Talk:Pyres of Novigrad/@comment-38612593-20190302122747

Here's a simplified version of what to do in order to complete every single objective in this quest (lots of thanks to StanislavOZZO since he was the first to give a proper explanation).

1. Talk to all the beggars 'except the addled one near Vivaldi's Bank! 'Memorize his location or mark it on your map since you will need to talk to that one later. Note that choosing to give gold to the beggars will award you with a little exp.

2. Go to one of the 3 marked quest area circles and wait there for a thief to come by (you can see them sneaking behind people and stealing their pockets). As soon as the thief is found, stay at a safe distance from him and keep following the guy. At some point, a beggar will interrupt you. Note that choosing to give him gold will award you with a little exp once again.

3. Continue following the thief until a cutscene displays where he subtly passes the money to a second thief. Follow the second thief to discover the location of the Putrid Grove. Once you do this, the "Talk with beggars about the King of Beggars" objective will temporarily get marked as "failed" while the "Look for thieves on the main square and carefully follow them" objective will temporarily get marked as "completed".

4. Now go back to the addled beggar near Vivaldi's Bank and talk to him (I personally chose to just converse with him until Geralt asked about the location on his own). By doing this, you swap the status of the afore mentioned objectives. Head just some steps south-east of the Putrid Grove's location and you will overhear the conversation between 2 thieves. Doing this will let you know the password and add a 3rd objective to your quest called "Find an entrance into the sewers outside Novigrad".

5. Don't go to the Putrid Grove's location. Instead head over to the sea on the right side of the Glory Gate (where the smugglers' cache is) and look north of it. You'll find a half-submerged tunnel which leads to the sewers. Enter it and you will find some Drowners and a corpse with a key in it. Loot up the key but don't unlock the sewer gate and just go to the Putrid Grove's entrance instead! Once you give the password and enter the area the quest will complete with all its objectives marked as "completed".