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Something Ends, Something Begins

Main Story
No rabbits were snared that morning, but a forktail did meet its end. In any case, that did not prove the day's most important event. Ciri took Geralt for a walk that turned out to be the most momentous of his long life. She told him she had accepted the emperor's offer and would ride to Nilfgaard. There she would assume her rightful place as heir to the throne - next in line to be empress of the most powerful state in the world. A Nilfgaardian delegation awaited to take her to the City of Towers. And what happened then, you ask? What did fate have in store for Geralt and Ciri? That, dear reader, is another story.

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 (9)

Set these to advance

4 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.

Approached bear
q504_approached_bear
>= 1

In phase: Ciri Empress

Destroyed przerebel
q504_destroyed_przerebel
>= 1

In phase: Ciri Empress

Find ciri was active
q504_find_ciri_was_active
>= 1

In phase: Ciri Empress

Nilfgaardians arrive
q504_nilfgaardians_arrive
== 1

In phase: Ciri Empress

Gates the quest checks

5 facts
Ciri empress horse reward
q504_ciri_empress_horse_reward
> 1

Gates: Ciri Empress

Forktail blood discovered
q504_forktail_blood_discovered
>= 1

Gates: Ciri Empress

Forktail tracks discovered
q504_forktail_tracks_discovered
>= 1

Gates: Ciri Empress

Horseman lookat
q504_horseman_lookat
>= 1

Gates: Ciri Empress

Start music go home
q504_start_music_go_home
>= 1

Gates: Ciri Empress

Objectives

  1. 1.Talk to the hunter.
  2. 2.Go to the meeting place.
  3. 3.Throw a bomb to scare off the bear.<br>
  4. 4.Go to the griffin's nest.
  5. 5.Kill the forktail.
  6. 6.Go to the lake.
  7. 7.Throw a bomb at the hole in the ice.
  8. 8.Collect the fish.
  9. 9.Get rid of the bear.
  10. 10.Go for a walk with Ciri.

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

Other Main Story quests

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