Dragon Age 2 is a popular RPG game, a continuation of the original Dragon Age. Here the story continues about the world in which the war between different states never ceases, and otherworldly forces, monsters and dragons interfere with all this. The game can be called one of the largest and largest projects in its niche over the past 10 years. Because of this, Dragon Age 2 has many side quests, the passage of which is no more boring than the main storyline. In the article, you will learn about the passage of "Forbidden Knowledge" in Dragon Age 2 from and to: where to find, what stages the task includes, what is required and what tasks need to be solved at run time.
Short description
To begin, consider a brief description of the job. This quest is one of the side tasks in the second act. In order for you to start “Forbidden Knowledge” in Dragon Age 2, you need to observe one most important condition: to save Idunne’s life in the first act when passing “Enemies Among Us”.
With a positive outcome of the mentioned task, your character will receive a mysterious letter from Idunna, in which he will say about the need to find magic books. Works of black magic are scattered around Kirkwall.
The second option to start “Forbidden Knowledge” in Dragon Age 2 is to independently find one of the books on the location and read it. After that, the quest is activated automatically and you can find out all the details and a plot description in the magazine and codes. Consider the nuances of completing the quest, which you should definitely remember when interacting with each of the books.
Mission feature
Before you start visiting points with the location of the necessary literature, you should get acquainted with one nuance.
The fact is that when interacting with any of the books on this list, you need to do two actions in strict sequence: read and destroy.
When you find an item and click on it, an excerpt from the book appears on the screen. The player can independently read the contents or simply close the page - in both cases you will receive 2 points of characteristics.
After reading, you need to click on the "Destroy" button without closing the book immediately. If you complete this procedure with each item, you can complete the mission fully. If you pick up the item and do not read it, it will remain a useless load in the inventory. Moreover, without reading and further destruction, you will not be able to complete the task to the end. With such a development of events in your bag there will be 5 useless books without the possibility of sale, and the quest will also be failed at the completion of the second act. Here's a bug of “Forbidden Knowledge” in Dragon Age 2 waiting for you if you are not notified in advance.
Book layout
Now let's talk more about the location of quest items in the location:
- Church. Go up to the balcony and pay attention to the right wall from the entrance. After interacting with the book, demons and ghosts appear, get ready!
- Viceroy's Fortress. Enter the main hall with the throne.
- Torn Beach. At the entrance to the location, go to the upper path to the very end. There is a small cave. After the destruction of the book, a rebel from the dead will appear!
- Bone Pit. Here you need to find the rightmost cave, at the end of which is a book.
- Forgotten Taiga. The most inaccessible place of all. Before you receive the book, you must have a rather difficult battle with demons and golems.
Quest Continuation
After you find out the location of books in Forbidden Knowledge in Dragon Age 2 and destroy them, you should proceed to the final part of the assignment.
The hero of the game with his squad should go to Cloac, where there is a new open tunnel. The place will be marked with a quest mark on the map. Before you go there, be sure to replenish potions for mana and health, and also pump abilities with the help of points received for books.
In a dangerous lair, in addition to high-level enemies, there are master traps. Therefore, it is best to take someone who knows how to neutralize them as partners.
At the end of the cave you will find the Black Grimoire, which must be destroyed. Then powerful opponents will appear. Do not underestimate them, since each of them is much stronger than ordinary monsters in this dungeon.
Before destruction, you can read the Black Grimoire and get 2 points of characteristics for this. In this case, the quest "Forbidden Knowledge" in Dragon Age 2 will be counted after the destruction of all monsters.
Reward
For completing the mission you will receive an achievement, 3-20 gold coins from the main boss, 1 thousand experience points for reading the Black Grimoire, 750 experience points for destroying books, 250 points for the battle with each of the demons. In addition to the interesting storyline of “Forbidden Knowledge” in Dragon Age 2, you also get pretty nice rewards and bonuses. In addition, for the preservation of books you will receive +5 to the relationship with Merrill, and for the destruction of each of the quest items add 10 points of dislike.