Contract: Doors Slamming Shut

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Geralt discovered the haunted house hid secrets not within its walls, but underneath its foundations. A powerful earth elemental, also known as a d'ao, had been imprisoned in its basement. Geralt knew the creature would destroy the entire neighborhood in the blink of an eye were it ever to break free. He had to act quickly.

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 (8)

Set these to advance

2 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.

Done

mh306_done

>= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Dao

Main clues found

mh306_main_clues_found

>= 1

In phase: Dao

Gates the quest checks

6 facts

Dao freed

mh306_dao_freed

== 1

Gates: Dao

Crystal destroyed

mh306_crystal_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Dao

Door switch used

mh306_door_switch_used

== 1, >= 1

Gates: Dao

Job taken

mh306_job_taken

>= 1

Gates: Dao

Support destroyed

mh306_support_destroyed

>= 1, >= 2

Gates: Dao

Wall destroyed

mh306_wall_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Dao

Objectives

1.Talk to Kurt Dysart.
2.Travel to the haunted mansion.
3.Investigate the haunted mansion using your Witcher Senses.
4.Investigate the basement using your Witcher Senses.
5.Find the earth elemental.
6.Deactivate the magic barrier.
7.Kill the earth elemental.
8.Take a trophy from the earth elemental.
9.Collect your reward from Kurt Dysart.
10.Read the diary from the ruined house.

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

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