The Endrega Contract

Walkthrough
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The contract to initiate this quest can be found on the notice board outside the inn. The endrega nests can be found on either side of the swampy area in the center of the forest. Most easily recognized by the large white pods nestled up against the trees, 3 in each nest.

To complete this, you must open all 3 pods in each area and defeat the queen endrega that appears. Traps and the Yrden sign are your friends here. The queen is relatively slow, but does occasionally charge. It's normal attacks hurt quite a lot on normal difficulty and above, so do your best to dodge it. Using Yrden will lock it in place, allowing you to get several strong hits on it and once it starts blocking, move away and repeat the process.

Journal Entry
Endregas were multiplying in the Flotsam area. The monsters had become such a scourge that Bernard Loredo, though stingy by his nature, posted a bounty for their extermination. The witcher accepted the job and decided that a little theoretical preperation might pay off. Reading about the endregas' habits would be worth it.

Endregas are very similar to butterflies, except that they are ugly, cannot fly, and would choke on cabbage. All right, maybe they are[sic] like butterflies, but they do weave cocoons. The witcher learned that destroying the cocoons would draw the endrega queens, and their deaths would mean the end of the swarm.

The idea proved to be right on target. The witcher dealt with the endregas and went to see Louis Merse about his reward.

Louis Merse filled out the WL-17 form and paid the witcher, but not before deducting a monstrous tax. Thus ended the endrega adventure.