Without a Trace
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 (17)
Set these to advance
13 factsCompletion flags this step writes — they record a step as done but won't run it or skip the quest forward on their own.
mq6002_dead_womanIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_found_bagAdd mq6002_found_bag
mq6002_found_bloodIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_found_blood_neighborsIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_open_larderIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_started_questIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_fooledIn phase: Cannibals, Uest Npcs Default Dialogues Ep1
mq6002_found_dead_apprenticeIn phase: Cannibals, Uest Npcs Default Dialogues Ep1
mq6002_journal_bloodJournal: follow blood
mq6002_journal_reportIn phase: Cannibals, Uest Npcs Default Dialogues Ep1
mq6002_journal_talkJournal: talk villagers
mq6002_no_moreIn phase: Cannibals
mq6002_you_die_nowIn phase: Cannibals
Gates the quest checks
4 factsmq6002_blood_askedGates: Cannibals
mq6002_cannibal_mom_askedGates: Cannibals, Uest Npcs Default Dialogues Ep1
mq6002_contract_takenGates: Cannibals
mq6002_sparedGates: Cannibals
Objectives
- 1.Talk to the herbalist.
- 2.Look for Folkert's tracks in the Deadwight Wood using your Witcher Senses.
- 3.Ask the inhabitants of the village about Folkert.
- 4.Report back to the herbalist.
- 5.Interrogate the peasant couple.
- 6.Kill the peasants.
- 7.Follow the scent to its source using your Witcher Senses.
- 8.Search the room.
- 9.Follow the blood track.
Objectives a quest can show, in roughly the order they appear; some are optional or mutually exclusive branches.