Feet as Cold as Ice

Alas, young François stood no chance against Grottore. He perished, pounded to a pulp by the terrible beast.

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 (30)

Set these to advance

24 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.

Grottore dead

mq7002_grottore_dead

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Done

mq7002_done

== 1, >= 1

Also used by There Can Be Only One

Fact investigation complete

mq7002_fact_investigation_complete

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Monster killed

mq7002_monster_killed

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact fire box 01

mq7002_fact_fire_box_01

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact fire box 02

mq7002_fact_fire_box_02

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact fire box 03

mq7002_fact_fire_box_03

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact fire box 04

mq7002_fact_fire_box_04

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact spawn turret

mq7002_fact_spawn_turret

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact spawn turret 02

mq7002_fact_spawn_turret_02

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact bestiary read

mq7002_fact_bestiary_read

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact cave clues found

mq7002_fact_cave_clues_found

>= 2

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact child clues found

mq7002_fact_child_clues_found

>= 2

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact enable fiancee

mq7002_fact_enable_fiancee

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact found body

mq7002_fact_found_body

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact knight married

mq7002_fact_knight_married

>= 1

In phase: Bugfix, Stubborn Knight

Fact knight no chat

mq7002_fact_knight_no_chat

== 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact monster info

mq7002_fact_monster_info

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Fact plants burning

mq7002_fact_plants_burning

>= 1, >= 3

In phase: Bugfix, Stubborn Knight

Fact quest start no fiancee

mq7002_fact_quest_start_no_fiancee

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Helping knight

mq7002_helping_knight

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Knight died

mq7002_knight_died

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Met by cave

mq7002_met_by_cave

>= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Took quest fiancee

mq7002_took_quest_fiancee

== 1, >= 1

In phase: Stubborn Knight

Gates the quest checks

6 facts

Fact disable talk fiancee

mq7002_fact_disable_talk_fiancee

<= 1, == 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Fact fiancee cry

mq7002_fact_fiancee_cry

>= 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Fact knight helmet off

mq7002_fact_knight_helmet_off

>= 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Fact monster info from fiancee

mq7002_fact_monster_info_from_fiancee

>= 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Fact open wall

mq7002_fact_open_wall

== 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Fact temp spoke to fiancee

mq7002_fact_temp_spoke_to_fiancee

>= 1

Gates: Stubborn Knight

Objectives

1.Help François defeat Grottore.
2.Find François.
3.Follow François.
4.Return to François' beloved.
5.Find Grottore using your Witcher Senses.
6.Defeat Grottore.
7.[Optional] Find out exactly what killed François using your Witcher Senses.
8.Lure out Grottore by setting fire to the plants using the Igni Sign.
9.Collect a trophy from Grottore.
10.Read the Bestiary entry about Grottore.
11.See what happened to François.
12.Find out exactly what killed François using your Witcher Senses.
13.Deal with the vampires swarming the city.

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

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