With your back to the front doorway of Dandelion’s inn (by the’Heirarch Gate’ quick travel marker) there is a pair of little paths bridging a small, dry canal to the right. On the second of these bridges, Geralt will get a terrible smell and remark on it.
After picking up the terrible smell, turn on Geralt’s Witcher Sense to pick up a scent trail. Follow this a brief distance to find a dead body hidden behind some greenery. Inspect the body to activate the side-quest.
Look around the immediate area with Witcher Sense to see footprints and bloodstains. Inspect among each of them before following the route which seems. This can lead you to a home. Make your way inside to trigger a dialogue.
Throughout the consequent chat, you will have a few dialogue choices which will produce the rest of the quest play out a little differently. Your options include:
- “Fine, take the key.” – Geralt will hand over the key. This will net you 20 Crowns.
- “I don’t like being threatened.” – This will spark a fight during which you’ll need to kill all the dwarves. After doing so, you can loot the chest they were after in the back, left corner of the ground floor. This will net you 100 Orens and 50 Crowns.
Either choice works here. The moment you leave the house, the side-quest is going to be completed.
