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Quest: Diplomacy and Hunting

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Background

You’ll receive this quest from Vaska (#1) at the completion of the quest Reaping Time.


Walkthrough

For this quest you’ll need to kill Roland Bleinheim, who will start out in the main Salamandra base in the northern part of the Swamp Forest (#2). Vaska will suggest that you talk to the Hierophant in the Druids’ Grove (#3) for some advice on how to deal with him, but you can skip this step if you want. There aren’t too many really tough battles in the game, but one of them is to try and take out the Salamandra base on your own. So you might want to save your game outside of the base, and then charge in and see how it goes. But note: you’ll get more experience if you complete the quest as intended.

If you talk to the Hierophant, then he’ll tell you that he doesn’t like the Salamandra because they use “Nature’s magic” (aka Fisstech) for their own purposes, rather than keeping to the balance. He’ll then make you a deal: if you can bring him some Psilocybe, then he’ll lure Roland to an isolated meeting spot where you can kill him.

You’ll find Psilocybe in the cave in the southern part of the Swamp Forest (#4). You might have to defeat several cockatrices to get to it, but you should find it in the southeastern part of the cave. When you give the Psilocybe to the Hierophant, he’ll create a potion to entice Roland, and then he’ll head south to the meeting place (#5).

The Hierophant is a slow walker, but eventually he’ll reach the destination. At the same time, Roland will show up with a bunch of his men plus two kikimore warriors, and he won’t be looking to talk or anything like that. When the cut scene ends, the fight will be on. You’ll have the Hierophant and two wyverns on your side, and, if nothing else, they should do a good enough job of distracting Roland his troops that the battle shouldn’t be too tough.

When Roland dies, he’ll drop an Encrypted Document, a Royal Letter of Safe Conduct, the scroll Werewolf’s Wrath, and more. If you skipped the bit with the Hierophant and killed Roland at the Salamandra base, then the quest will end when you loot Roland’s corpse, and you’ll end up earning about 1000 experience points total. If you worked with the Hierophant to defeat Roland, then you’ll need to talk to the Hierophant to complete the quest, and you’ll earn about 6000 experience points in total. Plus, you’ll still be able to go to the Salamandra base and attack it if you want.


1 - Vaska / Brickmakers’ Village


2 - Salamandra Camp


3 - Hierophant / Druids’ Grove


4 - Cave


5 - Meeting Place


Walkthrough
Introduction
Gameplay Notes
Sign Locations
Trophy Monsters
Prologue
A Potion for Triss
Berengar’s Secret
Defending Kaer Morhen
Witchers’ Secrets
Chapter I
Overview
A Game of Dice
Buried Memories
Contracts
Dead Hand of the Past
Fistfight
Hot Potato
Of Monsters and Men
Secret Garden
She’s No Early Bird
Strangers in the Night
The Salamander’s Tail
Wanted
Chapter II
Overview (Temple Qtr)
Overview (Sewers)
Overview (Dike & Swamp)
A Gravedigger’s Gratitude
A Long Way from Home
A Lost Lamb
A Most Uncommon Wine
A Mysterious Tower
Anatomy of a Crime
Contracts
Finders Keepers
Flowers and Gold
Force Recon
Memory of a Blade
Old Friend of Mine
Prison Break
Safe Haven
Suspects
The Crown Witness
The Rat
The Sentry
Vizima Confidential
What Lies Beneath
Working Girls
Worth Its Weight in Gold
Chapter III
Overview (Trade Qtr)
Overview (Misc)
A Posh Reception
All the King’s Men
Beauty and the Beast
Blue Eyes
Contracts
Dandelion’s Lute
Diplomacy and Hunting
Echoes of Yesterday
Following the Thread
Gold Rush
Identity
Lock and Key
Reaping Time
Six Feet Under
The Source
The Unforgiven
The Viziman Connection
Won’t Hurt a Bit
Chapter IV
Overview (Lakeside)
Overview (Murky Waters)
Overview (Fields)
Alvin
Armor
Contracts
Daily Bread
Free Elves
Hunting the Wild Hunt
Old Habits Die Hard
Ripples
Small Problems
Temptation
The Heat of the Day
The Paths of Destiny
Chapter V
Overview (Castle)
Overview (Old Vizima)
Overview (Swamp)
Overview (Old Manor)
Contracts
Her Highness the Striga
Hope Burns Bright
Mud and Velvet
Sweet Revenge
The Flame that Cleanses
Under a Fiery Sky
Epilogue
The Ashes of Vizima
Frozen Reflections
 
 
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