Blood on the Battlefield

Main StoryKaer Morhen

Sad to say, in the beginning her training was not progressing as hoped. Ciri had trouble focusing - rage and resignation would overwhelm her in turns. Geralt, the wily old wolf, knew how to deal with this. Instead of hitting her over the head with some dry motivational lecture, he decided to resort to less conventional measures and... started a snowball fight. Pure genius! And what fun! Ah, how I would have loved to have been there... But no matter, the important thing is this moment of carefree respite worked wonders on Ciri - her discouragement slackened and she returned to her training with newfound verve.

Choices & consequences

Carries the hidden choices that decide Ciri's fate. Across the game these moments tally for and against her: make three or more negative choices and she dies; otherwise she lives — as a Witcher, or as Empress if you take her to Emhyr and Nilfgaard wins the war.

After Kaer Morhen, how do you comfort Ciri?

“I know what might lift your spirits” (snowball fight)
She regains her confidence. Positive.
“Relax, you don't have to be good at everything”
She feels patronised. Negative.

At the audience with Emperor Emhyr…

Refuse the payment
Ciri feels respected, not sold. Positive.
Accept the coin
She feels like a pawn being traded. Negative.

Do you take Ciri to meet Emperor Emhyr at all?

Take her to Emhyr in Vizima
Sets up the Empress ending — provided she survives (3+ positives) and Nilfgaard wins the war via Reason of State.
Skip Emhyr entirely
Steers toward the Witcher ending. This removes the coin choice above, so you need three positives out of the remaining four.

Feeds into: Final Preparations, Child of the Elder Blood, Reason of State

Objectives

1.Talk to Avallac'h about what to do next.
2.Defeat Ciri in a snowball fight.
3.Don't let the snowballs hit you.
4.Make more snowballs.
5.Return to the battle field and continue the snowball fight!
6.Return to Ciri when you're ready to hit the road.

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

Advanced: quest facts and console commands (26)

These are script references, not a tested repair sequence. Keep a separate save before changing quest state.

Quest facts (26)

Flags written by quest scripts

17 facts

These flags record script state. Setting one does not run the associated objective or reliably advance the quest.

PLAYER dress

PLAYER_dress

Also used by To Bait a Forktail...

PLAYER eqp mount

PLAYER_eqp_mount

Also used by Family Matters, Payback, The Battle of Kaer Morhen +1 more

PLAYER eqp unmount

PLAYER_eqp_unmount

Also used by A Favor for a Friend, Family Matters, Payback +1 more

Ciri eqp mount

ciri_eqp_mount

Also used by Child of the Elder Blood, Payback, The Battle of Kaer Morhen

Ciri eqp unmount

ciri_eqp_unmount

Also used by Child of the Elder Blood, Payback, The Battle of Kaer Morhen +1 more

Calmed down ciri

q110_calmed_down_ciri

>= 1

Also used by Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age

Completed

q110_completed

> 1, >= 1

Add q110_completed

Geralt won

q110_geralt_won

> 1, >= 1

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Visited emhyr

q110_visited_emhyr

>= 1

Also used by Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age

PLAYER undress

PLAYER_undress

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Force stance normal

force_stance_normal

Add force_stance_normal

Disable vizima workers

q110_disable_vizima_workers

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Ciri avallach on powers

q110_ciri_avallach_on_powers

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Kaer Morhen

Ciri hit by snowball

q110_ciri_hit_by_snowball

<= 7, > 7

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Didnt visit emhyr

q110_didnt_visit_emhyr

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Kaer Morhen

Game over

q110_game_over

> 1

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Geralt hit by snowball

q110_geralt_hit_by_snowball

> 7

In phase: Kaer Morhen

Gates the quest checks

9 facts

Keira to km

q109_keira_to_km

>= 1

Also used by For the Advancement of Learning, The Battle of Kaer Morhen, The Isle of Mists +1 more

Refused reward

q110_refused_reward

>= 1

Also used by Equine Phantoms, Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age

Lambert dead

q403_lambert_dead

>= 1

Also used by Of Dairy and Darkness, The Battle of Kaer Morhen

Ciri snowfight teleport

ciri_snowfight_teleport

> 1

Gates: Kaer Morhen

Accepted reward

q110_accepted_reward

>= 1

Gates: Bugfixing, Vizima

Cinematic next morning

q110_cinematic_next_morning

>= 1

Gates: Kaer Morhen

Geralt accepted pay

q110_geralt_accepted_pay

>= 1

Gates: Character Journal Entries

Geralt refused pay

q110_geralt_refused_pay

>= 1

Gates: Character Journal Entries

Snowball music start

q110_snowball_music_start

>= 1

Gates: Kaer Morhen

Earlier choices that affect this quest (1)

Reason of State

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