Burlap is the New Stripe is what happens when Syanna dies at Tesham Mutna. Duchess Anna Henrietta blames Geralt for her sister’s death and throws him into Toussaint Prison until his punishment is decided.
How to start Burlap is the New Stripe
It starts automatically after Tesham Mutna if Syanna died. The suggested level is 49. The only payment is 3,750 crowns if you fought Dettlaff, plus 50 XP for finding the fifth victim.
Life behind bars
Fellow inmate Handsome Jacques shows you around and puts you on laundry duty. Grab the dirty clothes from the box opposite the tubs and the soap from the floor by the stairs. As you wash, a few familiar faces show up, hoping to pay Geralt back for putting them behind bars, and a fight follows. A week later Geralt is led out to watch an execution, and then taken to Damien de la Tour.
Saved by a bard
Dandelion has talked the duchess round. Geralt is free and keeps Corvo Bianco, but he gets only part of his reward if he fought Dettlaff, nothing if he let him go, and Anna Henrietta never wants to see him again. Outside, Regis is waiting. You can look into the fifth victim the same way as in Pomp and Strange Circumstance, through the bootblack and the shelter. Telling the duchess what you find only makes her angry, so a drink with Regis is the gentler choice. The epilogue is Be It Ever So Humble….
Tips
- Use your Witcher Senses on the wall behind Jacques to find a loose brick. That starts The Perks of Being a Jailbird.
- Axii (Delusion level 2) on one of the laundry thugs means you fight two instead of three.
- Don’t forget your gear: it is in a chest in the small room between the two prison gates.
