coleās odd things masterpost
iāve seen people are having trouble uncovering all of theĀ āodd thingsā cole does at skyhold and, having at the same trouble during some of my playthroughs, i wanted to make a masterpost that includes the locations of where you can hear the necessary npc dialogue. coleās 5 odd things include:
stealing a wheel of cheese and crushed mint
leaving pealed plums on the windowsill
putting turnips in the fireplace
putting a ton of daggers in a barrel
each of these has at least two npc dialogues you need to hear to unlock the full dialogue with cole about it - to hear these dialogues, you need to fully explore skyhold each time you go there after moving in, like i mean you need to be extremely thorough each time you travel to skyhold until you hear every single dialogue
the bread dialogue starts in the kitchen where a npc says someone has been stealing bread and putting it on the battlements - then another npc near the surgeon (just inside the main gate) mentions a soldier who was badly injured is hanging on until winter and that he looks at the birds (drawn by the bread) every morning
the cheese and mint dialogue is the longest of the odd things, it begins in the kitchens where a npc mentions the missing items, next i heard the cook npc in the tavern on the second floor talk about seeing the cat in the kitchens dance (because of the mint), finally go back to the kitchens to hear a npc talk about how the cook was in a jolly mood and didnt hit them when they dropped their tools
i cant remember where the pealed plums dialogue starts but i believe the npc who starts it says the plums are attracting flies, then the next dialogue is from a npc in the tavern on the first floor who talks about using spider webs to treat infected wounds (the plums attract the flies which attract the spiders)
the npc who starts the turnips one is in the main building of skyhold right when you enter, across from varric, and they mentioned the smell of the turnips, next a npc outside of the blacksmith building (next to cassandra) mentions a soldier who died thinking heād gone home because he smelled his motherās turnip stew
on the battlements next to cullenās office (where the multiplayer characters stand), a soldier mentions finding his dagger in a barrel filled with daggers, and then a npc just inside the gates of skyhold mentions an argument between soldiers almost escalating when one of the soldiers reached for their dagger only to find it missing
if you can remember where the pealed plums one starts, please reblog this and add it to the post! finally, hereās a few tips for when youāre wandering around trying to get dialogue to trigger
none of the dialogues occur in the garden, the library, lelianaās area, solasā area, cullenās office, josephineās office, the blacksmith building, the barn, or the dungeon
sometimes you have to walk past npcs for the dialogue to start, so pay attention and donāt run off just because they didnt immediately start talking
i said this before but itās important so iām saying it again - you need to search for these dialogues every single time you go to skyhold until you find them all or you risk missing one
hope this helps anyone having trouble with coleās odd things! feel free to reblog with your own tips or info i missed
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