Forum Discussion

coffeevampire81's avatar
coffeevampire81
11 years ago

Bug with Keeping the Darkspawn Down quest?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but nothing shows up in my searches here. I've been stuck for a laughably long time on the quest "Keeping the Darkspawn Down"; one of the locations doesn't seem to have any place for my mage PC to "energize" the rocks to seal the tunnel. It's the location near the northern side of the map, with two cave entrances that are practically right next to each other. There should be an energize button near the chest and campfire, but there just isn't. It's not hiding, there's no way to find/search for it, it just...isn't there.

At first I thought it was just me, but I looked at two separate playthrough videos of the quest on Youtube to see where the exact location to click should be, and I'm pretty sure it's just not showing up in my game. It still won't appear even after reloading a previous save. I mean, there *could* be another level maybe that I'm missing? But following the walkthroughs to the letter, I'm seeing everything where it should be EXCEPT that "energize" button.

Does anyone have any ideas? Or is there some official bug form somewhere I should be filling out? 😕mileytongue: Thanks.

dragon age inquisition

7 Replies

Sort By
  • WarsDarksider's avatar
    WarsDarksider
    11 years ago
    I'm having the exact same problem, exact same spot. I even looked it up and seen I'm in the right area. I backed out of the game, reset my Xbox, nothing.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I had the same problem, try to bring along a different mage, that helped me.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I too tried bringing all my mages, to no avail
  • MidnightSkies's avatar
    MidnightSkies
    11 years ago
    Hope you got past it. I was lucky. I had saved right before I went in. Reloaded and the energizer thing was there. The one thing I did different the second time was I didn't use the mark of the rift the second time when fighting. I'm not sure if that made a difference of not.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    I just picked this game up a little while ago this year. I have gotten to this glitch.

    If you pay close attention you may notice a faded red dot in the room with you still while youre unable to close it. It's a Hurlock Alpha that somehow spawned under or over the cave map. He needs to be defeated before the energize point will spawn. In order to get it to spawn I went back to Skyhold, walked around for a minute or 2. Checked on my war room. Then went back to the caves and he was there. So you may just need to do some long distance fast traveling. Maybe he's being a chicken and not coming out of the hole til everything calms down. IDFK but that's how I managed to get past this glitch.
  • BlizzardWest's avatar
    BlizzardWest
    5 years ago

    If it's the Waterfall cave you're referring to go inside the cave and head left, jump over some rocks while searching and the energize wand will appear and you seal it. What's funny is it only seals part of the cave, not the entrance to the cave.  When you go out you will see two Hurlocks coming up the river, just kill them and move on since they have nothing to do with sealing the cave.

About Dragon Age Franchise Discussion

Join the Dragon Age community forum and share your experiences in the legendary world of Dragon Age.26,823 PostsLatest Activity: 9 hours ago