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Following the Thread

Following the Thread
Type Secondary Quest
Region Novigrad
Quest Giver Notice board
Suggested Level 11
Reward Diagram: Eirlithrad; 50 XP and 200 crowns from Crach for killing Hammond
Previous Quest Destination: Skellige

Following the Thread is a secondary quest that begins in Novigrad and leads to Skellige. Geralt takes a contract on a monster that kills at night in the Bits, the city's worst slum. The hunt brings him face to face with Lambert, who is chasing the same creature. Lambert is really after a gang of killers led by Jad Karadin. They murdered his friend Aiden, a witcher of the Cat School, and Geralt agrees to help him get revenge.

Following the Thread Map Location and Quest Guide

Following the Thread map location:

  1. Take the Contract: Monster in the Bits notice from the Hierarch Square notice board.
  2. Talk to the supervisor.
  3. Examine the crime scene with Witcher Senses.
  4. Follow the claw marks to the river and swim across.
  5. Follow the tracks into the ekimmara's lair.
  6. Kill the ekimmara alongside Lambert and talk to him.
  7. Go with Lambert to the supervisor and kill the three guards.
  8. Meet Lambert at the Seven Cats Inn and talk to Vienne.
  9. Sail to Faroe and talk to the pirates at the entrance to Trottheim.
  10. Find Hammond at the shrine near the eastern end of the island.
  11. Kill Hammond and his men, then take the letter from Jad Karadin off his body.
  12. Meet Lambert at the Nowhere Inn in Novigrad.
  13. Meet Lambert on Hierarch Square, near Karadin's residence.
  14. Decide Jad Karadin's fate.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

After the ekimmara dies, Geralt can go with Lambert at once or meet him later. Meeting later leaves time to loot an Ekimmara Hide from the body. At the supervisor's house, Lambert starts a fight over the pay and kills the supervisor.

At the Seven Cats Inn, Vienne names two other gang members, Selyse and Hammond. Telling Lambert to do what he thinks is right makes her call for help, and Geralt fights her and three elves. Answering "Don't kill her" ends the talk in peace. Before facing Hammond, Geralt can ask Crach an Craite about him. Returning to Crach after Hammond's death earns 50 XP and 200 crowns.

Jad Karadin turns out to be a retired witcher living as a rich merchant under another name. He says his band had to kill Aiden after Aiden turned on them. Geralt can spare him or help Lambert kill him. Lambert is angry if Karadin lives, but the quarrel goes no further than this quest.

Characters

The characters who take part in the quest.

Character Image
Lambert Lambert
Vienne -
Hammond -
Crach an Craite Crach an Craite
Jad Karadin -

Monsters

The monsters fought during the quest.

Monster Image Species
Ekimmara Ekimmara Vampires

Notes

  • The talk with Lambert at the Seven Cats Inn closes off Flesh for Sale.
  • After Flesh for Sale, avoid fast travel to Trottheim. It drops Geralt in the middle of the village, and the talk with the pirates at the entrance never starts.
  • A Gwent match with Lambert is possible here if Gwent: Old Pals has started.

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