Welcome to NGB and our Kingdom Come Deliverance walkthrough for the Pestilence quest! Here you’ll find everything you’ll need to easily breeze through this quest.
Pestilence Overview
Please note this is a time sensitive quest!!
Quest Giver: Triggers after the story quest Questions and Answers
Summary: Henry ends up in the town of Merhojed to question a bandit the town has captured. Upon arriving in the village, he learns that all of the animals have died and half of the town is sick with some sort of plague. The local bailiff tells Henry that in order to talk to the captive, he will need to help save the townspeople first.
Objective(s):
- Ask local bailiff about the situation
- Investigate the plague in Merhojed
- Have a word with Johanka at the Monastery
- Speak to Brother Nicodemus
- Find the right diagnosis and recipe for the cure in the books
- Prepare the Remedy
- Take the remedy to Merhojed
- (Optional) Give the cure to the sick
- Talk to Melichar
- Wait and see if the remedy works
- Check on the bandit
- Wait until the situation clears up
Ask local bailiff about the situation
The bailiff is located at his home close to the center of town. Talking to him unlocks additional objectives.
Investigate the plague in Merhojed
Head to all of the homes whose doors are marked with the white symbol and talk to the inhabitants to complete this objective. There will be 5 total:
- Bailiff’s House
- Straw’s Household (behind Bailiff’s house)
- Examine Straw’s wife
- Daniel
- Mistakes you for his brother
- Bedrishka
- Will talk to you and have you help bury her husband
- Vincent
- Will activate the quest Last Will and Testament
After talking with the 5 households above, head straight to the Sasau Monastery to talk to Johanka.
Have a word with Johanka at the Monastery
Johanka sends you to Brother Nicodemus
Speak to Brother Nicodemus
Choose the following prompts when talking to Brother Nicodemus.
- There’s a plague outbreak in Merhojed
- Intriguing? It’s horrible!
- About half the village
- All the animals
- I know
- I can read
- Where do we start
Find the right diagnosis and recipe for the cure in the books
Read the book Brother Nicodemus mentions. You will need to flip through all the pages of the book. Once done, talk to Brother Nicodemus and tell him you know what is ailing them. The correct choice is poisoning from water. You must tell him I can help and brew the Merhojed Remedy Potion yourself. Allowing Brother Nicodemus to make the potion takes too long causing the all the villagers to die. If this happens you will not get the Plague Doctor trophy/achievement.
Prepare the Remedy
You will need 1 Valerian, 2 Thistle, and 1 Charcoal to brew the Merhojed Remedy Potion. The recipe is located in the book. If you don’t have the materials, Brother Nicodemus sells the Valerian and Thistle. The local Sasau Blacksmith has Charcoal you can buy.
Take the remedy to Merhojed
Fast travel to Merhohjed as soon as you finish brewing the potion.
(Optional) Give the cure to the sick
Nicodemus will take care of Straw’s household and Johanka will take care of Melicar’s leaving you to distribute the potion to Daniel, Bedriskha, and Vincent.
Talk to Melichar
Talk to Melichar after distributing the potion, and he will allow you into the shed to give the potion to the captive.
Wait and see if the remedy works
Wait 6 hours of in-game time to see if the potion worked.
Check on the bandit
The bandit is now awake and can be interrogated. He will comply and tell you the information that you seek.
Wait until the situation clears up
Return to Merhojed a couple days later and speak to Melichar. He will reward you for saving the town and you should unlock the Plague Doctor Trophy/Achievement.
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