Cabaret

Cabaret
Type	Secondary Quest
Region	Novigrad
Quest Giver	Dandelion
Suggested Level	14
Reward	80 crowns and a Mastercrafted Saddle for winning the race
Previous Quest	A Poet Under Pressure
Next Quest	Carnal Sins

Cabaret is a secondary quest in Novigrad. It begins after Geralt saves Dandelion in A Poet Under Pressure. Whoreson Senior left Dandelion the Rosemary and Thyme in his will. Now the bard wants to turn it into the cabaret he has always dreamed of, and he asks Geralt for help.

Cabaret Map Location and Quest Guide

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Cabaret map location:

1. Talk to Dandelion at the Rosemary and Thyme.
2. Borrow a prop sword from Madame Irina.
3. Meet Dandelion in front of Sophronia's house after dusk.
4. Fight Dandelion, playing the Crimson Avenger, with the prop sword.
5. Meet Dandelion at the Rosemary and Thyme in the morning.
6. Pick a style for the new cabaret, or let Priscilla choose.
7. Find Dandelion at the door of Polly's house.
8. Use Witcher Senses to find the key and open the door.
9. Deal with Hubio, Polly's fiancé.
10. Go to Rautlec's house in Silverton and face the bandits there.
11. Find Rautlec at the races near the Vegelbud Residence.
12. Settle Rautlec's debt to get the placards.
13. Return to Dandelion at the new cabaret.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

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Dandelion needs a loan from Sophronia. His plan is a fake rescue: Geralt plays a brigand who threatens her, and Dandelion plays a hero. Geralt can beat Dandelion, let him win, or run away. The choice only changes Dandelion's mood.

The dwarven builders ask for a theatrical or a boudoir style. Dandelion is happiest with theatrical. At Polly's house, Geralt can beat up Hubio or make him listen to Dandelion. The choice decides whether Polly stays with Hubio, but she goes to work at the cabaret either way.

Rautlec is deep in debt. Geralt can win a horse race for him, pay his 200 crown debt, or give up on the placards. A lost race only raises the debt, which then costs 270 crowns.

Characters

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The characters who take part in the quest.

Character	Image
Dandelion
Irina Renarde
Sophronia	-
Priscilla
Polly	-
Hubio	-
Rautlec	-
Count de Luverten	-

Notes

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• The finished cabaret is named The Chameleon.
• A messenger then brings news that Priscilla has been attacked, which starts Carnal Sins.
• Meditating inside the Rosemary and Thyme skips the wait until morning.

All Secondary Quests

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Every secondary quest, with the region, the suggested level and who gives it.

Quest	Region	Level	Quest Giver
A Bard's Beloved	Skellige	-	-
A Barnful of Trouble	Novigrad	11	Peasant
A Dangerous Game	Novigrad	12	Zoltan Chivay
A Deadly Plot	Novigrad	14	Sigismund Dijkstra
A Dog's Life	Velen	5	Dog attacked by wolves
A Favor for a Friend	Velen	6	Keira Metz
A Feast for Crows	Novigrad	20	Body of a murdered man
A Frying Pan, Spick and Span	White Orchard	-	Old Woman
A Greedy God	Velen	7	Dagmar
A Hallowed Horn	Skellige	12	Notice board
A Knight's Tales	Toussaint	40	Woodcutter Jacob
A Midnight Clear	Novigrad	33	Shani
A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man	Toussaint	43	Painter
A Tome Entombed	Novigrad	-	Professor Vairmont
A Towerful of Mice	Velen	6	Keira Metz
A Walk on the Waterfront	Novigrad	12	Ginter de Lavirac
Abandoned Sawmill	Skellige	-	Abandoned Sawmill
Amidst the Mill's Grist	Toussaint	-	Count de la Croix's Mill
An Eye for an Eye	Velen	12	Vernon Roche
An Invitation from Keira Metz	Velen	6	Keira Metz
An Unpaid Debt	Skellige	15	Simun Brambling
Armed Assault	Skellige	15	House on the southeastern edge of Rannvaig
At the Mercy of Strangers	Velen	-	John Verdun
Avid Collector	Oxenfurt	34	Van Rogh painting, bought at the auction in Open Sesame!
Berengar's Blade	Kaer Morhen	27	Berengar's notes, in a chest at Kaer Morhen
Big Feet to Fill	Toussaint	40	Foreman
Big Feet to Fill: The Fifth Group	Toussaint	-	Bandits on a moored ship northwest of Plegmund's Bridge
Big Feet to Fill: The First Group	Toussaint	-	First group of builders
Big Feet to Fill: The Fourth Group	Toussaint	-	Abandoned workers' camp
Big Feet to Fill: The Second Group	Toussaint	-	Drunk workers south of Plegmund's Bridge
Big Feet to Fill: The Third Group	Toussaint	-	Abandoned wagons north of Castel Ravello Vineyard
Bitter Harvest	Velen	9	Albin Hart
Black Pearl	Novigrad	13	Nidas
Blood Ties	Velen	12	Noblewoman
Brave Fools Die Young	Skellige	-	-
Cabaret	Novigrad	14	Dandelion
Caravan Attack	Velen	-	Anselm; Griswold
Carnal Sins	Novigrad	16	-
Ciri's Room	Velen	5	-
Collect 'Em All	-	-	-
Coronation	Skellige	-	-
Crime and Punishment	Skellige	-	-
Deadly Crossing	Velen	-	-
Death By Fire	Velen	10	-
Defender of the Faith	Velen	10	Old woman
Drunken Rabble	Novigrad	-	-
Duck, Duck, Goosed!	Land of a Thousand Fables	47	Notice board
Empty Coop	Velen	-	Yanina
Enchanting: Quality Has Its Price	Novigrad	32	Runewright
Enchanting: Start-up Costs	Novigrad	32	A Runewright Upon Your Shores Has Landed
Extreme Cosplay	Toussaint	40	Gaston
Face Me if You Dare!	Velen	-	Ronvid of the Small Marsh
Faithful Friend	White Orchard	30	-
Fake Papers	Velen	-	Shady merchant
Father Knows Worst	Toussaint	37	Notice board
Fencing Lessons	Novigrad	12	Rosa var Attre
Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions	Skellige	-	-
Fists of Fury: Novigrad	Novigrad	-	Notice board
Fists of Fury: Skellige	Skellige	-	-
Fists of Fury: Toussaint	Toussaint	36	-
Fists of Fury: Velen	Velen	11	Notice board
Flesh for Sale	Skellige	-	-
Fools' Gold	Velen	6	Bandit
For Fame and Glory	Skellige	15	Warrior
For the Advancement of Learning	Velen	8	Keira Metz
Forefathers' Eve	Velen	7	The Pellar
Free Spirit	Skellige	13	Ivar
From a Land Far, Far Away	Skellige	13	Corpse
Funeral Pyres	Velen	3	Priest of the Eternal Fire
Ghosts of the Past	Velen	6	-
Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!	Toussaint	36	Rolande de Flakfizer
Greenhouse Effect	Kaer Morhen	27	-
Gwent: Big City Players	Novigrad	-	Notice board
Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige's Here	Toussaint	-	Count Monnier
Gwent: Old Pals	Novigrad	-	Zoltan Chivay
Gwent: Playing Innkeeps	Novigrad	-	Notice board
Gwent: Playing Thaler	Novigrad	-	-
Gwent: Skellige Style	Skellige	-	-
Gwent: To Everything - Turn, Turn, Tournament!	Toussaint	38	Count Monnier
Gwent: Velen Players	Velen	-	Bloody Baron
Harassing a Troll	Velen	-	Boris
Hard Times	Skellige	-	-
Haunted House	Novigrad	7	Notice board
Hazardous Goods	Velen	-	Gert Borel
Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff?	Novigrad	6	Halfling merchant
Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind	Novigrad	8	Note Left by Spy
High Stakes	Novigrad	-	-
Highway Robbery	Velen	-	-
Highwayman's Cache	Velen	-	Bandits
Honor Among Thieves	Novigrad	9	Rico
In Wolf's Clothing	Skellige	15	-
In the Eternal Fire's Shadow	Velen	15	Eternal Fire Priest
Iron Maiden	Skellige	19	Jutta
Karmic Justice	Novigrad	-	Merchant
King's Gambit	Skellige	18	Crach an Craite
Knight for Hire	Toussaint	-	Notice board
Last Rites	Velen	9	Old woman
Little Red	Novigrad	15	Bertram
Looters	Velen	-	-
Love's Cruel Snares	Velen	10	Crying woman
Lynch Mob	Velen	7	Peasants
Magic Lamp	Velen	6	Keira Metz
Man's Best Friend	Velen	-	-
Master Armorers	Velen	24	Fergus
Master Master Master Master!	Toussaint	40	Lazare Lafargue
Master of the Arena	Skellige	14	-
Message from an Old Friend	Novigrad	-	Marcus T.K. Hodgson
Missing in Action	White Orchard	-	Dune Vildenvert or the Brother Missing notice on the notice board
Monster Slayer	Kaer Morhen	26	A drowner corpse by the Lakeside Hut
Mutual of Beauclair's Wild Kingdom	Toussaint	46	Contract for a Witcher/Witchers: Caravan Escort notice on The Cockatrice Inn notice board
Novigrad Hospitality	Novigrad	8	Victor and Gascoigne
Novigrad, Closed City	Novigrad	11	Lussi (first part); a bandit (second part)
Now or Never	Novigrad	-	Triss Merigold, through a perfumed letter
Of Dairy and Darkness	Novigrad	9	The merchant in Gildorf, or Aeramas' Abandoned Manor
Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing	Toussaint	43	Le Papillon
Of Swords and Dumplings	Novigrad	24	Hattori
On Death's Bed	White Orchard	2	Tomira
Out On Your Arse!	Novigrad	14	Strumpet
Paperchase	Toussaint	36	Vineyard owner
Peace Disturbed	Skellige	25	Skelliger women outside a crypt
Possession	Skellige	-	Crach an Craite
Practicum in Advanced Alchemy	Skellige	-	Gremist
Precious Cargo	White Orchard	-	Forlorn merchant
Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby	Novigrad	-	An Invitation to the Memorial Derby, on the table by the announcer in Hierarch Square
Races: Crow's Perch	Velen	-	Horse Races notice on the Crow's Perch notice board
Races: Swift as the Western Winds	Novigrad	32	Ofieri merchant
Racists of Novigrad	Novigrad	-	Townsmen harassing elves
Raging Wolf	Toussaint	40	-
Reason of State	Novigrad	30	Sigismund Dijkstra
Redania's Most Wanted	Novigrad	12	Radovid V
Return to Crookback Bog	Velen	9	Phillip Strenger
Rose on a Red Field	Novigrad	33	Adela
Rough Neighborhood	Oxenfurt	10	Dora
Shock Therapy	Skellige	24	Druid
Spooked Mare	Oxenfurt	12	Peasant
Stranger in a Strange Land	Skellige	-	Kori and Kraki, after Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg
Strumpet in Distress	Novigrad	-	The woman threatened south of the Novigrad Docks
Suspicious Shakedown	Novigrad	-	Merchant
Take What You Want	Velen	25	Gaetan
Taken as a Lass	Skellige	-	A young warrior on the coast of Ard Skellig, or Kurisu at Freya's temple
The Bastion	Kaer Morhen	23	The old bastion near Kaer Morhen
The Cave of Dreams	Skellige	-	Blueboy Lugos, or Madman Lugos after Stranger in a Strange Land
The Dwarven Document Dilemma	Novigrad	2	Rostan Muggs
The Fall of the House of Reardon	Velen	6	Dolores Reardon, or the notice on the Lindenvale notice board
The Family Blade	Skellige	-	Olaf, or the Kaer Trolde notice board
The Flame of Hatred	Novigrad	-	An Eternal Fire preacher east of Hierarch Square
The Four Faces of Hemdall	Skellige	-	A pilgrim northwest of Trottheim
The Gangs of Novigrad	Novigrad	9	Cleaver
The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund	Skellige	-	The race leader near Fayrlund
The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory!	Skellige	-	Svana
The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal	Skellige	-	The race leader on the road south of Blandare
The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde	Skellige	-	The race leader in Rannvaig
The Hunger Game	Toussaint	42	Marlene
The Last Wish	Skellige	15	Yennefer of Vengerberg
The Lord of Undvik	Skellige	-	Crach an Craite
The Nithing	Skellige	14	Lothar, or the Rannvaig notice board
The Nobleman Statuette	Novigrad	14	Jade Figurine, sold by a merchant in Novigrad
The Path of Warriors	Skellige	16	Gunnar at the Trail to Yngvar's Fang, or a woman in Urialla Harbor
The Perks of Being a Jailbird	Toussaint	-	Notes Found in the Toussaint Prison, in a stash in the prison yard wall
The Price of Honor	Skellige	14	Timmon
The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers	Skellige	26	Djenge Frett
The Soldier Statuette	Novigrad	14	Jade Figurine, found in the secret room of Caesar Bilzen's house during A Dangerous Game
The Taxman Cometh	Oxenfurt	32	Walthemor Mitty
The Tower Outta Nowheres	Skellige	-	Villagers on the An Skellig coast
The Truth is in the Stars	Velen	-	Old Sage, or the notice board in Oxenfurt
The Volunteer	Velen	13	Trollololo, or the notice board in Oxenfurt
The Warble of a Smitten Knight	Toussaint	35	Guillaume de Launfal
The Witchers' Forge	Kaer Morhen	30	Monstrum, or a Portrayal of Witchers. Volume 2, at the base of the stairs to Yennefer's tower
The Words of the Prophets Are Written on Sarcophagi	Toussaint	40	Bones of the Great Beggar, in the abandoned temple to the Prophet Lebioda
There Can Be Only One	Toussaint	43	Notice board in Beauclair, or Bors and Percival at the Tourney Grounds
Thou Shalt Not Pass	Velen	7	Redanian guard at the Border Post or the Western Gate of Oxenfurt
Till Death Do You Part	Toussaint	36	Charles Lanzano, at the Clever Clogs tavern
Trail of Echoes	Kaer Morhen	-	Entering the cave at the end of the path northwest of Kaer Morhen
Turn and Face the Strange	Toussaint	35	Letter from Yennefer or Triss, delivered by a boy
Twisted Firestarter	White Orchard	-	Willis, or the notice board in White Orchard
Vintner's Contract: Chuchote Cave	Toussaint	40	Wine Merchant at Chuchote Cave
Vintner's Contract: Cleaning Those Hard-to-Reach Places	Toussaint	43	Wine Merchant just north of Gélenser Farm
Vintner's Contract: Duchaton Crest	Toussaint	43	Wine Merchant southeast of Rioux-Cannes Outpost
Vintner's Contract: Dun Tynne Hillside	Toussaint	40	Injured Wine Merchant north of Dun Tynne Castle
Vintner's Contract: Rivecalme Storehouse	Toussaint	37	Wine Merchant at the Rivecalme Storehouse, just west of the Dulcinea Windmill
Warehouse of Woe	Novigrad	13	A man and a dwarf arguing outside their warehouse
Where the Cat and Wolf Play...	Velen	25	Begins in Honorton once the alghouls are dead
Wild at Heart	Velen	7	Niellen, or the notice boards of Velen
Wine Wars: Belgaard	Toussaint	37	Liam and Matilda at Plegmund's Bridge, or a notice board in Toussaint
Wine Wars: Consorting	Toussaint	40	Liam and Matilda, after Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina
Wine Wars: Coronata	Toussaint	37	Liam de Coronata
Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina	Toussaint	42	Notes and a heavy brass key found on bodies at the Coronata and Vermentino vineyards
Wine Wars: Vermentino	Toussaint	37	Matilda Vermentino
Witch Hunter Raids	Novigrad	-	Witch hunters at Remi Villeroy's door in Farcorners
Witcher Wannabe	Velen	10	Ealdorman of Lindenvale
Without a Trace	Oxenfurt	32	Notice board in Brunwich, then Otto Bamber at the herbalist's hut outside Oxenfurt
Woe is Me	Skellige	-	A peasant calling for help at the Palisade on Ard Skellig
Worthy of Trust	Skellige	-	A Skelliger asking for a loan
A Matter of Life and Death	Novigrad	-	Triss Merigold
Following the Thread	Novigrad	11	Notice board
Finders Keepers	Skellige	-	-