Iorveth’s hideout

Iorveth’s hideout is a little-known Scoia’tael base in the forests south of Flotsam in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. From here Iorveth, the one-eyed leader of the local Scoia’tael commando, directs his unit’s raids on Temerian patrols and on Loredo‘s men.

Getting there is dangerous. Besides the elven archers hidden in the trees, the monsters of the surrounding forest act as natural guards, so travelling with a guide greatly improves the odds of arriving alive. Arriving is no guarantee of leaving, either: visitors depend on Iorveth’s goodwill, and few humans can count on that.

In The Witcher 2

Geralt visits the hideout in the Chapter 1 main quest The Assassins of Kings, when he needs Iorveth’s help to find the kingslayer. Zoltan Chivay knows the way and leads him into the southern forests. When hidden archers stop them, Zoltan gives the Scoia’tael password, and an elven warrior sends them on toward Iorveth.

The meeting place turns out to be a clearing that doubles as the hunting ground of an arachas, and Geralt has to kill the beast before anyone talks. As soon as it falls, Scoia’tael archers surround the clearing and Iorveth steps out. Geralt can discuss Letho, the captured Ciaran and the Scoia’tael cause with him. Iorveth reveals that Letho is hiding in the elven ruins and proposes a ruse: Geralt will bring Iorveth to Letho as his “prisoner” so the kingslayer agrees to talk. What follows at the ruins, with Vernon Roche and the Blue Stripes arriving at the worst possible moment, sets up the chapter’s big choice.

Good to know

• Use Yrden and Quen against the arachas, and fight it with the silver sword.
• Loot the arachas for its eye if you are doing Melitele’s Heart. If you want to finish that quest first, tell Iorveth you will meet him at the ruins later.