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Father Knows Worst

SecondaryToussaintBlood and Wine
One day, while strolling through Beauclair's bustling streets, Geralt spotted a notice - someone was in need off an escort as they wished to penetrate a cave. The task seemed none too complicated or taxing, so the witcher concluded it would be unwise to let it pass.

Objectives

  1. 1.Find out what happened to the missing brother.
  2. 2.Follow the trail.
  3. 3.Using your Witcher Senses, look for signs of Hugo.
  4. 4.Defeat your opponents.
  5. 5.Retrieve the missing part from the lake.
  6. 6.Talk to Hugo.
  7. 7.Talk to the men issuing the contract.
  8. 8.Defeat the kikimores.
  9. 9.Return the filter to Hugo.
  10. 10.Talk to the brothers.

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

Advanced: quest facts and console commands (20)

These are script references, not a tested repair sequence. Keep a separate save before changing quest state.

Quest facts (20)

Flags written by quest scripts

12 facts

These flags record script state. Setting one does not run the associated objective or reliably advance the quest.

Done
mq7021_done
== 1, >= 1

Also used by There Can Be Only One

Kikimoe dead
mq7021_kikimoe_dead
== 1

In phase: Left Behind

Brothers met
mq7021_brothers_met

In phase: Left Behind

Cave found
mq7021_cave_found
>= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Fabrice found
mq7021_fabrice_found
>= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Fdb notice read
mq7021_fdb_notice_read
== 1

In phase: Left Behind

Found fabrice
mq7021_found_fabrice
== 1, >= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Hot room comment made
mq7021_hot_room_comment_made
== 1

In phase: Left Behind

Hugo tavern owner
mq7021_hugo_tavern_owner
>= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Left behind quest taken
mq7021_left_behind_quest_taken
== 1, >= 1

In phase: Left Behind

On blood trail
mq7021_on_blood_trail
>= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Quest not taken
mq7021_quest_not_taken
>= 1

In phase: Left Behind

Gates the quest checks

8 facts
Fdb filter given
mq7021_fdb_filter_given
>= 1

Gates: Left Behind

Ill help
mq7021_Ill_help
>= 1

Gates: Left Behind

Clue blood splat found
mq7021_clue_blood_splat_found
== 1

Gates: Left Behind

Clue chest found
mq7021_clue_chest_found
>= 1

Gates: Left Behind

Fabrice rescued
mq7021_fabrice_rescued
== 1

Gates: Left Behind

Fdb spawn thugs
mq7021_fdb_spawn_thugs
>= 1

Gates: Left Behind

Left behind contract taken
mq7021_left_behind_contract_taken
>= 1

Gates: Left Behind

Return to brothers
mq7021_return_to_brothers
== 1

Gates: Left Behind

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