A Poet Under Pressure

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Yet even the best-laid plans can go awry if fortune deems it so. The ambush succeeded only partially, as one of the guards tossed me on his horse and fled in the heat of the action. Not losing my cool for my second, I quickly concocted a plan of my own, and it had almost come to fruition when Geralt burst in and broke me free in his typical clumsy yet, granted, effective way. But do not think me ungrateful or cold-hearted - any irritation I felt soon faded in the sincere joy that filled my heart upon seeing my old friend once more.

Fixing a softlock

Enable the debug console, then look for a fact under Gates the quest checks — one the quest is actively waiting on. If that flag never got written, addfact it to the value shown and the gate clears.

Setting a Set these to advance fact only marks a step done — it won't run the step or skip the quest forward, and it can't fix a softlock caused by a scene that never played or an NPC that didn't spawn (reload an earlier save for those). Save before forcing any fact.

Quest facts (89)

Set these to advance

37 facts

Completion flags this step writes — they record a step as done but won't run it or skip the quest forward on their own.

Dandelion dd stop

dandelion_dd_stop

Also used by Cabaret, Honor Among Thieves, Something Ends, Something Begins

Priscilla dd stop

priscilla_dd_stop

Also used by Carnal Sins

Zoltan dd start

zoltan_dd_start

Also used by A Dangerous Game, Broken Flowers, The Battle of Kaer Morhen

Ambush killed

q305_ambush_killed

== 1

In phase: Ambush

Completed

q305_completed

== 1, > 1, >= 1

Also used by Envoys, Wineboys

Ambush about to start

q305_ambush_about_to_start

In phase: Blanka

Block for replacer

q305_block_for_replacer

In phase: Replacer

Ciri reached temple

q305_ciri_reached_temple

In phase: Replacer

Got script

q305_got_script

In phase: Blanka

Guards fight mob

q305_guards_fight_mob

In phase: Blanka

Heard chat from inside

q305_heard_chat_from_inside

In phase: Ambush

Lost in docks

q305_lost_in_docks

In phase: Blanka

Play starts

q305_play_starts

In phase: Blanka

Thugs beaten

q305_thugs_beaten

for q309 casablanca

Thugs spawned docks

q305_thugs_spawned_docks

In phase: Blanka

Victim escape hit

q305_victim_escape_hit

In phase: Blanka

Won gwint

q305_won_gwint

In phase: Ambush

Ambush start

q305_ambush_start

== 1

In phase: Ambush, Blanka

Asked dijkstra for help

q305_asked_dijkstra_for_help

== 1

In phase: Ambush, Blanka, Replacer

Audience start

q305_audience_start

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Dudu found

q305_dudu_found

>= 1

In phase: Blanka, Character Journal Entries

Fact juggler bonus

q305_fact_juggler_bonus

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Go down to fight

q305_go_down_to_fight

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Guards thugs hired

q305_guards_thugs_hired

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Heard dand

q305_heard_dand

== 1

In phase: Ambush

Jumped over fence

q305_jumped_over_fence

== 1

In phase: Blanka, Theatre Square

Killed final countdown

q305_killed_final_countdown

== 1

In phase: Replacer

Met midgets

q305_met_midgets

== 1

In phase: Ambush

Mounted replacer horse

q305_mounted_replacer_horse

== 1

In phase: Blanka, Replacer

Play over

q305_play_over

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Received portrait

q305_received_portrait

== 1

In phase: Midgets Painting

Refused to beat mob

q305_refused_to_beat_mob

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Started

q305_started

== 1, >= 1

In phase: Blanka, Character Journal Entries, Jugglers, Theatre Square

Thugs gone

q305_thugs_gone

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Thugs pissed

q305_thugs_pissed

== 1

for q309 casablanca

To help puffins

q305_to_help_puffins

== 1

In phase: Blanka

Write later

q305_write_later

== 1

In phase: Blanka, Theatre Square

Gates the quest checks

52 facts

NewGamePlus

NewGamePlus

>= 1

Also used by Honor Among Thieves, The Incident at White Orchard, The Warble of a Smitten Knight +1 more

Fdb contact met

mq3035_fdb_contact_met

== 1

Also used by Now or Never, Reason of State

Audience go bravo

q305_audience_go_bravo

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Audience go bravo loop

q305_audience_go_bravo_loop

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Audience stop

q305_audience_stop

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Blanka testimony

q305_blanka_testimony

>= 1

Gates: Character Journal Entries

Ciri into dudu

q305_ciri_into_dudu

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Clue dandelion cloth

q305_clue_dandelion_cloth

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Clue dandelion poem

q305_clue_dandelion_poem

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Clue dandelion signet

q305_clue_dandelion_signet

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Clue kidn horse

q305_clue_kidn_horse

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Dandelion free

q305_dandelion_free

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Dijkstra4

q305_dijkstra4

== 1

Gates: Ambush, Blanka

Dijkstra6

q305_dijkstra6

== 1

Gates: Ambush, Blanka

Dudu into ciri

q305_dudu_into_ciri

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Fact irina actress

q305_fact_irina_actress

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Fight docks

q305_fight_docks

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Geralt correct

q305_geralt_correct

== 5, >= 1, >= 3

Gates: Blanka

Gnomes met

q305_gnomes_met

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Hang portrait

q305_hang_portrait

== 1

Gates: Midgets Painting

Horsetrail

q305_horsetrail

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail1

q305_horsetrail1

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail10

q305_horsetrail10

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail11

q305_horsetrail11

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail11a

q305_horsetrail11a

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail12

q305_horsetrail12

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail13

q305_horsetrail13

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail14

q305_horsetrail14

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail15

q305_horsetrail15

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail16

q305_horsetrail16

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail2

q305_horsetrail2

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail3

q305_horsetrail3

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail4

q305_horsetrail4

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail5

q305_horsetrail5

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail6

q305_horsetrail6

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail7

q305_horsetrail7

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail8

q305_horsetrail8

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail8a

q305_horsetrail8a

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail9

q305_horsetrail9

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Horsetrail9a

q305_horsetrail9a

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Irina amused

q305_irina_amused

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Irina got script

q305_irina_got_script

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Irinas request 2

q305_irinas_request_2

== 1, >= 1

Gates: Blanka, Character Journal Entries

Jugglers met

q305_jugglers_met

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Midget h open

q305_midget_h_open

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Midget h unlocked

q305_midget_h_unlocked

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Picked dandelion

q305_picked_dandelion

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Player bought ticket

q305_player_bought_ticket

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Poke bravo

q305_poke_bravo

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Show distant carts

q305_show_distant_carts

== 1

Gates: Ambush

Silent the music

q305_silent_the_music

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Title2

q305_title2

== 1

Gates: Blanka

Objectives

1.(Optional) Ask Dijkstra for help rescuing Dandelion.
2.Meet Zoltan at the site of the ambush.
3.Talk to Zoltan when you're ready to start the ambush.
4.Chase Dandelion's abductor.
5.Follow the smell of Dandelion's cologne using your Witcher Senses.
6.Explore the area in front of the hut in the woods.
7.Enter the halflings' home via the secret passage.
8.Free Dandelion.
9.Defeat the witch hunter.
10.Untie Dandelion.
11.Go in the direction indicated and look for tracks using your Witcher Senses.
12.Use your Witcher Senses to pick up the trail.
13.Ask if anyone from the camp has seen Dandelion's abductor.
14.Find a way into the hut.

Objectives a quest can show, in roughly the order they appear; some are optional or mutually exclusive branches.

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