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Of Swords and Dumplings

Secondary questVelen and Novigrad

A witcher without a blade is like a potter without hands, and thus they are always on the lookout for skilled smiths to reforge or repair their deadly limbs. One day Geralt encountered a certain Hattori, a former master swordsmith who had transitioned into the premade edibles trade. He decided to convince the man to give up this dough business and return to his former practice. Little did he know this would be the start of a strange and toilsome adventure involving Skelligers, dumplings, shady ore dealers and, I kid you not, crafting supplies.

Map

Map of the Of Swords and Dumplings objectives around Hierarch Square, Novigrad Docks, Portside Gate

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Objectives

40
  1. 1St. Gregory's Bridge
  2. 2On the map
  3. 3On the map
  4. 4Glory Gate
  5. 5Portside Gate
  6. 6
  7. 7Help Hattori to make a deal with his supplier.Novigrad Docks
  8. 8Talk to Hattori in his dumpling shop.Portside Gate
  9. 9Escape the ambush.Novigrad Docks
  10. 10Wait a day for Hattori to set up the meeting.
  11. 11Go to the docks at midnight to meet Hattori's supplier.Novigrad Docks
  12. 12Go to the docks after dusk to meet Hattori's supplier.Novigrad Docks
  13. 13Get into Ernst van Hoorn's warehouse.Hierarch Square
  14. 14Gain entry to Ernst van Hoorn's warehouse.Hierarch Square
  15. 15Use your Witcher Senses to find crates containing crafting supplies and mark them with chalk.Hierarch Square
  16. 16Tell Sukrus to take the crates.Hierarch Square
  17. 17Stand lookout.On the map
  18. 18Find out what Sukrus wants.Hierarch Square
  19. 19Talk to Hattori.Novigrad Docks
  20. 20Gather Sukrus and his boys.Hierarch Square
  21. 21Find van Hoorn's warehouse.Hierarch Square
  22. 22Defeat Ernst van Hoorn and his thugs.Hierarch Square
  23. 23Collect your reward from Hattori.Novigrad Docks
  24. 24Meet Sukrus by van Hoorn's warehouse after dark.Hierarch Square
  25. 25Talk to Sukrus.Hierarch Square
  26. 26Stand watch.On the map
  27. 27Deal with the drunk merchant.Hierarch Square
  28. 28Defend yourself.
  29. 29Return to your post at the warehouse.On the map
  30. 30Enlist Sukrus from Skellige as Hattori's bodyguard.Hierarch Square
  31. 31Convince the Skellige merchant to pay his debts to Sukrus or destroy his goods.Novigrad Docks
  32. 32Tell Sukrus you solved his problem.Hierarch Square
  33. 33Return to Hattori.Novigrad Docks
  34. 34Break up the fight outside the inn.Hierarch Square
  35. 35Return to Hattori later to see if he's finished your sword.
  36. 36Talk to Hattori about the sword he promised you.Novigrad Docks
  37. 37On the map
  38. 38On the map
  39. 39On the map
  40. 40On the map

Journal

During this quest Geralt had to haggle like a fishwife, mix with mafiosos, draw with chalk in the dark and dive into a portside brawl. Most of all, he had to teach a lesson to the man who had squeezed Hattori out of sword making. All this so that Hattori would give up that infernal dumpling scrunching and return to forging blades. From then on our hero could make use of his services, and I sure hope he did so often, for otherwise all that effort was for naught.

To a witcher, a sword is like a lover. He must carress it, care for it, devote some time to it each night. But as with lovers, there are times one comes across a specimen so superior and not one's own that one cannot help but consider replacing the old with the new. Geralt was fully aware of these principles, so when he heard about the legendary swordsmith named Hattori, a tingle ran down his spine, butterflies took flight in his stomach, and he resolved to find the craftsman.