The Black Vials are six glass phylacteries that can be found around Ferelden. A phylactery contains the essence of a magical being ... handle with care!
Background
The Black Vials can be found in six locations across Ferelden and can be tackled in any order. Each is a small glass vial which contains dark shapes which swirl around a slip of paper.
When The Warden takes a vial, it fractures and releases the Revenant trapped in stasis. Each Black Vials Revenant drops a scrap of vellum that, when burned, is added to the Codex entry: The Black Vials.
Walkthrough
Locations
- Cale Viazagat, The First Corpse Walker:
- Toppled Statue in the desecrated chapel in the Senior Mage Quarters during the Broken Circle quest. Can be collected afterwards too.
- Nethamas Bigal, The Second Corpse Walker:
- Glass Phylactery in back room in Orzammar Royal Palace (top-right room in the hall to the right of the Throne Room).
- Argruth Massaad, The Third Corpse Walker:
- Glass Phylactery near the centre of Caridin's Cross (see map to right).
Location of the third Corpse Walker: Expand thumbnail to see yellow dot marking location.
- Quametha Kagat, The Fourth Corpse Walker:
- Glass Phylactery in far bottom right room in Lower Ruins in Brecilian Forest.
- Shamas Goodson, The Fifth Corpse Walker:
- Glass Phylactery in Werewolf Lair, the top left room in the middle of the map.
- Anton Wither, The Sixth Corpse Walker:
- Glass Phylactery in one of the Back Alley random encounters in Denerim. In this encounter you start on a stone platform up a set of steps and the Glass Phylactery is on the platform with you. It is the same encounter during which bandits trap one of your party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever.(This vial can only be found during this one and only random encounter, so be sure to pick it up!)
A Corpse Walker: revenant and perversion
Rewards
- Complete Codex Entry: The Black Vials.
- EXP and loot dropped by Revenants, which may include the Dead Coat of Arms shield.
Note: There is no journal entry for this quest other than the codex entry.