The Play's the Thing

"The Play's the Thing"

Details
Type	Main quest
Suggested level	11
Location(s)	Novigrad
Region(s)	Novigrad
Source	Priscilla
Reward	935-1260 / 10-130
Related	Get Junior A Poet Under Pressure
ID	q305

The Play's the Thing is one of the quests available in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Journal entry[]

As you surely recall, Geralt knew Ciri had been in Novigrad, that she had contacted Dudu and me and that afterwards all three of us had plummeted straight into a writhing snake pit of trouble. The last person to have seen Ciri was yours truly, but I, too, had disappeared without a trace. Geralt accurately surmised that Dudu would be the easiest of our ill-fated trio to find. He went to the one person who could help him do this – Priscilla.

It should be noted that Priscilla counted an imcomparable ingenuity amongst her many virtues. Barely had Geralt explained the problem when she hit upon a solution. Dudu had taken on some unknown form and gone into hiding. Their only hope of luring him out – a clear sign from his old friends in Madame Irina's mummers' troupe.

Priscilla thus decided to put on a play – one Dudu would be sure to attend and that would clearly convey it was safe for him to reveal himself. Geralt agreed to the plan and the two got down to work.

The play was a success. Although not the finest spectacle to ever grace the Butchers' Yard, it more than sufficed for Priscilla's purposes – Dudu attended the play and revealed himself at its end. Geralt quickly pulled him behind the curtain and began questioning him about me and Ciri. This is how the witcher learned I was a prisoner of the Church of the Eternal Fire.

Walkthrough[]

Tell Priscilla what you've learned about Dudu.
Help write the script of the new play (300 )
Take the script to Irina Renarde
Head to the docks and hire ushers for the play
Defeat the strongmen from Metinna
(Optional) Recruit jugglers from the performing troupe called the Puffins (150 )
Get rid of the thugs lurking outside the Puffins' house (25 )
Talk to Irina Renard and start the play
Perform the play (500 ) (plus mutually exclusive bonus below)
- Say the correct lines (150 / 50 )
- Say mostly the correct lines (125 / 20 )
- Say the wrong lines (110 / 0 )
Did not choose the drunken prince (110 / 30 )
Choice of actress (mutually exclusive)
- Picked Irina as princess (25 / 10 )
- Picked Priscilla as princess (25 / 20 )
Talk to Dudu in Irina Renard's room

Notes[]

If Geralt helps the Puffins to get rid of Fatso's thugs, they'll perform in the street to advertise the upcoming play.
If you choose the play to be a drama, rather than comedy, in the end of the play Fatso and his thugs instigate the crowd to attack, and Geralt, Sofus, Hal and other ushers have to defend the troupe against the angry mob.