Hung Over

Hung Over is a Chapter 1 side quest in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, set in Flotsam. It starts when Geralt drops in on the Blue Stripes’ quarters while Roche’s men are celebrating, and what begins as a knife-throwing contest with Ves turns into a long night of drinking, arm wrestling and an angry visit from the locals.

The next morning Geralt wakes up by the harbour, naked, hungover and with no memory of the evening. To piece it together he questions the madam of the Flotsam brothel and then Ves, the one member of the party who stayed more or less sober. The punchline is a Blue Stripes tattoo on Geralt’s neck, which he can keep as a souvenir or have removed later.

Walkthrough

  1. Enter the Blue Stripes’ quarters in Flotsam and join the knife-throwing contest against Ves (targets include an oar, a ham and a map).
  2. When locals storm in to argue with Roche, either step in and calm him down (by persuasion, intimidation or, if that fails, a fistfight) or walk away.
  3. Keep drinking and arm wrestle the soldiers Thirteen and Fenn; beating the second wins the Sword of Creyden.
  4. Wake up by Flotsam harbour and ask a local what happened; a bribe or Intimidation gets you pointed to the brothel.
  5. Pay the madam for her story; she sends you to Ves.
  6. Find Ves in the Blue Stripes’ lodging next to the tavern, hear the full story and collect your gear from the chest she points out.

Quest Consequences & Choices

  • Roche argument: calm him with persuasion or intimidation, or leave; a failed persuasion ends in a fistfight with Roche.
  • Tattoo: keep the Blue Stripes tattoo, or have it removed. Triss can do it in Chapter 1 if you bring her the ingredients (white myrtle among them); in Chapter 2 Philippa (Iorveth’s path) or Síle (Roche’s path) can remove it.

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Quest rewards

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XP: 50
Loot: Sword of Creyden (from arm wrestling)
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