Dragon Age: Inquisition Super Secret Hidden Quest

[@breezeybeez0402]

So did anyone else think the voice we heard in this sounded like the crazy, old Hermit from Origins? I like to believe that his original stump was connected to this complex underground cave system. I also like to believe that at one point he held a position of great power which made him go crazy.

[@RushRun]

Good connection!

[@shantyphantom63]

I don't think I've ever shared how i found this . Now I actually found the stair cave before even knowing about the tiny cave as you can see by the pre lite fade torch. It was 4am in the morning I've been playing all day, I'm tired all i want to do is go to bed. I open up my phone and get on GameFAQs; you know check boards, my messages, active posts etc. I notice a Gamespot article that mentions how the devs added a secret quest and that know one has found it yet, by this points my ears peak up. I'm reading it and it says something like seek the emerald graves for a cave and that this will lead to a giant stair case. Something in my brain just clicked and i thought "These two are connected, they have to be". Now i get to the Emerald Graves and this place is absolutely massive, it could literally be anywhere. After a few hours of just brutally searching, i mean we're talking a full on blood hound level search. I'm done, i can see daylight i need to go to bed. No joke not even 5 seconds after i said that... there it was in all its tiny glory. So I'm just looking at this thinking... well now what? i remember attacking it with ranged, swords, shields, magic... i even remember drawing enemies near it and killing them there to see if it required death essence or something (i was tired don't judge me). By this point I'm rage quit jumping on the thing, button mashing, annoyed, frustrated, and outright delirious screaming "WHY WONT YOU WORK!... wait did it... did it just speak? It spoke it's glorious tiny words and still nothing. Maybe it was just me being flat out tired or some part of me just knew i had to go get resources to get this quest to continue. Thats exactly what happened... i knew full well that i didn't have enough of what ever resource was needed. Now My first bench mark was an interval five... (i really like counting by fives, it's so easy) So i tried to get all the resources i could get hands on at that time. This went on for several hours before finding the correct amount and then the correct resource. Once i found the correct amount for all resources; i had to reload a previous save file and painstakingly go through each resource individually before finally landing on Crystal Grace. Now i didn't have to do this but at this point i was so invested in the discover i had to document it and share it with the world. The cave finally spoke I'm so excited and i rush over to Emprise de lion and run down those stairs like it Christmas morning open up the chest and there it was. I can't tell you how badly i wanted to give up. After it was all said and done it probably took 35 hours to find and document. I felt i like was discovering some rare cheat code in a game long before you could just look it up. It was an amazing feeling afterwards

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

Wow. lol

[@ornu01]

ShantyPhantom Incredible! Magnificent! Awe inspiring! Slightly stupid, but that's on EA. Bravissimo!

[@mrquojo]

God Bless you dude!

[@cwidtsoe]

I am of the opinion that the devs that make stuff like this find someone and give them the details on how to do it with the promise they won't ever say otherwise they lose their source.

[@Roth-kana]

Good job! Thanks for sharing your find!

[@jonnyso1]

DAI in a nutshell. Jump a lot, walk a lot, pick some flowers...

[@B1ngusD1ngus]

If you didnt do the horse quest that is

[@OmegaTav]

@@B1ngusD1ngus I keep forgetting that I have a horse in this game

[@OneWingedRose]

@@B1ngusD1ngus If you use the horse you lose out on party banter. And if you're not playing a Dragon Age game to listen to party banter then just what are you doing lol

[@alonsorp8555]

NO

[@fawnieee]

@@OneWingedRose a shame party banter barely works for me :/

[@indecentthinking]

oh my god. The flower crown is actually real. I thought it was photoshopped this is ridiculous

[@robpatterson3133]

Fully agree... Wow

[@ilitsa]

I'm not gonna lie, I thought this was going to be complete bs, I was VERY surprised when it actually worked, and I got the item, though, so thank you so much for this guide, and I'm sorry for doubting you

[@shantyphantom63]

It's all good, yeah it's one of those things where you're like "Wait,What?"

[@dusbus2384]

I was waiting for the Rick roll the whole time. Never came

[@TTFGJAZZ]

See I was like “wow this is so long I’m never doing this” *sees flower crown* “damnit”

[@taylorsmall8962]

Omg, I need this for Dorian.

[@babygirl1a03]

that's cooool

[@Zenkx]

Believe it or not, it actually looks better on Solas. And putting it on Cassandra makes her look so.... girly.

[@cuzimryte7011]

@@Zenkx Which im sure, infuriates her...lol

[@BepHuTe_Huku_cyku]

It's a funny choise, he's allergic to flowers :D

[@point_In_Time]

if this were me what would come next is "Your inventory is full." 7:41

[@Pod-x4m]

If it does I would destroy junks.

[@cajungangster1654]

That's what sucks the most about this game NO Inventory chest really but they'll plug any glitches ...GIVE US A DAMM CHEST Sooner

[@yomamaboyfriendhaha]

@@cajungangster1654 they have one now

[@yomamaboyfriendhaha]

@@cajungangster1654 and it's in undercroft

[@foxracing8973]

As a long time DA fan who has replayed all of them multiple times, I'm so excited and grateful for you showing this bc its totally new for me!

[@anthonyg934]

So did the developers provide guides for these things or did they really expect the players to jump on a rock for 50 times

[@shepard3557]

Well... Someone actually did it apperantly. P.S. I had the same question

[@alexanderwolfsberg]

+Shepard I like you your pic is obviously hawke but you say Shepard clever

[@alanschmitt9865]

Honestly it's probably just a way for the developers to blow of steam during the incredibly stressful AAA production cycle. A sort of "wouldn't it be stupid if we made a quest that..." and then as a joke they go ahead and program it in.

[@thatsneakyneenja2595]

It would've been pretty hilarious if on NG+ in borderlands 2 you actually had to do the (imaginary) quest that claptrap gives you for finding his "secret stash"

[@dwilson3297]

Someone probably data mined the files and found the sound file for it in the emerald graves sound files. That's how secrets usually get found, they probably found the trigger in the files too.

[@MsiRiShGiRL91]

I actually found the hidden cave along time Go but I had no idea what it was for! thank you for saving my sanity!!

[@shantyphantom63]

Haha, anytime!

[@Clang_Clang]

There is also the "description" of the superb frost rune in the came about midway

[@xFlubbiex]

õ.Ô Andrastes sacred armpits... sorry, Bioware, haven't skilled my patience attribute high enough for this shit...

[@alexanderwolfsberg]

"Andrastes sacred armpits"- The momment when you know a story has brought you to deep and you must fall back!!! Lol

[@xFlubbiex]

fall back?! NEVER! ò.ó (... i overstepped the point of no return long ago anyways...)

[@alexanderwolfsberg]

+Kimberly J. Them walk with the old gods(ps hoping the next one is in teventier) (spelled that wrong but still)

[@xFlubbiex]

Alexander Wolf yeah man. me too! can't wait to go free all the slaves khaleesi-style with Fenris and Dorian by my side! (hopefully. Bioware, hear my plea!) also, the horsies need to be faster. like... a lot.

[@alexanderwolfsberg]

+Kimberly J. Screw the horses we need to have dragons

[@thepoppets1052]

So I'm guessing that was the Hermit from DAO speaking, who else would live in a tiny space and convince someone to find something so menial as a flower crown

[@eliaskrieger142]

They found it via Data Mining. Just like they did with the Halo 3 lost skull. No one actually did this on their own before someone data mined the game.

[@hzuilquigmnzhah1017]

How on earth did you find this shit?!!?

[@vincentchow6448]

Really impressive. I do remember the Devs talking about this a few weeks after the game came out how no one had completed the secret quest. This is ridiculous though lol

[@VFomalhaut]

haha, awesome. when I saw the vid I thought it was bull, turns out this is a pretty good guide for that tiniest cave mission! cheers man, and thanks for sharing! I also realized that the voice inside the cave has several lines if you go with the flowers in the first attempt.

[@elizabethmoran6663]

Wait ....that voice....is the old man of Bricilla? in DA Origins?! LOL

[@ummiehummie]

LMAO. Ikr, that's the first thing that came up in my mind xD The old hermit hahahaha

[@dff1286]

This was so obscure, it is amazing that anyone ever discovered this.

[@MuzikAlus]

Imagine you found out about this quest, but your main is Qunari.

[@silentrudy9779]

6 years later this exact thing happened to me

[@huntercahoon]

Same, friend. Love playing Qunari, but being restricted for head gear is a pain.

[@mithrandirsilvertongue1406]

and I thought finding and killing all the dragons was hard...

[@lastprimaris7914]

seems like the type of quest made by Sheogorath the Deadric prince of madness

[@Christensen217]

Who the hell finds stuff like this..

[@tenacityxl]

Braage someone

[@hermandominguez6273]

Coding experts

[@lilm0nster526]

Feelsbad my Qunari can't look pretty, with a flower crown :`c

[@tenacityxl]

Lil M0NSTER oh that would be amazing!

[@KyleenDrake]

If you're a new player going back and playing DAI right now so you're caught up on the lore before the new game is released and wondering why you can't find this quest, he's level 20's. You unlock different cities (maps) as you play along.

[@7TonyMontana7]

I knew that veilfire had a purpose!

[@ShaeSandybanks]

There is also a rune in the tunnel.

[@hotlover000000000000]

All this shit for a flower crown with 41 armor rating *casually continues wearing the Helm of Drasca*

[@jollywriter6258]

Bless you, that was beautiful! Got a good laugh out of me and now my Inquisitor can wear a flower crown, as she should.

[@bobsnodgrass1]

I've seem the hidden thing behind the bushes, been down the many stairs. But I would of never put those 2 things together. HOW IN THE FUCK

[@jcd6750]

No trust me, to whoever says it ain't possible to jump on a rock fifty times and that he data mined the files....don't tell me you never ever raged jump on something trying to find a shortcut to going around them stupid mountains...AT LEAST ONCE...in Skyrim...At least once in Skyrim. Totally been there done that 😂

[@OneWingedRose]

Fully expected this to be clickbait or something dumb and funny. Turns out it was something dumb and beautiful. Well played, thank you so much for your hard work and the video upload of the results.

[@Renkades]

a fuckin flower crown. its amazing. Im totally getting this and wearing forever

[@raeofsunshine328]

Me: Cool, I think I'll do this when I get off work. Me after I see that you get a flower crown: I NEED IT

[@Eiliestl]

Yeah.......................I'm not doing that.....

[@Madsklb]

+Eiliestl im with you on that one ^^

[@The_Game_Juggler_ME]

If it gave us a silver or gold trophy to unlock then yes.

[@mithrandirsilvertongue1406]

Eiliestl same, but interesting to know it's there lol

[@jcd6750]

I love whoever said they need this for Dorian 😂👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️

[@egoranonymous3223]

Well, I guess if there has to be a silver lining to Corona Virus, I have the time to try and do this. I'm just trying to find things to do at this point anyway.

[@egoranonymous3223]

Just an update, did this. Now I'm on my third play through, this time on nightmare mode.

[@lizknives]

Lol when I was jumping on the rock, everyone was crowding around me that I’d end up jumping back, on top of them. They made it impossible

[@ATRAlpha]

bro just how does someone go thinking about "yeah, lemme just jump on this rock about 50 times and see if anything happens"

[@dullahan3336]

There was a point where I had jumped on that wooden beam but didn't know why or where to go from there. Doesn't matter anymore cuz every time I try to start the game over I get stuck in the Fade. Oh well. Thanks for sharing this

[@hamndv]

What I dislike about this great game is the open space and how you walk from point A to point B is just too much time consuming and the mount in the game is slower and kill the fun because you can't hear or see your companions.

[@MisterFreeKey]

i really hate people like you who would LOVE to have everything , every objective,merchant, flower,loot EVERYTHING in the same room if possible. This is an open world RPG. I love the exploration part

[@shantyphantom63]

+heatstefan If the resource exists, it would be a shame not to use it

[@jacobanderson6551]

go back to n64

[@joebradford7308]

hamndv agreed. You can't even fight from your mount! Combined with how SLOW they are... Its a pain in the ass really. My other complaint about this game... 24+HOUR War Table missions and crap! I'm a pretty hardcore gamer. I will sit n play ALL DAY! But hell! 24+ hour wait for a mission to be finished? Indeed. Too time consuming.

[@hazimsone]

the war table mission using real time. i still remmber at the end of my gameplay (eg i'm going to sleep for work/school tmrw), i make sure i do the war table mission with insane time. and by the time i boot the game tmrw it is already done. unless u plan to do speed walkthrough then sorry cant help u

[@Rev_Legion]

What?! Something I actually never found in my insane amount of hours playing??? Truly impressed 👍❤️

[@Shipoopiism]

I mean... I fell through Skyhold once, landed on a random platform below the earth, and found a birthday cake with creepy birthday music playing one time. So uh, why not I guess.

[@Jay92296]

I found a huge top hat under skyhold once never a cake tho i must have been near the crafting room with dagna cause i got stuck in the wall there a couple seconds later

[@jcd6750]

May Andraste bless you and the Maker's breath come titillate you tonight for this awesome find 🙏

[@supergaljoy1994]

wow I actually found that hole in the wall by accident today. I didn't know it actually meant something...

[@505mischief]

This is the best thing ever oh my god (unfortunately I saw this after I finished so I have to make another new character to see how it'll look on Solas *cries* )

[@monicaspoor2993]

I did this once several playthroughs ago and it creeped me out so much I haven't done it since. But the flower crown is really nice so I might try again.

[@ela7green]

OH MY GOD i have to try this, you are a genius!!!!!!

[@joereilly8890]

I hate the loot system in this game, purple is supposed to represent some of the greatest gear you can get in a video game with the exception of orange/yellow usually being epic/legendary depending on the game. I feel like more often then not most purples I find in this game are always under leveled and useless

[@shantyphantom63]

I've only ever used purple's as a template for created gear. I think my created Catalyst armor was based off a purple.

[@paddyscone780]

I just crafted all my armour. It's usually better than the stuff you find. For example, at level 6 (the level I was at the time) Scout Armour has a DR of about 60-80, but when you craft it, it's max DR is about 120.

[@deathstar6998]

Crafted stuff is usually the best but purple gear is often not far behind it depends on where you go and what passives the weapon comes with, because sometimes you can unequip certain modifications (Not runes) from weapons and use them on others if need be

[@Curios_Cat]

This is an easter egg of the hermit in dragon age origin.

[@tanyadavies265]

Wow !! this really does work folks 😎...thanks ever so much on this upload 👌....make sure folks the Crystal Grace is placed into ur valuables mind and u follow exactly what he does as it only worked for me when i followed what he did and wait till it pops up quest completed ( tiniest cave ) only after this did i end up finding the chest at the bottom of those stairs...not bad 24% to sunder when hit 😃 Oh uv earned a sub Shanty 👍

[@mediumshock]

AWE!!!! It gives you a flower crown!!! The little dude made you a flower crown! THAT'S SO FRIGGIN​ ADORABLE!!!! I NeED tO DO tHIs!!!!!!

[@kensy8645]

This makes me want to turn my helmets back on

[@pyrokitten77]

What the actual fuck? Guess I'm booting Inquisition back up. Thanks for the guide!

[@aaronbarlow4376]

God I get so sick of my party getting in my way, sometimes even pushing me off a cliff. It's like can you just let me jump on a rock?

[@EVeljko]

Sounds like the Mad Hermit from Origins

[@xd3m0nxx25]

EVeljko it is him. Think of the lore

[@yungwells6549]

What about the random cheese under a rift in the hinterlands

[@JeffTheCuteShark]

those are some OP fucking flowers dude...i didnt actually expect to see anything xD

[@PrincessBubblegum]

there is actually a drawing that you can find it has the painting and a red circle over some bush

[@erelan5994]

i found this too thanks to your video xD and i did use ardent blossom for my lavellan cosplay hhhh

[@soldier13now]

Hey make sure to move your Crystal Grace to the valuables.

[@ShaeSandybanks]

Thank you! I couldn't figure out why it didn't work for me, as I already had 12 crystal grace at the cave guy said something different

[@nathanswann3088]

😮Holy shit. . .😶 YOU'RE detect hidden skill has maxed!!!! Just the sheer amount of patience and unruly, back to back hr crammed, hard-core, carpel tunnel, finger cramped arthritis clinched, eye burning, tear duct drying, dialog skipping, button mashing more than likely heavily caffeinated dedicated play throughs this shit of a 💎gd gem took THIS MOTHER F*#×£& that POSTED THIS VID?!?! if we aren't all massively trolled than. . . 🙌🙌 MANY EARNED ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE N CHEERS!!HATS TF OFF to YOU my good sir!! You have proven yourself worthy and with this completed you're pilgrimage, claim and dawn the armour of our earlier most determined ancestors!! 💫🌟✨ So far I have only accidentally glitched threw/under sky hold and found a chest beneath the under forge with a giant top hat 🎩 that plays weirdo ass carnie 🎶 music when opened. 😕😣😤😩😳 significant? HELL NOPE

[@DelphineEraklea]

i dont know what easter egg is harder to find - the fucking pie king, which you can find only accidentally if your computer is not fast and powerful enough to load the skyhold in, or a cave with fucking leprechaun or whatever

[@nivodeus]

How? just how did someone find this thing? Is there a manual or something written somewhere? (I mean the first person to actually did it)

[@DaemonRiku00]

+nivodeus Data mining. Some hackers peek into the game data, find some interesting stuff then trace them.

[@hazimsone]

data mining? never heard of that term. well gotta googled them. it is insane how many new knowledge i gain by surfing internet.

[@metalfyregaming2468]

Hmm, I did get the 10 Crystal Grace (I had 9 so I got 1 more in Hinterlands), went back to the tiny cave, but I got him saying it's not enough. I shrugged it off and went to Emrise du Lion, got into the secret cave, but at the end, there was no chest. So do I need to get more Crystal Grace? Even though I already have 10? (I'm on PC, but that should not matter right?)

[@fenrisharel]

jump 50 times rofl, simply get iron bull or your two handed inquisitor warrior to mighty blow exactly on the little cave a few times

[@RosieSquall]

I'm gonna subscribe just because you worked out this really obscure shit. Really, Bioware????

[@wardeni9603]

Your inquisitor is named "The One Trevelyan"? Seriously? Too bad we don't get to meet his cousins "That One" and "This one", oh and the famous twins, "These Two".

[@shantyphantom63]

+SerWarden Hahaha, Well the Trevelyan's are a large family

[@jasonwalker1834]

How many times do you need to jump on this rock to activate quest in emprise dudlion hidden cave under Suliden keep? it seems to very.

[@dambaeisseyo]

who thought when doing this 'ill jump on this rock in the corner for 2 mins'??

[@keiyangoshin3650]

Amazing. Where do you find the patience? This is cool. I’ll try it. :) Thank you for posting.

[@vaidaspoliakas]

cheese shield is better

[@RazorBMWblacklist1]

dont forget the sad weapon schematic you get in the exalted plains. which pretty much is a stick with a banana on.

[@sanablue]

vaidas poliakas how do I get those things?? never saw them and I played that game more than just a few times...

[@vaidaspoliakas]

wedge of destiny :) google that

[@ababypigeon5189]

Lol I had that with blackwall

[@drditup]

i found the wedge of destiny on my own! =) unfortunately not good enough but still amazing to find a cheese.

[@weissanima8978]

Are you kidding!?!?!! That's what the tiny cave was???!!! I thought it was some kind of shrine or something and left it alone!? I'm going back and I'm jumping on it.

[@danad.1648]

Thanks for the Walkthrough. :)

[@Endonia-ym3sl]

so THAT'S where you get the flower crown! Save this vid for later, thanks!

[@alnevanderwalt7035]

What staff and staff blade do you have? They look really nice

[@nekoloverforlife1748]

Geez talk about hidden.

[@sondra677]

this game is so good anybody else playing this right now?

[@shantyphantom63]

+Remu I'm actually thinking about streaming this game. I might do a reaver

[@stephenbyrne3935]

nice work - thanks for making

[@belowroller]

Do you work for Bioware or were you a tester or something?

[@AaraSummers]

I do not know why, but when I heard that voice I only heard Peter Griffin.

[@TheVampireGoddess]

6:52 Dragon Age Souls?

[@Glacier_j_291]

where did you get that blade for your staff

[@brotherbrothersgaming5451]

what armor is THE ONE wearing

[@draculimpaler4507]

Well playing on 360 there is no painting and no small cave but the talking bush is there in that spot....got tiniest cave quest complete now lets see if the rest works

[@draculimpaler4507]

Ok interesting...only thing is my whole team is already better equipped except my male inquisitor rogue dw assassin at lvl 21,,,nice fashion statement wish i could get some banter going on about me wearing it lol

[@alphaandliarize]

I ain't got no time for that

[@lovelygril234Amvs]

I never knew this hidden quest. I think that I will do it today.

[@OhSkyeLanta]

I brought the crystal grace back but the dude just said "bring a symbol of light, hope, and love" or something like that, and the quest never popped up for me? also the voice sounded different. has this been removed in later versions or...? edit: nevermind!

[@shantyphantom63]

+Cassandra Leborag I actually received then immediately completed the quest... The trigger for this quest is somewhat bugged. If you follow the rest of the video it should be fine, i hope!

[@kornflake93]

that's a whole lot for a bunch of nothing. my helmet for Sarah (most unused character) is 15 ova this. pretty neat though. how long did it take you to find this ? I would have never been able to haha

[@JamesCooper052007]

Quick question how did you find this? Are there more though-out the game?

[@demersplaylist923]

Someone from bioware probably haha

[@MCRxTHEUSED]

I'm totally getting that for Dorian *-*

[@ShaudaySmith]

This... is worse than unlocking the vault in Skyhold... which, earlier this year, i found out you could do. HOW AM I STILL LEARNING THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME?!

[@Monkkie]

At first I thought this was a joke but no this is serious quest

[@zilvoxidgod]

yo WHAT? I think the thing that bugs e most about this game is how much potential each zone had, and the open exploration had, if you'd had some real side content to explore instead of it feeling disconected from the story entirely

[@Zerocool24592]

6:27 i fucking knew !! that there was something going on in that place, found it in my first playthrough but i was never able to find what, until now(2 years late :V)...

[@thomasclaunch2672]

That called someone with alot of time on there hands... crazy

[@MonumentToSin]

Developers love fucking with the gamers, don't they...

[@coffeedrinkinwoman]

cool!! How in the world did you find it?? :D

[@gzapray7203]

The first time I read this quest on Tumblr I thought DA fandom loses it. Turns out they aren't all talk lmao.

[@alanze18]

it is not super secret anymore, thanks to you!

[@Rhino442007]

haha!! this is epic! Is it something you can still do as of Nov 2017??