Dragon Age Origins Walkthrough Part 45 – Anvil of the Void, Part 1

Dragon Age Origins Walkthrough Part 45 – Anvil of the Void, Part 1

Orghen reminisces on the important of Caridin's Crossing. He makes it clear it was the main thoroughfare for the whole of the Dwarven Empire. He will tell you that she found old maps of the Dwarven Empire. He figured that she went for Ortain Thaig as it was where Caridin spent most of his time working on Golems. Time to head on off into the halls of the Crossing and face down the dangers of it. Here the path can go 1 of 2 ways, to the East or to the West.

To the West
Follow the path forward and over to the West when you can. There you will find, after the bend, a Fractured Stone that you can loot. Pressing further on you will find enemies before too long. There are a number of Genlocks with a few Hurlocks to command them. As you continue into the room you will find more Genlocks and Hurlocks that need to be dealt with. Be careful as you head over to the West. You will find a few traps scattered throughout the area. This batch has 3 Hurlocks and 4 Genlocks. Start across the bridge to the South and you will find a Hurlock Alpha on it.

After you take down the Hurlock Alpha, 4 more Genlocks will appear North of you and more to the South as well. Only the ones to the North of you will move into combat immediately. Once they are all down you will have a chance to collect all the loot and get to the chests around the area. Loop over to the left to find a pair of Locked Chest (in the Western Corner) and a Fractured Stone to the Southeast of the Chests.

With that dealt with continue on to the South. Here you will find 4 more Genlocks on the far side of the bridge. Finish crossing it to find 7 more Darkspawn just a little ways to the South. This group has 6 Genlocks and 1 Orge in it. Focus on the Orge first as it is the most deadly on its own.

With all of them dead you can now loot the final part of this area safely. Near the camp fire in the Southern portion you will find a pair of locked chest: both with Arrows of Filth inside them. Head just a little over to the rubble that is along the Southern wall. Investigate it to find the Codex Entry for “The Crosscut Drifters”. This opens up a small side quest for you to follow. Now head over to the East and you will be attacked by 3 Shrieks. Just beat them and continue in that direction. Search along the Northeastern edge of this area to find some Rubble and a Fractured Stone that has some loot inside them. Now head down the pathway to the South.

Head over to the West from here to find the exit to the Deep Roads that will grant access to the Deep Roads once again (not to the Thaig you are looking for though). Be sure to get the update to the codex entry “The Crosscut Drifters” which sits in the rubble by the exit.

It is Recommended that you thoroughly explore this area. Going over all of the Eastern and Southern Portions allows you to complete the first part of “Asunder” and a few other smaller side quests.