 ※

= Plot Gift (Triggers conversation/+10 approval)

Gift	Prefer	Anders	Justice	Nathaniel	Oghren	Sigrun	Velanna
Aqua Magus	Oghren	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -
Bell Collar	Anders	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Blank Journal	Velanna	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+1 ※
Bronze Sextant	Nathaniel	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Carved Greenstone	Velanna	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+
Delilah Howe's Letters	Nathaniel	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Discarded Journal	Velanna	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+
"Dragon Piss"	Oghren	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -
Elven Prayer for the Dead	Justice	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Elven Runestone	Velanna	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+
Elven Trinket	Velanna	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+1 ※
Engraved Silver Bracers	Anders	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Gold Earring	Anders	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Golden Vase	Nathaniel	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Hirol's Lava Burst	Oghren	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -
Howe Bow	Nathaniel	+4 x	+4 x	+1 ※	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x
Kitten	Anders	+1 ※	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x
Knitted Scarf	Anders	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Kristoff's Locket	Justice	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Kristoff's Mementos	Justice	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Locksmith's Tools	Nathaniel	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker	Justice	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Lyrium Ring	Justice	+4 x	+1 ※	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x
Mackay's Epic Single Malt	Oghren	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -
Ornate Silver Bowl	Velanna	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+
Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood	Anders	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
Potted Plant	Sigrun	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -
Shiny Malachite	Velanna	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+
Snow Globe	Sigrun	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -
Soap on a Rope	Sigrun	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -
Spyglass	Sigrun	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+1 ※	+4 x
Toy Chariot	Sigrun	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -
Toy Horse	Oghren	+4 x	+4 x	+4 x	+1 ※	+4 x	+4 x
The Warrior's Heart	Sigrun	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -
Verses of Dreams	Justice	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -
West Hill Brandy	Oghren	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -
Whetstone	Nathaniel	+3 -	+3 -	+	+3 -	+3 -	+3 -