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Contract: Strange Beast

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On the isle of Hindarsfjall, not far from the village known as Larvik, Geralt spied some monster tracks. Where there's a monster, there's work for a witcher. And where there's work for a witcher, there's coin to be made. Geralt decided to look into 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 (9)

Set these to advance

9 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.

Ambush site done
mh202_ambush_site_done
>= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Done
mh202_done
>= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Nekker Alpha

Investigation done
mh202_investigation_done
== 1, >= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Nekker cave killed
mh202_nekker_cave_killed
>= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Initial talk
mh202_initial_talk
>= 1

In phase: Elder, Nekker Alpha

Job from elder
mh202_job_from_elder
>= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Job taken
mh202_job_taken
>= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Nekker alpha spawned
mh202_nekker_alpha_spawned
>= 1

In phase: Nekker Alpha

Quest active
mh202_quest_active
>= 1

In phase: Elder, Nekker Alpha

Objectives

  1. 1.Talk to the warriors.
  2. 2.Find the ambush site.
  3. 3.Investigate the ambush site using your Witcher Senses.
  4. 4.Talk to the village elder in Larvik.
  5. 5.Collect your reward.
  6. 6.Take a trophy from the nekker warrior.
  7. 7.Explore the cave.
  8. 8.Follow the tracks using your Witcher Senses.
  9. 9.Kill the nekkers in the nest to provoke their pack leader.
  10. 10.Kill the pack leader.
  11. 11.Check the Larvik notice board.

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

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