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Orichalcum is a crafting resource in Dragon Age II. It is used to craft runes.

Background[]

Like lyrium, orichalcum is a metal most commonly encountered in liquid form. Unlike lyrium, however, orichalcum forms pools and must be drawn like water rather than mined.

Deep Orichalcum is the most common type of the metal, and is often found in places where opals are mined. The rarer Crystalline Orichalcum is found in small pools in the mountains. Folk wisdom says that a drop of orichalcum mixed with wine is a potent aphrodisiac, though it has a pungent smell similar to lye, so I could not bring myself to put this legend to the test.

—An excerpt from An Alchemical Primer of Metallurgy: Volume One, by Lord Cerastes of Marnas Pell[1]

Acquisition[]

Act 1[]

Act 2[]

Act 3[]

  • 1 in the Sundermount Caverns

Uses[]

Rune of Spirit Warding Rune of Spirit Warding
Rune of Defense Rune of Defense
Rune of Striking Rune of Striking
Rune of Spirit Rune of Spirit
Rune of Nature Rune of Nature
Rune of Devastation Rune of Devastation

Codex entries[]

Codex entry: Orichalcum Codex entry: Orichalcum

References[]

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