Stealing: Profitable Targets

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In Dragon Age: Origins, there are several profitable targets that yield high value items when pick-pocketed.

The game's difficulty setting for all attempts is "Normal" unless otherwise stated. Raising or lowering the game's difficulty setting will increase or decrease the skill/attribute requirements, respectively.

Lookup Table

Note: With each additional rank of Stealing, you can reduce the required Cunning by 5 points. You also need 5 less points per rank of Stealth (if in Stealth mode).

Town	Location	Target	Item	Cunning	Other Notes
Ostagar	King's Campsite	Duncan	One Valuable Item	38	Steal 2x: Once during the day, and again at night after Wilds. Items include grandmaster hale, silverite and cold iron rune as well as flawless grade Small Crystals and Large Crystals.
Ostagar	Mage's Area	Quartermaster	Hardy's Belt§	Any	Steal 2x: before and after Korcari Wilds
Lothering	Outside Chantry	Merchant	Imperium Crossbow§	20
Orzammar	Proving Grounds	Piotin	One Valuable Item & 2	54
Orzammar	Orzammar Diamond Quarter: Chamber of the Assembly & Orzammar Palace Proving Grounds	Vartag Gavorn	Champion's Shield§ & One simple item	35	Steal 3x: once in each location
Orzammar	Chamber of the Assembly	Lord Pyral Harrowmont	2439	55	When King is being chosen
Orzammar	Dust Town	Rogek	One simple item & 20	48
Orzammar	Orzammar Commons	Mines Commander	Nugbane	40-45	(PC Only) Must use the workaround to acquire the crossbow, otherwise you will only receive dwarven loot.
Orzammar	Orzammar Royal Palace	Prince Bhelen	One Valuable Item or 3 - 4	39
Orzammar	Shaperate	Shaper	Shaper's Amulet§	55	Amulet: +2 Willpower
Orzammar	Diamond Quarter	Lord Anwer Dace	Thorn of the Dead Gods§	55	After completing The first Prince's Favor.
Deep Roads	Aeducan Thaig	Lord Anwer Dace	Thorn of the Dead Gods§	60	Before completing The first Prince's Favor.
Deep Roads	The Dead Trenches Orzammar Diamond Quarter	Kardol	2 - 4	99?	Stealth + Improved Steal + 57 Cunning. Second attempt possible after completing A Paragon of Her Kind
Deep Roads	Anvil of the Void	Golem	3	80
Deep Roads	Anvil of the Void	Branka	One Valuable Item or 5 0 67	110~120?
Circle Tower	Apprentice Quarters	Greagoir	One Valuable Item & Greagoir's Shield	50	(PC Only) Must use the workaround to acquire the shield, otherwise you will only receive generic loot.
Circle Tower	Apprentice Quarters Redcliffe Castle - Main Floor	First Enchanter Irving	One Valuable Item	66	Can be pickpocketed once, in the harrowing chamber. Again, after completing Broken Circle. Third attempt possible if the Circle is recruited to save Connor.
Denerim	Market District	Habren	Tiara§ + 53	45
Denerim	Market District	Master Ignacio	One Valuable Item	58	Tavern requires more skill than outside. You will typically get a high tier poison coating or trap when stealing.
Denerim	Gnawed Noble Tavern	Master Ignacio	One Valuable Item or between 3 & 4	71
Denerim	The Pearl	Sanga	Headband	49
Denerim	The Pearl	Isabela	One Valuable Item	58
Denerim	Arl of Denerim's Estate Arl of Redcliffe's Estate	Anora	One Valuable Item or between 3 - 4	72
Denerim	Arl of Redcliffe's Estate	Riordan	One Valuable Item	72
Redcliffe Castle	Riordan's Room	Riordan	5 86 93	73
Mountain Top	Ruined Temple	Kolgrim	Chevalier's Mace & One Valuable Item or between 3 & 4		The item might include a Master Rune.
Redcliffe Village	Windmill	Ser Perth	One Valuable Item		After all battles completed.

Legend

^§ = items that you always receive from the target.

One Valuable Item = a random item that include items at least as valuable as Potent potions, runes (up to Grandmaster), high-end jewelry, or gold.

Pilfering Notes

• Stealing Mechanics are explained in the main article's discussion.
• If you fail to successfully steal in Denerim, you will encounter a swarm of guards when traveling on the City Map to nearby locations. Note that you MUST actually fail a stealing attempt to trigger the encounters - just stealing from enough people in Denerim is not enough (confirmed PC patch 1.04). Note that if you missed your chance to do this before the Landsmeet, you will still have the opportunity to fail an attempt to steal from the nobles that show up for the Landsmeet.
• In the downloaded ps3 version, even with 4 stealing with over 30 cunning, Master Ignacio's pocket is a steel trap.