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The Golems of Amgarrak is a DLC for Dragon Age: Origins. It was originally announced by BioWare on July 28th, 2010 and was subsequently made available on August 10th at the cost of US$5. Players can import their Wardens from Origins or Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening or start a new level 20 character. It's also possible to unlock three reward items that show up in Origins and Awakening.

Plot

The Warden or the Warden-Commander has come to Orzammar at the request of Jerrik Dace. Jerrik’s brother, Brogan, led an expedition into the Deep Roads to find Amgarrak and the long-lost secrets of golem construction. The rediscovery of such a method would bring great wealth, power and prestige to House Dace, but the expedition has not returned and is now feared lost. Jerrik, along with his trusty bronto, Snug, will be joining the Warden in the search for his missing brother. Players will find other unexpected companions as they continue on the journey and will need all the help that they can get.

This section contains spoilers for:
Golems of Amgarrak.

Jerrik asks the Warden to search Amgarrak Thaig for the expedition his house sent to investigate the area. He, like his peers, is keen to salvage Amgarrak and use it to their advantage. Brogan convinces him to search for Darion, the leader of the failed expedition. Together with the Warden and his brother, Jerrik finds the remains of Darion as well as the final page of his diary, at which point Brogan begs him to destroy the Forge in the deepest part of Amgarrak to make sure that the experiments and subsequent mistakes within could not be repeated. Realizing the chaos that Amgarrak's research into Caridin's work has wrought, Jerrik reluctantly obliges, and then sets off to kill the Harvester, the creature responsible for the destruction of both the expedition and the thaig. However, in the ending it is revealed that the Harvester the Warden killed wasn't alone.

Quests

In Search of Amgarrak

The Runic Golem

Harvest of Amgarrak

Amgarrak's Secrets

Notable items

Main article: Items (Golems of Amgarrak)

Reward items

The following items are carried over to an Origins or Awakening game when you earn the required achievements:

Sash of Forbidden Secrets, earn the Reaper achievement.

The High Regard of House Dace, earn the A Secret Stitched Together achievement.

The Reaper's Cudgel, earn the Grim Reaper achievement.

Research notes

Golem Research Notes: Fire

Golem Research Notes: Healing x2

Golem Research Notes: Lightning

Golem Research Notes: Mechanics x2

Other

Memoirs of the First Wardens

Greater Tome of the Mortal Vessel x2

Locations

Amgarrak Thaig

Deep Roads Grotto

Achievements and trophies

Name	Requirement	Achievement points	Trophy type
Reaper	Defeated the Harvester	25	Bronze
Grim Reaper	Defeated the Harvester on Hard or Nightmare difficulty	50	Bronze
A Secret Stitched Together	Gathered all of the research notes in Amgarrak	25	Bronze

It is also possible to get all three level based achievements (Master of Arms, Archmage, and Shadow) by creating a character which will start at level 20. Then, remove all levels and re-add them by using the tome Memoirs of the First Wardens which the character starts with. These achievements will be awarded after leveling up. The same goes for any of the talent group focus achievements, e.g. Elementalist, Archery Master, etc.

Bugs

ps3 (v1.04, Dwarf Commoner Origin) The achievement award items from The Golems of Amgarrak, Witch Hunt, The Darkspawn Chronicles, Leliana's Song and the Blood Dragon Armor may not be present in the chest after being captured by Beraht. There is no way to get them back.some times the bronto, snug will duplicate so one you can control while the other you can not.
ps3 Sometimes, when saving within the forge, the party will spawn adjacent to the harvester upon reloading and may need to leave the room to initiate the fight.

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 '''''The Golems of Amgarrak''''' is a [[DLC]] for ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''. It was originally announced by [[BioWare]] on July 28th, 2010 and was subsequently made available on August 10th at the cost of US$5. Players can import their [[Warden]]s from ''Origins'' or ''[[Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening]]'' or start a new level 20 character. It's also possible to unlock three reward items that show up in ''Origins'' and ''Awakening''.
-== Overview ==
+== Plot ==
 [[The Warden]] or [[the Warden-Commander]] has come to [[Orzammar]] at the request of [[Jerrik Dace]]. Jerrik’s brother, [[Brogan Dace|Brogan]], led an expedition into the [[Deep Roads]] to find [[Amgarrak Thaig|Amgarrak]] and the long-lost secrets of [[Golems|golem]] construction. The rediscovery of such a method would bring great wealth, power and prestige to [[House Dace]], but the expedition has not returned and is now feared lost. Jerrik, along with his trusty [[bronto]], [[Snug the Bronto|Snug]], will be joining the Warden in the search for his missing brother. Players will find other unexpected companions as they continue on the journey and will need all the help that they can get.