PRECIOUS METALS

When the Warden enters Dust Town (Orzammar Dust Town Map, L1), Rogek will be waiting near Alimar's Emporium with his men. When spoken to, he will proposition the Warden to deliver smuggled lyrium to Godwin in the Senior Mage Quarters of the Circle Tower.

Rogek

He will ask the Warden for 50 Gold as a guarantee and he can be persuaded to lower this to 40 Gold . If the Warden doesn't have the gold Rogek will inform you that you cannot accept the deal and he will leave permanently. After making the deal, he can then be pickpocketed for 20 if you have a well developed Rogue. Upon successfully stealing from him, the notice will say "Item received," but this seems to be a visual glitch. Checking your inventory will show that you received the 20 Gold back in your funds.

If you have not started Broken Circle yet but plan to side with the templars then you should start this quest first and make the deal with Rogek when you first meet him. However, if you have already sided with the templars in Broken Circle, the only profitable outcome is to engage with him in a fight. If you accept his deal and later tell him the Circle is gone, you will not get back your money - not even if you sell the smuggled lyrium you're given - and he will still attack you.

Walkthrough

There are three ways of completing the initial meeting with Rogek:

  • Refuse and walk away. This gives you nothing and Rogek disappears.

  • Refuse and try to turn Rogek in, causing Rogek and his bodyguards to attack with the reward of experience points and some money. This will result in the quest being inaccessible.

  • Rogek will ask for 50 Gold , but with high enough Coercion he can be persuaded to make the deal for 40 Gold . The agreed upon price will be removed from the Warden's inventory and the Smuggled Lyrium will be added.

Deal with Godwin

After receiving the smuggled lyrium, travel to the Circle Tower. If the Broken Circle quest has not been completed, it must be undertaken to meet Rogek's contact, Godwin (The Circle Tower Lower Levels Map, L12). In the Senior Mage Quarters there is a closet that can be activated. Godwin is hiding in this closet and will come out to speak with the Warden. If the Broken Circle quest had already been completed, Godwin may be approached and spoken to at any time. If, however, when dealing with the events in the tower, you chose to side with the templars, by the time you come back for this quest Godwin is no longer in the closet, and is nowhere to be found. When you go back to Rogek, a fight will ensue.

Note: When speaking to Godwin, make sure to make the trade first before inquiring about the trade (or persuading/intimidating for the additional 8 ) or you will only be able to end the conversation and Godwin will disappear.

Godwin will offer 50 Gold for the lyrium, but can be persuaded to pay 60 , or even 65 and a Crow Dagger (by selecting the 75 dialogue option) if you pass a very hard coercion check. If he cannot be persuaded, he will offer 53 instead so it is still worth trying to persuade a higher price even without any points in coercion. He will disappear if this offer is not accepted. In addition, Godwin can be blackmailed for an additional 8 when asked why he needs all this lyrium then threatening to report him to the templars. The blackmail option requires two additional successful persuasion checks.

Back to Rogek

After successfully delivering the lyrium, return to Rogek, who will offer a 10 Gold finder's fee. He can be persuaded that the deal was for 30 Gold, and he will reply that he cannot believe he would offer that much. This will result in 25 Gold , or no change at all if you fail the persuasion check. Depending on the Warden's coercion, there may only be the option to try and persuade him it was 20 Gold. You also have the option to intimidate him for 20 - if one doesn't work, try the other. Should the coercion attempt fail, Rogek can be killed and looted of 20 Gold , but there will be no gold on his corpse if the Warden pick-pocketed the 20 Gold earlier.

Rewards

This can be one of the most lucrative quests in the base campaign. If the correct choices are made, the Warden's investment can be nearly tripled.

  • If persuasive enough, one can receive a total of 98 Gold and a Crow Dagger. Subtracting the initial investment of 40 Gold yields a profit of 58 Gold , plus a Crow Dagger. Pick-pocketing Rogek effectively reduces the initial investment by 20 Gold, yielding a gain of 78 Gold and a Crow Dagger.

  • When selling the lyrium to Godwin you get 100 XP for every possible deal except if you persuade and ask for 60 Gold which gives you no XP.

  • When you get your finder's fee from Rogek you also get 100 XP.

  • Without taking advantage of persuasion, blackmail and pick-pocketing, delivering the lyrium only covers the initial investment. The only gain will be Rogek's 10 Gold finder's fee.