North of Novigrad, near the village of Yantra, you can meet the camp of two travelers. They will offer to drink with them, after a party in the morning you will wake up without clothes. Your task is to find the lost things. Use your witcher sense, the traces found near the camp will lead you to the bards. You can also leave them naked
Reward: 50 xp
Cursed Warehouse
In the docks of Novigrad, you can hear the argument between the dwarf and the man, who are trying to pacify the guard. Approach them and ask what the problem is. It turns out that a monster has wound up in the warehouse that the dwarf and the man are renting, and they blame each other for this. Having agreed to help, go to the warehouse, in the very center there will be a naker, it will not be difficult to deal with him. Now use your witcher senses and find out where the naker is from. In the corner of the warehouse you will find a cage where the monster was kept, but the bars in it are sawn and the traces point to a dwarf.
Go out and tell the guard that you defeated the monster, now you must resolve the dispute. You need to choose the culprit, either a person or a dwarf.
Reward: 60 crowns, 50 xp
Black Pearl
We get the quest near the tavern "Golden Sturgeon"
Stage 1: Nidas
Near the tavern in Novigrad, you will be called by a man named Nidas. He needs help collecting pearls on Skellige. After talking with him, go to the islands.
Note: The quest can be continued after you are done.
Stage 2: black pearl
Meet Nidas on the island east of Arinbjorn. Dive under the water and open the shells (you may be disturbed), only one of them will have a black pearl.
After picking up the pearl, swim ashore and fight off the utopians.
Stage 3: Reward
Nidas will inform you that he has no money with him and you need to return to Novigrad. In the tavern "Golden Sturgeon" you will be given a reward.
Reward: 10 crowns, 75 xp
Fists of Fury: Novigrad
We get the quest from the notice board () in Novigrad.
Stage 1: Defeat Georg Georgius (M3, 32)
While the tavern champion is preparing, the organizer will offer you a deal. You must give up the fight. And according to him, you get more than if you win. After that, defeat the fighter and move on to the next one.
If you agree, you will...
Reward: 25 XP and 160 crowns.
Stage 2: defeat Archibald O'Neill (M3, 33)
All subsequent fighters, including this one, should not cause problems. Even if they are 10 levels lower, they can still be dealt with. The main thing is not to miss the blows and keep the block / dodge.
Reward: 25 XP
Stage 3: Defeat Iron Mortimer
Reward: 25 xp
Stage 4: fight with the Tailor for the title of champion of Novigrad (M2, 103)
Reward: 75 xp
fencing lessons
The quest is obtained during the quest.
Stage 1: come to the residence of Var Attre the next day and give Rosa a swordsmanship lesson
Stage 2: tell the captain of the guard about the swordsmanship lesson
The captain will say that Rose went out for a walk to the Temple Bridge.
Stage 3: Meet Rosa
She will be here M3, 6).
Stage 4: Follow Rosa
The girl will offer to take a walk after her. She will want to work out in the fresh air, on the bridge. Remove her entire health bar, after which she will surrender.
Stage 5: Find Rose using your Witcher Senses
After the duel, she will tell Geralt to turn away so that she can adjust her corset. But she will no longer be there when Geralt turns back. Follow the girl's footsteps to the Seven Cats tavern. Near the tavern, two men will stick to her. You can pay them, enchant Axii, or tell them to fuck off.
Reward: 25 xp
Cheese and dark forces
We get the quest from the seller ().
Stage 1: search the estate of Aeramas using the witcher's flair
Get to the mark ( M2, 149). There you will find a magic circle that has survived even despite the deplorable state of the house.
Stage 2: use the artifacts of Aeramas to activate the portal
Stage 3: use the portal to the estate of Aeramas
Stage 4: search the dungeons of Aeramas
Stage 5: find a way through the theromancy rooms
When passing through the cheese room, be careful, because if you get close to the toxic fumes, you will run out of air very quickly. Find a ledge at the end of the hall. With it, you can climb the stairs leading up.
Reward: 50 xp
At the end of the room, go to the portal and activate it.
Stage 6: go through the flooded hall
Go down the stairs and jump into the water. Get to the next portal. To open it, take the figurine from the table. Next to the portal there will be an illusion, and behind it are useful items and recipes / blueprints.
Reward: 50 xp
Stage 7: remove the magical barrier and get into the treasury of Aeramas
To disable the barrier, use Igni to light the pyramid on the right and left (it will be hidden by an illusion). Then go up to the pedestal and take the Emmental sword.
Reward: 75 xp
Unraveling the tangle
We get the quest from the bulletin board (
Step 1: Talk to the Manager
There will be a guard at the entrance. He will not let you inside, as the manager does not accept guests. Therefore, ask the guard about the monster. It turns out that some daredevil has already taken up this work. We must hurry.
Stage 2: Investigate the Crime Scene Using Witcher Senses
Go to the house (). There you will find a body. All the blood will be sucked out of it.
Stage 3: find a monster prowling the area using the witcher's flair
Follow the footprints near the shore. On the bridge, the tracks break off. Cross the river and enter the house. On the top floor, you will meet Lambert, who has already taken on this order. Help him defeat Ekkima. Then go for a reward with Lambert, or catch up with him later.
Stage 4: Meet Lambert at the Seven Cats Tavern
The guard will let you through to the manager for a reward. Lambert will want to know about a certain Bertram Towerer. But the manager will not want to answer and lower the guard.
Stage 5: defeat the guards
Deal with this trio.
Stage 6: talk to Lambert
Lambert will move the conversation to the Seven Cats Tavern.
Step 7: Meet Lambert at the Seven Cats Tavern
Go to dot (). Choose which story you want to listen to: short or full. Then the witchers will go to the tavern and ask Vienna about Bertram. She does not know anything, but she will tell about two more members of the gang. There will be a choice:
- kill her
- Don't kill
Geralt and Lambert split up to find the gang members. Geralt will have to look on Skellige.
Reward: 80 xp
Stage 8: go to the Farrera and find Hammond
We leave for the Farrera, in the eastern settlement. Approaching, we see the settlement is on fire and the bandits are outrageous in it.
Stage 9: find Hammond
We kill the bandits and search the corpses. Having found the letter, we read.
Stage 10: find the altar at which Hammond prays
We go east / southeast of the settlement along the path that will lead us to Hammond's camp. A conversation with him will end in a fight.
Stage 11: Kill Hammond
Stage 12: search Hammond's body
After searching the body, we find Bertram Tauler's letter to Hammond, and read it.
Stage 13: Meet Lambert at the Nowhere Tavern
Let's go to Novigrad. The tavern is located opposite the orphanage, which we dropped in to talk to Buttercup's girlfriend in the "List of Whores" task. We tell what we managed to find out and listen to Lambert, what he found out.
Stage 14: Meet Lambert at the Tauler Residence Market
Approaching the house, a guard will notice us and invite us to enter.
Stage 15: decide the fate of Bertram Tauler
Entering the house, we observe an idyllic family scene. Tauler turns out to be a witcher from the Cat's school, who decided to retire. After talking with him, you will have a choice:
- You have changed, spare Tauler
- You feign remorse kill Tauler
- Sorry too late kill Tauler
- Let's leave you in peace spare Tauler
In the first and fourth options, we show mercy and leave, despite the protests of Lambert. Outside the gate we tell Lambert that this is your decision, but if he wants, he can return at any time, but only without us. We part with Lambert in a not very pleasant way.
In the second and third options, Lambert will kill Tauler and thank him for his help. We part amicably.
Quest completed.
Reward: depends on your level.
Figurine of a nobleman
We get the quest from one of the sellers in Novigrad () by buying a jade figurine from him
Stage 1: talk to Triss about the figurine
Knock on the door of the house (). The homeowners will say that Triss is on the floor above. She will say that this is an enchanted person turned into a figurine. Triss will lead to a room where no one will disturb them to cast the spell. The nobleman was bewitched by Coral. In gratitude, he will give you something.
Reward: 50 XP, 30 Crowns, Lesser Glyph of Axia.
Bouncer
Stage 1: meet Triss Merigold in her hideout
Triss received a letter. It says that the sorceresses are being given help to leave Novigrad. It also says that you need to find a man in a blue caftan and talk to him.
Step 2: Talk to Vegelbud's Servant at the Fish Market
Find the man in the blue coat. He will have a bunch of keys on his belt. Use your senses to find it. Tell him the password.
Stage 3: follow Vegelbud's servant
Follow the man. In the arch, witch hunters will attack you, kill from them. Later, the person will tell that the matter is in the son of Mrs. Vegelbud. He is fond of alchemy and the Temple guards got wind of it. There will be a ball at the city estate, and it is at this moment that Triss must pull him out and lead him past the guards. The man in the caftan will give invitations to the ball.
Stage 4: buy a fox mask for Triss and new clothes
Go to the shop of Elihal, Dandelion's friend, already familiar to us ().
Step 5: bring Triss the fox mask
Stage 6: Meet Ingrid Wegelbud
Go to the entrance to the estate. On the way to Triss, some drunk drug dealer will become attached and confuse her with another girl. You can just leave or not... Enter through the door on the other side of the estate and approach Ingrid. She will say that Albert can be recognized by the panther mask.
Stage 7: find Albert Vegelbud
He will be wearing a purple mask and the same caftan. Albert will make his way to the maze in the garden when the fireworks start.
Stage 8: wait on the bench with Triss
Stage 9: find Triss Merigold in the maze
A drunk glass of wine will "hit" Triss in the head, she will have fun and run into the labyrinth. There will be a choice:
- Kiss Triss
- Don't kiss
Stage 10: exit the maze
Half way back, bandits will attack Geralt. Get rid of them and exit the maze. You can use signs in combat.
Stage 11: Meet Triss and Albert at the stable
Reward: 50 xp
Gangs of Novigrad
The quest is received during the quest "
Stage 1: talk to Tesak
The cleaver will be here (). He will point out two places where the Bastard can hide.
Stage 2: Meet with Cleaver's dwarves at the arena (M3, 55)
Stage 3: destroy the ring owned by Bastard Junior
After killing the bandits at the entrance, go down the stairs below into the room and kill all the fighters.
Stage 4: Meet Cleaver's dwarves at the casino ()
Stage 5: defeat Bastard's Junior casino
Stage 6: talk to Cleaver
Having defeated all the establishments of the Bastard, return to Cleaver.
Reward: 5 xp, 300 crowns
Thieves' honor
Stage 1: Elven ruins
Head to Est Tayyar, which is northeast of Oxinfurt. In the ruins, talk to the witch hunters, after which they will give you the key to the shelter. Get down, near the barrier, look around using the witcher's flair and use the key.
Entering the shelter on the floor you will find an owl feather, go to the teleporter. Here you need to defeat the neckers and activate another teleporter by applying the Aard sign on it. In the next room there will be a surviving hunter, persuade him to give the crystal from the portal, after receiving it, activate it with Aard. You will find yourself in a cave where you need to find a crystal, for this you will go down into the cave after it. The portal will take you to the lower level.
Stage 2: Ifrit
Here a trained asylum guard will be waiting for you - his name is . Aard will help in the battle with him, with the help of this sign you can put out the fire of the elemental, because of which he will hit much weaker.
After defeating him, inspect the laboratory. Use your Witcher Senses to find the Megascope Shard. Here, activate the exit portal. On the way out, you may have problems with the hunters if you try to hide something from them.
Stage 3: crystal
Options for the development of events:
- You can take the found crystal, she will show you Philippa's conversation with other sorceresses. You can leave the crystal with Triss or take it to Radovid.
- the crystal can be given away, from her you will learn the same as from Triss, but the Lodge will be mentioned.
Return to Radovid on the ship. You can give the crystal and get a reward or say that Philippa was not in the hideout.
Reward: 135 crowns, 100 xp
high stakes
The quest can be taken from the bulletin board in Novigrad
Stage 1: "Passiflora"
Passiflora hosts a major gwent tournament. To take part in it, you must complete several quests, as well as deposit 1000 crowns for participation.
First of all, Sakha will meet you, she is one of the 8 participants in the tournament, after talking with her, get to know the rest.
Stage 2: playing gwent
In the tournament you need to win 4 times. This is very difficult to do if you have few cards or a weak deck. But regardless of the results of the games, Saha will offer to steal the prize pool of 9,000 crowns.
Stage 3: investigation
After a while, you will find out that someone has already stolen the prize. Sakha will offer to find the robbers. Go to the crime scene and use your witcher senses to find clues. Near the balcony you will find a scratch and a rope there, follow it out of the building and follow the footsteps of the robbers. The footprints will lead to a box with the brand name of a well-known company.
Go to the warehouse of this company and defeat the bandits.
Stage 4: farewell
After that, you share the money, and Sakha bequeathed you to himself. Having come to her, you can spend the night with her, but in the morning she will disappear.
Reward: 4500 crowns
Not free Novigrad
Stage 4, option A: kill the guards of the eternal flame
On the top floor of the house, the guards had already come for a couple of sorcerers. Kill them and talk to the spouses.
Reward: 10 xp
Berthold turned out to be a miserable coward and flatly refuses to leave. Use Aksy on him to make him go.
Reward: 40 xp
Step 5 Option A: Follow Triss
Triss will lead you to the tavern (). Inside you will meet guards. Kill them. The innkeeper will be dead.
Reward: 10 xp
Go to stage 6. It is common to both paths.
Stage 3, option B: follow Triss, kill the guards of the eternal flame
At the exit, the guard will be waiting. Get rid of her, Triss can help you with this. Follow her. There will be one point where it will be necessary to wait until the patrol disappears on the street. Come to the tavern ()
Reward: 10 xp
Stage 4, option B: enter the sorcerer's hideout and follow Triss
In the tavern, the innkeeper will open a secret door where sorcerers are hiding. While Triss is counting the arrivals, Geralt will meet Reuven. Later, Triss will make a speech and everyone will mind their own business. Geralt will have to go down into the canals and check if the path is clear.
Stage 6: descend into the channels
Stage 7: find a passage through the dungeons
On the way you will meet drowners. On one of the walls you will see a weakening that can be broken by Aard. In the chest inside you will find the Breastplate from Mag Deira. Going further, Triss will think that we are at a dead end. Turn right at the crossroads and break another wall with Aard. You will go to the library. Inside there will be the same weakened wall leading to the corridor.
Stage 8: find a way around the rats
Go down the stairs and you will have to fight with the rats. By the way, you can collect florens from them. Following the corridors you will find corpses and traces of sharp claws. It looks like some kind of creature is close. You will meet Katakana. At this point, you will already be close to the exit to the surface.
Reward: 10 xp
Stage 9: kill the witch hunters
While Triss will give a signal to the rest of the sorcerers, the Hunters will interfere with the trinity.
Reward: 300 xp
Watching the cut-scene, there will be a choice:
- Farewell, Triss. In this case, you will let her go, and Dijkstra will "lower" Geralt, he will also give the quest "Death Conspiracy".
- Stay with me. After that, there will be the following options.
- I love you. In this case, she will remain and you will see an erotic cut-scene in the tower.
- Let's try again. She will leave.
- Goodbye. I will miss you. She will leave.
At the exit from the Tower, Dijkstra will meet you and give you a quest "Death Conspiracy".
Gwent: games in Novigrad
We get the quest from the bulletin board ().
Stage 1: win a unique Wim Vivaldi card
Reward: 25 XP + Vesemir Card
Stage 2: win the unique Marquise Serenity card
Go to the brothel M3, 27.
Reward: 25 XP + Morvran Voorhis Card
Stage 3: win a unique Dijkstra card
Reward: 25 XP + Esterad Thiessen Card
Stage 4: win a unique card from one of the scoyataels
Reward: 25 XP + Cyril Card
Deadly conspiracy
The quest is obtained after completing the quest "Now or Never".
Stage 1: Meet Dijkstra at Passiflora
Dijkstra, in conjunction with Roche, are plotting the murder of King Radovid. First you need to find their disguised agent.
Stage 2: talk to the traitor Redanian
We go to the border post. Without stopping at the post, a soldier will stand on the right bank of the Pontar. We speak with him, he will give a tip where our agent was last seen.
Stage 3: find the shoemaker's van
We cross the Pontar to the left bank through the post. We are driving down the road from the river. Not far from the bandit camp (M2, 39) we find the agent's wagon.
Stage 4: look for any traces using the witcher's flair
We examine the place with the help of HF and follow the tracks to the cave (M2, 167).
Stage 5: talk to the troll
Stage 6: find the entrance to the cave
Stage 7: find the shoemaker in the troll cave
There are two more trolls inside, which our shoemaker teaches to swear. We enter into a conversation.
- threaten the trolls to let the shoemaker go (in this case, a fight awaits)
- persuade the shoemaker to let go
Stage 8: follow Thaler
We go with Thaler, we talk on the way. Thaler, like a true spy, will not tell us anything about the conspiracy, but thanks for rescuing.
Quest completed.
Reward: ...
Swords and dumplings
Step 1: Talk to Hattori in his shop
Go to the master in the shop (). Ask him to make new swords. Unfortunately, he has not been engaged in forging swords for a long time and now he makes dumplings, and all because a certain van Hoorn does not play by the rules. He eliminates competitors not by skill, but by other means. All deliveries go through him, and besides, he is well acquainted with Tesak. Hattori decided to negotiate with the bandits of the King of Beggars, but for this he needs the help of the witcher so that Geralt would guard him.
Stage 2: Enter the pier after sunset to meet Hattori's supplier
Wait for sunset and visit the pier ().
Stage 3: help Hattori negotiate with the supplier
Follow the elf to the place. You can bargain on the deal. Reduce the price to 25%, the bandits will start to leave, say "No, so no" and they will stop and agree. After the deal, the dwarves of Cleaver will come running. Get rid of them.
Step 4: Talk to Hattori in his shop
Get to the shop and knock on the door. A frightened elf will not want to open it. He will ask you to hire a guard for him.
Stage 5: Convince Sukrus with Skellige to become Hattori's bodyguard
You will find Sukrus near the Golden Sturgeon Tavern (). He will fight with some merchant. To talk to him, you have to fill his face. After that, already comrades Geralt and Sukrus will go to the tavern to talk. The pirate will ask in return for the protection of Hattori, take the money or destroy the goods of his son-in-law.
Step 6: Convince the Skellige merchant to repay Sukrus or destroy his goods
You will find the merchant nearby on the pier. You can use Aksiy against the merchant or destroy the goods.
Step 7: tell Sukrus it's done
Stage 8: return to Hattori
Return to Hattori and tell him that he is now under guard. He will say that some more raw materials are needed for the weapon, which is located in van Hoorn's warehouse.
Stage 9: call Sukrus and his guys to work
At the exit from the shop, turn to Sukrus and strain his guys.
Stage 10: Meet Sukrus at the Sturgeon when it gets dark
Stage 11: get to Ernst van Hoorn's warehouse
Approach the warehouse. The dwarf will allow you to get inside if you pay him or enchant him.
Step 12: Use your witcher senses to find the blacksmith tool boxes and mark them
chalk
There are only three boxes. Use your intuition to identify the right boxes.
Step 13: tell Sukrus that the crates can be taken
Stage 14: Talk to Hattori about the promised sword
Stage 15: visit Hattori later to see if he finished the blade
After a while, return to the master for the promised sword.
Cabaret
We get the quest after completing the quest "A Poet in Disgrace".
Stage 1: Meet Buttercup at Sage and Rosemary
Stage 2: talk to Buttercup
Go to Sage and Rosemary () and talk to the bard. Buttercup wants to open a cabaret, but, of course, he will need the help of an old friend Geralt.
Stage 3: Borrow a fake sword from Madame Irene
Go to Irene's house (), it is located near the theater.
Stage 4: Meet Buttercup at Scholastica's house
Scholastica's house is located next to the barber (). Buttercup's plan is to turn Geralt into a criminal, and Dandelion turns out to be the girl's savior. Speak phrases from a piece of paper that Buttercup wrote or use Geralt's personal ones.
Stage 5: Fight the Purple Avenger
Give in to Buttercup to make him look like a hero in front of the girl.
Step 6: Meet Buttercup at Sage and Rosemary
Meet Dandelion at sunrise at the establishment. There will already be a designer inside and he will want to ask in what style to make a cabaret. You can choose:
- theatrical scenery(the best solution for cabaret)
- Boudoir atmosphere
- Choice of Priscilla(she will choose theatrical scenery)
Unfortunately, Buttercup never returned.
Stage 7: Find Buttercup
Run home to Polly (). At the door you will find Buttercup.
Stage 8: look for the key using the witcher's flair
Examine the basket to the right of the door, there you will find the key.
Stage 9: open the door to Polly's house
Inside, the hubby won't want to let Polly go to the show.
- Let Dandelion explain everything. Buttercup will tell everything as it is, with a little embellishment.
- You asked for it. A fist fight will begin.
Stage 10: find Latrek and take posters from him
Run instead of Buttercup for posters to Latrek (). There will be bandits in the house.
Step 11: Deal with Latrek's creditors
Stage 12: talk to Latrek at the Vegelbud residence
Go to the Vegelbud estate (). Some Comte de Louvertin decided to pay off the debts of the lower in exchange for winning at the races. But Latrek is afraid to lose. There will be a choice:
- I'll win the races for you. You will have to win at the races.
- I will pay off your debt. Pay him 200 crowns.
- Dandelion will have to do without a poster
Stage 13: return to Buttercup
Come back to the cabaret under the new name "Chameleon".
The quest will be unlocked "Deadly Sins".
Deadly sins
We get the quest immediately after completing the Cabaret quest.
Priscilla was attacked by a maniac. You will find her in the hospital, she will be alive, but seriously injured. Von Gratz will say that there was already a victim with similar injuries this week.
You can go to the dead room with him right away, or meet at the place later.
Stage 1: go to meet with von Gratz
You will find it opposite the entrance to the Kingfisher tavern ().
Stage 2: go through the dungeons to the mortuary
Follow von Gratz through the canals, fighting off the drowners. Climb up the stairs
Stage 3: find the corpse of a dwarf carpenter using the witcher's flair
Find the body of a small fat dwarf. Examine it in detail.
Stage 4: find the remains collector Eustachius and talk to him
After leaving the dead room, go to Eustachius (). Talk to him and find out what the corpse had with him. You can use Aksy or money.
Stage 5: examine the place of death of the carpenter, using the witcher's flair
Upon arrival at the courtyard, Geralt will be met by the brother of the slain. Examine the traces of blood and the fire. The trail leads to the workshop. Inside, examine the overturned furniture, traces of blood. This is where the research ends.
Stage 6: examine the alley in which Priscilla was attacked using the witcher's flair
When you come to inspect the attack site (), a guard will come up to you and tell you that another victim has appeared and that the coroner wants to see Geralt.
Step 7: Talk to the Coroner
The next victim was on the table. The body is also mutilated, like the previous one. A parchment was found in the chest with the name of the next victim ... Patricia Vegelbud.
Stage 8: go to the residence of the Vegelbuds
Step 9: follow Ingrid to Patricia's room
Upon entering the room, Ingrid will run out screaming. She will find the scene of the murder, her mother will be already dead.
Stage 10: chase the killer
Run out of the estate and follow the killer. You won’t have to run for a long time, the guard will react in the courtyard and take Geralt for the killer, after which he will take him to Ingrid. Examine the body of Ingrid's mother. There you will find another note with the name of the next victim.
Step 11: Find Sweet Anneke in Limp Katarina
Get to the brothel (M3, 29). Find a room on the top floor.
Stage 12: enter Sweet Anneke's room
Nathaniel Pastodi of the Order of the Eternal Fire will be in the room with another victim. If you join the battle, you will kill him and free the girl. If you want to listen, you will find a real maniac. And Pastodi will be a petty sadist.
Stage 13: Talk to Buttercup about Priscilla's condition
In the hospital, Priscilla is already on the mend.
Reward:
Gwent: old comrades
We take the quest from Zoltan, after defeating him.
Stage 1: win a unique Vernon Roche card
You will find Roche in the camp of the Temerian partisans ().
Reward: 25 XP + Saesentessis Card
Stage 2: Win a unique Lambert card on occasion
dangerous game
We get the quest from Zoltan at the cabaret "Chamelion" ()
At the entrance to the cabaret, some bandits will demand money from Zoltan. He owes a lot of money, but he is going to collect a full deck of cards and pay off. To do this, he has only three cards left.
Stage 1: Get the Fringilla Vigo, Isengrim and Natalis cards for Zoltan
Stage 2: Infiltrate Zed's house
At the house, knock on the door (). Nobody will open the door. You can climb the stairs near the neighboring house on the right and get inside through the attic.
Step 3: Search Zed's house using your Witcher Senses
Zed's already cooled body will lie on the floor. Below, bandits will climb around the house. According to one of them, the card Geralt needs is with him.
Step 4: Find Zed's ledger using your witcher senses
Stage 5: find the map of Isengrim
Deal with the bandits. One of the bandits will have this card. Under the stairs, a chest will be hidden. You can get close to him using Aard on the logs.
Step 6: Bring Zoltan Zed's Map and Ledger
Return to Zoltan and give the map. Zed didn't have any other cards. He managed to sell them. With the help of the ledger, Zoltan finds out to whom the cards were sold. You can go to Caesar Bilsen and Ravik. Let's start in order.
Stage 7: Meet Zoltan at Cesar Bilsen's house
Zoltan () decided to get Caesar drunk and so that Geralt stole the card collection.
Step 8: Search the top floor of Caesar Bilsen's house using your Witcher Senses
Climb up to the second floor. There will be a knife on the tabletop next to the picture. Turn it to open the drawer. Take the key from it. In the wall, find a hole for a triangular key. Behind the closet is a door. Come in and go up another floor. There will be a map on the decorated pedestal.
Stage 9: inform Zoltan about the map found
Get down and tell Zoltan that you have already been a little late with the guest. Tesak's bandits will break in here. You can help him deal with the bandits or leave.
Stage 10: Get Jan Natalis card from Ravik
Visit Ravik in the tavern (). He will be on the bottom floor. He tried to deceive some bandits and they decided to punish him. You can choose to play Ravik's life and Natalis card, or refuse and kill them. However, even if you win, the Count will be dissatisfied and a fight will begin.
Stage 11: bring the cards to Zoltan
Return to Zoltan with full set kart.
Stage 12: go to a meeting with Zoltan's client
At the meeting you will see the Duke. He killed the man who was supposed to buy the cards and now he wants to take the cards themselves.
Stage 13: catch up with the Duke
Zoltan will deal with the bandits, and Geralt will have to catch up with the scoundrel. Run after him. In the dungeon, he will close the grate and you will have to run around from the right side. On the way you will meet drowners. Fortunately, they will meet not only Geralt, but also the Duke. Decide what to do with him: finish him off or leave him alive.
Zoltan gives us the choice of what we will receive as a reward, cards or money.
Reward:
- Cards: Jan Natalis, Fringilla Vigo, Isengrim.
- If choose money you will receive 150 crowns.
figurine of a soldier
The quest is received during the execution of the task
Stage: 1 figurine
While Zoltan distracts Cleaver's henchman, you search his secret collection. In the secret room you will find the Soldier Statue.
Stage: 2 find out about the figurine
When you pick her up, Geralt will suspect something magical in her and decides to show Triss. Take the figurine to the sorceress (this is best done before you help the mages escape). Triss will take you to a quiet place where she will disenchant Nilfgaardian soldier. After, you will find out who bewitched the soldier.
Reward: 50 XP , 30 crowns, glyph axia
An eye for an eye
We get the quest from Roche
Stage 1: conversation with Roche
North of Oxenfurt in the Temerian camp, you need to talk to Roche. He will ask for help in saving Bianca. Go to the village to the gallows tree.
Stage 2: Javornik village
Having met Roche at the tree, you watch as Bianca attacked a detachment of Nilfgaardians and she needs help. It’s better not to hesitate and make your way to the girl right away, otherwise, while you’re dealing with the soldiers around the village, she can be killed. Fighting off the soldiers is not difficult, especially if you have a "dancing star" bomb.
Note: if you leave the soldier alive, the relationship with Emhyr will deteriorate greatly.
Reward: 100 xp
old friend
On Novigrad Square, in its northern part, there is a small bookstore. The bookseller will tell you that a stranger has left a book here for Geralt of Rivia. Rise to the second floor and use the witcher's flair to find the right book. After reading "My Manifesto" you will find a letter about the White Cold warning.
This quest is a reference to
Reward: 50 xp
Affairs of national importance
We get the quest from Dijkstra at the end of the quest "Darkest under the lantern", if we share important information with Dijkstra in exchange for Dijkstra not touching Philippa Eilhart.
Stage 1: meet the conspirators at the docks
We leave for the docks of Novigrad, not far from the cursed warehouse from the quest of the same name. Having knocked on the right house, Dijkstra's man will let us in. We rise to the second floor. There we are already waiting for all those gathered - Dijkstra, Roche and Taller. During the conversation, we agree to participate in the murder of Radovid.
Stage 2: go to Radovid and lure him into a trap of conspirators
Leaving the house, we will meet Philippa Eilhart. She will express her determination to take part in the conspiracy, despite the fact that Dijkstra did not trust her and decided not to resort to her help. She will give Geralt the ring of Vizimir, Radovid's father, which Philippa had after the murder of the King of Redania, and Radovid knew this. Next, we go to Radovid on his "yacht", which, quite by chance, but very conveniently, is in the port of Novigrad. We tell Radovid that we know where Philip is and as proof we give the father's ring. Radovid swallows the bait.
Stage 3: Deal with Radovid's guards
Radovid gathers all his people and, together with Geralt, goes to the Bridge to the Temple Island, where the conspirators have prepared a trap for him. On the Bridge, Radovid confirms the correctness of Geralt's choice to participate in the elimination of the mad king, ordering his people to kill Geralt. The plan of the conspirators goes ashes, we have to improvise. Geralt is rescued by Roche and Bianca. Further, together with Roche and his people, we destroy the entire detachment of Radovid's guards.
After we deal with all the guards, we watch the cut-scene. Radovid, cornered, knocks on the house from which Philippa comes out, blinds him with magic powder in revenge for blinding her, and then kills him with a dagger.
After that, we return to the gathering place in the empty theater of Madame Irene. After a short conversation between the conspirators, disagreements arise regarding the future fate of Temeria. There will be a choice of who to support:
- support Dijkstra, and the northern kingdoms will unite under Chancellor Sigismund Dijkstra, and drive Nilfgaard out of Temeria for the Yaruga. Temeria will become a free and prosperous country.
- support Roche, Taller and Bianca, and as a reward for the elimination of Radovid, Emperor Emhyr will make Temeria a vassal state of the Nilfgaardian Empire. The Northern Kingdoms will lose the war with Nilfgaard.
Quest completed.
Where to find (on the map):
To get started passage for this assignment, you will need to find a merchant in Novigrad, who is doing his business in a shop, in front of the bridge of St. Grigor. Also, during the quest, you will definitely need the "eye of Nehalena", which you can get during the quest. At the beginning of the conversation, the merchant will immediately begin to brag about his goods in order to attract the attention of the guest. The main thing in his proposal is the collection of the magician Aeramas, inherited by the merchant as a result of the fact that the magician himself was recently executed by burning in the main square of the city. The merchant does not believe that there is something magical left in the things of the magician, so he will not overprice trinkets.
To start the task, you will need to ask the merchant about the items, you will find out that each of them is rumored to be a key, but he does not know where the locks that open with the help of items. The only clue he will give you is that the magician's house was located near Oxenfurt, which was destroyed when trying to capture the magician. After that, you will be asked to look at all these things, for the quest you will only need the "Lizard Figurine", but if you want to get another task, then buy the "jade figurine" at the same time (quest "Nobleman's Figurine").
To understand the secrets that Aeramas left behind, you will have to go to his residence. As the merchant said, the house was almost completely destroyed, but the main thing still remained - the pentagram, which you will find on the first floor. Putting a lizard figurine on it will open a portal to the dungeon.
Once in the dungeon, you will have to complete several challenges in order to receive a reward.
1. Cheese Trial (Tyromancy Room):
You have to go through a kind labyrinth. The magician uses cheese in his research; here it is already rotten, and Geralt, when approaching a green cloud, will begin to suffocate. You need to find places where there is no green fog, so get to the opposite side of the thyromancy room, where you will find a broken ladder.
You will need to jump up so that the witcher is hooked and climb up the stairs. At the end of the path you will find a room with a portal, which you can open by pressing the "use" button.
2. Water test (flooded room):
You will find yourself in the next room, going down the stairs, it will become clear to you that it is completely flooded, in order to overcome the obstacle, you will need to use the left branch and swim under water.
Moving towards the mark, you will have to make a jump, since the transition to the next part has been collapsed.
This time you will find yourself in some kind of laboratory with a huge amount of cheese and dead people, on whom the magician seems to have done terrible experiments using cheese. You will be attacked by a fogger, having dealt with which you will be able to continue exploring the dungeon.
You need to find the mage's desktop, it will contain a bull figurine (opening the portal to the treasury) and notes from the sorcerer Aeramas, from which you can understand how much the mage was obsessed with cheese.
Nearby in the wall, there is an illusion that you can open using the "Eye of Nehalena" here you will find a small cache with useful items.
3. Trial by Magic (Treasury of Aeramas)
You will find yourself in the treasury of the magician. In the center of the room is a magical barrier that blocks access to the sorcerer's wealth.
In order to remove the barrier, you will first have to remove another illusion using the same eye of Nehalena on the left side of the treasury.
In the treasury you will find some money as well as a figurine of a snake (it will help you open the last portal in this treasury and get out).
At the statue in the center you will find a relic sword, which Geralt will call Emmental in honor of the perfect journey.
In order to get out, you need to activate the portal by going up the stairs. You will find yourself on the second floor of the sorcerer's house. Here you can find a chest with a drawing of an improved Kota school armor, as well as the last entry from the sorcerer's diary.
Lever on the second floor when pressed, he opened something before (most likely the door to the second floor), but since the house was completely destroyed, the door that he opened would not have remained.
A merchant from Novigrad told Geralt about a mage named Aeramas. This poor fellow, like many of his colleagues, met a terrible death at the stake. Without heirs, his vast rural estate was left - and if the rumors about this eccentric sorcerer were true, many rarities and valuable secrets are stored inside it ... This is how the quest in The Witcher 3 begins - "Cheese and dark forces." It often causes difficulties in passing, so clear instructions are needed for it.
Description of the quest
The quest in The Witcher 3 - "Cheese and dark forces" is a secondary one. First you need to go through the quest "To the touch" - the player will definitely need the "Eye of Nehalena" amulet, which can reveal illusions. It will be given by the sorceress Keira.
- most preferred level: 9;
- the only monsters that the player will encounter are foggers. Read about them in the bestiary;
- you will need the "Cat" elixir or a torch.
Walkthrough "The Witcher 3": "Cheese and dark forces"
How to pass the quest?
- We need to get back to Novigrad. There is a shop in the northern part of the city near the hairdresser. The merchant will tell Geralt about the treasures of the Aeramas estate and sell his things (be sure to buy a lizard). After you need to return to the estate.
- Geralt needs to search the estate with the help of the witcher's instincts. So the player will find the sorcerer's notes, as well as the drawing of the Cat's armor. The next step is to explore the pentagram, using the sorcerer's artifacts, open the portal.
- Geralt arrives in a large cavern filled with statues and cheese with an unbearable stench. These statues and cheeses together form a maze to go through. On the other side of the cave, the next portal awaits the player.
- This portal opens a new location "Cheese and dark forces" in The Witcher 3. This is a flooded cave. The path lies on land and under water, and at the end you will find yourself in the laboratory of the magician. Here you will have to fight with several fogs. Exploring the laboratory, Geralt will find Aeramas' notes and other useful things. Use Keira's amulet on the glowing wall: there are several chests behind it. Go through the new portal.
- Geralt finds himself in another cave. The shrine in the middle of the room is protected by a red energy shield that must be destroyed. Near the walls there are two small pyramids, to which you need to apply the Igni sign. Be careful, one of them is hidden by an illusion.
- When the shield is knocked down, Geralt will be able to reach the sanctuary depicting a man and his dog. At the base of the temple lies a steel sword, which Geralt will call "Emmental".
- The chest next to the statue contains the final item needed to activate the portal at the back of the room leading back to Aeramas' estate. The task "Cheese and dark forces" in The Witcher 3 is completed.
Items
If the player searches the ruined estate from top to bottom, they will find a lot of interesting things. Among the various useless trinkets, Geralt will discover treasures that Aeramas skillfully hid from the world. Tyromancers are generally not very cheerful, but perhaps Aeramas would be glad to know that his treasures ended up in good hands. The most valuable item that can be obtained in the Cheese and Dark Forces quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the Emmental sword.
