Passiflora

Where to find the Passiflora

The Passiflora is in Gildorf, the rich northern quarter of Novigrad, just east of St. Gregory’s Bridge. Fast travel to the St. Gregory’s Bridge signpost, the nearest one, and walk a short way east; the brothel is the building with the garden and fountain behind it. You can see the spot and the signposts around it on our interactive Velen & Novigrad map.

The Passiflora is the most elegant brothel in Novigrad, and in a city with twelve of them that is a real achievement. It stands in Gildorf, the wealthy northern quarter, just east of St. Gregory’s Bridge, with a garden and a fountain behind it. Inside, everything is warm lamplight, soft cushions, polished wood and discreet corners, and a secret door hides a staircase to the best suites on the top floor. It is the kind of house where the guests pay as much for silence as for company.

The madame is Marquise Serenity, who has run the place for years and still remembers the day Geralt and Dandelion turned up with two halflings in tow. Traders love the Passiflora, and so do conspirators: Falka’s rebellion and the murder of King Vridank are both said to have been plotted here.

In The Witcher 3

Serenity plays Gwent with a Nilfgaardian deck and is the second opponent on the city circuit in Gwent: Big City Players. A notice near the bridge announces a tournament at the Passiflora, and in High Stakes Geralt pays 1,000 crowns to face Bernard Tulle, Sasha, Finneas and Count Tybalt for some of the best leader cards in the game. Later, in A Deadly Plot, Serenity opens the secret staircase to the room where Sigismund Dijkstra is hiding with his plans against King Radovid. The fountain behind the house is where Triss Merigold tries her hydromancy in Blindingly Obvious.

Quests at the Passiflora

• High Stakes
• Gwent: Big City Players
• A Deadly Plot
• Blindingly Obvious

Good to know

Build your deck before signing up for High Stakes: once the tournament starts you cannot leave to adjust it, and wandering too far from the brothel fails the quest. St. Gregory’s Bridge is the nearest signpost.

The Passiflora is older than the games: it already appears in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Sword of Destiny.