Sentinel armor set

Sentinel Armor Set
Type	Massive Armor
Set	Helm of the Sentinel Gauntlets of the Sentinel Armor of the Sentinel Greaves of the Sentinel
Material	Volcanic Aurum (Tier 9)
Requires	52 strength
Armor	39.00
Fatigue	52.50%
Stats	+8 constitution +1.5 health regeneration in combat +12 defense +3% melee critical chance +6 attack +14 strength Chance to avoid missile attacks +25 physical resistance Set: +0.5 armor Set: -15% Fatigue
Quests	Tears in the Veil, Shadows of the Blackmarsh
Description	This armor once belonged to the Grey Warden who killed the first archdemon, Dumat. It was lost thereafter.
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

The Sentinel Armor Set is one of the most powerful sets of armor in Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening. It once belonged to the Grey Warden who killed the first archdemon, Dumat.

Acquisition

In order to get the chests to appear where you can loot them, you must touch all 3 of the Veil Tear Apparatus in the Fade(the first has the body armor) after The First throws you into the Fade. The desire demons guarding each pedestal must be slain and the apparatus touched to send the chest back into the real world. Make sure to get them all (four in total) put back into the real world to loot them. There is no going back to the Fade if you mess it up the first time around. If you did everything right there will be three lootable chests upon returning from the Fade in the Blackmarsh in the areas that were once closed off to you by the shimmering green energy barriers.

Armor of the Sentinel - Found on the corpse of the First after defeating him.

Boots of the Sentinel - In an iron chest just after the first Fade portal, up the path to your right. Also a random drop from the boss Avvar Lord in the Avvar Deep Crypt (Vigil's Keep - Basement).

Gauntlets of the Sentinel - Found in an iron chest up the path behind the standing stones and the Runic Pedestal.

Helm of the Sentinel - Found in an iron chest in the middle part of the Blackmarsh, north of the mansion.

Bugs

• ps3 ps3 The texture of this armor will not be displayed properly if the Warden's Keep DLC is present. Instead of the black and red armor skin, the player will appear to be wearing a set of Warden Commander Armor, from the Warden's Keep DLC. This only happens when the armor is worn by a human, as the armor is displayed correctly on a dwarf or elf character. No patch has been made as of yet. It has also been noted that the Sentinel Helmet is black and red on a human character. This is because there is no Warden Commander's helmet to conflict with.

Texture Bug Workaround

For those who have Wardens Keep installed on the console versions, you can fix this texture bug by doing the following. However, you must do this prior to importing your character into Awakening. Otherwise you will get a "Missing DLC" message when loading your character.

Instructions:

• ps3 Simply delete Warden's Keep DLC from your Dragon Age save data on your HDD.

• ps3 Unfortunately, the PS3 workaround is much more complicated. Follow these instructions:

1. From the Playstation Browser, open the "Game data" folder under the "Game" tab.
2. Delete the Dragon Age: Origins install file (2.6- 4.8 Gigabytes depending on how much downloadable content you have installed)
3. Re-install the original Dragaon Age: Origins file just as you did when you first played the game
4. Re-install any DLC you want EXCEPT for Wardens Keep
5. Import your character into DAO: Awakening

Important Note:

If you have characters who have played through Wardens Keep already, not installing Warden's Keep on either system will render these character saves "corrupt" and unplayable. You will need to re-install Wardens Keep to play these characters again in DA: Origins. They will still properly import into DAO: Awakening if Wardens keep is not present, even if your character already played through it. Also note that you will no longer have access to the "Blood" Skill trees from Wardens Keep, wich are also currently bugged and not functioning properly.

Summary

Name	Armor	Fatigue	Runes	Enhancements	Notes
Sentinel Armor Set Volcanic Aurum Requires: 52 strength	39.00	52.50%	0	+8 constitution +1.5 health regeneration in combat +12 defense +3% melee critical chance +6 attack +14 strength Chance to avoid missile attacks +25 physical resistance Set: +0.5 armor Set: -15% Fatigue

Details

Name	Armor	Fatigue	Runes	Enhancements	Notes
Helm of the Sentinel Volcanic Aurum Requires: 52 strength	4.50	5.25%	0	+8 constitution +0.5 or +1 health regeneration in combat +9 defense	Found in an iron chest in the middle part of the Blackmarsh, north of the mansion.
Gauntlets of the Sentinel Volcanic Aurum Requires: 52 strength	3.75	5.25%	0	+3% melee critical chance +6 attack	Found in an iron chest up the path behind the standing stones and the Runic Pedestal.
Armor of the Sentinel Volcanic Aurum Requires: 52 strength	26.25	36.75%	3	+6 strength +1 or +2 health regeneration in combat Chance to avoid missile attacks +20 physical resistance	Found on the corpse of the First after defeating him.
Boots of the Sentinel Volcanic Aurum Requires: 52 strength	4.50	5.25%	0	+8 strength +3 defense +5 physical resistance	Found in an iron chest just after the first Fade portal, up the path to your right. Also a rare random drop from the boss Avvar Lord in the Avvar Deep Crypt (Vigil's Keep - Basement).
Set Bonus			0	Set: +0.5 armor Set: -15% Fatigue

Trivia

• This helm appears to be a palette swap of Duty, with the helm being black rather than silver; the chest piece, gloves, and boots appear to be a palette swap of Cailan's Armor Set with black with red highlights rather than antiqued gold.
• The armor shows a certain resemblance to the one worn by the Black Knight from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It might be an intended reference to the character, who was also a kind of sentinel.
• The general motif of this armor is quite different from other sets of armor or weaponry of the Grey Wardens. As they are mostly of a white or grey color and bear griffon imagery, rather than this armor, which is black with blood red highlights, bearing imagery referencing Dumat, who was slain by the Anderfel warrior who wore this armor. Though it may simply be that the griffon imagery, and indeed the name of the order, was instead set forth by the followers of the Anderfel warriors who slew Dumat.
• It could be possible that since the original Wardens were ex-warriors of Tevinter Imperium, and that it appears a dragons face is on the chest piece, the imagary on the armor is to honor the old gods. So the warden that slew Dumat simply kept his armor from his days in service to the Imperium. And just for the the sake of irony, the high-lighted dragon face is actually supposed to be Dumat.
• It says the Sentinel Armor was worn by the warrior who killed Dumat, which was at the end of the First Blight, meaning the Armor is over 1000 years old.