Open Sesame! |
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| Type | Main Quests |
| DLC | Hearts of Stone |
| Location | Borsodi Brothers' Auction House |
| Suggested Level | 34 |
| Prerequisite | Evil's Soft First Touches |
| Next Quest | Scenes From a Marriage Open Sesame: Witcher Seasonings Open Sesame: Breaking and Entering Open Sesame: The Safecracker |
Open Sesame! is a Main Quest from the Hearts of Stone DLC in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. Main Quests are the main storyline of the game that can have a major effect towards the endings. Some of these quests may have dialogue choices that will alter the ending of the game.
Open Sesame! introduces the series of main quests in the Hearts of Stone DLC. To complete this quest, you will so have to go through the following quests from the series. Open Sesame: Witcher Seasonings
Open Sesame: Breaking and Entering Open Sesame: The Safecracker.
Olgierd's wishes were unusual, to say the least. One demand was for Geralt to bring him the house of Maximillian Borsodi. He didn't supplement this request with such key details as where this house was located or just how the witcher was to transport said real estate. Geralt only knew his first stop should be Oxenfurt, the city to which the Borsodi family had moved their world-famous auction house...
The Witcher 3 Open Sesame! Objectives
- Go to the Borsodi auction house in Oxenfurt and ask for the owner.
- Go to the upper floor of the auction house.
- (Optional) Meet Vivaldi's friends. 0/3
If agreed to help the Countess' earring:
- Find Countess Mignole's earring using your Witcher Senses.
If talked to all three associates:
- Wait for the auction to start.
- Defeat the guards.
- Go to the herbalist's hut near Oxenfurt and give the password.
- Talk to the Stranger.
If you didn't immediately agree:
- Return to the Stranger to discuss the details of the robbery.
- Recruit the rest of the crew and prepare for the robbery. 3/3
Unless you went there immediately with the last accomplice:
- Go to the herbalist's hut to prepare for the robbery.
- Be at the gateway to the Borsodi Auction House around midnight.
- Defeat Horst Borsodi's men.
If negotiation fails or there's an explosion:
- Fight off the Redanian soldiers' attack.
- Go down into the vault.
If Quinto is the safecracker:
- Defeat the monsters.
- Search the vault for Maximilian's House.
- Defeat Horst/Ewald Borsodi.
If rejected deal:
- Defeat Horst/Ewald Borsodi and his body guards
- Take Maximilian's House.
- Find the secret way out of the vault using your Witcher Senses.
- Get out of the auction house.
- Take Maximilian Borsodi's House to Olgierd.
Rewards for Open Sesame! in The Witcher 3
- 1,150
Walkthrough for The Witcher 3 Open Sesame!
The first objective in the quest requires you to visit the auction house and look for Horst Borsodi. Then go upstairs and observe the art. You will need to purchase a few art pieces in this quest to be able to carry on with some of the Hearts of Stone secondary quests. Once upstairs, you have the optional objective to meet Vivaldi's friends before you sit down and begin the auction. Sit to begin the auction and continue the quest.
After the auction, Go to the herbalist's hut near Oxenfurt and give the password. You may have to clear a few guards or Fallen Knights on the way.
If you agree to the heist, you can continue with the rest of the cutscene that will introduce the crew. Finish the cutscene and follow the next objectives. You may also gain a new Alchemy Formula: Cleansing Mixture.
Recruit the rest of the crew and prepare for the robbery. This objective then branches out to the following quests:
All three quests are related to recruiting the 3 individual members needed for the robbery. Once you have completed the quests, Go to the herbalist's hut to prepare for the robbery. The cutscene will begin and you will have a dialogue sequence to complete. At the end of the dialogue, you will have the option to meet everyone there or go together. If you're ready, choose to head there together now to immediately begin the next cutscene.
Get to the vault in the Auction House's basement. Take the stairs down and you will come across the guards to defeat. This will begin the next combat sequence. You will take some hostages and you will need to decide to tell the guards to pull back or refuse to use the innocents as shields. Negotiate for wagons and horses. When they ask to release the hostages you will have three more dialogue options:
- No Chance.
- I'll set one free now. The rest later.
- Fine. So be it.
Make your choice then start heading toward the vault. Loot the area then approach the large vault door when you are ready.
If Quinto is the safecracker:
- Defeat the monsters.
You will be presented with an offer where you can switch sides.
- I'm in
- Can't bribe me. I'll stick to Ewald
- Not about to meddle in your grimy matters.
This will determine your next objective.
- Defeat Horst/Ewald Borsodi.
Finish the cutscene and you will have the final objectives that will lead you out.
- Defeat Horst/Ewald Borsodi and his bodyguards
- Take Maximilian's House.
- Find the secret way out of the vault using your Witcher Senses.
- Get out of the auction house.
- Take Maximilian Borsodi's House to Olgierd.
Open Sesame! Journals
Horst Borsodi did not demonstrate a flare for hospitality. He greeted Geralt with unmasked disdain, then, upon hearing the witcher had come for Maximilian Borsodi's House, had him summarily tossed into the gutter. Geralt was still picking himself up when he discovered a stranger awaiting him there... a man who could help him fulfill Olgierd's wish.
The mysterious stranger revealed that he was planning to rob the Borsodis' Auction House. He swore Geralt would find Maximilian's House within it, as impossible as that sounded. First, however, the witcher would have to help him put together a full break-in crew of daring professionals and find a way to weaken the Redanian garrison. Though Geralt usually tried to live within the bounds of the law, this time he had no choice but to agree to help in this criminal enterprise.
Not everything went according to plan... to say the least. Geralt successfully broke into the vault, though at the cost of some nerve-wracking moments and a good deal of bloodshed. Once in the bowels of the auction house, he found out that his partner-in-crime was none other than Horst Borsodi's long-missing brother, Ewald. Cheated by his brother out of his inheritance, Ewald had planned his revenge during his long years of exile.
Geralt stands with Ewald...
Ewald had planned his revenge during long years of exile - and the witcher helped him bring this plan to fruition.
...but also demands the papers:
Yet when Geralt realized the remaining Borsodi brother was using him as well, he made sure he joined his recently murdered sibling in the afterlife. With no one left to lay a competing claim on it, Geralt took the golden casket known as Maximilian Borsodi's House and the will hidden inside it. Now he was set to fulfill Olgierd's request.
...but does not take the papers:
Ewald killed his older brother, avenging years of poverty and humiliation in one furious moment. The blood still on his hands, he gave Geralt the golden casket known as Maximillian Borsodi's House in compensation for his help, though not before taking for himself the will hidden inside it. With this in his possession, Geralt was set to fulfill Olgierd's request.
Geralt stands with Horst...
Yet now, on the cusp of his plan's completion, the White Wolf stood in his way. Geralt hadn't trusted Ewald from the very start and decided to hold his nose and support the disagreeable Horst rather than help Ewald commit fratricide.
...but also demands the papers:
Yet when Geralt realized the remaining Borsodi brother was using him as well, he made sure he joined his recently murdered sibling in the afterlife. With no one left to lay a competing claim on it, Geralt took the golden casket known as Maximilian Borsodi's House and the will hidden inside it. Now he was set to fulfill Olgierd's request.
...but does not take the papers:
Yet fratricide occurred nonetheless -- for Horst killed his younger brother. The blood still on his hands, he gave Geralt the golden casket known as Maximillian Borsodi's House in compensation for his help, though not before taking for himself the will hidden inside it. With this is his possession, Geralt was set to fulfill Olgierd's request.
The Witcher 3 Open Sesame! Notes & Trivia
- Notes, Tips, Other Trivia for Open Sesame!.
