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Death By Fire

Fortunately, the witcher managed to defeat the bandits and save the elf. Unfortunately, the witcher cannot be everywhere at once and not every victim of racial persecution can count on his help.

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 (3)

Set these to advance

2 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 completed
mq1046_fdb_completed
>= 1

In phase: Burn Down The House

Fdb quest started
mq1046_fdb_quest_started
>= 1

In phase: Burn Down The House

Gates the quest checks

1 fact
Barrel destroyed
mq1046_barrel_destroyed
>= 1

Gates: Burn Down The House

Objectives

  1. 1.Defeat the bandits.
  2. 2.Clear the doorway and free the elf.
  3. 3.Talk to the survivor.

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