Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins

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Silver Tongued

Silver Tongued

Succeeded at 25 difficult Persuasion attempts

20.1%

How to unlock the Silver Tongued achievement in Dragon Age: Origins - Definitive Guide

For a simple quick way to get this achievement, start a new Rouge type character, and pour all your level up points through the opening of the game into Cunning and Coercion. I do not know what level of either you need to be at to do this, as I was level 4 Coercion, and 22 cunning when I found this.

After getting past Ostagar, and making your way through Lothering, head to Denerim as your first stop. Once hear you need to head to The Pearl, the brothel that is part of the quest Pearls Before Swine from the Sergent Kylon in the Market.

Once there, talk to the Sanga, owner of the Pearl, and ask to see either the men or women, it does not matter. When they come out, she goes through the rules, and tells you the price. You get a persuade option to drop the price to 20 silver instead of 40.

Now if you persuade her, select the option to change your mind. DO NOT ACCEPT AND PAY THE MONEY. If you accept the 30 silver price she offers, then the option to persuade her goes away. Turning it down and starting the dialogue up again adds another successful persuasion.
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04 Dec 2009 10:28

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so you can do this 25 times in a row?
that'd be perfect, as i missed it on my first playthrough :(
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By Moetrich on 13 Dec 2009 21:26
Yup, as long as you make sure to not accept the deal, otherwise its a one time thing. Save first, then start doing it. Doesnt take very long, and is the easiest way to pull this one off.
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By DeadxxSmile on 15 Dec 2009 16:37
Also, these tally up across all saves. If you have done 10 in one game, you only need to do 15 more. Assuming you keep that save file.
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By Leo Ascendent on 04 Jan 2010 23:13
I only had level 2 coercion and 15 cunning and this still worked. Nice find.
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By blomphil2 on 18 Jan 2010 16:55
nice. i will try this now
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By Plasma SKX on 08 Feb 2011 14:17
Does this still work with the updates? Or does it have to be done offline?
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By Panzer x360a on 23 May 2011 00:09
I can CONFIRM this still works as of May 22, 2011
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By Panzer x360a on 23 May 2011 00:15
I can confirm that it does still work, but it does not appear to carry over through playthroughs. I started a new game with a new character, and doing this I had to persuade her 24 times (I'd already persuaded the bandits to give me a toll in Lothering). So, I say again, THEY DON'T CARRY OVER.
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By Benchem on 22 Jun 2011 21:51
Works still as of 9/3/11. I did this on a speed run, I only looted while I needed the vials of darkspawn blood. I didn't even have 30 silver which kept me from mistakenly selecting the wrong dialogue.
Very helpful, thanks.
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By Kiplerr on 03 Sep 2011 08:11
when I've clicked on I've changed my mind nothing happens
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By LegendBIA1 on 01 Sep 2012 15:50
nice, still works
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By MXEB on 18 Dec 2012 12:53
Just went back to clean up the rest of the cheevs for this game That I needed, Thanks for this guide, still works like a charm!
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By Clap That Fool on 11 Feb 2013 01:45
Still works, just accomplished it by this method a few seconds ago. Only needed to do seven times (out of the twenty-five) for the achieve to pop for me.
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By MexicanZenith on 17 Sep 2013 10:00
As of 19th of December 2014 with updates, this still works. Thank you very much for the guide!
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By Salmaniak on 20 Dec 2014 03:33
Thanks for this guide, I'll be sure to use this! clap
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By Enjoji on 12 Jan 2015 18:58
Can confirm that as of June 15th, 2015 (yes, yes, I'm quite late to it), this still works.
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By Fuzzy Bear Hugs on 16 Jun 2015 00:55
Still works (July 2017), just an FYI do not select "surprise me" as you lose your 40 silver without a persuade attempt, the option to persuade is still available when talking to Sanga again.
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By CrunchyGoblin68 on 26 Jul 2017 05:07
Tried this November 2021, still works. I tried it with the options for the men, the women, and some of both. They all work. Do NOT chose “surprise me” as that finishes the interaction with Sanga. I did not choose “Er, never mind.” as that seemed pretty counterintuitive.
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By Vulker707 on 13 Nov 2021 07:21
Still works as of May 29, 2023.

If Oghren is in your party you get a +1 for 'women' or 'both' but a -1 for 'men'. Just a FYI as you can manipulate Ogrhen's approval a bit with this exploit, if you are so inclined.
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By UraMallas on 29 May 2023 15:12
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Best done with a rogue class as you get additional talent points to put into coercion early in the game.

Very simple - with high cunning and coercion take the persuade option in every dialogue available. Take as many sidequests as possible as many of these have a persuade option. Save before each dialogue encounter in case you make a mistake.
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Also, these tally up across all saves. If you have done 10 in one game, you only need to do 15 more. Assuming you keep that save file.
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By Leo Ascendent on 04 Jan 2010 23:13
There is a repeatable persuasion attempt at the Pearl in Denerim.

When first speaking with Sanga after clearing the mercenaries she will offer men, women, both, or a surprise. I personally picked women and she told me that they are 40 silver. I attempted to persuade her down to 20 and she meets halfway at 30. But after saying 30, I said nevermind. This was repeatable and just gave me the Silver Tongued trophy.

I am two points into Coercion and can't confirm what will happen at higher/lower levels.
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01 Dec 2014 00:45

See "Persuasive" for more details. This is the same idea, just 25 instead of 10.

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See "Persuasive" for more details. This is the same idea, just 25 instead of 10.

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See Persuasive for more details. This is the same idea, just 25 instead of five.

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In some dialogues you will come across an option to convince characters (Before such an option it will be written in parentheses (Persuade / convince)), select it. This option occurs quite often if you choose it whenever possible and you will receive this achievement shortly before the end of the game. Its success is determined by the level of your Cunning, as well as the presence of the “influence” skill, while the skill gives a greater chance of success than a high level of cunning, so it is very important to develop it to the maximum level.
I managed to get an achievement for Intimidation in one playthrough.
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10 Jul 2011 12:20