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 Aeducan	One valuable item & 2	54
Orzammar	Chamber of the Assembly Orzammar Royal 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	2 43 9	55	When the king is being chosen
Orzammar	Orzammar Commons	Mines Commander	Nugbane	40-45	pcMust use the workaround to acquire the crossbow, otherwise you will only receive standard dwarven loot.
Orzammar	Orzammar Royal Palace	Bhelen Aeducan	One valuable item or 3 - 4	39	Can also steal random greater potions and a low chance for a Expert Hale Rune , Master Cold Iron Rune or a Master Silverite Rune
Orzammar	Shaperate	Shaper Czibor	Shaper's Amulet§	55	Amulet: +2 Willpower
Orzammar	Diamond Quarter	Anwer Dace	Thorn of the Dead Gods§	55	After completing A Prince's Favor: The First Task.
Deep Roads	Aeducan Thaig	Anwer Dace	Thorn of the Dead Gods§	60	Before completing A Prince's Favor: The First Task.
Deep Roads	The Dead Trenches Orzammar Diamond Quarter	Kardol	2 - 4	70-74	Stealth + Improved Steal + 57 Cunning. Second attempt possible after completing A Paragon of Her Kind. Low chance for Expert Hale Rune , Expert Cold Iron Rune
Deep Roads	Anvil of the Void	Golem	3	80
Deep Roads	Anvil of the Void	Branka	One valuable item or 5 0 67	110
Circle Tower	Apprentice Quarters	Greagoir	One valuable item & Greagoir's Shield	50	pcMust 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	Inside the Gnawed Noble Tavern it 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	Perth	One valuable item		After all battles have been 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.

Notes

• Stealing Mechanics are explained in the main article's discussion.
• If you fail to successfully steal in Denerim, you will have a random encounter when traveling on the Denerim City Map where a Guard and sixteen Soldiers recognize you as a thief and attack. After this encounter, you will have another random encounter when traveling on the Denerim City Map where a Guard and nineteen Soldiers recognize you as a thief who wiped out the previous patrol and attack.
• If you fail to successfully steal in the Circle Tower, the random encounter Narrow Road might take place.
• If you fail to successfully steal in the Dalish Camp, the random encounter Wooded Hills might take place.
• In the downloaded ps3version, even with level 4 stealing and over 30 cunning, Master Ignacio's pocket is a steel trap.