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See also: Gifts (Origins) and Feastday Gifts and Pranks

This page contains a list of the companion specific gifts in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. Gifts are used to gain approval with your companions.

Any gifts carried over from Origins can be given to the Awakening companions. However, gifts that are favored in Origins will be treated as ordinary gifts in Awakening, e.g., Oghren's favored gifts will not have favored status in Awakening, but work as ordinary gifts.

Gifts for Companions[]

Gifts for Anders[]

Anders has a preference for shiny things and kittens.


Name Notes Description

Gold Earring
Gold Earring
Located: Vigil's Keep
A single gold earring.
Kitten
Kitten
Located: Vigil's Keep
Plot Item
An adorable tabby kitten.
Knitted Scarf
Knitted Scarf
A soft wool scarf.
Engraved Silver Bracers
Engraved Silver Bracers
Located: Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter
Bracers bearing a motif of eagles in flight.
Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood
Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood
Located: Inside the Architect's Lab at the Silverite Mine
A volume on the origin and history of phylacteries.
Bell Collar
Bell Collar
This is a collar for a small animal. A bell is attached.

Gifts for Justice[]

Justice has a preference for spiritual objects and things that remind him of Kristoff.


Name Notes Description

Elven Prayer for the Dead
Elven Prayer for the Dead
Located: Wending Wood - Destroyed Dalish Camp
This prayer implores Falon'din to guide the dead across the Veil.

"O Falon'Din
Lethanavir--Friend to the Dead
Guide my feet, calm my soul,
Lead me to my rest."

Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker
Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker
A book about lyrium, necessarily heavy on conjecture.
Kristoff's Locket
Kristoff's Locket
Located: Blackmarsh - Kristoff's camp
This locket contains a miniature painting of a woman and a lock of hair. An engraving reads: "Yours always, Aura."
Kristoff's Mementos
Kristoff's Mementos
A box of mementos that once belonged to Kristoff.
Lyrium Ring
Lyrium Ring
An unusual ring of unrefined lyrium, toxic to most living creatures.
Verses of Dreams
Verses of Dreams
Located: Next to Ambassador Cera at Vigil's Keep in a Pile of books
Poetry inspired by the Fade.

Gifts for Nathaniel[]

Nathaniel has a preference for practical items and artifacts pertaining to his family.


Name Notes Description

Bronze Sextant
Bronze Sextant
Located: Wending Wood - Corpse
An instrument used in navigation.
Howe Bow
Howe Bow
Located: Vigil's Keep
Becomes: Howe Bow
Plot Item
An aged but immaculate bow, stamped with the Howe crest.
Delilah Howe's Letters
Delilah Howe's Letters
Correspondence between Delilah Howe and a friend in Denerim, providing great insight into Delilah's recent life.
Golden Vase
Golden Vase
Located: Sold by Octham the Grocer in the City of Amaranthine
This vase, bearing the Howe family crest, was likely stolen from the keep at some point.
Locksmith's Tools
Locksmith's Tools
Implements for defeating or repairing locks.
Whetstone
Whetstone
Located: Kal'Hirol
A whetstone to sharpen swords, knives, and daggers.

Gifts for Oghren[]

Oghren still has a preference for alcoholic beverages.


Name Notes Description

Aqua Magus
Aqua Magus
Found in the Abandoned Warehouse
Fine spirits infused with a bit of refined lyrium. Potentially fatal if ingested in quantity.
"Dragon Piss"
"Dragon Piss"
Obtained in Hubert's Den.
The name is probably figurative, but no one knows for sure.
Hirol's Lava Burst
Hirol's Lava Burst
Obtained in Knotwood Hills.
"It tastes like burning." Brewed exclusively in Kal'Hirol.
Mackay's Epic Single Malt
Mackay's Epic Single Malt
Obtained in the City of Amaranthine.
This whiskey is older than the Maker and smoother than elven baby-butt.
Toy Horse
Toy Horse
Located: Blackmarsh
Plot Item
A child might appreciate the simple toy.
West Hill Brandy
West Hill Brandy
Obtained in Vigil's Keep's Wine Cellar.
Notes of blackcurrant with a honeysuckle finish. Also, tastes like brandy.

Gifts for Sigrun[]

Sigrun has a preference for knickknacks, trinkets, and other oddities from the surface world.


Name Notes Description

The Warrior's Heart
The Warrior's Heart
Located: Stack of booksVigil's Keep - Throne Room
A book on various orders of warriors, with particular emphasis on the Grey Wardens, Ash Warriors, Legion of the Dead, and Silent Sisters.
Toy Chariot
Toy Chariot
A small painted chariot. Horse sold separately.
Spyglass
Spyglass
Located: Wending Wood - Silverite Mines - Soldier Corpse
Plot Item
A scope for examining distant scenes.
Potted Plant
Potted Plant
Located: City of Amaranthine - Next to Chantry Board
A little plant in a lovely clay pot.
Snow Globe
Snow Globe
Tiny figures of King Cailan and Queen Anora inside a sphere of water. Glittering flecks of "snow" float lazily around them.
Soap on a Rope
Soap on a Rope
Located: Vigil's Keep - Dungeon
Soap! On a Rope! How quaint.

Gifts for Velanna[]

Velanna has a preference for elven literature and things that are green (her favorite color).


Name Notes Description

Elven Runestone
Elven Runestone
Located: Vigil's Keep- Deep roads Gem Mine
A flat stone bearing an elven rune.
Discarded Journal
Discarded Journal
Located: City of Amaranthine - Village
In this old journal, an elf who lived in Amaranthine writes about the hardships of daily life and the unrealized hopes of his people.
Blank Journal
Blank Journal
A fine leather binding surrounds crisp, wordless pages.
Ornate Silver Bowl
Ornate Silver Bowl
Located: Blackmarsh
This antique bowl is embossed with graceful representations of elven halla.
Carved Greenstone
Carved Greenstone
Located: Kal'Hirol - Treasury in the trade quarter
Delicate greenstone engraved with eye-catching swirls.
Shiny Malachite
Shiny Malachite
A smooth piece of malachite, polished until glossy.
Elven Trinket
Elven Trinket
Found in the Wending Wood
A carved ironbark trinket inlaid with silver and suspended from a leather cord.

Lookup table[]

There are two types of gifts: regular and favored gifts. Regular gifts have a base approval bonus of +5 approval; favored gifts have a base approval bonus of +10 approval for certain companions.

Legend:
Prefer shows the companion who will value the gift the most.

+4
x
= Refuses +3
-
= Accepts (base: +5 approval)
+
= Prefers (base: +10 approval) +1
= Plot Gift (Triggers conversation/+10 approval)
Gift Prefer Anders Justice Nathaniel Oghren Sigrun Velanna
Aqua Magus Aqua Magus Oghren +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
Bell Collar Bell Collar Anders
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Blank Journal Blank Journal Velanna +4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+1
Bronze Sextant Bronze Sextant Nathaniel +3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Carved Greenstone Carved Greenstone Velanna +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
Delilah Howe's Letters Delilah Howe's Letters Nathaniel +3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Discarded Journal Discarded Journal Velanna +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
"Dragon Piss" "Dragon Piss" Oghren +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
Elven Prayer for the Dead Elven Prayer for the Dead Justice +3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Elven Runestone Elven Runestone Velanna +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
Elven Trinket Elven Trinket Velanna +4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+1
Engraved Silver Bracers Engraved Silver Bracers Anders
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Gold Earring Gold Earring Anders
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Golden Vase Golden Vase Nathaniel +3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Hirol's Lava Burst Hirol's Lava Burst Oghren +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
Howe Bow Howe Bow Nathaniel +4
x
+4
x
+1
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
Kitten Kitten Anders +1
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
Knitted Scarf Knitted Scarf Anders
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Kristoff's Locket Kristoff's Locket Justice +3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Kristoff's Mementos Kristoff's Mementos Justice +3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Locksmith's Tools Locksmith's Tools Nathaniel +3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker Lyrium: The Voice of the Maker Justice +3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Lyrium Ring Lyrium Ring Justice +4
x
+1
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
Mackay's Epic Single Malt Mackay's Epic Single Malt Oghren +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
Ornate Silver Bowl Ornate Silver Bowl Velanna +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood Phylacteries: A History Written in Blood Anders
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
Potted Plant Potted Plant Sigrun +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
Shiny Malachite Shiny Malachite Velanna +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
Snow Globe Snow Globe Sigrun +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
Soap on a Rope Soap on a Rope Sigrun +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
Spyglass Spyglass Sigrun +4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+1
+4
x
Toy Chariot Toy Chariot Sigrun +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
Toy Horse Toy Horse Oghren +4
x
+4
x
+4
x
+1
+4
x
+4
x
The Warrior's Heart The Warrior's Heart Sigrun +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
Verses of Dreams Verses of Dreams Justice +3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
West Hill Brandy West Hill Brandy Oghren +3
-
+3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
Whetstone Whetstone Nathaniel +3
-
+3
-
+
+3
-
+3
-
+3
-
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