So there you are captured in a dreamworld. Go ahead – speak to Duncan. Once you kill him go to Raw Fade using a pedestal. You will meet Niall. Walk through the Fade Portal.
Once you teleport to another ‘island’ fight the demon and save Mouse. You will receive shapeshifting skill. The only way to go through a Mouse Hole is to change your form to a mouse.
Kill a demon and enter another Fade Portal, kill the demons, enter the portal. You’ll come back to Niall.
Use the Fade Pedestal.
You can access four other locations.
Darkspawn Invasion
This location has heavy door and firewalls. Go through the first mouse hole and then straight to the mouse hole in front of you. It will teleport you to a room with the Essence of Cunning which gives you a permanent bonus: +1 to cunning. Turn around and go through the mouse hole. This time choose the hole on the right – this way you will pass a firewall. Go north. Through a hole, and one more hole in front. Save the Templar and you will receive a Spirit Form Transformation. Turn into a spirit and use the Willpower stand (permanent +1 to willpower).
(Massive door in this room).
The Templar’s Nightmare
Be careful which mouse hole you choose. The hole in the middle chamber brings you to a distant room with a wolf and a dummy: Essence of Dexterity. You will be rewarded with a permanent bonus: +1 to dexterity.
The southern room mouse hole leads to a room with an ogre. Unfortunately you cannot pass unnoticed because the door is locked. Try keeping distance, once he grabs you he might not let go. The next challenge is a firewall.
The Mages Asunder
(Room with Massive Door)
First mouse hole on the left takes you the the Font of Strength (permanent +1 to strength). The second teleports you to a room with two hostile mages (you may use the door if you prefer).
Next room will contain The Essence Of Magic (permanent +1 to magic). Turn into a spirit and retain it.
(inferno)
The Burning Tower
Through the mouse to get the Essence of Cunning (permanent +1 to cunning).
From the corridor: the first door: firewall and a mouse hole. Second door: massive door. Go up the stairs in the third room. Walk in between firewalls and enter a mouse hole. After a fight you will receive the Burning Man power. Now you can cross inferno. Go back through the door, cross a firewall and enter the spirit door as a Spirit. Bonuses for +1 cunning and +1 constitution.
(massive door here)
Back to the Mages Assunder
Once you have the Burning Man cross the inferno. The fastest way to defeat the fire demons is the Spirit’s ice magic.
Pass another firewall and defeat the mages.
Behind the following door there are few more mages. They’re using fire magic so the best way to defeat them is to transform into a mouse, use stealth, approach the mages until you get engaed in battle (they won’t see you though), retreat and transform into a burning man (he’s immune to fire magic).
Don’t worry about the Massive Door here, it leads back to the begining of this location, nothing interesting behind it.
Save the mage in the room upstairs and he will give you a Golem Form Trasformation skill. While in this form you can open Massive Door.
Golem Transformation
Go up the stairs. Defeat the mages and a golem (easy while in a golem form) and open the Massive Door. Straight down the corridor and right: in this room you’ll fin the Essence od Willpower (+1 willpower).
The south-east room contains the Font of Strength (+1 strength).
Go through the Massive Door in the south. Enter the Spirit Door and get +1 dexterity, enter Mouse Hole and get +1 cunning, through the Massive Door: +1 dexterity and +1 constitution awaits you. Go back through the Mouse Hole, Spirit Door and Defeat Slavren in the next hall. He is one of the four demons to beat in order to meet the Sloth demon who holds you in the Dreamworld.
Back to the Burning Tower
Open the Massive Door in the south and receive +1 magic.
Go all the way up north and open another Massive Door, cross the firewall and defeat another demon – Rhagos. Collent your +1 strength bonus and exit the ‘island’.
Back to the Templar’s Nightmare
Access the Alchemical Laboratory by bashing the door or sneaking in through the Mouse Hole in the adjacent room. (hint: if you have area magic i.e. Tempest you can destroy the enemies in the room before actually opening the door). Through the Spirit Door, Massive Door and Fade Portal.
Quickly turn into a golem, open the door and turn into a Burning Man to resist the fire damage. Follow Vervel through a Mouse Hole. Kill her and retrieve your +1 cunning bonus.
Back to The Darkspawn Invasion
Go through the Massive Door in the south to get your +1 strength bonus. Now through the Massive Door in the north (shortcut – go to another realm using the pedestal in the south, then go back to the Darkspawn Invasion).
Again you can kill the enemies in the next room before opening the door if you wish. If they’re just behind the door use the Burning Man to fry them up.
Behind the Massive Door Uthkiel the Crusher awaits.
Back to the Raw Fade
Enter the Spirit Door and defeat Yevena.
Retrieve the +1 willpower bonus.
Bo back to Niall, enter the Fade Portal, Mouse Hole, Fade Portal and Spirit Door ( +1 dexterity).
The following experience may vary depending on selected party members:
Nightmare (West)
You will meet your first party member here. In my case it’s Alistair.
Talk to him, then to his sister. Offer Goldana a fight. After defeating her and her skeletons Alistair will be free.
Nightmare (South)
This task is simple: defeat Morigan’s mother.
Nightmare (East)
Pesruade Wynn to start thinking and defeat the mages.
Inner Sanctum
Sloth Demon
Finally. Speak to Sloth Demon and your party will be back together.
Defeat all his forms and you will return to the real world.
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So, I didn’t want to preform blood magic a the castle in Redcliffe, so I decided to journey up to the Circle of Magi to get the needed supplies. Of course I get to the tower only to discover the problems going on, offer to help, and get sucked into the dream world. Anyone else opt to go to the circle of magi to get the supplies instead of freeing Connor through blood magic??
I killed the Ogre in the room when I came into it as a mouse but now I’m stuck because I can’t get through the fire area or the massive door and everything else seems to circle back. Also, behind the massive door there are 3 bad guys who have activated my fight mode, so I can’t even opt to leave fight mode and go through the fade door or another mousehole. Can I exit fight mode somehow?
It seems like you are really lost in this dream
How did that happen? I mean what did you do to engage those guys in battle? Seems like you have to load earlier save.
Go to another ‘island’ and obtain necessary skills to pass the Firewall and heavy Door.
P SI will reorganize this chapter, there is a faster way to do it.
You’ve got to add there’s +1 Will Power in Weisshaupt, or whatever is called. In the first island, where Duncan is standing alive.
Wow, so i just got into the dream world, and i got through the main part of it pretty fast. all i have left to do is fight sloth and save my companions. heres the kicker, seems my game gliched out on me, everytime i go to one of the nightmare islands, there is no one i can talk to, nothing i can interact with, no matter what form, what spells i use. nothing…happens. i thought that i must kill sloth to be able to save my friends, so i did that, only to get a cutscene and end up back in the tower of magi…i was furious, so i used the cheat to go to the party selection screen anytime in the game. what do i find? i know have every single companion (except shale), and every one of my other characters has lost all their gear…
this made me furious! i had one time only items! and i have no earlier saves because all my auto saves where from the different nightmare sections! what…the…hell!?
i posted this on the official dragon page forums but have gotten nothing yet.
over half a day of gameplay, dont the ****er. ive got to say, being analy raped by dragon age is not too fun, didnt even have the niceness to use astro glide…
Im not ganna lie this guide did nothing for me. Ive finished all the other realms except for the Templar’s Nightmare. There is nothing to interact with besideds mouse holes…. I dont see any door to bash just the purple doors that teleport you back and forth.
So please enlighten me as to wear i find all these hidden things you speak of!
So far all the doors lead to eachother except the one that leads to the seperate room with the scarecrow.
Basically this whole dream thing reminds me of Oblivion were u get stuck out of normal game play in wat the creators tried to make ” An interesting change of pace” that rly just turns out to be anoying and makes u want to break ur Wii because its just not as good as it once was.
Laxpro0825 I sense some frustration. Enlighten me. Do you have all the forms (Golem, Burning Man, Mouse and Spirit)?
If you’re a mage you can easily pull the mobs in the room before Uthkiel the Crusher one by one with a long range spell.
I’m also stuck. I’ve accomplished everything in the dreamworld. The only thing is left untouched is this Hidden Room in the far islands of the Raw Fade. I can’t seem to get there en I can’t remember encoutering any Yevena at all… is he/she in the Hidden Room?!?
As I read it, you enter the spirit room and get to that island with the boat and that is where Yevena should be, but he/she isn’t there. As far as I know, there were only two wisps. And I haven’t completed the Raw Fade yet…
I do have a backup save, in case the mission was to hard (like redcliff…) but I don’t really want to start this mission over…
Tell me if I should load it (it’s before you go across the lake).
Thanks in advance!
Maybe you could make it a bit more clear with meantioning that the Spirit Door is near Niall, cause I overlooked it (thought it was a door which you came from after defeating Duncan…).
Problem solved! Thanks
Sten’s nightmare area contains his two Beresaad battle-brothers. They are cooking a rather unappetizing meal. Sten doesn’t take much pushing to see the light, but I believe you will receive some negative influence if you treat him like a child. He seems to be the only one (other than you) that knows what’s going on.
I seem to be stuck because I have the mouse, fireman, and spirit form but I can’t seem to get the Golem form; I think I might have killed the mage in “the room upstairs” because I have no more enemies to fight except the ones in the massive doors which I can’t open. Help Please.
thanks this was really helpful for me. I basically just used it to make sure i didn’t miss any of the attribute boosts.
This is the first place in the game that I experienced any bugs and it freaked me out for a minute. I thought I was going to get stuck and have to revert to a way long ago save. If anyone has just started playing this game it’s really a good idea to have always have two saves of where you currently are. As well as one from not to long ago at camp or something so you know you can go anywhere you want still.
Anyway, the bug was in the nightmare section. Every time I would meet one of my party members and defeat the demons that were with them, I would talk to them and it would start the dialogue chain that started when I first walked into the area. I also had the problem Wilhelm had where I was stuck in fight mode but eventually it went away and I was able to move on.
Anyway, thank you for the tips.
i am stuck too. (Mages Assunder) everytime i pass through the door which is on fire, 3 mages kill me. i tried it 10 times and i failed. i am on easy mode but this one sucks. my rat and burning man doesnt help a lot. i need to find a way to kill those mages. anyone else having trouble in that part?
Extraordinarily helpful, thanks. I think a few things differ slightly depending on the player’s character, (rank, class, etc.,) the nightmares for sure. First thing in this game that had me stumped, and was very fortunate you had this posted. Thanks again.
Get the Prima Guide folks, it’s invaluable.
Re the “hidden Room” WTF?? it’d marked by a map marker so it does not seem to be an indicator of the bit with the ship… can anyone help?
After returning to the Raw Fade and getting the +1 dexterity, the fade portal in the area where the mouse died is gone o_O After looking around I found another one in the back of the area with the spirit door leading to the Essence of Dexterity. I have no idea if it was there in the first place, but that was odd.
evry time i go into theroom with the stairs the mages start fighting and i get caught in the middle of it. So i staor to pwn them then all os a sudden this big fire explotion appears and im dead and this happens evrey time. can you plz help me on this!
I did the dream section but when I got back to the tower I am stuck with nowhere to go and nothing to do – I can’t find Cullen and the Harrowing Chamber is blocked off from where I am by a huge heap of gunk and a barricade made of bookshelves… help!
Zach, use a couple of your strongest spells and go into burning man mode asap and it should be a cakewalk.
s4zz, The room where you enter/exit the fade has two doorways, and going through the proper one, it will lead to a big room with a blocked door on the right. Youll want to go left, there should be an arched wall and some junk lying around and a couple more rooms before you get to cullen. Shouldn’t be too hard to notice.
Hey guys thanks for the walkthrough idk if my old comment posted but it said this; I did the whole dream land killed sloth demon got back to the real world and toke the thingy from Nialls body.
So now I’m in the castle-place thingy. I went all the way down to the main floor of the castle. I’m just lookin aound and theres two doors; the first one leads to what looks like a basement, and the second is the biiiiig metal door. Both of them saying ‘cannot pick lock’ WHAT DO I DOOOOOOO PLZ HAAALP. D:
Yevena…. maybe you should specify that the Spirit Door near Niall can be opened only in form of the spirit!!!!!!
Was an entire afternoon wandering!!!
cya
You really need to work on your detail. There is no explanation whatsoever for Templar’s Nightmare and Mages Asunder. I didn’t come here looking for the damn +1 power ups…I want to know where I’m supposed to go to get the forms.
“The southern room mouse hole leads to a room with an ogre. Unfortunately you cannot pass unnoticed because the door is locked. Try keeping distance, once he grabs you he might not let go. The next challenge is a firewall.” HOW THE HELL DO I GET THROUGH THE FIRE WALL IN THE TEMPLARS NIGHTMARE HUH?
i think you forgot to put in the +1 to.. willpower i believe it is, you can pick it up if you have the spirit form and go back to weishaupt fortress where you enter the fade and encounter duncan
Great walkthrough we really appriciated it, helped us finish it really fast on both our accounts =]
so Ive freed all my friends from their nightmare and they all disappeared after and Im left to fight the sloth alone and its not going well. how do I get them back in my party?
I have the golem form and tried throwing rocks etc at the massive doors to the mage circule but it doesn’t work. What am i doing wrong?
Must I kill sloth demon alone or there is some way to regroup my party before fighting him?
I seem to be stuck at the Viking ship after you go through the spirit door… I checked all over and it says there is a “hidden room” behind the scarecrow. What do I do to get to Yevena?
Well I had no problem following this guide, it is accurate, informative and helpful.
I also want to add that the way you guyz are treating the author of this walkthrough is shocking. If you are not able to follow simple instructions then you are playing the wrong game.
Ty for the walkthrough
I spoked with the mouse in the raw fade, and it give me his power. now i need to enter in the mouse hole, and here comes the problem, im pressing the button in the right corner but my character doesn’t transform, nothing happens. please help
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Before you assume,
-my mana/stamina pool is FULL
-I’m stuck at the part where the mouse initially gives you the power
-I pick up the Lyrium Vein every time it spawns
-I have the ability set to “Self:Any -> Activate Mouse Form”. It still appears gray and does not let me activate it.
-I’ve tried putting both activate/deactivate mouse form, tried using different settings other than ‘self’
-I’ve reset twice back to the beginning of the fade, and it still does the same thing
-It’s been two hours, and I have a hunch there’s some reasonable explanation for this, so I’m losing patience…
to above post…
I have the same problem. I am guessing you installed patch 1.3? And that is the problem!! If you use any of the prior patches you are able to transform but in patch 1.3 there seems to be a bug and they have yet to fix it. If you have an account with Bioware, perhaps you could tell them there is a bug and they may attempt to fix it… But I doubt it.
I agree with Fuzzles….this walkthrough was very useful & if you just follow the directions you will know what to do. You do have to go to other areas to get the other forms….so you kind of have to go back & forth a bit. That’s probably about the only thing that the author doesn’t really explain in great detail. Other than that, this is a great walkthrough. Great job!
im using aedan, and he doesn’t have the shapeshifter power.. how do i actually get it and use the mouse shapeshifter? i got it form the mouse but its not working.. and im pretty sure i did not install patch 1.3..
I cant defeat the sloth demon alone i have freed my party members,i understand you can get them back,how?
u cant get stuck in this world… @Wilhelm Ironwulf ur not stuck, there is a fade pedestal in the ogre room
this is to get the mages at ur side quest 
+ this is not the connor quest, this is the broken circle quest, u go in the fade once again when u agree to save connor
to get out of fighting mode cast a spell or smth… + if ur 2 long in a fighting mode 1-2 min and not fighting, u can do everything u want
@stuck in… yeah its a patch problem…@marks, right click the massive doors, dont throw rocks manualy
…. @sangdrags, they all appear when u talk to the sloth demon, dont fight at the first convo line, talk a little and they appear on the 2th or the 3th 
… @laxpro experiment a little, to get to the second section u need to use the 3th room mouse hole… and so on… its not hard.. the bonus there is when u fight the mini boss there… in that long room.. in the center… the dex. bonus is in the 1th section of rooms, 2nd room – mouse hole
Morrigan was my 2nd companion so when I went to the island she was on and killed her mother everytime I spoke to her she would talk to her dead mother who seemingly raises from the dead. I finally got her to stop by running around while a golem. So if this happens I advise that.
KillerKing17 – just takes a while for the kill to register sometimes. No need to change form or anything, just give it a few seconds and don’t speak to her – you’ll get the cut scene after a bit.
Although this guide is a little difficult to follow at times, and you might have to run around a bit (I got stuck in Templars Nightmare, before I realised that the sections look v similar) it does get you through.
Thanks
This guide was exactly what I needed I really appreciat the guide and I will come back to it when I need help on any other section in the game