Frostback Basin

The Frostback Basin is a unique region near the southwestern border of Ferelden. Multiple terrain types can be found across The Basin as it lies near the base of the Frostback Mountains. 
== Background ==
The Basin is an overgrown wilderness filled with fiercely independent hunters known as Avvar. They settled in the southern mountains of Thedas, spreading their culture across the Basin. An ancient Tevinter ruin lay dormant, hidden away in the Basin in hopes of reawakening a mysterious darkness.
== Involvement ==
== Places ==
=== Regions ===
:Abandoned Jail
:Ancient Culvert
:Basin Floor
:Boathouse
:Cliffside Path
:Cloudcap Lake
:Eastern Riverbank
:Endarsen Pass
:Fortress Gates
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:Lakeside Road
:Nigel’s Point
:The Old Drains
:Overgrown Courtyard
:Razikale’s Reach
:Research Outpost
:The Rockspit
:The Shallows
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:Swamp Kuldsdotten
:Varsdotten River
:Western Riverbank
=== Additional places ===
:Lowland Fortress
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=== Inquisition camps ===
:Basin Floor Camp
:Canyon Camp
:Cliffside Camp
:Ridgline Camp
:River Camp
:Swampside Camp
== Characters ==
=== Inquisition ===
:Inquisitor Ameridan
:Professor Bram Kenric
:Colette
:Scribe Dunwich
:Lieutenant Farrow
:Scout Grandin
:Scout Harding
:Knight-Templar Haron (mentioned)
:Baron Havard-Pierre d'Amortisan
:Alchemist Orinna (mentioned)
:Dreamer Telana (mentioned)
=== Stone-Bear Hold ===
:Trainer Arrken
:Arvid Rolfsen
:The Augur
:Einar
:Finn
:Skald Fullna Hethsdotten
:Gyda Myrdotten
:Hask
:Linna
:Master of the Hunt
:Parve
:Runa
:Sigrid Gulsdotten
:Storvacker
:Thane Svarah Sun-Hair
==== Merchants ====
:Trader Helsdim
:Stone-Bear Hold Crafting Materials Merchant
:Stone-Bear Hold Weapons & Schematics Merchant
=== Jaws of Hakkon ===
:Thane Gurd Harofsen
== Quests ==
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=== Rifts ===
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== Creatures ==
:Bogfisher
:Nox Morta (a unique bogfisher)
:Snoufleur
:Tusket
:Imbued Tusket
== Hostile creatures ==
:Gurgut
:Fade-Touched gurgut
:Ice Giant
:Lurker
:Fade-Touched lurker
:Poison spider
:Giant spider
:Fade-Touched spider
:Hakkon Wintersbreath
:Frosted Gibbering horror
== Enemies ==
:Jaws of Hakkon
:* Hakkonite Spellbinder (Mage)
:* Hakkonite Spy (Rogue - Double Daggers)
:* Hakkonite Champion (Warrior - Two-Handed Great Maul)
:* Hakkonite Bruiser (Warrior - Two-Handed Great Maul)
:* Hakkonite Defender (Warrior - Mace and Tower Shield)
:* Hakkonite Bowman (Rogue - Archer)
:* Hakkonite Warrior (Warrior - One-Handed Weapon)
== Collections ==
=== Astrariums ===
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=== Shards ===
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=== Skyhold Customizations ===
The following Avvarcentric Skyhold customization items are available for purchase from Trader Helsdim in Stone-Bear Hold:
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== Resources ==
=== Herbs ===
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== Notable items ==
=== Veilfire glyphs ===
The following are all obtained by reading a hidden rune in the cave where Gyda Myrdotten is located:
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=== Loot ===
: - looted from the inside The Mystery of Winter chamber.
: - acquired in The Old Temple upon completing the main quest Ameridan's End if the Inquisitor is a rogue.
: - looted from a massive Avvar warrior found in Razikale's Reach, see main quest On Ameridan's Trail and from Gurd Harofsen after becoming a Revenant in the Old Temple; see main quest Ameridan's End.
: - looted from Fade rifts.
: - looted from a located near the Fade-Touched lurker found northwest of the initial starting camp established; see side quest A Father's Name.
: - available at the Weapons and Schematics Merchant in Stone-Bear Hold for and looted from a chest next to the Varsdotten River fast travel marker; see main quest On Ameridan's Trail.
: - looted from the high dragon Hakkon Wintersbreath.
: - acquired in the cave revealed from unlocking Astrariums in Frostback Basin.
: - looted from a chest inside the west vault at Razikale's Reach upon the correct completion of the floor puzzle; see main quest On Ameridan's Trail.
: - acquired upon a second completion in Stone-Bear Hold's arena, after completing the side quest Hakkon's Trials.
: - looted from the Ice Giant.
: - looted from a skeleton after opening the Fade rift in The Lady's Rest.
: - looted off the corpse of the Nox Morta in Swamp Kuldsdotten if the Inquisitor is a dwarf, elf or human; see side quest the Nox Morta.
: - looted from a located near the Fade-Touched gurgut in Swamp Kuldsdotten (northwest of the Swampside Inquisition Camp, near the Fade-Touched gurgut); see side quest A Father's Name.
: - looted from the high dragon Hakkon Wintersbreath.
: - looted from Fade rifts.
: - looted from a located near the Fade-Touched lurker found northwest of the initial starting camp established; see side quest A Father's Name.
: - looted from a chest, behind the eastern most locked door, in the Abandoned Jail during the main quest Storvacker Caged.
: - looted from the high dragon Hakkon Wintersbreath.
: - looted from a dangling on a wall located southwest from the Mystery of Winter temple door.
: - looted from a nearby after defeating the Fade-Touched spider; see side quest A Father's Name.
: - looted from a located in Swamp Kuldsdotten (northwest of the Swampside Inquisition Camp, near the Fade-Touched gurgut); see side quest A Father's Name.
: - acquired in the cave revealed from unlocking Astrariums in Frostback Basin.
: - acquired in the Old Temple upon completing the main quest Ameridan's End if the Inquisitor is a warrior.
: - available at the Stone-Bear Hold Weapons and Schematics Merchant in Stone-Bear Hold for .
: - available at the Weapons and Schematics Merchant in Stone-Bear Hold for .
: - looted from the fade rift in Endarsen Pass.
: - looted from a chest behind the western most locked door in the Abandoned Jail; see main quest Storvacker Caged.
: - looted from a located near the Fade-Touched lurker found northwest of the initial starting camp established.
: - looted upon sealing a rift; see side quest Rift in the Floor.
: - rewarded upon completing Send Relics of Tyrdda Bright-Axe war table operation.
: - looted from the Revenant version of Gurd Harofsen in the Old Temple; see main quest Ameridan's End (unlocks ).
: - acquired in The Old Temple upon completing the main quest Ameridan's End if the Inquisitor is a mage.
: - looted off the corpse of the Nox Morta in Swamp Kuldsdotten if the Inquisitor is a qunari; see side quest the Nox Morta.
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== Notes ==
* The veilfire torch found near the Fade-Touched lurker nest can be used to find Veil Quartz on the western ledge above the camp. The Veil Quartz deposit is a bit tricky to reach, for a detailed map see Veil Quartz gallery.
== Trivia ==
* After the completion of Ameridan's End, the basin will turn from day to night (see gallery below).
== See also ==
* Frostback Basin dialogue
== Gallery ==
Officialbasin.jpg
Frostback-Basin-Cloudcap-Lake.png|Cloudcap Lake
Frostback Basin - Razikale's Reach.png|Razikale's Reach
fb1.jpg|Lowland Fortress
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frostback basin - night 1.png|The Basin at night
== References ==
Category:Locations
Category:Dragon Age: Inquisition locations
Category:Jaws of Hakkon locations
Category:Ferelden
pl:Kotlina Mroźnego Grzbietu