Vegelbud Estate

The Vegelbud Estate, signposted in game as the Vegelbud Residence, is a grand country seat in the open fields east of Novigrad and north of the village of Carsten. A walled manor house with well-kept grounds rises above the farmland, and next to it lies the family’s racecourse, where nobles, gamblers and riders gather on race days. Compared with the cramped alleys of the city it is all space, fresh air and old money, and the guards at the gate make sure the money stays where it is.

The house belongs to the Vegelbud family, one of Novigrad’s most prominent noble houses, whose line supposedly goes all the way back to the first human settlers who landed in these parts. They are famous for two things: lavish banquets talked about across the region, and horse races held in memory of Erasmus Vegelbud.

In The Witcher 3

The main estate is closed to visitors most of the time. Geralt gets onto the grounds during A Matter of Life and Death and inside the house only during Carnal Sins.

• Broken Flowers – Geralt tracks down Dandelion’s acquaintance Molly at the races. Depending on earlier choices, he arrives with Maria Louisa La Valette and Morvran Voorhis, and can race Voorhis for a superior racing saddle.
• A Matter of Life and Death – Lady Ingrid Vegelbud throws a masquerade ball so that her son Albert, whose interest in alchemy has caught the witch hunters’ attention, can slip away. Geralt escorts Triss Merigold in a fox mask from Elihal‘s workshop, and they find their hostess by looking for a parrot mask.
• Cabaret – the artist Geralt needs for Dandelion’s posters is hiding from his creditors at the races.
• Carnal Sins – the trail of a serial killer leads to the house, where Patricia Vegelbud has just been murdered.

Quests at the Vegelbud Estate

• Broken Flowers
• A Matter of Life and Death
• Cabaret
• Carnal Sins
• Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby

Good to know

The estate has its own fast travel signpost. If Carnal Sins is active and you have not yet reached the Vegelbud part, the masquerade in A Matter of Life and Death is postponed until you do.