Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk

Witcher contract Novigrad suggested level 26 On the world map

From the journal

Oxenfurt the academy may be my alma mater, but Oxenfurt the town - that is where I received my true education. The experiences I had in its inns and alleyways often left me a trembling wreck, overwhelmed by the majesty of the world opening up before me. Sadly, during the Third Nilfgaardian War the town became a shadow of its former self, and the few who remained in its inns and alleyways risked not enlightenment but death at the hands of a mysterious murderer. Geralt, bless his heart, decided to investigate the matter, suspecting that the responsible party might be a monster...

Geralt had dealt with a great variety of beasts over the course of his career as a witcher, but an alcoholic vampire...? That was a first (well, except for maybe that one - but that was long ago). This katakan (as witchers call this manner of beast) had taken a liking to the blood of drunk men. Once Geralt figured this out, he knew exactly how to lure it out of hiding.

Geralt fought the katakan, but sadly the beast fled the first chance it got. Vampires never do make for easy foes. Geralt decided to use his Witcher Senses to hunt the monster down.

At last, success was his! Geralt tracked down and killed the katakan. The Redanian soldiers who had hired him kept their word and paid him appropriately for a job well done.

Objectives

  1. Talk to the Redanian officer.
  2. Talk to the witness.
  3. Talk to the medic.
  4. Examine the site where the monster was seen using your Witcher Senses.
  5. Look over the victims' bodies using your Witcher Senses.
  6. Talk to the innkeep and get drunk in order to bait the katakan.
  7. Walk around near the tavern in order to provoke the katakan.
  8. Kill the katakan.
  9. Track down the katakan using your Witcher Senses.
  10. Get inside the katakan's hideout.
  11. Take a trophy.
  12. Collect your reward from the Redanian officer.