Dragon age 2 mark of the assassin rune puzzle

The Vaults beneath Chateau Haine are an extensive repository for the considerable supply of valuables amassed by the Montfort family. The Vaults are home to not only a vast collections of jewels and similar valuables but also rare armors and weapons, all of which are guarded by a complicated series of traps and locks.

Quests[]

Puzzles[]

For a complete detailed walkthrough of solving the puzzles see Heart of the Many: The Vaults.

Map of the area

There are three puzzles within the vaults, and solving one extinguishes the curtain of flame that surrounds the centerpiece of the vault. All three puzzles require two parts; the first to resolve a puzzle in one of the side passages which nets some treasure as well as a clue to resolve the second part.

When a puzzle has been resolved, the framed black painting in that area will fill with a curious picture of men, some masked, some not. This clue will help Hawke resolve the second part. When Hawke flips the floor panels in the main vault to match the pattern revealed in the paintings in the adjacent corridors, the valves feeding the flames shut off, leaving the treasure they protect, pieces of the class-specific Messenger, Orlesian Lancer, and Enchanter Illana armor sets accessible.

Puzzle Paintings

The first two puzzles present Hawke with a device and two runes of different colors. Doors corresponding to these runes will only open while Hawke is affected by the rune of the same color. Two of the colors, blue and red, may be mixed on the machine by touching the first color, then the machine, then touching the second color, then the machine, then touching the resulting rune it produces before opening the door. Before gaining access to one of the last colors needed to mix the final color, a Rune Golem will challenge the party and must be destroyed.

Vault's Prosper's Portrait solution

The third puzzle appears to be a pattern of floor tiles that flip along with their adjacent neighbors, to reveal a portrait of Prosper, apparently in his younger days. Because the tiles flip their neighbors, and a single tile may be affected by at least two others, they must be flipped in a pattern to reveal the entire portrait.

Resolving the last puzzle in the vault shuts off the remaining flame and reveals a chest containing the Coat of the Messenger, Orlesian Lancer Armor, and the Robes of Enchanter Illana completing the set (armor dependent on class).

See also[]

• Heart of the Many: The Vaults

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin the Vaults Puzzles

DA2 Mark of the Assassin the Vaults Puzzles

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin the Vaults Puzzle

In dragon age 2 mark of the assassin, Hawke, Tallis and party must escape the dungeons and the Vaults to get to the Heart of Many. Hawke must solve some puzzles within the Vaults to obtain the treasures contained within the flames in the center of the Vaults. This will guide Hawke and party in solving the vaults puzzles and obtaining the Enchanter Illana Armor Set.

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin Floor Tiles Puzzle

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin Floor Tiles Puzzle

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin Mixing the Colours Puzzle

In DA2 Mark of the Assassin, Hawke, Tallis and party can arrive at the Vaults in two ways. First directly from the dungeons without a fight with Duke Prosper, or indirectly from the dungeons and fighting with Duke Prosper. The duke lowers the gate and prevents escape from the Vaults. Hawke and Tallis must then descend into the dungeons to enter the cave systems to escape. But first there is the small matter of solving the Vaults puzzle.

Within the vaults, there is a large chamber with a huge fire in the center. Connected to the fire are some pipes which lead to tiles which can be flipped over. If Hawke and Tallis had come into this part of the vault directly from the dungeons, they will end up in a room with a colour mixer and the initial colours white and black on the two sides. Use these colours to unlock the doors by putting one colour onto each party member. The idea at this stage is to unlock the room with the blue colour and with the rune golem in it.

After fighing the rune golem, the party can pick up a cursed emerald. This is needed for Pirates and Their Curses quest. Within the room with the rune golem is the yellow colour. Pick this up, and head back to the mixer with the yellow colour and the blue colour. Mix these two colours to obtain the green colour. Head out to a door just before the large flames and use the green colour to unlock the green door. Within this room, pick up a cursed diamond.

The picture in this part of the vaults puzzles area will now show up. Look at the pattern of the men with hats in the painting and then replicate this pattern on the flip board on the ground by flipping only those tiles corresponding to the hats in the picture.

DA2 Mark of the Assassin Painting Puzzle

The next part of the mark of the assassin the Vaults Puzzle involves solving the painting puzzle in one of the three Vaults room to obtain the picture needed to flip the tiles in front of the flames. Methods include trial and error which can be very frustrating, or just refer to the video tutorial below to solve the painting puzzle in the Vaults.

Dragon Age 2 Mark of the Assassin Colour Mixing Puzzle 2

In dragon age 2 mark of the assassin, Hawke and party must solve another colour mixing puzzle to completely access the treasure in the center of the Vaults. The key here is to obtain the orange and blue colours. Then head back to the mixer and obtain the purple colour.

The party must fight another ruined golem in this area. Then open the door marked purple and obtain all the gems in this area - the cursed ruby and the cursed sapphire. The picture in this part will then show up, and the party can input the code into the tiles on the floor.

DA2 Mark of the Assassin Painting Puzzle

Rewards for Completion of the Vault Puzzles

With the completion of the vault puzzles, the party gains access to the Enchanter Illana Armor Set and the dagger of four winds needed to complete the Pirates and Their Curses quest.