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Contract: Patrol Gone Missing

Witcher ContractVelen
Velen might lack for many things, but one it has in great abundance: monsters. Travelers who stray from the trails crossing its bogs and woodlands usually end up butchered by some claw-riddled creature or another. Geralt was thus not particularly surprised when he came across signs of a monster attack in the Velen bush. The call of his witcher duty screeching in his ears, he decided to investigate the matter.

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 (16)

Set these to advance

15 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.

Fdb complete quest
mq1051_fdb_complete_quest

In phase: Complete

Fdb complete quest no gold
mq1051_fdb_complete_quest_no_gold

In phase: Complete

Fdb restart officer default
mq1051_fdb_restart_officer_default

In phase: Complete

Took notice
mq1051_took_notice

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Fact completed mh
mq1051_fact_completed_mh
>= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Complete

Fdb find wyvern
mq1051_fdb_find_wyvern
>= 1

found the wyvern

Fdb found scout camp
mq1051_fdb_found_scout_camp
== 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Fdb got clue
mq1051_fdb_got_clue
>= 2

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Fdb talked to QM
mq1051_fdb_talked_to_QM
== 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Found musk
mq1051_found_musk
>= 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Found poison
mq1051_found_poison
>= 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Job taken
mq1051_job_taken
== 1, >= 1

In phase: Complete, Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Redanian prisoners
mq1051_redanian_prisoners
>= 1

In phase: Complete, Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Saw ghouls
mq1051_saw_ghouls
>= 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Started investigation
mq1051_started_investigation
>= 1

In phase: Monster Hunt Nilfgaaard1

Gates the quest checks

1 fact
Officer glossary
mq1051_officer_glossary
>= 1

Gates: Character Journal Entries

Objectives

  1. 1.Follow the footprints using your Witcher Senses.
  2. 2.Return to the Nilfgaardian camp.
  3. 3.Follow the soldier's footprints to the other side of the lake using your Witcher Senses.
  4. 4.Kill the draconid.
  5. 5.Take a trophy.
  6. 6.Go to the abandoned camp.
  7. 7.Search the area using your Witcher Senses.
  8. 8.Talk to the contract issuer.

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

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