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The Bittersweet Toast
The Bittersweet Toast is an easy-to-miss quest that branches off The Gilded Gauntlet. Iulian Codrin has a plan to poison Ambrus before your duel, and how you handle it decides who lives.
- Type
- Side
- Given by
- Iulian Codrin
- Region
- Maragir Wealds
- Rewards
- 250 XP, Sunlight's Boon, Potent Powder of Sharp Mind recipe
Good to know
- It starts from an optional Gilded Gauntlet objective. Meet Iulian Codrin at his hunting lodge in the Maragir Wealds.
- Finding a certain body early could break its tracking before Update 1.1.
- The ritual needs Astral Communion, which only works by day.
- Adding the Tatzelwurm Gland to the brew keeps Iulian alive.
- Killing Iulian or backing out mid-ritual fails the quest.
- Finishing it gives you three days to show up for the duel with Ambrus.
What you do
Follow Iulian to the poisoner's home, track her through the swamp by her salamander traps and recover her notes and ritual scroll. Optionally hunt a big lizard for its gland. Then brew the potion and light five pillars with Astral Communion.
Tips
The optional lizard boss, the Pale Ravager, spits and slams. Dodge sideways from the spit and back from the slam, and perfect-block its bites. A Fallen Witch shows up during the ritual. Dodge her bat swarm twice, because she often casts it again.
What happensSpoilerShow
Agreeing to Iulian's plan leads to the poisoner Vera's death. Using the gland in the brew, against his wishes, lets Iulian survive the toast with Ambrus.
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