Changes: Traps are a Girl's Best Friend

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Traps are a Girl's Best Friend is a side quest in Lothering. Allison has heard that Barlin is setting traps around his land to protect himself from the darkspawn, and she wants to protect herself in a similar fashion. Since Barlin has already acquired all the traps in the village, she hopes someone can make her three Spring Traps.

Walkthrough

Note: If you fail a Stealing attempt in Lothering prior to starting this quest, it will become unavailable - Allison will refuse to open a dialogue at all.

This quest is only available to a group with the Trap-Making skill. If Allison is approached and no one in the active party has this skill, the quest will initially not be obtainable, and the dialogue with her cannot be triggered again. It will become available again, however, if an active party member has the skill.

Completing the quest is simple: convert three Trap Triggers into Spring Traps and give these to Allison. Prior to first passage through Lothering, Triggers are available from the Ostagar Quartermaster, Barlin in Dane's Refuge, and the crates near the area entrance where the party first enter the area.

Rewards

50 (for each set of three traps)
100 XP (for each set of three traps)

Exploit

This quest is endlessly repeatable (until Lothering is destroyed). The first attempt to speak to Allison after first completion gives another "thanks for the traps I feel a lot safer now" and no dialogue, but after this she will be ready to accept more traps every time you speak with her.

In the downloaded ps3 version, in the menu wheel, the number of traps (over one set of 99) rarely match what you bought, sometimes appearing to reduce at the same time; it has no bearing on the actual total you have (checking your equipment inventory will show the truth of this).

Problems and mitigation

One very important note to make is that you will receive experience each time you do this as well. You will rapidly gain levels, which can lead to difficulty when you next encounter enemies with leveled gear while you will likely still be using grey iron. Use with caution, specially on the PC version.

Item tier bug

If you unequip everything from your party except for Items that don't scale in level, sell them all in Dane's Refuge after achieving your desired level and gold, exit the building then go back in and everything will have scaled up to the appropriate level so you can have tier 7 equipment at the beginning of the game.

This is the procedure recommended at Exploits_(Origins)#Item_tier_bug. Please note that this method either doesn't work on the PC version, or requires Warden's Keep.

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+'''Traps are a Girl's Best Friend''' is a side quest in [[Lothering]]. [[Allison]] has heard that [[Barlin]] is setting traps around his land to protect himself from the [[darkspawn]], and she wants to protect herself in a similar fashion. Since Barlin has already acquired all the traps in the village, she hopes someone can make her three [[Spring Trap]]s.
-[[Traps are a Girl's Best Friend]] is a side quest requiring [[the Warden]] to make or obtain three [[Spring Trap]]s for [[Allison]] in [[Lothering]].
-==Background==
+== Walkthrough ==
+{{Note|If you fail a [[Stealing]] attempt in Lothering prior to starting this quest, it will become unavailable - Allison will refuse to open a dialogue at all.}}
-Allison has heard that [[Barlin]] is setting traps around his land to protect himself from the [[darkspawn]], and she wants to protect herself in a similar fashion. Since Barlin has all the traps in the village, she requests the creation of three Spring Traps.
+This quest is only available to a group with the [[Trap-Making]] skill. If Allison is approached and no one in the active party has this skill, the quest will initially not be obtainable, and the dialogue with her cannot be triggered again. It will become available again, however, if an active party member has the skill.
-==Walkthrough==
-The Warden can only start this quest if a team member knows something about [[Trap-Making|traps]]. If Allison is approached without a skilled party member along, the dialogue leads nowhere and the quest can never be obtained—she will not respond again.
+Completing the quest is simple: convert three [[Trap Trigger]]s into Spring Traps and give these to Allison.  Prior to first passage through Lothering, Triggers are available from the Ostagar [[Quartermaster (Ostagar)|Quartermaster]], Barlin in [[Dane's Refuge]], and the crates near the area entrance where the party first enter the area.
-If the quest can be started, the Warden should head to [[Dane's Refuge]], buy three [[Trap Trigger]]s from Barlin, use them to make three spring traps, and then return to Allison to complete the quest.
+== Rewards ==
-{{Note|1 = Players must not fail a stealing attempt in Lothering prior to starting the quest or Allison will refuse to speak to them at all.}}
+*50{{s}} (for each set of three traps)
+*100 XP (for each set of three traps)
-==Exploits==
+== Exploit ==
+This quest is endlessly repeatable (until [[Lothering]] is destroyed). The first attempt to speak to Allison after first completion gives another "thanks for the traps I feel a lot safer now" and no dialogue, but after this she will be ready to accept more traps every time you speak with her.
-A useful glitch for gaining easy levels and money is to purchase all the [[Trap Trigger]]s that Barlin has and make as many Spring Traps as possible, preferably in groups of three, and sell them to Allison. She'll continue to pay 50 {{S}} and the Warden will still receive experience for each set of three.  The exploit may be continued indefinitely by making further purchases.
+*In the downloaded {{platforms|ps3}} version, in the menu wheel, the number of traps (over one set of 99) rarely match what you bought, sometimes appearing to reduce at the same time; it has no bearing on the actual total you have (checking your equipment inventory will show the truth of this).
-==Result==
-*50 {{s}}
+=== Problems and mitigation ===
-*100 XP for each character
+One very important note to make is that you will receive experience each time you do this as well. You will rapidly gain levels, which can lead to difficulty when you next encounter enemies with leveled gear while you will likely still be using grey iron. Use with caution, specially on the PC version.
-[[Category:Side Quests]]
-[[Category:Lothering Side Quests]]
+;Item tier bug
-[[Category:Quests]]
+If you unequip everything from your party except for Items that don't scale in level, sell them all in [[Dane's Refuge]] after achieving your desired level and gold, exit the building then go back in and everything will have scaled up to the appropriate level so you can have tier 7 equipment  at the beginning of the game.
-[[Category:Origins Quests]]
+This is the procedure recommended at [[Exploits_(Origins)#Item_tier_bug]]. Please note that this method either doesn't work on the PC version, or requires [[Warden's Keep]].
+[[es:Las mejores amigas de una mujer]]
+[[Category:Dragon Age: Origins side quests]]
+[[Category:Lothering side quests]]