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Trial of the Magician

Trial of the Magician

Travel Light on for "In Hushed Whispers": finish the quest.

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How to unlock the Trial of the Magician achievement in Dragon Age: Inquisition - Definitive Guide

For this achievement you must have the Trial - "Travel Light" turned on from the games options menu while doing the In Hushed Whispers quest. Using this trial makes it so that no supply caches will show up in the world.

This trial must be turned on before you head to Redcliffe Village to speak with the mages. I tried it first by turning this trial on and then excepting the In Hushed Whispers mission from the War Table and it did not unlock for me. Then I redid the whole thing and turned the trial on after travelling to Val Royeaux and having the conversation with Fiona about speaking with the mages. So make sure to turn this trial on right at that point or before.

This achievement popped for me after defeating Alexius and returning to Redcliffe castle for the cutscene with Fiona about the fate of the mages.

Hopefully you have an earlier save of this game, but seeing as a lot of these DLC achievements require a partial replay through it's not that bad. If you don't have the save you will unfortunately have to start a new game to get to this point.
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10 Sep 2015 16:41

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I have a save right before heading to Redcliffe for the quest and I turned the trial on AFTER talking to Fiona, so if I'm going off what you said, I'm still fine for the quest?
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By Marc Pilkington on 14 Sep 2015 12:53
Yes it worked for me. My save was after talking to Fiona in Val Royeaux as well. Just make sure you turn it on now. It did not work when I turned it on right before accepting the mission from the War Table so it must have to be turned on before heading to Redcliffe to speak with Fiona there.
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By SnipedByAGir1 on 14 Sep 2015 13:25
The save I used that worked was right outside the tavern where you talk to Alexius and his son for the first time.
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By Dresden N7 on 15 Sep 2015 02:51
Confirmed - did not get the achievement the first time - turning on Travel Light before launching the mission at the War Table. Did get it by turning on Travel Light prior to talking to Alexius at the Redcliffe tavern.
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By Kimieva on 20 Sep 2015 15:22
where do i find fiona once i finish the quest? my achievement hasn't popped yet?
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By OddOneOut on 15 Jan 2016 08:56
Fiona shows up automatically when you finish the story mission In Hushed Whispers. It is an automatic cutscene after you defeat Alexius.
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By SnipedByAGir1 on 15 Jan 2016 12:47
I hade the trailn on from the begineing of the game did the mission no chievo anyone know why
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By SnikeneUllteppe on 08 Jul 2016 02:18
I'm not sure why. Some of these Inquisition achievements can be buggy. Do you have a save from before you talk to the mages in Redcliffe Village? You could try running through it one more time with the trial on from that point and hopefully it will pop.
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By SnipedByAGir1 on 08 Jul 2016 13:00
I found a save right before entering Redcliffe Village to talk to Fiona. I am so thankful that I got this achievement as it did take over an hour to get the achievement even though I was right there. To be specific I turned this on before closing the Fade Rift outside of Redcliffe and was able to get the achievement.
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By Hexa Fox on 27 Jan 2019 20:24
Can confirm what Dresden N7 said. To clarify for those that are doing this on a first playthrough, minor spoilers ahead. You first close a rift in front of the Redcliffe gates to gain entrance, then you have to go talk at the redcliffe pub, to alexius. I made the save here just incase and turned the trial on and proceeded to talk to him. After you have to close another rift in the redcliffe chantry and then have the option to do the war table operation to officially start the quest. I'm sure you could turn it on before you start the war table mission as the supply caches are on available after the mission is started, but better to be safe than sorry.
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By Shaneanigens on 14 Jan 2018 20:20
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While each of the Trails has an okay guide already, I found that I didn't read each correctly, and ended up having issues, and having to start a 3rd play through just because I mis-read the Trial of the Lovers guide. Rather than having people bounce around each Trial to determine when they need to turn it on/off I thought it would make it easier if there was a single, common description to help people.

First, there are a couple of Trials that can likely be completed using existing saves:

Trial of the Hermit - As mentioned in the original guide, you can turn on Grizzly End and go to the Emerald Graves and follow the guide there to get your 10 great bears. This took me around an hour of wandering around each time until the bear showed up, but works well.
Trial of the Tower - Since Emprise Du Lion had the 3 most difficult dragons most people will likely have a save they can use to kill the Hivernal dragon so just turn on Rub Some Dirt On It and kill the dragon. The only note on the original guide is that the Hivernal dragon is actually the bottom of the three, not the middle.

Additionally, a few other trials may be completed using existing saves, or by turning on as soon as you start Trespasser.

Trial of the Emperor - You need to turn on Walk Softly and kill 20 special foes. These foes show up randomly, so you may get all 20 during the DLC, or not. It's been noted that you need to do them in one save, so it may be easier to do them as part of the new game you need to start.
Trial of the Empress - Turn on Even Ground, and with every member of your team level 16 or higher, kill the Hinterlands dragon. Since this is the first dragon you come across most people will have killed this early on. If you are lucky enough to have a save before you killed this dragon you can work to up your level to the appropriate point before killing the dragon. For those (like me) who killed him early on and don't have an appropriate save, you will need to complete this on your second game.

All the remaining trials require you to start a new game (preferably Casual Mode to make it easy).

As soon as you have control of your character, go into Options, Trials and enable:
Fair-weather Friends
Walk Softly
Take It Slow

The goal is to get to Skyhold as quickly as you can. Don't bother opening up any other locations other than what is required for the main story. Close Rifts, capture camps and fill requisitions to get Power and complete the initial main quest storylines.

I completed Trial of the Emperor pretty quickly (before In Hushed Whispers), so once you see that pop you can turn off the Walk Softly Trial.

When you are ready to start the In Hushed Whispers trial go into Options, Trials and turn on Travel Light. Once you complete the quest the Trial of the Magician achievement will pop, and you can turn off Travel Light again.

Work your way through the main quests until you get to Skyhold. If you've not done anything other than necessary to move the story forward you should have no issue being level 4/5 as you reach Skyhold. Once the Trial of the Fool achievement pops you can turn off Take It Slow.

Once you are at Skyhold you will want to go and get all the available party members and then continue the story line until you get to the Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts quest. Once you've started this, the achievement for Trial of the Lovers will pop, and you can turn off the Fair-Weather Friends Trial.

Continue the storyline until you have enough Power to unlock Emprise Du Lion. Before travelling there you will want to turn on the Rest Easy trial and work your way through capturing Suledin Keep. Once the Trial of Temperance achievement pops you can turn off Rest Easy.

At this point, you are either done (if you were able to complete Trial of the Empress using a previous save), or you will need to build up your characters to level 16. Keep in mind that all your followers need to be at level 16 as well, and they tend to trail behind you, so make sure everyone is level 16 before you go back to the Hinterlands, turn on the Even Ground Trial and defeat the Frostback Dragon.

I realize that much of the above information is available in the existing Guides, but you really need to map out a complete strategy to complete this DLC with the minimum of frustration. I screwed it up and need to start a 3rd play through just to complete the Trial of the Lovers achievement. Hopefully this guide will help others avoid this frustration.
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17 Sep 2015 03:07

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One short paragraph for this achievement, buried in a huge wall of text. And it doesn’t even correctly tell you when you need to turn on the trial - because if wait until you start In Hushed Whispers you will not get the achievement.
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By HolyHalfDead on 04 Oct 2022 07:29

Once “Travel Light” has been activated, it will remove all supply caches from the game. This achievement should be done on the lowest difficulty possible and the trial needs to be activated before starting “In Hushed Whispers.” Due to glitchy experiences, some players suggest turning this trial on as soon as your playthrough starts (provided you are doing this in a new playthrough).

After finishing the “The Threat Remains” quest, you must side with the Mages for “In Hushed Whispers.” DO NOT side with the Templars for “Champions of the Just.” 

“In Hushed Whispers” is a relatively long quest with plenty of enemies to kill along the way, but since you’ll be playing on Casual/Easy, you shouldn’t much of an issue with the removal of supply caches. I’d recommend bringing Vivienne along in your party during this quest so that you have two Mages (Dorian is forced into your party for this quest) for more protection via the Barrier skill. Once Alexius has been defeated and the quest concludes, the achievement will unlock during the next cutscene where you and your party finally close the breach. 

NOTE: Refer below to "Trial of the Fool" if you need to stack this with two other tedious trial achievements in a new playthrough. 

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