Technology in Thedas is a blend of both magical and mundane tools.
Magical[]
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- Anders' Bomb – a magical explosive made of sela petrae and a yellow form of drakestone.[1]
Astrarium
- Anvil of the Void' – a device used to create golems.
- Astrarium – a device of ancient Tevinter origin that allows the viewing of constellations in the stars.
- Circulum Infinitus – an ancient artifact powered by blood magic.
- Eluvian – a "mirror" used to communicate and travel great distances.
- Glowstone – a rock infused with lyrium to provide light.[2]
- Golem – creatures of hewn stone or sheets of metal animated with a spark of lyrium.
- Lyrium éperlan – a device of unknown origin, capable of combining runes.
- Magrallen – a device empowered by blood of those carrying the blood of Great dragon.[3]
- Memory crystal – dwarven in origin, it is used to store voices and memories.
- Mirror of Transformation – a magical mirror that can alter your appearance, at the cost of changing who you were and will be in the future.
Occularum
- Ocularum – a skull infused with a crystal protruding through the right eye socket used to reveal hidden shards.
- Phylactery – a vessel used to contain the essence of a magical being.
- Black vial – a glass phylactery containing the essence of a revenant.
- Qamek – a poison used by the Tamassrans on those who refuse to be converted into the ideology of the Qun.
- Rune – items that bestow magical properties to enchant weapons.
- Sending stones/crystals – magical devices capable of facilitating long-distance communication.
- Elven stone
- Sending crystal – a rare artifact that lets two parties communicate easily across large distances.[4]
- Sending stone – a communication device located in each Circle of Magi that allows for exchange of information between multiple locations, although sendings are not done lightly. The Divine has an access to a sending stone as well.[5]
- Shard
- Veilfire – a unique source of lighting that mages can activate, but anyone can carry.
Mundane[]
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- Clocks – Dwarven made and uncommon.[6][7]
- Compass[13]
- Crossbow[14]
- Bianca – Varric's personal repeating crossbow of unique design.
- Sha-Brytol Bolter – a rapid-firing crossbow-like weapon similar in function to Bianca, but more mechanized, that fires lyrium-infused bolts.
- Davri Mechanical Thresher – powered by steam, it separates grain from chaff.[15]
- Davri Seed Drill – distributes seeds in a perfect row, can be adjusted for spacing and depth of the crop being planted. Requires a horse or ox to operate.[16]
- Davri Spinning Machine – powered by moving water, spins a finer quality of thread than other spinning methods.[16]
- Furnace and stoves
- Grappling Hook[18]
- Heliograph – a way to communicate long distances using light.[19]
- Plumbing and sanitation
Printing Press
Qunari Dreadnoughts
- Ship
- Dreadnought – described as a 'floating fortress' these are Qunari warships.
- Sailboat[28][29]
- Smokeless coal – invented by Branka.[30]
- Spectacles – dwarven in origin[31]
- Spyglass
- Serault spyglass[32]
- Steam Power[33]
- Table saw[34]
- Theodolite[35]
- Whetstone – used to sharpen blades. Blackwall uses Celestine Black on his blades. [36]
Warfare[]
- Battering Ram[37]
- Bolt Thrower[38]
- Cannon – a weapon that only the Qunari possess.[39]
- Catapult[40]
- Explosives
- Harpax[39]
- Trebuchets[40]
