Dragon Age: Inquisition
69 Achievements
1,570
106-134h
Specialized
Choose a specialization class.
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12.12%
How to unlock the Specialized achievement in Dragon Age: Inquisition - Definitive Guide
Mage
-Knight Enchanter
-Rift Mage
-Necromancer
Rogue
-Assassin
-Artificer
-Tempest
Warrior
-Champion
-Reaver
-Templar
You will unlock a mission on the war table a while after you reach Skyhold about getting trainers. It's an instant mission, do it and the trainers will arrive in Skyhold. You can talk to them and you will get a short mission chain for each possible specialization. It's up to you if you want to do all three or just your chosen specialization. If you do all three you still have to choose just one specialization in the end. It will then appear in your character record and you can start allocating points. Remember that the smith in Skyhold sells respec potions! If you wish you can reallocate points and move them all over to your specialization right away.
Human, Elf and Qunari can be any class, but Dwarves can not be mages.
Tip: If anyone else is experiencing crashing when you try and respec using the Tactician's Renewal try the following:
Simply save your game (to a new slot if you like) BEFORE exiting the menu after you respec.
As long as you save before leaving the main menu to re-enter your game, you should be fine. The bug seems to occur around respeccing too many points at once, and this seems the quickest workaround until Bioware get round to fixing it... which appears to be taking some time.
I mention this because it seems the most likely time for you to want to respec your shiny new class.
Once you reach Skyhold, you will be able to pursue a specialization by completing a quest given to you automatically. Each class has three choices, but only one may be taken; once chosen, it cannot be undone, so choose wisely! Make sure you do some research and pick the one you know you’ll want for the rest of the game. They are as follows:
Warrior: Champion, Reaver, or Templar
Rogue: Artificer, Assassin, or Tempest
Mage: Knight Enchanter, Necromancer, or Rift Mage
Finalize your decision and take on the new specialization to unlock the achievement.
Once you reach Skyhold, you will be able to pursue a specialization by completing a quest given to you automatically. Each class has three choices, but only one may be taken; once chosen, it cannot be undone, so choose wisely! Make sure you do some research and pick the one you know you’ll want for the rest of the game. They are as follows:
- Warrior: Champion, Reaver, or Templar
- Rogue: Artificer, Assassin, or Tempest
- Mage: Knight Enchanter, Necromancer, or Rift Mage
Finalize your decision and take on the new specialization to unlock the achievement.
At some point in Skyhold, after doing some quests you'll automatically receive the "Specialization for the Inquisitor" quest under the "Inquisitor's Path" quest tab. Activate that quest and go to the War Table. On the Ferelden side of the table you'll get an operation with the same quest name. Start the operation and three new NPCs will show up in Skyhold. Each one of them grants you a different specialization class. You can start all three of them, but you can only complete one of them.
Warriors can choose to become a Templar, Champion, or Reaver.
Rogues can choose to become a Tempest, Assassion, or Artificer.
Mages can choose to become a Knight-Enchanter, Rift Mage, or Necromancer.
Each specialization quests requires you find a specific book, items and materials. Once you've found them all, go to a Requisitions table in any camp or Skyhold to craft the item needed and talk to the specialization NPC to receive a new skill tree and the trophy.
The book is always found near one of your companions in Skyhold. You'll need to find the room of the companion that has the same specialization as what you're going for.
Rogues
Cole: Assassin
Varric: Artificer
Sera: Tempest
Warriors
Cassandra: Templar
Blackwall: Champion
Iron Bull:Reaver
Mages
Dorian: Necromancer
Vivienne: Knight-Enchanter
Solas: Rift Mage
Check the black head icon on the Skyhold map to find them. If you didn't recruit them, you can also purchase the book at a merchant in Val Royeaux.
The location of the first three materials are found by defeating certain enemies. Their locations are mentioned in the quest description. The other materials are the same ones as you use for crafting.
The very last item on the list is something that you need to craft at a requisitions table at any camp or Skyhold. You can craft this as soon as you have all the other items. Once you've crafted the item, go back to the specialization NPC to receive your specialization.
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