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God of Secrets is a side quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Cillian’s reading of the glyphs has revealed the location of the Lost Temple of Dirthamen. Who knows what secrets this ancient elven ruin may hold.

Acquisition[]

The quest becomes available upon completion of the war table operation Investigate the Elven Glyphs.

Walkthrough[]

DirthamenWalkthrough

Map of Temple of Dirthamen, with locations of all the body parts.

It is necessary to have a mage, a warrior, and a rogue in your party, as the quest involves lockpicking, bashing walls, and activating Veilfires.

The goal is to find the scattered body parts of Dirthamen's High Priest and assemble them on pedestals in the main ritual chamber. There are six body parts to find in the area—Head of Misery, Eyes of Sorrow, Heart of Despondency, Tongue of Whispers, Ears of Unheeding, Hands of Torment. Follow the quest markers to find all the altars on which they are found. As with the quest, Ruined Blade, you need to be holding Veilfire when you approach the altars in order to take the body parts. However, be careful when walking under waterfalls, as these will put out your veilfire and you will need to get a new torch.

When taking the body parts from their altars, undead enemies will attack. The most difficult are the ones in the south-east area and the one beyond the initially locked gate close to the first veilfire brazier, as they will summon two Arcane Horrors and several Corpses. Bringing spirit resistance tonics to survive the Horror's spirit barrage attacks is a good idea, as it can devastate your party in seconds. The undead enemies in the temple are vulnerable to fire damage, but resistant to cold damage.

For finding the Ears of Unheeding, enter the second door on the right side of the sanctuary. Passed the archway you'll see two locked doors and another archway leading to some stairs. The first locked door on your left has to be opened with a mechanism, aka a lever, looking at the door you will find the lever at the left corner of the room.

After placing all the parts on the pedestals, you can summon the high priest who appears in the form of a Despair demon. Many Corpses will also spawn to assist it. Retreating back to the stairway is a good tactic since it's a natural bottleneck, and will help in keeping the corpses focused on your tank, and give elevation for any archer rogues. The priest will constantly be raising a barrier for protection on himself. Counter it with Dispel and other abilities that do high damage to barriers. As with other Despair Demons, the High Priest is vulnerable to fire damage, but resistant to cold damage. Once the Priest is defeated, the main door in the ritual chamber becomes unlocked.

In order to finish the quest, you must loot everything from the chest found in the chamber. Be warned that several enemies will arrive at the temple entrance and attack the Inquisitor and their party on sight as they attempt to leave.

Rewards[]

  • 1,934 XP
  • Influence 400
  • Power 3

Notable items[]

Mosaics[]

Freed are Slaves

Freed Are Slaves numbering

Freed Are Slaves Freed Are Slaves (piece #11) - from the Chamber of Whispers (north westernmost chamber on the map), head east, then north; the mosaic piece is located at the end of the tunnel, behind the ice elemental barrier.
Freed Are Slaves Freed Are Slaves (piece #12) - inside the Chamber of Oracle on the right-hand side of the door; the piece can only accessed after defeating the Highest One.

Elven artifacts[]

  • In the Path of Secrets (located all the way in the bottom right corner of the map) near two mini waterfalls.

Loot[]

Dirthamen's Wisdom Dirthamen's Wisdom - found inside the Chamber of Oracle, after defeating the Highest One.

Codex entries[]

Codex entry: The Lost Temple of Dirthamen Codex entry: The Lost Temple of Dirthamen
Codex entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter Seven Codex entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter Seven

Bugs[]

  • pcpcAfter completing this quest, returning to the temple may cause the notification about this quest's completion to pop up again any time the game menu is opened and closed. This does not provide additional rewards and only persists while in the temple.
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