The Black Vials are a set of six small glass phylacteries scattered around Ferelden. The area around them is unnaturally cold and dark shapes swirl about a slip of paper within each vial. If the Warden obtains one of the vials, the glass will fracture and release a revenant. Upon its defeat, each revenant will drop a scrap of vellum that updates Codex entry: The Black Vials.
Walkthrough[]
The vials may be taken in any order.
Locations[]
- Cale Viazagat, The First Corpse Walker:
- Toppled Statue in the desecrated chapel in the Senior Mage Quarters. The phylactery can either be collected during the Broken Circle questline or anytime afterwards.
- Nethamas Bigal, The Second Corpse Walker:
- A glass phylactery found in the eastern-most room/kitchen within the Orzammar Royal Palace.
- Argruth Massaad, The Third Corpse Walker:
- A glass phylactery found near the center 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:
- A glass phylactery found in the far bottom room on the right side of the Lower Ruins of the Brecilian Forest. The glass phylactery is directly in front upon entering and resembles a pile of filth with two vases sticking out of it.
- Shamas Goodson, The Fifth Corpse Walker:
- A glass phylactery found in the top left room of the Werewolf Lair (situated in the middle of the map).
- Anton Wither, The Sixth Corpse Walker:
- A glass phylactery found during one of the Back Alley random encounters while in Denerim. In this encounter, the Warden starts out on a stone platform up a set of steps, the glass phylactery can be seen on the same platform. This is the same encounter area during which bandits trap one of the Warden's party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever. Note: This vial can only be found during this one and only random encounter, so be sure to pick it up!
- A glass phylactery found during one of the Back Alley random encounters while in Denerim. In this encounter, the Warden starts out on a stone platform up a set of steps, the glass phylactery can be seen on the same platform. This is the same encounter area during which bandits trap one of the Warden's party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever.
A Corpse Walker: revenant and perversion.
Rewards[]
XP and loot dropped by revenants:
Codex entries[]
Notes[]
- There is no journal entry for this quest other than the codex entry.
- A black vial can also be found in the Mark of the Assassin expansion for Dragon Age II during Aveline's companion quest The Du Lac Sign.
- In the basement of the Riverside Garrison in the Exalted Plains there is a bottle of wine called "Finale By Massaad", and is said to come from Ferelden. Massaad is one of the names of the Revenants.