[Act I] Advice - The Salamander's Tail - Trust Gained
Note to Mods...I'm sure this subject has been discussed before. But perhaps not in the way I present it here.That is why I am making the post. If it seems to be just repeating old information then please feel free to remove it.If you have any friendly suggestions for me let me know. Thanks.Chapter 1 Outskirts of VizimaThe Salamander's Tail - Trust GainedKey Words.... "Trigger Point" "Trust Gained" advice tipsGreetings all,I have found The Witcher enhanced edition to be an excellent game.I am playing on a PC in the United States. Game version 1.4.5.1304(1.5 patch)The advice I am about to give here is based on my personalexperience of the game. It is certainly possible that someone elsehas found a different way to handle the problem I ran into.Maybe the game played out differently for them.So I will understand if not everybody agrees with this post. I won't give away any secrets, but I'd like tooffer some advice that I think is important.In chapter 1 the main quest is "The Salamander's Tail"This breaks down into sub-quests (phases)one of which is called "Trust Gained".When you reach the Trust Gained sub-quest or "phase"you're "journal" will tell you "Talk to the Reverend".Sure, you can talk to the Reverend...but..DO NOTtalk to him about this particular quest, until you arefully prepared to face the Salamanders and have no morebusiness to do with any of the merchants in chapter 1.Reason:There are many things you cannot do in chapter 1 after havingthat little talk with the Reverend. Basically it's a bad time forbuilding your character up any farther within that chapter.You can still talk with the Reverend about other things.Tip: Do a game save before telling the Reverendabout trust you have gained.My Experience with this ....I was not prepared for the end of the chapterthe first time I went through it. I needed to bemore powerful. In order to build my character upI had to go back in time. Back to a point beforetelling the Reverend how trustworthy I had become.Some of my hard work had to be re-done.
Note to Mods...I'm sure this subject has been discussed before. But perhaps not in the way I present it here.That is why I am making the post. If it seems to be just repeating old information then please feel free to remove it.If you have any friendly suggestions for me let me know. Thanks.Chapter 1 Outskirts of VizimaThe Salamander's Tail - Trust GainedKey Words.... "Trigger Point" "Trust Gained" advice tipsGreetings all,I have found The Witcher enhanced edition to be an excellent game.I am playing on a PC in the United States. Game version 1.4.5.1304(1.5 patch)The advice I am about to give here is based on my personalexperience of the game. It is certainly possible that someone elsehas found a different way to handle the problem I ran into.Maybe the game played out differently for them.So I will understand if not everybody agrees with this post. I won't give away any secrets, but I'd like tooffer some advice that I think is important.In chapter 1 the main quest is "The Salamander's Tail"This breaks down into sub-quests (phases)one of which is called "Trust Gained".When you reach the Trust Gained sub-quest or "phase"you're "journal" will tell you "Talk to the Reverend".Sure, you can talk to the Reverend...but..DO NOTtalk to him about this particular quest, until you arefully prepared to face the Salamanders and have no morebusiness to do with any of the merchants in chapter 1.Reason:There are many things you cannot do in chapter 1 after havingthat little talk with the Reverend. Basically it's a bad time forbuilding your character up any farther within that chapter.You can still talk with the Reverend about other things.Tip: Do a game save before telling the Reverendabout trust you have gained.My Experience with this ....I was not prepared for the end of the chapterthe first time I went through it. I needed to bemore powerful. In order to build my character upI had to go back in time. Back to a point beforetelling the Reverend how trustworthy I had become.Some of my hard work had to be re-done.
This quest also connects to "Of Monsters and Men". After Geralt gained trust from Odo, Mikul and Haren Broog, and finished all necessary phases, one dialogue with the reverend about the Beast triggers the final encounter and you have no chance to finish other sidequests, buy stuff to prepare potions etc.