WitcherDB
Witcher 3 console commands & item ID database

Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk

Geralt had dealt with a great variety of beasts over the course of his career as a witcher, but an alcoholic vampire...? That was a first (well, except for maybe that one - but that was long ago). This katakan (as witchers call this manner of beast) had taken a liking to the blood of drunk men. Once Geralt figured this out, he knew exactly how to lure it out of hiding.

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

7 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.

After luring
mh304_after_luring
>= 1

Also used by Rough Neighborhood

Done
mh304_done
>= 1

In phase: Additional Game Elements, Katakan

Turn off market community
mh304_turn_off_market_community

In phase: Katakan

Clue body 01 primary
mh304_clue_body_01_primary
>= 1

In phase: Katakan

Clue body 02 primary
mh304_clue_body_02_primary
>= 1

In phase: Katakan

Luring
mh304_luring
>= 1

In phase: Katakan, Price Of Passage

Turn failsafe on
mh304_turn_failsafe_on
>= 1

In phase: Katakan

Gates the quest checks

1 fact
Job taken
mh304_job_taken
>= 1

Gates: Katakan

Objectives

  1. 1.Talk to the Redanian officer.
  2. 2.Talk to the witness.
  3. 3.Talk to the medic.
  4. 4.Examine the site where the monster was seen using your Witcher Senses.
  5. 5.Look over the victims' bodies using your Witcher Senses.
  6. 6.Talk to the innkeep and get drunk in order to bait the katakan.
  7. 7.Walk around near the tavern in order to provoke the katakan.
  8. 8.Kill the katakan.
  9. 9.Track down the katakan using your Witcher Senses.
  10. 10.Get inside the katakan's hideout.
  11. 11.Take a trophy.
  12. 12.Collect your reward from the Redanian officer.

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