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Contract: Swamp Thing

Near the village called Downwarren, Geralt came across a man who dug peat for a living. One glance was enough to know something was ailing the poor fellow. He warned the witcher about a strangling fog which had sprung up in the nearby swamp. The man's story convinced Geralt a monster was at work and so he 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 (19)

Set these to advance

12 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.

Murder scene done
mh108_murder_scene_done

In phase: Fogling

Done
mh108_done
>= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Fogling

Hut done
mh108_hut_done
>= 1

In phase: Fogling

Investigation done
mh108_investigation_done
>= 1

In phase: Fogling

7 days passed
mh108_7_days_passed

In phase: Fogling

Entrance 01 found
mh108_entrance_01_found

In phase: Fogling

Entrance 02 found
mh108_entrance_02_found

In phase: Fogling

Entrance 03 found
mh108_entrance_03_found

In phase: Fogling

Ancient fogling spawned
mh108_ancient_fogling_spawned
>= 1

In phase: Fogling

Cave entered
mh108_cave_entered
>= 1

In phase: Fogling

Job taken
mh108_job_taken
>= 1

In phase: Fogling

Tracks shown
mh108_tracks_shown
== 1

In phase: Fogling

Gates the quest checks

7 facts
Illusion discovered
mh108_illusion_discovered
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Illusion discovered entrance 01
mh108_illusion_discovered_entrance_01
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Illusion discovered entrance 02
mh108_illusion_discovered_entrance_02
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Illusion discovered entrance 03
mh108_illusion_discovered_entrance_03
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Track illusion dispeled
mh108_track_illusion_dispeled
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Wall despawn
mh108_wall_despawn
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Will be back
mh108_will_be_back
>= 1

Gates: Fogling

Objectives

  1. 1.Investigate the strange fog using your Witcher Senses.
  2. 2.Find out what's killing people in the fog.
  3. 3.Navigate the illusions to find the foglet.
  4. 4.Use the Eye of Nehaleni to see through the illusion.
  5. 5.Explore the foglet's lair using your Witcher Senses.
  6. 6.Kill the foglet.
  7. 7.Take a trophy from the foglet's body.
  8. 8.Collect the reward for the foglet.
  9. 9.Check the Downwarren notice board.
  10. 10.Talk to the contract issuer.
  11. 11.Return in a week to collect the agreed-on reward plus interest.
  12. 12.Collect the agreed-on reward from the contract issuer.

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