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[GrinningRogue]

Where are all the caprice? I've been pinging like mad and I've only found 2. Also, the halla statues, where are they? I tried completing the whole quest to open doors but it seems the number of halla isn't enough to open all doors.

[Pawsome]

About the coins and the blackmail material, they keep showing up in areas you've already combed (Vestibule, Guest Garden and sometimes even Ballroom). The statues themselves, I am wondering if that stuff is bugged.

[Dungeon Raider]

There's only 11 halla statues and some people have reported you can't keep the first one in the gardens for later... it only works in the storage door also in the palace gardens. There's only one door afaik that is critical for quest completion (but not necessarily the best result) but there's another door requiring 5 halla statues that is critical if you want the best result to the quest. Check here for details... http://dragonage.wik..._of_Stone_Hallabut (not counting the first door) I prefer to get the 3 halla door, the 1 halla door (critical) and the 5 halla door for the best result... leaving me with 1 halla statue.

[maxulic]

I have hated every minute of these side quests. The main quest is interesting and nicely done but these side quests just kept pissing me off between the time limit with your court reputation decreasing and the randomness of secrets.

 

I ended with 30 secrets but had no chance to turn them all in to Leliana because you need to access the last area in order to obtain the last ones but then you have to go the through the cutscene concluding the main quest with no chance to stay for a while after this (after talking with my love affair, one of the option was "I need a moment" naively I thought it was the option to stay longer but it still ended the quest and brought me back to Skyhold).

 

The idea behind these side quests was nice but the execution really awful. Getting rid of the time limit would be a first step to make this part more enjoyable.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

^ You can turn in the last secrets to Leliana before confronting Florianne's men. You just have to avoid going through that door that triggers the confrontation, retrace your steps and go back out to the vestibule, hand them in to Leliana and go back in again. Handing in secrets really boosts court favor. If you find court favor draining away too much, then it's probable you didn't get enough or spent too much time exploring the off limit zones.

 

There are only 11 halla statutes and it's up to you to decide how you're going to use them. If you want a particular ending to this mission, you can only open certain doors. If you want all the capice coins or perhaps open one of the treasure doors, you have to skip the special endings.  A forum user has posted  a very detailed guide to this quest.

[Quick]

There are really only a few items that you "may" want to grab from behind any of those random Halla doors that aren't related to the main quest in there.

 

1. The 3 Halla door in the Guest Garden, where the fountain is, contains the Orlesian banner.  You can see it here.
    
2. If you climb the trellis in the Guest Garden and go in the library door (the first small library), you'll get a look around notification, then find a book that opens a back office that has Veilfire brazier in it.  Grabbing that and going back out into the first room and completing the bust puzzle will get you some additional loot, like the Confusion Grenade Schematic. You can see the puzzle solution here.

[Illydth]

As I am the forum user that created the guide linked above, I'll plug that again..

 

http://forum.bioware...s-ending-guide/

 

The dragon age wiki links are great for the three quests (Secrets, Halla and Coins).  I highly recommend printing out each page and checking off when you get one...that way you don't miss any.

 

"About the coins and the blackmail material, they keep showing up in areas you've already combed (Vestibule, Guest Garden and sometimes even Ballroom). The statues themselves, I am wondering if that stuff is bugged."

 

The biggest thing you may be missing is that not all of the stuff is available at the beginning of the mission.  There is a break point/midpoint in the WEWH (Wicket Eyes, Wicked Hearts) mission:  Once you head into and complete the Servants Quaters/Guest Appartments area, more stuff opens up.  Some of the Secrets/Coins are not obtainable until post this midpoint.  I know I killed myself looking for secrets/coins that were marked on my walkthrough map, but would not show up for me till after I read the Wiki post.

 

"I ended with 30 secrets but had no chance to turn them all in to Leliana because you need to access the last area in order to obtain the last ones but then you have to go the through the cutscene concluding the main quest with no chance to stay for a while after this (after talking with my love affair, one of the option was "I need a moment" naively I thought it was the option to stay longer but it still ended the quest and brought me back to Skyhold).

 

The idea behind these side quests was nice but the execution really awful. Getting rid of the time limit would be a first step to make this part more enjoyable."

 

Not to suggest your issues aren't problems, but I never found the timer to be a real problem.  So long as you're completing secrets/coins and the normal objectives, you tend to get more than enough reputation points to make up for losses.

 

As per my guide above, to turn in the secrets/coins quest and complete them, you must go into the Empress's room get the last coin/secret, then turn back around and exit the room and walk out of the appartments, turn the stuff into Liliana, and then re-enter the appartments and complete the mission.  I didn't like the backtrack either, but it's the only way to do it.

 

Loot

1. The 3 Halla door in the Guest Garden, where the fountain is, contains the Orlesian banner.  You can see it here.
    
2. If you climb the trellis in the Guest Garden and go in the library door (the first small library), you'll get a look around notification, then find a book that opens a back office that has Veilfire brazier in it.  Grabbing that and going back out into the first room and completing the bust puzzle will get you some additional loot, like the Confusion Grenade Schematic. You can see the puzzle solution here.

Regarding the loot above, the first 3 halla door in Guest Garden has limitations on what you can do if you choose to unlock it.  I STRONGLY recommend looking at my guide above for info as I believe this to be one of the worst choices in doors, unless you're going for something specific.

 

Regarding 2:  You actually don't need Halla status for any of that.  And it's not an "IF", you MUST climb the trellis and you MUST enter the Library.   You also MUST enter the Halla locked door to the left as you climb the trellis or the quest will not continue and you will not be able to enter the Servant's Quarters.  Note that it's best if you complete the Veilfire Brazier puzzle BEFORE you read the stuff on the Desk, as that will trigger you to have to run back to the Ballroom and thus you'll have to make a trip BACK up here to complete the Veilfire puzzle.