On Death’s Bed

Brew a dose of Swallow

The recipe calls for 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Drowner Brain, and 5x Celandine. The dwarven spirit can be purchased from the tavern keeper in White Orchard or crafted it if you don’t want to pay for it. The drowner brain can be looted from the drops of drowners you kill. Search along the river coast for drowners, especially between White Orchard and the Nilfgaardian Garrison or near the ransacked village. The celandine grows in many of the fields surrounding White Orchard, especially between the village center and the herbalist’s house. Once you have the alchemy ingredients simply craft the potion in the alchemy section of your character management menu. Take the potion to the herbalist

Precious Cargo

Find where the cart left the road

Approach the merchant and inquire about his troubles to find that he tells a story of how his cart and merchant goods have become stuck in a monster infested area of the bog. He requests that Geralt help him retrieve his lost merchandise specifically a small box that was on the cart. The first step is to find where the cart left the road just a few steps away from the merchant himself. Use witcher senses to identify and then examine the cart tracks that lead off into the swamp.

Find the cart

Simply follow the tracks that lead off the road straight ahead to find the missing cart. Prepare to fight a few Drowners and examine the cart to find that it is riddled with arrows.

Look for evidence of the attack

Examine the area around the cart to reveal more clues about the apparent attack on the cart and its occupants that Geralt’s merchant contact conveniently left out:

• Examine the horse to see that it was shot by an arrow
• Examine the body of one of the cart’s occupants to find he was shot square in the neck

Find the small box
Located near the cart it’s easy enough to find using witcher senses. Loot the locked strongbox to find it is splattered with human blood.

Note: Feel free to gather any items you can from the trail of supplies scattered around the cart’s path and it’s wreckage.

Return the box

Head back to the merchant’s camp and speak with him. Geralt may choose to end the quest at this point by handing over the box to receive 20 Crown and 25XP but the potential for a different reward exists if he sees through the lies.

Chase down the merchant

After a poor attempt to distract Geralt the lying bandit attempts to escape on horseback. Geralt must ride after him and attempt to knock him off his horse with either sword, crossbow or bombs. He’s not incredibly hard to catch if Geralt makes his horse gallup and takes shortcuts. If Geralt manage to knock him off his horse before he reaches the Temerian Insurgent camp he will not have to contend with additional fighting.

Defeat the bandits

If he reaches the camp first Geralt will have to fight three bandits in addition to the liar Geralt was chasing in order to be victorious. Once Geralt knocked him off his horse or defeated the bandits in the camp the lying merchant/bandit will reveal his true identity. He is John Geermer, a private in a disbanded Temerian unit that has been part of a group conducting raids on Nilfgaardian supplies. Each conclusion at this point rewards 10XP plus the following depending on what Geralt chooses:

• Turn Geermer over to the Nilfgaardians. Reward: 30 Crown
• Let Geermer keep the box and his life. Reward: 30 Crown
• Let Geermer escape with his life, but keep the box of supplies. Reward: 50 Crown + 5x Celandine & 4x White Myrtle

Note: Do not let the bandit get too far away or you will fail the quest, the man has fled!

Twisted Firestarter

Use your Witcher Senses

Go behind the house and use your Witcher senses to find the tracks.

Follow the trail

Follow the trail use your Witcher Senses. The trail will eventually lead down to the river. Go under the bridge and you’ll find that the arsonist ran into a Drowner, was wounded, and the trail picks back up again. Four Drowners might attack you. Follow the trail into a house.

Look for someone with wounds

Find the drunk culprit (Napp) hiding in a back room.

Talk to the suspect

Napp will offer a bribe for Geralt to drop the whole thing. If Geralt refuses the bribe, he can either use Axii (extra XPs) or brawl with Napp. In either case, Napp staggers down to the blacksmith.

Escort the arsonist

The blacksmith will call over some soldiers, who will take Napp away, presumably for a summary hanging. The quest will complete, Geralt will receive 20 Crowns, the offer of the blacksmith’s services, a discount on the blacksmith’s goods and a total of 92 XPs if Axii was used to convince Nap. Geralt will get somewhat fewer XPs if he had to beat Napp into submission.

If Geralt accepts the bribe, Geralt will receive 20 gold and a total of 67 XPs. Upon reporting failure to the blacksmith, the smith will offer his services, but will charge Geralt full price for his goods and services. Oddly, the smith’s later conversation options match with Napp being turned in, even if he wasn’t.