Contract: Missing Brother

Witcher ContractVelen

In my experience, mines either hold precious metals or (more frequently) deadly monsters. The latter, in the form of arachasae, were present in great abundance in the Velen pits. Geralt knew he had to annihilate them for good - meaning he had to kill the female and destroy all the eggs she had lain.

Objectives

1.Find the missing brother in the mine near the Inn at the Crossroads.
2.Determine what happened in the mine using your Witcher Senses.
3.Explore the mine using your Witcher Senses.
4.Find out where the monsters in the mine are coming from using your Witcher Senses.
5.Kill the arachas.
6.Take a trophy from the arachas' body.
7.Collect your reward.
8.Check the notice board near the Inn at the Crossroads.
9.Talk to Bruno.
10.Use witcher Signs to destroy all the eggs.
11.Investigate the arachas' lair using your Witcher Senses.

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

Advanced: quest facts and console commands (35)

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Quest facts (35)

Flags written by quest scripts

16 facts

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

Completed

mh102_completed

== 1, >= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Arachas, Bugfixing

Dive section ended

mh102_dive_section_ended

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler

Feeding den area done

mh102_feeding_den_area_done

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler

Investigation done

mh102_investigation_done

>= 1

In phase: Arachas

Mappins blood area done

mh102_mappins_blood_area_done

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler

Mappins cave entrance done

mh102_mappins_cave_entrance_done

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler

Witness already cleared

mh102_witness_already_cleared

>= 1

In phase: Arachas

Witness done

mh102_witness_done

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler, Witness

Goo found

mh102_goo_found

In phase: Arachas

Goo shoe found

mh102_goo_shoe_found

In phase: Arachas

Arachas found

mh102_arachas_found

>= 1

In phase: Arachas

Bodies ladder found

mh102_bodies_ladder_found

> 1

In phase: Arachas

Bridge ready

mh102_bridge_ready

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Persistent Content

Dive section entered

mh102_dive_section_entered

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Mappin Handler

Egg objective

mh102_egg_objective

>= 1

In phase: Arachas

Job from injured man

mh102_job_from_injured_man

>= 1

In phase: Arachas, Witness

Gates the quest checks

19 facts

Arachas egg 01 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_01_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 02 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_02_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 03 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_03_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 04 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_04_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 05 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_05_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 06 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_06_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 07 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_07_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 08 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_08_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 09 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_09_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 10 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_10_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 11 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_11_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas egg 12 destroyed

mh102_arachas_egg_12_destroyed

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Arachas eggs destroyed

mh102_arachas_eggs_destroyed

>= 12, >= 3, >= 6

Gates: Arachas

Arachas weapon hit by PLAYER

mh102_arachas_weapon_hit_by_PLAYER

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Bridge down

mh102_bridge_down

>= 1

Gates: Persistent Content

Cool mappins on

mh102_cool_mappins_on

>= 1

Gates: Mappin Handler

Job taken

mh102_job_taken

>= 1

Gates: Arachas

Play bridge anim

mh102_play_bridge_anim

>= 1

Gates: Persistent Content

102 total

mh_102_total

== 1

Gates: Witness

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