A Long Way from Home

A Long Way from Home is a secondary quest in Act II which Geralt can undertake if he asks Yaren Bolt a second time if he needs the services of a witcher, having already completed Flowers and Gold for him. Despite being optional, it does provide quite a lot of meaningful information about the main quests and should not be neglected.

Walkthrough
Having sorted the Flowers and Gold quest for the lumberjack, Geralt asks Yaren Bolt he needs the services of a witcher for any other tasks. As it happens, the woodcutter does. He divulges that the way from the Lumberjacks' glade to the landing is blocked by monsters. These monsters include: bloedzuigers, drowners, echinopsae and vodyanoi, and this makes life for him and his band of woodcutters difficult to say the least.

Yaren also would like the witcher to get rid of the vodyanoi near the clay pits. He doesn't exactly explain why he wants to be rid of the "fish people", as he derisively refers to them, but it's part of the deal. Geralt points out that this isn't really the best of ideas and that what the lumberjack is requesting amounts to a massacre, but there's no swaying Bolt.

Geralt decides to accept regardless and sets off to clear the road with his usual speed and efficiency, but he's still having doubts about the vodyanoi angle. He slices and dices his way through three bloedzuigers, a trio of drowners and a pair of echinopsae. There! Road cleared.

He goes to a nearby campfire and meditates until nearly midnight, then heads over to the vodyanoi altar.



The witcher then heads back to the Lumberjacks' glade to report to Yaren. The woodcutter is pleased that the road has been cleared and rewards Geralt as agreed.

Monsters
The lumberjacks are in trouble - they have been cut off from supplies by wandering monsters. Yaren Bolt promised to pay me if I can deal with this threat. I must quickly kill the monsters blocking the road and take care of the vodyanoi issue. Time really matters - perhaps I should go to Vaska, as she seems to get along with the fishpeople well. ''I must kill the monsters blocking the road and take care of the vodyanoi issue as quickly as possible. Perhaps I should turn to Vaska with this problem.''

Bloedzuigers
A group of bloedzuigers has been destroyed - the swamps are now a better place. ''I killed a few bloedzuigers. I should eliminate any creatures that threaten the lumberjacks.'' (100 XP)

Drowners
The drowners left this world - this time for good. ''I killed a few drowners. I should eliminate any creatures that threaten the lumberjacks.'' (100 XP + 200 XP when all monsters are dead)

The Sacrifice / Vodyan Killed
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 * Sided with Vaska: I convinced Yaren Bolt [to] solve the problem with bloodshed. He gave me his axe to present to the vodyanoi as a sign of peace. I must take it to the altar. At midnight one of the fishpeople will appear. If he approves of the offering, he'll leave something in return. I must sacrifice the axe on the Vodyanoi altar.
 * Sided with Vaska: I convinced Yaren Bolt [to] solve the problem with bloodshed. He gave me his axe to present to the vodyanoi as a sign of peace. I must take it to the altar. At midnight one of the fishpeople will appear. If he approves of the offering, he'll leave something in return. I must sacrifice the axe on the Vodyanoi altar.

Quest Completed
I left the axe on the altar and in return I received an amulet which symbolizes peace. I must go to Yaren Bolt and tell him about it. I need to clear the road to the landing, make sure people can get there safely. (1000 XP) or
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 * Killed the vodyan: I killed the vodyan the lumberjacks were so afraid of. I need to clear the road to the landing, make sure people can get there safely. (500 XP)
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Payment / Failure
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