Lowtown is one of the main districts in Kirkwall. Lowtown serves primarily as housing for the city's less wealthy residents as well as the city's industrial center. In spite of this it remains a source of major commerce with markets lining the streets of Lowtown peddling their wares to all who pass.
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Background[edit | edit source]
Today, Lowtown is a labyrinth of shantytowns, corridors, and hexagonal courtyards—"hexes" in the local parlance. Lowtown's poorest live in caves hewn out of the cliff face. The district is shoddily built and bears scars caused by collapsing walls. Foundry smoke smothers the area. Only a cold winter storm clears the air, but the icy wind howling over the mouths of old mineshafts hardly counts as relief.
Occasionally, these Darktown shafts erupt with gouts of foul air known as chokedamp. It's not uncommon to find whole slums silently suffocated, frozen in the midst of everyday activity.
The walls surrounding Lowtown are highest by the harbor. Its busiest street leads up to Hightown, where the wealthiest Kirkwallers perch. When one stands in Lowtown, all one sees other than the rocky walls is Hightown. It glitters overhead, always in sight, yet always beyond reach.
—From In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of a Chantry Scholar, by Brother Genitivi
—From Codex entry: Kirkwall - Lowtown
Stores[edit | edit source]
- Apparel Shop
- Armor Stand
- Lirene's Fereldan Imports
- Martin's Contraband
- Trinkets Emporium
- Vincento's Northern Merchandise
- Weaponsmithy

Map of the area
Places[edit | edit source]
Gamlen's House
The Hanged Man
Kirkwall Alienage
Merrill's Home
Lirene's Fereldan Imports
Dark Foundry
Quests[edit | edit source]
Act 1[edit | edit source]
Shepherding Wolves
Wayward Son
Friends in Low Places
Loose Ends
The Conspirators
Miracle Makers
Get Back to Work
The First Sacrifice
Grimoire of the Apprentice
Sharp Little Pinpricks
Shawl of Dalesdottir
Bottled Scar 5:34 Exalted
The Paragon's Toe
Secret Rendezvous
Dark Epiphany
The Way It Should Be
Act 2[edit | edit source]
To Catch a Thief
Blackpowder Courtesy
The Tethras Signet Ring
Hometown Breed
Ream-Rot Knife
"South-Song" Gerralt's Corpse
Goosegirl Cameo
The Fixer
Pick Up Pickaxes
Sketchy on the Details
The Book of Shartan
Act 3[edit | edit source]
Notable items[edit | edit source]
Here are the resources in this area for the Supplier achievement:
Act 1[edit | edit source]
Spindleweed - daytime, in the side-street between the two eastern exits.
Act 2[edit | edit source]
Spindleweed – daytime, in the dead end behind the armor merchant.
Recipe: Rock Armor Potion – nighttime, in a pile of Rubble next to the entrance to Gamlen's House.
Act 3[edit | edit source]
Spindleweed - daytime, next to the stairs in the Foundry District.
Codex entries[edit | edit source]