Overview
Contract: Doors Slamming Shut is a witcher contract on the outskirts of Novigrad, suggested for level 24. Count Kurt Dysart owns the Moldavie Residence, a manor everyone believes is haunted. Kurt himself doesn’t buy the ghost story, but something is clearly making the house shake. The real culprit sits underneath it: an earth elemental called Therazane, sealed in old elven ruins behind a barrier that is about to give way.
Getting the contract
You must pick up the notice first, from the board in Hierarch Square or in Gildorf. The count won’t discuss the job if you approach him without it. He is on the second floor of the Kingfisher Inn. He asks which witcher school you come from (the answer only changes his reply), explains the trembling and gives you the key to the house.
The investigation
Unlock the residence and look around. In the second room, the one with the food, the house starts to shake; you can examine the food. The chest at the foot of the bed in the next room holds a journal about the residence’s history, which is optional reading. Upstairs there is scattered salt to examine, but it leads nowhere.
Head down to the basement. Geralt feels a draught from a crack in the wall, so blast it open with Aard. Behind it lie elven ruins. On the far side of the room, read the journal of the mage Amaverick of Sorano and examine the large root on the other table. Together they tell Geralt he is dealing with a powerful earth elemental.
To open the blocked doorway, jump into the water, swim down the corridor to a switch and pull it. Swim back and walk round to the door. Therazane is trapped inside a force field it has nearly broken. While the field holds you can look around safely, and you should: note the two wooden supports holding up the ceiling.
Fighting Therazane
When you’re ready, hit the device behind the barrier with Aard and get into position. After a short delay the field fails. Use elementa oil, keep Quen up and throw Dimeritium bombs to shut down magic attacks like the earth ring; they won’t stop its punches, though. Northern Wind freezes it for a few free hits. If your health runs low, step back into the previous room, as the elemental can’t follow you there. Full tactics on our Therazane page.
Choices and outcomes
The supports matter. If both are destroyed, by you or by Therazane’s attacks, the count is later killed when the ceiling of the ruins collapses on him. Come back to the residence after some time and a servant by the southern wall, near the pond, breaks the news. Keeping just one support standing is enough to save him, so finish the fight quickly and keep your own swings away from the beams.
Rewards
- 325 XP (25 for the journal, 300 on handing in)
- 200 crowns from Kurt Dysart
- Cleaver Hood sword, earth elemental trophy and earth elemental mutagen
Looking for more work around the city? Try Contract: Lord of the Wood or Contract: An Elusive Thief.
