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9 years ago

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I'm Missing A Landmark In The Western Approach. Can Anyone Help Me Please?

As my title suggests, I'm Missing A Landmark In The Western Approach, and I would like some help to find it please?

For the Western Approach, there are currently 15 of them, but I only have 14, and I would like to find the last one if possible.

I have been searching the internet using Google Search to try and find any sites with similar topics started by anyone with the same/similar problem that I'm now having.

My search brought me to here. http://fextralife.com/forums/t163969/western-approach-landmarks--please-help/

On that page, about a couple of posts down, someone has listed all the landmarks in the Western Approach.

I have been though them all, checking them in my game to see which one I am missing.

I found that the one I am missing is called "The Thing In The Dark." Is that an actual landmark name? It sounds very strange to me.... I dunno really.

Anyway, further down the page, someone else explained the area where there is supposedly a cave to do with the part where you had to go the war table to continue the quest to put a bridge at the poisonous vapors area that you need to cross. I have already done this part at the war table, and now have that bridge crossing the area.

But I CANNOT.... still, for the life of me, understand what is being explained in the post in that page in the link I have given. I am still very confused here. ☹️ ☹️

I have been back and fourth between the bottom and top area of the bridge that was opened up from the war table at least 3 times already, and cannot understand where this cave is supposed to be! ☹️☹️ (The Thing In The Dark)

I really hope it isn't placed in the horrible vaporous area. :-/ I walked into that, and found it very frustrating as I couldn't see a damn thing in front of me, hence all the coughing from my toon and my helpers. (Sera, Blackwall e.t.c.) Are they called "followers" in this game? I can't remember.

Anyway, is there anyone who could take a bit of time to have a look round in the game and try to make this landmark a bit more obvious for me to find please? (via a screenshot at least might be more helpful if possible) I am having real trouble trying to find it. ☹️ ☹️

P.S. I only noticed a couple of days ago, but I'm still missing landmarks in The Hinterlands and Crestwood too, for which I may have to come back to the forums a bit later on for help again. But for now, I'd really like to try and find this one in the Western Approach if I can.

dragon age inquisition

FluidPanNerd
9 years ago
@MissTuliptus

I'm not sure if you caught that there are two places you need to build bridges in the Western Approach. The second is right at the end of the first. After that you'll be able to access another area behind a big steel door. I hope that helps.

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FluidPanNerd
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
@MissTuliptus

I'm not sure if you caught that there are two places you need to build bridges in the Western Approach. The second is right at the end of the first. After that you'll be able to access another area behind a big steel door. I hope that helps.
MissTuliptus
9 years ago
@FluidPanNerd

Thank you for your helpful reply.🙂

As you had speculated, for a while, I actually didn't realize there were 2 bridges that needed building, and I ended up feeling a bit confused about what you tried to explain when you said

"the second is right at the end of the first" and couldn't really find it for a while either. So you were right about that part.

However, when you said there were 2 bridges that needed building, I had a look round the internet and came by a video on Youtube that was somewhat helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73E4uWeLUKE

Thing is, there was a part in the video I went to in my game, and I found that I couldn't cross the area because it was still covered with the poisonous gas.

Eventually..... thinking that a 2nd bridge needed building, I thought I would have a look at the War Table at Skyhold to see if there was a 2nd quest was there, that helped to build the bridge.

Low and behold, there was. It's a quest called "Crossing The Sulfur Pits." So I continued through with this process and everything worked out fine in the end.

Having completed the 2nd bridge, I also managed to find the cave where the last landmark was at that I needed to pick up.

Now to the Hinterlands to try and find the last landmark there.😛🙂
FluidPanNerd
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
@MissTuliptus

Sorry for being so vague, I didn't want to spoil anything. I find most of the fun is figuring things out on my own. I'm glad I was able to help though!
MissTuliptus
9 years ago
@Kurizumaru

It's no problem really. 🙂 However, I am actually a person who really likes to have stories spoiled for me. Whether it's a film, a T.V. Series, or even stories in computer games.

I do like to have them all spoiled for me, for which I mean to say that I do like to have all the stories revealed to me sometimes before I have got started on them.

For a computer game, I actually use Youtube (people always upload games on Youtube to show them off to everyone) if I get a bit stuck, and even then, continuations are usually revealed to me that I haven't yet seen. I just find it really fascinating to know beforehand, what is going to be around the next corner, (so to speak) and it makes me feel like I cannot wait to reach that part.

I can understand that some people don't like to have stories revealed to them beforehand, and that's fine. But everyone has their own views and preferences, and it's only right too.

Anyhow, you weren't to know that I like stories revealed to me since I didn't mention it before. Also, I see this is a public forum, so being vague as you did, may have been a good thing anyway, since it's possible for other people to come and read here, and those who don't like spoilers won't have anything spoiled for them. So in this case, yes, being vague was a good thing I think.

Lastly, I've just noticed an option on here called "insert a spoiler tag."

I think it's a handy little tool to use on these forums. Maybe you could have used it.

But again, as I said, you didn't know that I liked stories revealed to me since I have only just told you. Nevertheless, I think it's something to think about in future forum posts anyway.😎