Open Sesame: Witcher Seasonings Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Quest
Suggested level: 34
Group: Main Quests (Hearts of Stone)
Location: Novigrad
This is one of the supporting quests you need to complete in order to prepare for a vault break-in in the "Open Sesame!" quest.
Oxenfurt, once a city of students, had been transformed by war into a city of soldiers. Redanian troops were everywhere – in every inn, shop and brothel, but, most visibly and annoyingly of all, on every street. Geralt had to find a way to reduce the number of patrols if the robbery was to stand a chance of success. He dug into his bag of witcher tricks and found just the thing – an alchemical mixture which, added to the soldiers' rations, would soon have half the Oxenfurt garrison out on sick leave...
Quest stages of Open Sesame: Witcher Seasonings
1. Prepare a cleansing mixture that will weaken the Redanian soldiers.
First, you must craft a Cleansing mixture which requires one Dwarven Spirit, two Rotfiend blood, and two Wolfsbane. If you do not have any of the ingredients, you can buy them from the herbalist.
2. Use your Witcher Senses to eavesdrop on Redanian soldiers patrolling Oxenfurt to find out where to find their cook.
Head to the Borsodi's auction house and use your Witcher Senses to listen to the conversation of the guards out front. However, they don't say anything of interest.
Head around to the back of the building and listen to the guards through the window. Once again, they don't say anything of interest.
Then use your senses to eavesdrop on Redanian soldiers patrolling the road. Follow them without getting too close to learn the location of the cook.
3. Visit the garrison cook during the day and convince him to help you.
Go to the pier where the cook is fishing and ask him if he will add your potion to the soldiers' food. He will agree, but he will want a lot of money. You can pay him 500 crowns or you can use Delusion (Level 2) to get him to do it for free.
The garrison cook turned out to be amenable to cooperation. He agreed to add the witcher's special sauce to his pot, making Geralt's task much easier.